11-30-2021, 01:31 PM
(11-29-2021, 05:23 PM)GtwoK Wrote: Genuinely not sure where to ask this so I'll ask it here:
I haven't been able to find any sort of bylaw that regulates this, but I can't shake the feeling that it exists. I'm look at buying a house in Kitchener, and it's a corner lot. The parking is currently accessed from the side of the house, and extends into the backyard. I don't like how little backyard that leaves the house with. However, the front yard has ample space for 2 cars.
I know I can apply for a permit to have the curb cut to move the driveway to the front of the house, but given that it's a. corner lot, I'm worried theres something regulating the distance the driveway needs to be from an intersection that would prevent me from doing this.
The yellow line here shows that it would be ~7m from the street-abutting edge of the property to the start of the driveway (and a bit more to the actual street). Does anyone know if this is allowed, or is this the reason that most corner properties have their parking around the side?
This is covered in section 6 of the zoning by-law: Section 6 - Off-Street Parking and Off-Street Loading.pdf
IANAL but I think 6.1.1.1 c) iii) on p5 prohibits what you are asking for.