MEMORANDUM

TO: Chair and Members of Development Services Committee

FROM: Jim Baird, Commissioner, Development Services

Robert Tadmore, Senior Project Coordinator

DATE: November 2, 2010

RE: Request by Graham and Lucie Canning for a change of address from 4 Macphail Court to 3 or 5 Macphail Court

RECOMMENDATION:

That the request for an address change by Graham and Lucie Canning from 4 Macphail Court to 3 or 5 Macphail Court be denied on the basis that the requested change would not comply with the Town’s approved street addressing criteria.

BACKGROUND:

Staff received a request from Graham and Lucie Canning to change the address of their property from 4 Macphail Court to 3 or 5 Macphail Court citing the number 4 address as having superstitious based concerns for resale purposes. Their property is situated between 2 and 6 Macphail Court leaving no available numbers for a change of address (see Appendix’A’).

After reviewing the requested address change, Staff identified a conflict with the Town’s “addressing criteria” and denied the request. Mr. Canning contacted his Ward Councillor asking for assistance with his address change request. Mr. Canning has decided to make a deputation on this matter to Development Services Committee.

Staff denied the requested address change based on the Council adopted “addressing criteria” that Staff is required to administer when assigning addresses (see Appendix ‘B’). These criteria were developed to ensure a coherent and consistent addressing system within the Town. Criteria # 6 stipulates that odd and even numbers should not be transposed along a street, regardless of changes in direction, and criteria #4 stipulates that even numbers are assigned to properties fronting the north side of streets.

Q:\Development\Planning\Teams\Geomatic\admin\memos\Address Change 4 Macphail Court .doc