Young Avenue By-Law

[north815]

Perhaps it's time to re-visit this older forum thread.

Since it was first created in 2008, 2 more mansions have been demolished, and finally the city has begun to take action to protect the character and form of Young Avenue (Case 20854).

Similar to Land Use By-laws specific for the Northwest Arm area, or Oakland Road area, the city has recently passed a Young Avenue Land Use By-law prescribing a minimum lot width of 80 feet, which is the current average lot width remaining on the street, even with the infill of 5 houses on 40 foot lots on the former Brookfield-Stanbury property. The intention of the new LUB is to discourage subdivision of the remaining wide lots into multiple 40 foot (as of right) lots.

Young Avenue once had its own Provincial Act of Legislation (1896), which prescribed what could be built, including a 40 foot setback.

In 2017 the National Trust of Canada declared Young Avenue to be one of its "Top 10 Most Endangered Places in Canada".

The Canadian Register of Historic Places makes mention of Young Avenue several times.

It was the first example in Halifax of the "City Beautiful" planning initiative" of the late 1800's.