TOWNSHIP OF ESQUIMALT STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: May 5, 2025 Report No. DEV-25-018
TO: Council
FROM: James Davison, Manager of Development Services
SUBJECT: Zoning Amendment Application Second Reading - 1209 Lyall Street - Report No. DEV-25-018
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
1. That Council rescind second reading of 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, and read anew a second time.
2. 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:
It has been discovered that Zoning Bylaw Amendment Bylaw No. 3153 has two errors in its drafting; the first renders the proposed use impossible and the second would create a non-conformance in the I-1 Light Industrial zone. As such, staff requested that the scheduled Public Hearing and third reading of the OCP and Zoning Bylaw Amendment Bylaw be removed from the May 5, 2025 agenda and that Amendment Bylaw No. 3153 have second reading rescinded and be re-read as amended. A strikethrough version of the bylaw attached to this report as Appendix B indicates the proposed amendments.
BACKGROUND:
The application was scheduled to have the public hearing and third reading for the Zoning and OCP amendment bylaws on May 5, 2025. Due to errors in the Zoning Bylaw Amendment Bylaw, the item has been removed from that agenda. As such, it now requires the second reading of the Zoning Bylaw Amendment Bylaw to be rescinded and read anew a second time as amended. The public hearing will be rescheduled. Staff will endeav...
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