By Mark Squibb
Witless Bay council this May approved a business application for a combined garage and car lot at 194-200 Southern Shore Highway. The application was subject to a total of 16 conditions, including a minimum requirement of one parking space per employee and three parking spaces for customers, in addition to the car lot itself.
Other conditions include a two-metre fence and 10-metre-wide landscape buffer along the side and rear of the property, with the property owner responsible for maintaining the buffer, and onsite signage. The applicant will not be permitted to repair vehicles outside the building, and vehicles in a state of disrepair will not be permitted to be stored on the property. Waste oil and lubricants must be stored in containers and disposed of offsite.
Councillor Ralph Carey said the conditions were imposed for the benefits of residents living in the area.
Council also approved a commercial development application for the actual construction of the garage. Construction will be subject to a number of conditions, including a commitment from the developer to move the proposed location of the building two metres to meet the minimum five-metre side yard requirement. The applicant will also have to submit a revised site plan showing the new location. The permit will be issued once the purchase of land is complete and all conditions are met.
Later that same meeting, council also approved phase one of a proposed subdivision at 45-57 Southern Shore Highway consisting of 56 single-detached lots, an open space area, roads, and detention area, subject to a number of conditions, including a ground water assessment and a tree buffer along lots 7-12, which back on Southern Shore Highway. Natural vegetation in the area zoned as conservation will also remain.
Three accessory building applications, an extension application, and a variance application were also approved.
