Councillor Mike Downey feels the township’s committee of adjustment isn’t giving enough weight to objections from council on applications with which the committee deals.
Downey expressed concern after council received notification a committee of adjustment decision at it’s April 23 meeting. The committee approved a minor variance allowing an oversize home industry on Wellington Road 86.
Mapleton’s zoning bylaw permits a maximum size of 2,500 square feet for a home industry, but the committee approved a variance for a 3,220 square foot shop, and an additional 396 square feet for a room to park wagons to collect sawdust on the R.R. 1, Wallenstein property.
In March, council advised the committee it objected to the variance, stating councillors felt the zoning bylaw limits should be adhered to.
In January, the committee approved minor variance applications from owners of several lots along Wellington Road 10, despite council’s objections that the properties did not meet Minimum Distance Separation requirements and the requested variances were “not minor in nature.”
“I don’t want to spend a lot of time on these … our comments are being ignored,” said Downey.
