Corner lot side-yard setbacks have been an issue in Arnprior’s newer subdivisions for sometime, and when a bylaw aimed at clarifying the regulations came back a second time before Town Council last Tuesday (May 25th), elected representatives punched holes in the proposal.
Arnprior Mayor Walter Stack says when residents used the measuring app on their phones, the complication was there was no space left over to squeeze in a storage shed for their outdoor maintenance equipment.
The Mayor believes Council was abusing its regulatory authority for no good reason, and the majority of his peers agreed.
When the bylaw comes back for a third time, the setback suggestion will be absent, and Stack believes it will be approved with no further issues.