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File #: 25-162    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Staff Report Status: Public Hearing
File created: 5/8/2025 In control: Council
On agenda: 5/26/2025 Final action:
Title: Rezoning Application - 909 McNaughton Avenue, Staff Report No. DEV-25-020
Attachments: 1. Appendix A: Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, Amendment Bylaw, 2025, No. 3161, 2. Appendix B: Aerial Map, 3. Appendix C: Site Map, 4. Appendix D: Applicant’s Letter, 5. Appendix E: Applicant’s Public Consultation Summary, 6. Appendix F: Public Input
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TOWNSHIP OF ESQUIMALT STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: May 26, 2025 Report No. DEV-25-020

TO: Council
FROM: Alex Tang, Planner and Bill Brown, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT: Rezoning Application - 909 McNaughton Avenue

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommendation
That Council give third reading and adopt Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, Amendment Bylaw, 2025, No. 3161.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

The applicant is requesting to permit the additional permitted use of Group Children's Day Care Centre on a property that is zoned RD-1 [Two Family Residential]. This change is required to accommodate the proposed 24-children day care centre.

Evaluation of this application should focus on issues related to zoning such as the proposed land use, parking, fit with the neighbourhood, and consistency with the overall direction contained within the Official Community Plan.


BACKGROUND:

Applicant / Owner: Luz Mary Calderon

Parcel Size including both strata: Metric: 762 m2 Imperial: 8202 ft2

OCP Land Use Designation: Low Density Residential

Zone: RD-1

Existing Land Use: Two-Family Residential

Proposed Land Use: Two-Family Residential and Group Children's Day Care Centre

Surrounding Land Uses:
North: Single Family Residential
South: Single Family Residential
East: Single Family Residential
West: Single Family Residential

Chronology:
* December 4, 2024 - Rezoning application received
* April 15, 2025 - Advisory Planning Commission
* May 5, 2025 - Council gives 1st and 2nd Reading

Advisory Body Recommendations:

Advisory Planning Commission:
* Members were supportive of the additional permitted use of Group Children's Day Care Centre on the subject property.
* The Advisory Planning Commission resolved that the application be forwarded to Council with a recommendation of approval.

ANALYSIS:

ZONING ANALYSIS:
The RD-1 zone for this property allows for the following permitted uses:
a) Two Family Residential
b) Home Occupation
c) Boarding
d) Urban Hens

The applicant is pr...

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