The ball is off and rolling for a company looking to build a six-storey building at the corner of Main Avenue and Titus Street in Fairview. 

But the proposed development is still in the early stages as two lots the United Gulf Developments Ltd. wants to build on aren’t zoned to permit a multi-unit building of its size. 

If approved as is, the building is to include 119 residential units, underground parking for 178 cars and 67 bicycles and 310 square metres of commercial space on the ground floor, according to Upland Planning and Design Studio on behalf of United Gulf Developments. 

The landscape architect company applied to have council amend the municipal planning strategy and land-use bylaw for the Dutch Village Road mixed-use zone to increase the maximum building height by half a metre, exempt certain rooftop features from the maximum height limit, exempt the property from the maximum building depth requirement and increase the permitted lot coverage. 

Ian Watson, a senior planner with Upland, said the amendments would “lead to an overall much more attractive, rational and developable building.” 

On Tuesday, Coun. Kathryn Morse (Halifax-Bedford Basin West) told Halifax regional council she had some concerns about the development proposed for her district. 

“The main problem is the driveway, which at the moment is not actually legal because the entrance and exit is onto Titus, which has the higher volume of cars and the driveway entrance and exit should be on the street with the lower amount of traffic,” Morse said. 

Morse said the building being “right to the corner with no set back” will add to the already congested area, which is currently home to several small-scale apartment buildings and detached homes. 

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