Get Pre Screening Application For Minor Variance - City Of Kawartha Lakes - Kawarthalakes

Zoning requirements The minimum front yard setback is 4.0 metres to the main front wall of a building or covered porch and 6.0 metres to a garage.

A minor variance provides a small relief from a specific requirement in the Zoning Bylaw, but does not change the zone of the property. The Committee of Adjustment is the approval authority for a minor variance.

A minor variance is required where a proposed use, building or structure does not conform exactly with the Zoning By-law, and/or any other By-law that implements the City's Official Plan.

Minor variance applications seek permission to excuse a landowner from one or more of the rules set out in the by-law. A minor variance application might be required in order to obtain a building permit, sell a property or to seek relief where a property does not meet the standards imposed by a zoning by-law.

A minor variance is a small variation from the requirements of the zoning bylaw. A minor variance approval is a certificate of permission, because it allows the property owner to obtain a building permit even though their property does not comply precisely with the zoning bylaw.

A minor variance is a variation from the requirements of the City of North Bay Zoning By-law 2015-30. The need for the variance is created by circumstances peculiar to the land, building, structures or use that prevent the owner from meeting all of the requirements of the by-law.