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The Comnittee was informed of the following Limitations in considering duplex
zoning:

1. The Council cannot introduce regulations controlling the design of the
building, although design can be regulated if Land Use Contracts are employed.

2. Zoning applies to the Land Use and the
regulations for vacant lots and for lot

other words,

that meets al i 1) i can under our
house to a duplex and he

acant lot that meets all
We cannot, therefore, introduce
By-law that apply strictly to conversions of existing

1. That we retain our present guidelines of 8,000 square foot minimum lot size
and the 600 foot limitation between duplexes. .

2. That a special zone be created in the Zoning By~law, providing for a Zone
that will accommodate duplex construction and that the duplex provisions be
removed from our present RS-1 zoning. The foregoing action would require that
all duplex construction would require zoning or a Land Use Contract before
construction could proceed.

It is difficult to Say what impact this action would have on duplex
construction, there is no doubt that it would slow down the process, however,
the Committee feels that this action is the only method by which conversions
can be controlled and in particular, provide a methcd by which the adjacent
owners can be notified through Public Hearing when a conversion is likely to

take place.

In addition, the Committee feels that the introduction of a special zone would
permit some ‘additional flexibility, as Land Use Contracts could be used to
encourage a better type of development and could be ued to vary the By-law
requirements slightly to make use of slightly smaller lots or vary the duplex
spacing, should the circumstances Warrant.

The Committee also feels that this approach would not be in conflict with the
Housing Committee recommendation in that although it does not relax the By-law
requirements in any way for existing building sites, it does introduce some
flexibility if Land Use Contracts are used. It was noted that at the present
time there are only in the area of 37 vacant lots in the RS-1 Zone that could
conform to the present duplex criteria, (Some of these lots are large enough
that further subdivision could occur.) The Committee felt that this was not

a significant number of parcels to be affected by the proposed zoning changes,
It is anticipated that provision for duplex zoning in the future will be handled
largely when subdivision occurs and multiple family sites will be zoned along

with the development.