File #: 24-190    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Bylaws - First & Second Reading Subject to PH Status: Passed
File created: 4/3/2024 In control: Council
On agenda: 10/7/2024 Final action: 10/7/2024
Title: Rezoning Application - 861 & 863 Esquimalt Road, Staff Report No. DEV-24-046
Attachments: 1. Appendix A: Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, Amendment Bylaw, 2022, No. 3078, 2. Appendix B: Aerial Map, 3. Appendix C: Architectural Drawings, Landscape Plan, and Surveyor’s Site Plan, 4. Appendix D: Green Building Checklist, 5. Appendix E: Parking Study, 6. Appendix F: Transportation Impact Assessment, 7. Appendix G: Arborist Report, 8. Appendix H: Developer's Public Consultation Summary.pdf, 9. Appendix I Public Input, 10. Appendix J: Letter detailing the Tenant Relocation Plan, 11. Appendix K: Applicant’s Presentation, 12. Appendix L: Staff’s Presentation
TOWNSHIP OF ESQUIMALT STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: October 7, 2024 Report No. DEV-24-046

TO: Council
FROM: Alex Tang, Planner and Bill Brown, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT: Rezoning Application - 861 & 863 Esquimalt Road

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommendation
That Council:
1. Further amend Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, Amendment Bylaw, 2022, No. 3078 as outlined in Staff Report DEV-24-046;
2. Re-read Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, Amendment Bylaw, 2022, No. 3078 a second time as amended; and
3. Authorize the scheduling of a Public Hearing.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

The applicant is requesting a change in zoning from RM-4 [Multiple Family Residential] to Comprehensive Development District No. 158. This change is required to accommodate the proposed 6-storey, 59-unit, multiple-family purpose built rental residential building.

Evaluation of this application should focus on issues related to zoning such as the proposed height, density, massing, proposed unit sizes, siting, setbacks, lot coverage, usable open space, parking, land use, fit with the neighbourhood, and consistency with the overall direction contained within the Official Community Plan.

Staff is supportive of the application as the proposal is consistent with the use and density within the Proposed Land Use Designation.


BACKGROUND:

On July 11, 2022, Council gave 1st and 2nd reading to Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, Amendment Bylaw, 2022, No. 3078. Council thought that the density was appropriate but had concerns with the displacement of the existing tenants and recommended that the developer consider a compensation of 6- to 12-months rent. At a Public Hearing on August 29, 2022, Council considered Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, Amendment Bylaw, 2023, No. 3078. Council advocated for the inclusion of commercial space on the ground storey and a dog wash station. Moreover, they persisted on the inclusion of a tenant assistance package.

Since this amendment bylaw went to Council on Aug...

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