REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: January 30, 2019 Report No. EPW-19-006
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Jeff Miller, Director of Engineering and Public Works
SUBJECT:
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Development Variance Permit - 832 Old Esquimalt Road
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That Council does not approve the application for a Development Variance Permit to relax Subdivision and Development Control Bylaw No. 2175, Schedule E, Section 5.01 (c) related to hydro/communication services to be varied, for the development located at PID 000-150-037, Lot 7 Section 11, Esquimalt District, Plan 307, 832 Old Esquimalt Road.
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RELEVANT POLICY:
Subdivision and Development Control Bylaw, 1997, No. 2175
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:
Not Applicable
BACKGROUND:
When a property is developed, the Subdivision and Development Control Bylaw No. 2175 is utilized to provide the standards and specifications for servicing the site. Contained within the Bylaw is Schedule E, Section 5.01 (c) which states:
For all parcels, except those Zoned for Single Family use, connections for electrical power, telephone and television communications shall be installed underground, starting at existing overhead or underground systems.
(See Attachment 1 for Bylaw No. 2175.)
The owner/developer of 832 Old Esquimalt Road has not met this Bylaw requirement. Instead, an overhead service from the existing overhead system was installed from the other side of Old Esquimalt Road to the property line. At the property line, a single pole was installed. This pole has two power meters on it. From the meters the two power service lines then proceed underground into the two residential units. (See Attachment 2 - Engineering Report for APC, Appendix A for pictures of pole and meters.)
The owner/developer is seeking a variance not to provide underground electrical power and communications services from the existing overhead systems. The matter was reviewed and discussed with the Advisory Planning Comm...
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