File #: 19-263    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Staff Report Status: Passed
File created: 5/28/2019 In control: Council
On agenda: 6/10/2019 Final action: 6/10/2019
Title: Development Variance Permit - 835 Dunsmuir Road
Attachments: 1. Appendix A - DVP00091, 2. Appendix B - Subject Property Map, Aerial Map, 3. Appendix C - Mail Notice, 4. Appendix D - Letter from Applicant, 5. Appendix E - Architectural Plan
REQUEST FOR DECISION

DATE: June 3, 2019 Report No. DEV-19-050
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Alex Tang, Planner and Bill Brown, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT:

Title
Development Variance Permit - 835 Dunsmuir Road
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RECOMMENDATION:

Recommendation
That Council resolves that Development Variance Permit No. DVP00091, as attached as Appendix A to Staff Report DEV-019-050, to authorize the following variance to Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, as shown on the architectural plan of the parking level, provided by Praxis Architects Inc., stamped "Received May 15, 2019", for the proposed 5 storey, 32 unit apartment building, be approved, and staff be directed to issue the permit and register the notice on the title of the property located at 835 Dunsmuir Road [PID 030-709-156, Parcel A (Being a consolidation of Lots 2 and 3, see CA7353737), Section 11, Esquimalt District, Plan 9757].

Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, Section 67.95. (9)(a)(v) - Siting Exceptions - Principal Building - A 0.7 metre decrease to the requirement that no principal building shall be located within 2.0 metres of the northern Exterior Side Lot Line to accommodate the parking structure situated below the First Storey [i.e. from 2.0 metres to 1.3 metres].
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RELEVANT POLICY:

Official Community Plan Bylaw, 2018, No. 2922
Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050
Declaration of Climate Emergency
Parking Bylaw, 1992, No. 2011
Development Application Procedures and Fees Bylaw, 2012, No. 2791
Advisory Planning Commission Bylaw, 2012, No. 2792
Subdivision and Development Control Bylaw, 1997, No. 2175
Green Building Checklist

STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:

This Request for Decision does not directly relate to a specific strategic objective.

BACKGROUND:

Appendix A: DVP00091
Appendix B: Subject Property Map, Aerial Map
Appendix C: Mail Notice
Appendix D: Letter from Applicant
Appendix E: Architectural Plan

Purpose of the Application:
The applicant is requesting a variance to Zo...

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