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File #: 20-028    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Period Report Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 1/8/2020 In control: Special Committee of the Whole
On agenda: 1/13/2020 Final action:
Title: Development Services Department - 2019 Third Period Report
Attachments: 1. Attachment No. 1 - Housing Matrix
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PERIOD REPORT

DATE: January 2, 2020 Report No. DEV-20-001
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Bill Brown, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT:TITLEDevelopment Services Department - 2019 Third Period Report Body

The following is a report on the activities pertaining to the Development Services Department from September 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019.

I. DIVISION ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES

1. Rezoning Applications/ Official Community Plan Amendments

In addition to processing applications submitted previously, the Department received three new rezoning applications in the third period:

* New - 842 Carrie Street: to amend the Zoning from RS-1 to a CD Zone to accommodate a 2 lot subdivision.
* New - 481 Joffre Street: to amend the Zoning for a CD Zone to accommodate a garden suite.
* New - 876/880 Dunsmuir Road: to amend the Zoning to a CD Zone to accommodate a 6 unit townhouse development.
* 1048 & 1050 Tillicum Road: to amend zoning from an RD-1 to a CD Zone to accommodate a duplex and triplex (5 unit townhouse) as reviewed by the Design Review Committee [DRC] on July 10, 2019.
* 874 Fleming Street (Greater Victoria Housing Society): to amend zoning to a CD Zone to accommodate a 6-storey, 137 unit, purpose built rental and the existing 77 unit building to be demolished. Reviewed by the Advisory Planning Commission [APC] on August 20, 2019. Reviewed by the DRC on September 11, 2019.
* 829 Admirals Road: to amend the zoning to accommodate a Cannabis Retail Store in Unit B; public hearing was held on September 30, 2019 and the bylaw was defeated.
* 1314 Esquimalt Road: to amend zoning to accommodate a Cannabis Retail Store in Unit A; Public Hearing was held on October 7, 2019. The bylaw received third reading and adoption on October 28, 2019.
* 681 & 685 Admirals Road: proposal for a 50-unit purpose built rental apartment building as reviewed by the DRC on April 3, 2019; reviewed by the APC on April 16, 2019, and given 1st readi...

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