The building, a former Canada Post facility, has remained vacant for a period and the owner is anxious to bring it into productive use. The owner proposes to use the facility, for a ‘day nursery’ use a licensed facility authorized to accommodate up to 134 children, from infants to pre-school age. No license or associated conditions of approval, if any, were provided. It is the day nursery use that generates the use request for variances to By-law 7625. No variances of any kind are required for the day nursery use to be accommodated on-site under the new City harmonized zoning, By-law 569- 2013. As well, no building additions or enlargements are proposed for the subject property, other than internal renovations to organize the space productively for the proposed day nursery use and associated improvements, namely, to effect the provision of two children’s play areas, external to the building on its west and north sides. The owner proposes to lease the property to a day nursery operator entity. Representatives of both (i.e., owner and nursery operator) were present and gave limited testimony.
