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File #: 25-217    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Staff Report Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 6/23/2025 In control: Council
On agenda: 6/23/2025 Final action:
Title: Development Variance Permit Application - 429 Lampson Street - Staff Report No. DEV-25-026
Attachments: 1. APPENDIX A: DVP00156, 2. APPENDIX B: Aerial Map, 3. APPENDIX C: Tentative Plan of Subdivision, 4. APPENDIX D: Applicant Letter, 5. APPENDIX E: Applicant Presentation
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TOWNSHIP OF ESQUIMALT STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: June 23, 2025 Report No. DEV-25-026

TO: Council
FROM: James Davison, Manager of Development Services
SUBJECT: Development Variance Permit Application - 429 Lampson Street - Staff Report No. APC-25-010

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommendation
That Council approve DVP00156 including variances to the siting of the principal building on Site A, the shared Site A/Site B lot line setback for building elements up to 11 metres in height within Site B, and the shared Site A/Site B lot line setback for building elements over 11 metres in height within Site B for the subject property located at 429 Lampson Street as outlined in staff report DEV-25-026.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

The applicant is requesting variances because of both changes to building elements on the site during construction (now completed) and to the setbacks of the Site B building elements relating to the proposed Lot A / Lot B lot line as illustrated in Appendix C. The proposed lot line will separate the English Inn site from the residential site. The applicant requires these variances to enable their subdivision application to be approved. No further physical change to the site is contemplated.


BACKGROUND:

The creation of the internal Site A/Site B lot line is intended to enable future subdivision of the lot into the English Inn site and the residential portion of the site. The proposed lot line accommodates the final construction condition and the desire to assign tree and retaining wall elements to one site or the other. This application addresses structures which have already been constructed and does not contemplate or enable further future construction within these setbacks. It does not impact external lot lines or setbacks thereto. The Site A buildings have changed slightly through the process of construction, but only in terms of elements such as posts and porticos; the building envelope has not changed. As such, the survey defining that buildi...

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