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File #: 25-256    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Bylaws Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 6/26/2025 In control: Council
On agenda: 7/21/2025 Final action:
Title: Rezoning Application - 621 Constance Avenue, Staff Report No. DEV-25-034
Attachments: 1. Appendix A: Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, Amendment Bylaw, 2025, No. 3168, 2. Appendix B: Aerial Map, 3. Appendix C: Architectural Drawings, Landscape Plan, and Site Plan, 4. Appendix D: Green Building Checklist, 5. Appendix E: Developer’s Public Consultation Summary, 6. Appendix F: Staff’s Presentation, 7. Appendix G: Applicant’s Presentation, 8. Appendix H: Public Correspondence
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TOWNSHIP OF ESQUIMALT STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: July 21, 2025 Report No. DEV-25-034

TO: Council
FROM: Alex Tang, Planner and Bill Brown, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT: Rezoning Application - 621 Constance Avenue

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommendation
That Council give first, second, and third reading to Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, Amendment Bylaw, 2025, No. 3168.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

The applicant is requesting a change in zoning from RM-4 [Multiple Family Residential] to Comprehensive Development District No. 169. This change is required to accommodate the proposed 6-storey, 17-unit residential development.

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.

Staff is supportive of the application as the proposal is consistent with the use and density within the Proposed Land Use Designation.


BACKGROUND:

Context:
Applicant: Village Walk Designs Inc.
Owner: 1260170 B.C. LTD.,INC.NO. BC1260170
Architect: Waymark Architecture

Property Size: Metric: 690 m2 Imperial: 7427 ft2

OCP Present Land Use Designation: Medium Density Residential
OCP Proposed Land Use Designation: High Density Residential:

Zone: RM-4

Existing Land Use: Multiple-Family Residential [2 Storeys]

Proposed Land Use: Multiple Family Residential [6 Storeys]

Surrounding Land Uses:
North: Multiple Family Residential [4-Storey Apartment]
South: Multiple Family Residential [3-Storey Apartment]
East: Multiple Family Residential [11-Storey Apartment]
West: Multiple Family Residential [10-Storey Apartment]

Chronology:
* September 11, 2024 - Application received
* March 12, 2025 - Design Review Committee
* April 15, 2025 - Advisory Planning Commission

Advisory Body Recommendations:

Design Review Committee
* Members thought ...

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