By Pepper Parr
August 21st. 2017
BURLINGTON, ON
The new structure hasn’t been completed yet but it is already having an impact on the kind o development that is taking place in the immediate area.
In March of 2013 ward 4 council member Jack Dennison applied to the Committee of Adjustment to sever his 3080 Lakeshore Road property.
That Committee rejected the application.
The house that is a historically designated property that is now for rent. To the right and rear of he house is the second house built on the lot that was severed.
Dennison, as is his right as a citizen, appealed the Committee of Adjustment decision to the Ontario Municipal Board. After a lengthy delay the hearing finally took place and the Board found for Jack Dennison and said the property could be severed.
The new home on the severed lot on the right, is yards away from the house Dennison lived in. That hone is now for rent,
The property was severed, a building permit obtained and the structure is now nearing the final phase of construction.
Many in the city felt that as a sitting member of Council Dennison was required to adhere to the bylaws and zoning limitations the city has in place. Dennison didn’t share that view and he was re-elected in the election that followed.
As the builders go about completing the new house on the severed lot, a small sign appears on the property to the immediate west of the Dennison property seeking the right to sever that property.
There is a sign on the Dennison property offering the house for rent.
One Gazette reader wondered if Dennison, or his agent, had obtained a permit to put up the rental sign.
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Public gets first look at the plans.
Dennison takes his case to the Committee of adjustment.
These homes are becoming ridiculously large…at a time when people are having fewer kids. I don’t get it.
I live in southeast Burlington and there are four homes in my area that have been gutted and re-built in the last year They are much higher than existed previously, and in some cases totally out of character with the prevailing neighbourhood.
Sad…
I drive by these houses almost every day and it is terrible. They are splitting the lots building huge homes. At the bottom of Hart Ave, there was a request for a variance on the currently vacant lot to build closer to the road and closer to the lot line. How big do these houses need to be? When a lot is as deep and wide as this how come the development can’t just work within the existing zoning? It’s just amazing!!
In terms of the Dennison “Compound”, I actually thought that the rental was for the apartment above the large garage that they added on the west rear part of the lot. That little beauty just slipped in back there. I feel sorry for the neighbours behind who have had their view towards the lake all but eliminated.
It’s disgraceful on its own and when you add that the land is owned by someone who “represents the city” it is unbelievable.
I guess quality of life only applies to those that seek to milk every ounce of revenue from their plot.
Dennison certainly didn’t “lead by example” as a member of council should have done; as usual, self-interest, always Dennison’s M.O., was the focus. Nor should Dennison’s re-election be interpreted as an endorsement of his behaviour–Jack milked the great flood of 2014 for all it was worth!