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File #: 25-195    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Bylaws Status: Passed
File created: 5/28/2025 In control: Council
On agenda: 9/29/2025 Final action: 9/29/2025
Title: Rezoning Application - 922 Forshaw Road, Staff Report No. DEV-25-024
Attachments: 1. Appendix A - Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, Amendment Bylaw, 2025, No. 3164, 2. Appendix B - Aerial Map, 3. Appendix C - Applicant's Letter, 4. Appendix D - Site Survey, 5. Appendix E - Applicant's Public Meeting Summary, 6. Appendix F - Staff Presentation
TOWNSHIP OF ESQUIMALT STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: September 29, 2025 Report No. DEV-25-024

TO: Councill
FROM: Kirsten Dafoe, Planner II and Bill Brown, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT: Rezoning Application - 922 Forshaw Road

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommendation
That Council give first, second, and third reading, and adopt Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, Amendment Bylaw, 2025, No. 3164.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

The applicant is requesting a change in zoning from RS-6 [Single Family DADU Residential] to RS-4 [Single Family Bed and Breakfast Residential]. This change is required to accommodate the proposed 2 room bed and breakfast within the existing single-family dwelling. Pursuant to Section 464(3) of the Local Government Act, the Township is prohibited from holding a public hearing for this rezoning application.

Evaluation of this application should focus on issues related to land use, fit with the neighbourhood, parking, and consistency with the overall direction contained within the Official Community Plan.

Staff is supportive of the application, as the proposal is for a use within an existing Single Family Dwelling which is consistent with the uses and densities anticipated in the Low Density Residential Land Use Designation.


BACKGROUND:

Relevant Policy:
Official Community Plan Bylaw, 2018, No. 2922
Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050
Local Government Act
Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act (BC, 2023)
Parking Bylaw, 2025, No. 3089
Development Application Procedures and Fees Bylaw, 2012, No. 2791

Chronology:
* March 10, 2025 - Rezoning application received
* May 20, 2025 - Advisory Planning Commission

Advisory Body Recommendations:
The Advisory Planning Commission commented that
* The proposal fits the neighbourhood and supports the Official Community Plan objective 5.5 to enable aging in place.

The Advisory Planning Commission recommends to Council that the rezoning application to authorize the proposed bed and breakfast use, to be locat...

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