File #: 24-123    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Staff Report Status: Passed
File created: 2/22/2024 In control: Council
On agenda: 3/18/2024 Final action: 3/18/2024
Title: Housing Agreement Bylaw and Rezoning Application – 602, 608, 612 & 618 Nelson Street and 1319, 1331 & 1347 Sussex Street, Staff Report No. DEV-24-011
Attachments: 1. Appendix A: Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, Amendment Bylaw, 2024, No. 3126, 2. Appendix B: Housing Agreement Bylaw, 2024, No. 3127, 3. Appendix C: Aerial Map, 4. Appendix D: Architectural Drawings, Landscape Plan, and Site Plan, 5. Appendix E: Green Building Checklist, 6. Appendix F: Transportation Impact Assessment and Parking Study, 7. Appendix G: Shadow Study, 8. Appendix H: Developer’s Public Consultation Summary, 9. Appendix I: Staff’s Presentation, 10. Appendix J: Applicant’s Presentation, 11. Appendix K: Public Correspondence
TOWNSHIP OF ESQUIMALT STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: March 18, 2024 Report No. DEV-24-011

TO: Council
FROM: Alex Tang, Planner and Bill Brown, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT: Housing Agreement Bylaw and Rezoning Bylaw - 602, 608, 612 & 618 Nelson Street and 1319, 1331 & 1347 Sussex Street

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommendation
1. That Council give first, second, and third reading to Housing Agreement Bylaw, 2024, No. 3127.

2. That Council give first, second, and third reading to Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, Amendment Bylaw, 2024, No. 3126.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

The applicant is requesting a change in zoning from a mix of RM-1 [Multiple Family Residential] and CD-150 [Commercial-Residential Mixed Use] to Comprehensive Development District No. 164. This change is required to accommodate the proposed 12-storey, 314-unit, multiple family purpose built rental residential building including 352 m2 [3791 ft2] of commercial space.

Evaluation of this application should focus on issues related to zoning such as the proposed height, density, massing, proposed unit sizes, siting, setbacks, lot coverage, usable open space, parking, land use, fit with the neighbourhood, and consistency with the overall direction contained within the Official Community Plan.

Staff is supportive of the application as the proposal is consistent with the use and density within the Proposed Land Use Designation.


BACKGROUND:

On January 9, 2023, Council adopted Official Community Plan Bylaw, 2018, No. 2922, Amendment Bylaw, 2022, 3061, amending the Proposed Land Use Designation of 602, 608 & 612 Nelson Street from High Density Residential to Commercial / Commercial Mixed-Use. Council also adopted Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, Amendment Bylaw, 2022, No. 3062, amending 602, 608 & 612 Nelson Street from RM-1 [Multiple Family Residential] to CD No. 150 [Comprehensive Development District No. 150].

Comprehensive Development District No. 150 allows for a mixed-used development with ...

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