REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: April 1, 2020 Report No. DEV-20-020
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Bill Brown, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT:
Title
Proposed amendment to the Development Application Procedures Bylaw No. 2791, 2012, allowing Council or the Director of Development Services to waive the requirement for public consultation if Council or the Director of Development Services determines that such consultation may involve a contravention of a federal or provincial enactment. End
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That Council gives first, second and third readings to "Development Application Procedures and Fees Bylaw No. 2791, 2012, Amendment Bylaw (No. 4), 2020, No. 2997 and further, adoption of the bylaw as authorized under section 9 of Ministerial Order No. M083 - Order of the Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General/ Emergency Program Act, attached as Appendix "D" to Staff Report DEV-20-020.
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RELEVANT POLICY:
- Development Application Procedures and Fees Bylaw No. 2791, 2012 (Appendix B).
- Mass Gathering Order of the Provincial Health Officer Pursuant to the Public Health Act - re: COVID-19 Notice to owners, occupiers and operators of places at which large numbers of people gather (Appendix C).
- Provincial Ministerial (COVID - 19) Order - Local Government Meetings and Bylaw Process (Appendix D).
- Local Government Act.
- Community Charter
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:
Although not related to a specific strategic priority, the proposed amendment helps ensure that rezoning applications continue to move forward through the rezoning process, and hence contribute economic inputs into the local economy during the COVID-19 event.
BACKGROUND:
Section 2 of the Development Application Procedures and Fees Bylaw No. 2791, 2012, states that:
"In the case of an application for a zoning amendment or amendment of the Official Community Plan that proposes a change of land use or change in the permitted density of ...
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