The Belle Isle View right-of-way abutting the applicant’s property is a municipal sidewalk. A 1917 survey, RP Plan 835, shows the width of the ROW as 34m, measured from the east lot line of 7467 St. Rose to the west lot line of 7529 St. Rose. There appears to be no other municipal services located within the subject area, except the sidewalk. Therefore, it appears reasonable to conclude that extra wide ROW at the subject location was meant to accommodate the public sidewalk.

The north/south alley abutting 921 Belle Isle View was closed by Town of Riverside By-law 958 and was left as a remnant portion of the alley that was not purchased by property owners.

By 2017, there had been some changes to both the east/west alley and to the subject ROW as shown in the above 2017 EIS photo. A large tree south of the dwelling at 7467 St. Rose that was partially located in the alley had been removed. The public sidewalk is relocated easterly, away from the applicant’s property, to line up with the sidewalk next south and there appears to be no other municipal purpose for the extra 6.10m width of the Belle Isle View ROW. No changes were observed in the previously closed section of the north/south alley to the rear of 921 Belle Isle View.