REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: August 10, 2020 Report No. DEV-20-055
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Trevor Parkes, Senior Planner and Bill Brown, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT:
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Rezoning Application - 876 Dunsmuir RoadEnd
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That Council resolves that Bylaw No. 3000, attached as Appendix A to Staff Report No. DEV-20-055, which would amend Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, by changing the zoning designation of 876 Dunsmuir Road [PID 001-586-971, Lot 77, Section 11, Esquimalt District, Plan 265], shown cross-hatched on Schedule "A" of Bylaw No. 3000, from Two Family Residential [RD-1] to Comprehensive Development District No. 142 [CD. No. 142], be given third reading.
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RELEVANT POLICY:
Declaration of a Climate Emergency
Local Government Act
Official Community Plan Bylaw, 2018, No. 2922
Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050
Parking Bylaw, 1992, No. 2011
Development Application Procedures and Fees Bylaw, No. 2791, 2012
Advisory Planning Commission Bylaw, 2012, No. 2792
Subdivision and Development Control Bylaw, 1997, No. 2175
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:
This Request for Decision supports the following specific strategic objective:
Healthy, Livable and Diverse Community - Support community growth, housing, and development consistent with our Official Community Plan (OCP).
BACKGROUND:
Purpose of the Application
The applicant is requesting a change in zoning from the current zone of Two Family Residential [RD-1], to create a new Comprehensive Development District [CD-142] to accommodate four new strata townhouse residences to be constructed in one building on the subject property. The existing house has been demolished and a new building containing the four stacked townhomes, two units on the upper floors and two units comprising the first storey and basement, is proposed to replace it. Should the rezoning be approved, the form and character of the buildings and landscaping would be controlled by ...
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