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File #: 25-153    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Staff Report Status: Passed
File created: 5/1/2025 In control: Council
On agenda: 6/9/2025 Final action: 6/9/2025
Title: Development Permit Application – 602, 608, 612 & 618 Nelson Street and 1319, 1331 & 1347 Sussex Street, Staff Report No. DEV-25-017
Attachments: 1. Appendix A: DP000244, 2. Appendix B: Aerial Map and CD No. 164 Zone, 3. Appendix C: Architectural Drawings and Landscape Plan, 4. Appendix D: Green Building Checklist, 5. Appendix E: Applicant’s Comments for Development Permit Area Guidelines, 6. Appendix F: Applicant’s Comments Addressing Amendments Made in Response to the Design Review Committee’s Comments, 7. Appendix G: Stormwater Management Report, 8. Appendix H: Staff’s Presentation, 9. Appendix I: Applicant’s Presentation
TOWNSHIP OF ESQUIMALT STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: June 9, 2025 Report No. DEV-25-017

TO: Council
FROM: Alex Tang, Planner and Bill Brown, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT: Development Permit Application - 602, 608, 612 & 618 Nelson Street and 1319, 1331 & 1347 Sussex Street

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommendation
That Council approve Development Permit No. DP000244, and direct staff to issue the permit and register the notice on the title of the property upon receipt of the landscape deposit.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

The applicant is proposing to build a 6-storey, 235-unit multiple-family residential building. Comprehensive Development District No. 164 of Esquimalt Zoning Bylaw 1992, No. 2050 [Appendix B] has been written to regulate this development.

This site is located within Development Permit Area No. 1 - Natural Environment, Development Permit Area No. 5 - Commercial, Development Permit Area No. 6 - Multi-Family Residential, Development Permit Area No. 7 - Energy Conservation and Greenhouse Gas Reduction, and Development Permit Area No. 8 - Water Conservation. A development permit is required to ensure that the application is generally consistent with the development permit area guidelines contained within the Esquimalt Official Community Plan Bylaw, 2018, No. 2922. A development permit is required prior to a building permit being issued for construction.

Evaluation of this application should focus on issues regarding the form and character of the development, including landscaping, exterior design, and finish of the building in relation to the relevant development permit area guidelines. In addition, evaluation should focus on natural environment protection, energy conservation, greenhouse gas reduction, and water conservation in relation to the relevant development permit area guidelines.


BACKGROUND:

Context
Applicant: Aquila Pacific Developments Ltd.

Owner: Nelson Esquimalt Development Ltd., Inc.No. BC1308317

Architect: Formed All...

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