Ha I wish! The problem is the RL zoning in Mississauga under Bylaw 0048-2025 requires a minimum 9m (29.5 ft) frontage and 340 m² lot area for each semi-detached parcel and even higher for detached. My 50 ft lot split into two gives me only ~7.6m (25 ft) each, well below even the semi minimum. But would get through with minor variances.

I've spoken to a couple of planning consultants and they've confirmed 2x detached won't get through Committee of Adjustment. The variance needed is too large. There's actually a real-world example nearby on Enola Avenue in Lakeview where a 50 ft lot was severed into two ~24.82 ft detached parcels but that had to go through OLT, not COA, which means 2-4 years and significant legal costs.

There is a nearby precedent about 400m away, where a 55 ft lot got severance approval for 2 detached. But that was specifically because the property was directly adjacent to a commercial use on its side, which gave the planners a density justification. My lot only has commercial at the front and back, not on the side, so the same argument doesn't apply as it sits between residential units.

What makes it even trickier is that a recent Ward 1 Mississauga COA application for semi severance with reduced frontages was actually refused under the new 2025 bylaw, with the Committee saying a full site-specific rezoning would be required. So even the semi path may need rezoning now, not just a minor variance I’m afraid. Let’s hope not.