Public meeting on rezoning request

A public meeting has been scheduled to hear from residents with respect to a rezoning request on Brackley Point Road in Charlottetown.

The request is to allow a duplex to be constructed on Brackley Point Road, with the exact location on an empty lot near the Needs store.

The property is located in the single-detached residential zone. The applicant is requesting to rezone the property to low density residential.

Staff provided an overview of the rezoning application to the planning committee and the proposed semi-detached dwelling that would be constructed should the zoning be approved. Staff then explained it has some concerns that rezoning the subject property to low density residential may be considered spot rezoning and may set a precedent for other properties on Brackley Point Road, including the adjacent vacant property.

However, the official plan has significant support to allow moderately higher densities in neighbourhoods that use the existing underground services to its fullest practical capacity, which warrants the application be recommended to proceed to a public meeting.

Board members asked if there were any other two-unit dwellings in the area. Staff explained that the only two-unit dwellings on Brackley Point Road are located south of Oak Drive and would be legal non-conforming uses in the single-detached residential zone.

The public meeting will take place Tuesday, Jan. 30, at 7 p.m. at City Hall.

Anyone who wants to view the proposal at the planning and heritage department at 233 Queen St. can do so between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday to Friday.

Written comments can be submitted to the planning department by noon on Wednesday, Jan. 31. Comments may also be emailed to planning@ charlottetown.ca.

Any responses received will become part of the public record.