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File #: 22-030    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Staff Report Status: Passed
File created: 1/10/2022 In control: Council
On agenda: 1/24/2022 Final action: 1/24/2022
Title: Rezoning Application - 1131 Wychbury Avenue
Attachments: 1. Appendix A - Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, Amendment Bylaw No. 3043 (1131 Wychbury Ave), 2. Appendix B - Airphoto_OCP & Zn Maps_RS-1 Zone, 3. Appendix C - BCLS Site Plan, Architectural Plans, Landscape Plan, 4. Appendix D - Applicant narrative and neighbourhood consultation, 5. Appendix E - Green Building Checklist, 6. Appendix F - Notification of waived public hearing, 7. Appendix G - Applicants October 2021 presentation to Council, 8. Appendix H - Staff presentation to Council
REQUEST FOR DECISION

DATE: January 19, 2022 Report No. DEV-22-004
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Karen Hay, Planner and Bill Brown, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT:

Title
Rezoning Application - 1131 Wychbury AvenueEnd

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommendation
1. That Council resolves that Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, Amendment Bylaw, 2021, No. 3043 attached as Appendix 'A' to Staff Report DEV-22-004, which would amend Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, by changing the zoning designation of 1131 Wychbury Avenue [PID 005-910-951, Lot 12, Block 1, Section 11, Esquimalt District, Plan 5725], shown cross-hatched on Schedule 'A' of Bylaw No. 3043, from Two Family DADU Residential [RD-4] to Comprehensive Development District No. 140 [CD. No. 140], be given third reading; and

2. That, as the applicant wishes to assure Council that uses and development will be restricted and amenities provided as identified in Staff Report DEV-22-004, the applicant has voluntarily agreed to register a Section 219 Covenant on the title of 1131 Wychbury Avenue [PID 005-910-951, Lot 12, Block 1, Section 11, Esquimalt District, Plan 5725], in favour of the Township of Esquimalt providing the lands shall not be subdivided, built upon or used (as appropriate to the requirement, as drafted by the Township's solicitor at the applicant's expense) in the absence of all of the following:

* A Secondary Suite is permitted in the existing house only (Site A).
* The new house (Site B) will not contain a secondary suite.
* Renovate the existing home by:
o removing all three windows on the west wall of the basement and replace them with two windows designed to satisfy current building code egress requirements from a basement bedroom.
o enclosing the existing basement door and relocating the basement access to the east side of the rear vestibule.
o enclosing the existing rear vestibule door and relocate the door to the west side of the rear vestibule.
o removing the existi...

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