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File #: 24-189    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Staff Report Status: Passed
File created: 4/3/2024 In control: Council
On agenda: 4/22/2024 Final action: 4/22/2024
Title: Development Permit and Development Variance Permit Application – 1006 & 1008 Craigflower Road, Staff Report No. DEV-24-027
Attachments: 1. Appendix A: DP000222, 2. Appendix B: DVP00139, 3. Appendix C: Aerial Map, 4. Appendix D: Architectural Drawings, Landscape Plan, and Surveyor’s Site Plan, 5. Appendix E: Green Building Checklist, 6. Appendix F: Parking Study, 7. Appendix G: Transportation Impact Assessment, 8. Appendix H: Applicant’s Comments for Development Permit Area Guidelines, 9. Appendix I: Staff’s Presentation, 10. Appendix J: Applicant’s Presentation
TOWNSHIP OF ESQUIMALT STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: April 22, 2024 Report No. DEV-24-027

TO: Council
FROM: Alex Tang, Planner and Bill Brown, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT: Development Permit and Development Variance Permit Application - 1006 & 1008 Craigflower Road

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommendation
That Council approve Development Variance Permit No. DVP00139 and Development Permit No. DP000222 and instruct the Director of Development Services not to issue either permit until:

1) The two lots have been consolidated;
2) A Statutory Right of Way plan generally as illustrated in DP000222 is registered on title; and
3) The landscape deposit has been received by the Township of Esquimalt.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

The applicant is proposing to build a 6-storey, mixed-use building with 134 residential units and 1115 m2 of commercial space. The applicant is requesting variances to Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050 and Parking Bylaw, 1992, No. 2011 to accommodate the proposed development.

Evaluation of the development variance permit should focus on an assessment of the variances requested.

This site is located within Development Permit Area No. 1 - Natural Environment, Development Permit Area No. 4 - Commercial, Development Permit Area No. 7 - Energy Conservation and Greenhouse Gas Reduction, and Development Permit Area No. 8 - Water Conservation. A development permit is required to ensure that the application is generally consistent with the development permit area guidelines contained within the Esquimalt Official Community Plan Bylaw, 2018, No. 2922. A development permit is required prior to a building permit being issued for construction.

Evaluation of the development permit application should focus on issues regarding the form and character of the development, including landscaping, exterior design, and finish of the building in relation to the relevant development permit area guidelines. In addition, evaluation should focus on natural environm...

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