File #: 25-084    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Staff Report Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 3/10/2025 In control: Council
On agenda: 4/7/2025 Final action:
Title: OCP Amendment and Rezoning Application - 1209 Lyall St - Staff Report No. DEV-25-007
Attachments: 1. APPENDIX A: Official Community Plan Bylaw, 2018, No. 2922, Amendment Bylaw, 2025, No. 3152, 2. APPENDIX B: Zoning Bylaw, 19925, No. 2050, Amendment Bylaw, 2025, No. 3153.pdf, 3. APPENDIX C: Aerial Map, 4. APPENDIX D: Applicant Letter to Council, 5. APPENDIX E: Building Location Survey Certificate, 6. APPENDIX F: Site Plan, 7. APPENDIX G: Section 219 Covenant, 8. APPENDIX H: Public Correspondence, 9. APPENDIX I: Staff Presentation, 10. APPENDIX J: Applicant Presentation
TOWNSHIP OF ESQUIMALT STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: April 7, 2025 Report No. DEV-25-007

TO: Council
FROM: James Davison, Manager of Development Services
SUBJECT: Official Community Plan Amendment and Rezoning Application - 1209 Lyall St - File No. DEV-25-007

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommendation
1. That Council give first and second reading to Official Community Plan Bylaw, 2018, No. 2922, Amendment Bylaw, 2025, No. 3152, which would allow, within Low Density Residential Development, a continued commercial use and mixed residential-commercial redevelopment on properties with historic commercial uses in a manner that is respectful of the neighbourhood at intensity levels less than the Neighbourhood Commercial Mixed-Use designation.

2. That Council give first and second reading to Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, Amendment Bylaw, 2025, No. 3153, which would amend the RS-6 (Single Family DADU Residential) zone to permit a Liquor Lounge and Accessory Retail at 1209 Lyall Street (Lot 5, Section 11, Esquimalt District, Plan 946) as a secondary use to Single Family Residential.

3. That Council direct staff to schedule a Public Hearing for Official Community Plan Bylaw, 2018, No. 2922, Amendment Bylaw, 2025, No. 3152 and Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, Amendment Bylaw, 2023, No. 3153, mail notices, and advertise for same on the Township's website and public notice boards.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

The applicant has applied for rezoning and Official Community Plan (OCP) amendment to supplement their existing Micro Beverage Manufacturer use at 1209 Lyall Street with a 10-person capacity Liquor Lounge and accessory retail (for the sale of packaged alcoholic beverages produced on-site for off-site consumption). The applicant is not proposing (or able to provide) any vehicle parking on-site. A six-space short-term bicycle rack is proposed.

The OCP amendment is required as the proposed use is inconsistent with the present and proposed Land Use Designation of Low Density Reside...

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