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File #: 25-314    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Bylaws Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 8/25/2025 In control: Council
On agenda: 12/15/2025 Final action:
Title: Rezoning First, Second, Third Reading, and Adoption – 868 Old Esquimalt Road, Staff Report No. DEV-25-044
Attachments: 1. A - Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, Amendment Bylaw, 2025, No. 3172, 2. B - Aerial Map, 3. C - Rezoning Rationale Letter, 4. D - Architectural Drawings, 5. E - Green Building Letter and Checklist, 6. F - Survey, 7. G - Arborist Report, 8. H - Arborist Supplemental Comments, 9. I - Public Meeting Summary, 10. J - Staff Presentation, 11. K - Applicant Presentation
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TOWNSHIP OF ESQUIMALT STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: December 15, 2025 Report No. DEV-25-044

TO: Council
FROM: Kirsten Dafoe, Planner II and Bill Brown, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT: Rezoning First, Second, Third Reading, and Adoption - 868 Old Esquimalt Road

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommendation
That Council give first, second, and third reading, and adopt Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, Amendment Bylaw, 2025, No. 3172.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

The applicant is requesting a change in zoning of the property located at 868 Old Esquimalt Road from RD-3 [Two Family/Single Family Residential] to a new Comprehensive Development zone [CD No. 171], with a bylaw cited as Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, Amendment Bylaw, 2025, No. 3172. This change is required to facilitate a proposed 6-unit townhouse development.

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 Townhouse Residential Proposed Land Use Designation.

Consideration of Bylaw No. 3172 is conditional on Council's adoption of Official Community Plan Bylaw, 2018, No. 2922, Amendment Bylaw, 2025, No. 3176 on December 15, 2025. If the OCP amendment is not adopted by Council prior to consideration of the proposed rezoning, then Bylaw No. 3172 cannot proceed.


BACKGROUND:

Relevant Policy:
Official Community Plan Bylaw, 2018, No. 2922
Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050
Local Government Act
Declaration of Climate Emergency
Parking Bylaw, 2025, No. 3089
Development Application Procedures and Fees Bylaw, 2012, No. 2791
Green Building Checklist

Purpose of the Application:
The applicant is requesting to change the zoning of the proper...

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