REQUEST FOR DECISION
MEETING DATE: December 10, 2025 Report No. DRC-25-014
TO: Design Review Committee
FROM: Alex Tang, Planner and Bill Brown, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT: Rezoning Application - 614, 616 & 618 Grenville Avenue
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That the Esquimalt Design Review Committee recommends that Council approve or deny the rezoning application to authorize the proposed mixed-use development consisting of 95 residential units and 1 commercial unit consistent with the architectural plan and landscape plan provided by Finlayson Bonet Architecture Ltd., attached as Appendix "B" to staff report DRC-25-014 and to be located at 614, 616, and 618 Grenville Avenue, including reasons for the chosen recommendation.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The applicant is proposing to amend the zoning from a mix of C-3 [Core Commercial], RS-1 [Single Family Residential], and RD-3 [Two Family/Single Family Residential] to a Comprehensive Development zone. This change is required to accommodate the proposed 11-storey, 95-unit, purpose built rental residential building including 192.5 m2 [2072 ft2] of commercial space.
Evaluation of this application should focus on issues related to zoning such as the proposed height, density, massing, siting, setbacks, lot coverage, usable open space, parking, land use, fit with the neighbourhood, and consistency with the overall direction contained within the Official Community Plan.
BACKGROUND:
The applicant is proposing to amend the zoning from a mix of C-3 [Core Commercial], RS-1 [Single Family Residential], and RD-3 [Two Family/Single Family Residential] to a Comprehensive Development zone. This change is required to accommodate the proposed 11-storey, 95-unit residential building including 192.52 [2072 ft2] of commercial space.
CONTEXT:
Applicant: Paul Silletta
Owners: Paul Silletta (614 Grenville Avenue)
Giovanni and Ivana Silletta (616 Grenville Avenue)
1404097 BC LTD. (618 Grenville Avenu...
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