Updated:
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
NOTICE OF APPROVAL
HALIFAX AND WEST COMMUNITY COUNCIL
On February 18, 2025, Halifax and West Community Council approved the application to amend Schedule E – Areas Subject to Reduced Road Frontage of the Planning District 5 (Chebucto Peninsula) Land Use By-law to allow the issuance of a permit for a single unit dwelling at 1110 and 1137 Wilderness Drive, Portuguese Cove.
Request
Application by Bernd Stolz to amend Schedule E – Areas Subject to Reduced Road Frontage of the Chebucto Peninsula (Planning District 5) Land Use By-law to allow the issuance of a permit for a single unit dwelling at 1110 Wilderness Drive, Portuguese Cove.
Proposal
The applicant wishes to construct a single unit dwelling at 1110 Wilderness Drive, Portuguese Cove. The lot was created in 2010 through the exemption in the HRM Charter which allows the creation of parcels with an area greater than 10-hectares (25 acres) to be created without municipal subdivision approval. This exemption from the lot approval process was originally intended for resource uses such as farming or forestry. However, this exemption in the HRM Charter has become commonly used to create lots for residential purposes. A development permit cannot be issued unless the requirements of the Land Use By-law are met. Section 9.2 of the Land Use By-law states that lots in the R-6 zone (the applied zone) must have 100ft of frontage in order for a Development Permit to be issued. There are sections of the Land Use By-law that relax the road frontage requirement, but it only applies to lots that either existed prior to the land use bylaw (in this case, February 9th, 1995), or, are shown on Schedule E – Areas Subject to Reduced Road Frontage, as per section 4.7 of the Land Use By-law. The subject property, 1100 Wilderness Drive, does not meet either of these two requirements.
Following an extensive review, staff have determined that 1137 Wilderness Drive is subject to the same circumstances and should be included on Schedule E as well.
Process
The application will be considered under the Land Use By-law Amendment process.
Status
TAKE NOTICE THAT Halifax and West Community Council did, on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, approve the following:
PLANAPP 2024-01000 - Application by Bernd Stolz to amend Schedule E – Areas Subject to Reduced Road Frontage of the Planning District 5 (Chebucto Peninsula) Land Use By-law to allow the issuance of a permit for a single unit dwelling at 1110 and 1137 Wilderness Drive, Portuguese Cove.
Any aggrieved person, the Provincial Director of Planning, or the Council of any adjoining municipality may, within fourteen days of the publishing of this notice on the HRM website, appeal to the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (902.424.4448), in accordance with the provisions of the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter.
This notice was posted to this site on February 19, 2025 in accordance with the requirements of the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter.
Documents Submitted for Evaluation
The applicant has submitted a letter with the requesting the amend Schedule E – Areas Subject to Reduced Road Frontage of the Chebucto Peninsula (Planning District 5) Land Use By-law.
Contact Information
For further information, please contact:
Thea Langille
Manager of Planning Applications
Current Planning
Telephone: 902.476.0671
Email: langilt@halifax.ca
Mailing Address
HRM Planning Applications
PO Box: 1749,
Halifax,
Nova Scotia,
B3J 3A5
Attention: Thea Langille