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File #: 25-159    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Staff Report Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 5/6/2025 In control: Advisory Planning Commission
On agenda: 5/20/2025 Final action:
Title: Development Variance Permit Application - 805 Hutchinson Avenue, Staff Report No. APC-25-009
Attachments: 1. Appendix A: Aerial Map, 2. Appendix B: Architectural Drawings and Site Plan, 3. Appendix C: Applicant’s Letter
REQUEST FOR DECISION
MEETING DATE: May 20, 2025 Report No. APC-25-009

TO: Advisory Planning Commission
FROM: Alex Tang, Planner and Bill Brown, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT: Development Variance Permit Application - 805 Hutchinson Avenue

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommendation
That the Esquimalt Advisory Planning Commission recommends to Council to either approve, approve with conditions, or deny the development variance permit consistent with the architectural plan provided by McNeil Building Designs Limited, including the following variances for the property located at 805 Hutchinson Avenue:

Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, 37.2 (9) (b) (ii)- Siting Requirements: Detached Accessory Dwelling Unit: Side Setback: A 1.2-metre decrease to the requirement that no Detached Accessory Dwelling Unit shall be located within 1.5 metres of an Interior Side Lot Line [i.e. from 1.5 metres to 0.3 metres].

Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, 37.2 (9) (b) (iv)- Siting Requirements: Detached Accessory Dwelling Unit: Building Separation: A 1.2-metre decrease to the requirement that no Detached Accessory Dwelling Unit shall be located within 2.5 metres of a Principal Building [i.e. from 2.5 metres to 1.3 metres].
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

The applicant is requesting variances for a detached accessory dwelling unit. The applicant would like to use the existing foundation of the previously constructed legal non-conforming accessory building. This detached accessory dwelling unit encroaches onto the side setback and is sited too close to the Principal Building. The applicant will remove the other accessory building that was constructed without a building permit in September of 2024.

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


BACKGROUND:

Applicant / Owner: Jordan Noble

Architect: McNeil Building Designs Limited

Property Size: Metric: 555 m2 Imperial: 5974 ft2

OCP Present and Proposed Land Use Designation: Lo...

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