Mike Frisk addressing Belleville’s planning committee, July 4, 2016. (Photo: Mary Thomas/Quinte News)
Belleville city council will be asked to approve a revised plan for housing in the Mercedes subdivision in the city’s east end which would change 14 detached single houses into a plan for 20 townhouse units.
Monday night, area resident Mike Frisk appeared before the planning committee with a petition by residents who were concerned about the change.
Frisk said they bought in the subdivision expecting single housing in the neighbourhood.
Planning chair urged Frisk, the other neighbours, and subdivision owner Eric Denouden to meet and discuss the concerns.
The planning committee will recommend that city council approve the change.
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Belleville’s planning committee has deferred its decision on an application to put temporary storage containers on a highway 37 site in Thurlow Ward, calling for a staff report on the matter.
Councillor Paul Carr expressed concern that the C-Can units were not permanent structures and no one knew what they might have contained in the past.
The committee also asked that a staff report on the overall bylaw regarding storage facilities be undertaken as well.
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Belleville is going to take a different approach to informing residents when zoning applications are being made in their neighbourhood.
Last night the city’s planning committee decided to use signage instead of newspaper advertisement to notify the public of site specific planning applications.
Manager of planning Art McKay told the committee “four by four” signs would be put on the property in question for a period of 20 days prior to the hearing.
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Belleville city council will be asked not to give its endorsement for rooftop solar panels on the rooftops of Foxboro Public School and Susanna Moodie Public School.
Ameresco Canada had sought the endorsement through the city’s planning committee.
Councillor Paul Carr told the committee Monday night he objects to supporting the province’s FIT program for solar panels when hydro prices are too high and not affordable for many people.
