Apply for a Minor Variance

Upon receipt of a completed application form and required submission materials, staff will review the application and materials and determine if there are any outstanding issues, concerns, and materials before deeming the application complete and accepting payment..

Before Completing this form, please prepare the following documents to be uploaded:
  • SURVEY OR SCALED SITE PLAN (Click for example format)
    • (*Note: The Pre-Consultation scaled drawings are preliminary and may be simplified; not all components listed are expected at this stage.)
    1. the boundaries of the Owner's total holdings with *metric dimensions
    2. the boundaries of the "Subject Land" with *metric dimensions
    3. the location, widths and names of the existing streets or highways which abut the Subject Land
    4. the location, size, area and use of all proposed and/or existing buildings, with metric dimensions and relationship to the lot boundaries clearly marked thereon
    5. the location and size of proposed parking area(s) with *metric dimensions and proposed surfaces marked thereon
    6. the location of any landscaping and/or fencing proposed, with the type and height clearly marked thereon
    7. natural and artificial features (existing and proposed) such as buildings, railways, highways, pipelines, watercourses, drainage ditches, swamps and wooded areas within or adjacent to the Subject Land, as well as the location of any septic tank, tile bed or well to the Ontario Building Code specifications
    8. the location and direction of any lighting proposed
    9. any right-of-ways or other easements
    10. the slope of the land, in order to establish the relationship between the grade of abutting highways and the grade of the Subject Land, and to determine the drainage of the land (this information may be given in the form of contours,spot elevations, or written description)
    11. indicate scale, north point and legend.

  • AUTHORIZATION OF AGENT
    • (Only applicable if Agent has been appointed)
    Please Download and complete the Authorization form to be signed by the Owner, and commissioned.


Please note that all numeric measurements are to be in metric. (NOTE: 3.28 ft = 1 m, 10.76 ft2 = 1 m2) Application will be considered incomplete if in imperial measurement.



CONTACT DETAILS

Property Owner Name
Address
E-Mail
Telephone Number
Agent Name
Association
Address
E-Mail
Telephone Number
Additional Contact
Reason for Involvement
Address
E-Mail
Telephone Number

PROPERTY DETAILS

Roll Number of Property(determine roll number through simcoe county maps)

Nature and extent of relief applied for:
Why is it not possible to comply with the provisions of the by-law?
Dimensions of affected land:
Frontage: meters
Depth meters
Lot Area square meters
The Existing Use(s) of the subject land(s) is/are: (residential, commercial, etc)
Length of time the existing uses of the property have continued (i.e. how long has the property been used for residential purposes):
The Existing Use(s) of the abutting properties is/are:
Has the owner previously applied for relief in respect of the subject property?
Is the subject property the subject of a current application for consent or severance under Section 53 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter P. 13 as amended?

EXISTING BULIDINGS AND STRUCTURES

Date of acquisition of subject lands:(how long have you owned the lands?)
Building 1
Year Constructed square meters
Distance from nearest side lot line meters
Distance from rear lot line meters
Distance from front lot line meters


PROPOSED BULIDINGS AND STRUCTURES

Building 1
Area square meters
# Storeys
Width meters
Length meters
Distance from nearest side lot line meters
Distance from rear lot line meters
Distance from front lot line meters


FILE UPLOADS AND DECLARATIONS

Survey or scaled Site Plan
Authorization of Agent (if applicable)


DECLARATION OF TRUTH



FREEDOM OF INFORMATION

In accordance with the provisions of the Planning Act, it is the policy of the Planning Department to provide public access to all development applications and supporting documentation. In submitting this development application and supporting documentation: