REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: April 19, 2021 Report No. DEV-21-027
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Trevor Parkes, Senior Planner and Bill Brown, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT:
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Housing Agreement (874 Fleming Street) Bylaw, 2020, No. 2993.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
1. That Council resolves that Housing Agreement (874 Fleming Street) Bylaw, 2020, No. 2993, attached as Appendix A of Staff Report DEV-21-027, be adopted; and
2. That staff be directed to execute the Housing Agreement and register the Notice of Housing Agreement on the title of 874 Fleming Street [PID 002-900-246, Lot B, Section 10, Esquimalt District, Plan 25267].
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RELEVANT POLICY:
Local Government Act
Official Community Plan Bylaw, 2018, No. 2922
Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:
Healthy, Livable and Diverse Community - Support community growth, housing and development consistent with our Official Community Plan.
BACKGROUND:
Appendices
Appendix A: Housing Agreement (874 Fleming Street) Bylaw, 2020, No. 2993
Appendix B: 874 Fleming Street - Drawings, BCLS Site Plan, Concept Landscape Plan
Purpose of the Application
The applicant is requesting a change in zoning from the current zone of Multiple Family Residential [RM-4], to create a new Comprehensive Development District [CD-130]. This change is required to accommodate the proposed 6-storey, 137-unit, affordable rental multiple family residential building including a 60 space underground parking garage and 7 surface parking stalls.
Under Section 483 of the Local Government Act the Township may, by bylaw, enter into a Housing Agreement including terms and conditions agreed to by the local government and the owner regarding the occupancy of the housing units identified in the agreement.
The property owner and the Township wish to enter into a Housing Agreement that would include the following provisions:
The Owner covenants and agrees that the building it constr...
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