REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: January 14, 2021 Report No. APC-21-004
TO: Chair and Members of the Advisory Planning Commission
FROM: Karen Hay, Planner and Bill Brown, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT:
Title
Development Variance Permit - 1151 Esquimalt Road (Archie Browning Sports Centre - sign)
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That the Esquimalt Advisory Planning Commission [APC] recommends to Council that the application for a Development Variance Permit authorizing a new freestanding sign with animated video display, to be located adjacent to the Esquimalt Road entrance to the Archie Browning Sports Centre, consistent with the plans provided by Graphic FX Signworks stamped "Received January 12, 2021", the landscape plan provided by Esquimalt Parks staff stamped "Received August 7, 2020", located as shown on the BCLS Site Plan provided by Wey Mayenburg Land Surveying Inc. stamped "Received September 14, 2020", and to be operated according to the "Operating Guidelines" provided by Esquimalt Recreation staff stamped "Received January 13, 2021; including the following variances for the property located at 1151 Esquimalt Road [PID 001-114-239; Lot 1, Section 11, Esquimalt District, Plan 14686], be forwarded to Council with a recommendation to either approve, approve with conditions, or deny the application; and provide reasons for the recommendation.
* Vary Sign Regulation Bylaw 1996, No. 2252 - Part 6 - Prohibitions - to allow the freestanding sign to occasionally have third-party advertising and therefore act as a billboard (for community event related advertisers)
* Vary Sign Regulation Bylaw 1996, No. 2252 - Part 7 - General Provisions - Section 9.8.1 - to allow the freestanding sign to be located on a property frontage of less than 30 metres (i.e. property has a 7.62 metre frontage on Esquimalt Road)
* Vary Sign Regulation Bylaw 1996, No. 2252 - Part 7 - General Provisions - Section 9.8.2 (a) - to allow the freestanding sign to be located...
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