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File #: 25-125    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Staff Report Status: Passed
File created: 4/11/2025 In control: Council
On agenda: 4/28/2025 Final action: 4/28/2025
Title: Development Variance Permit Application – 1075 Tillicum Road, Staff Report No. DEV-25-009
Attachments: 1. Appendix A: DVP000158, 2. Appendix B: Floor Plan of the 2nd Storey with the Requested Variances Bubbled
TOWNSHIP OF ESQUIMALT STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: April 28, 2025 Report No. DEV-25-009

TO: Council
FROM: Alex Tang, Planner and Bill Brown, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT: Development Variance Permit Application - 1075 Tillicum Road

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommendation
That Council approve DVP00158, which includes variances to decrease the front setback by 1.9 metres, the northern interior side setback by 0.9 metres, the southern interior side setback by 1.7 metres and the rear setback by 1.0 metres as outlined in Staff Report DEV-25-009 to accommodate balconies for the property located at 1075 Tillicum Road.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

The applicant is currently constructing a 6-storey, commercial residential mixed-use building. The applicant is requesting variances to Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050 to accommodate the balconies. As part of the design in 2022, the balconies were delineated in the architectural plans attached as Appendix C to Staff Report DEV-22-029 in which Council gave 3rd reading to Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, Amendment Bylaw, 2022, No. 3056. Within this bylaw, there were no siting exceptions written for the balconies.


BACKGROUND:

On June 13, 2022, Council adopted Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, Amendment Bylaw, 2021, No. 3056. This bylaw amended the zoning designation of 1075 Tillicum Road from C-6A [Licensed Liquor Establishment - Professional Office] to Comprehensive Development District No. 147 to allow for a 6-storey development.

Chronology:
* June 13, 2022 - Council adopted Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, Amendment Bylaw, 2021, No. 3056
* March 6, 2025 - Development Variance Permit Application received
* March 18, 2025 - Advisory Planning Commission reviews the variance application.

Advisory Body Recommendations:
Advisory Planning Commission:
* Members had no concerns.
* The Advisory Planning Commission resolved that the application be forwarded to Council with a recommendation of approval.

ANALYSIS:

The following v...

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