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File #: 24-506    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Staff Report Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 11/12/2024 In control: Advisory Planning Commission
On agenda: 11/19/2024 Final action:
Title: OCP Amendment and Rezoning Application - 1340 Sussex Street & 1337 Saunders Street
Attachments: 1. Appendix A: Aerial Map, 2. Appendix B: Architectural Drawings and Site Plan, 3. Appendix C: Landscape Plan, 4. Appendix D: Green Building Checklist, 5. Appendix E: Transportation Impact Assessment, 6. Appendix F: Construction Impact Assessment and Tree Management Plan, 7. Appendix G: Applicant’s Presentation
REQUEST FOR DECISION

DATE: November 19, 2024 Report No. APC-24-008
TO: Chair and Members of the Advisory Planning Commission
FROM: Alex Tang, Planner and Bill Brown, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT:

Title
OCP Amendment and Rezoning Application - 1340 Sussex Street & 1337 Saunders Street
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RECOMMENDATION:

Recommendation
That the Esquimalt Advisory Planning Commission recommends to Council that the Official Community Plan amendment and rezoning application to authorize the proposed development of a 21-storey mixed-use building consistent with the architectural plans provided by Arcadis Architects and the landscape plan provided by LADR Landscape Architects, to be located at 1340 Sussex Street and 1337 Saunders Street be forwarded to Council with a recommendation to either approve, approve with conditions, or deny the application including reasons for the chosen recommendation.
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RELEVANT POLICY:

Official Community Plan Bylaw, 2018, No. 2922
Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050
Local Government Act
Declaration of Climate Emergency
Parking Bylaw, 1992, No. 2011
Development Application Procedures and Fees Bylaw, 2012, No. 2791
Advisory Planning Commission Bylaw, 2012, No. 2792
Subdivision and Development Control Bylaw, 2023, No. 3128
Green Building Checklist

STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:

Housing

BACKGROUND:

Appendix A: Aerial Map
Appendix B: Architectural Drawings and Site Plan
Appendix C: Landscape Plan
Appendix D: Green Building Checklist
Appendix E: Transportation Impact Assessment
Appendix F: Construction Impact Assessment and Tree Management Plan
Appendix G: Applicant's Presentation

PURPOSE OF APPLICATION:

The applicant is requesting a change in zoning from RM-4 [Multiple Family Residential] to a Comprehensive Development zone. This change is required to accommodate the proposed 21-storey, 355-unit multiple family residential building including 240 m2 [2583 ft2] of commercial space.

Evaluation of this application should focus on issues relate...

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