REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: June 5, 2017 Report No. DEV-17-034
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Trevor Parkes, Senior Planner
SUBJECT:
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Housing Agreement Application, 101 Island Highway, PID 000-025-569, Lot A, Section 2, Esquimalt District, Plan 39273.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That Council resolves that Housing Agreement (101 Island Highway) Bylaw, 2017, No. 2897 attached as Schedule "A" of staff report DEV-17-034 be read a first, second and third time.
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RELEVANT POLICY:
Official Community Plan Bylaw, 2006, No. 2646
Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No 2050
Local Government Act [RSBC 2015] c.1
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:
This Request for Decision does not directly relate to a specific strategic objective.
BACKGROUND:
Purpose of the Application
The property owner of 101 Island Highway has submitted an application to the Township to rezone the lands from C-5A [Tourist Commercial] to CD-102 [Comprehensive Development District No. 102] to accommodate changes to the uses permitted on the property and refine parking requirements associated with the proposed uses. The applicant proposes the site change to a commercial/ residential mixed-use development, including retaining a 145 square metre restaurant/coffee shop on the site, to be run by an independent operator, retaining a modest 59 square metre office space for on-site management of the buildings and reducing the total number of units on the site from 121 to 96 units.
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 Housing Agreement that would include provisions:
* restricting the residential portion of the development to market rental,
* ensuring dwelling units are available to all classes of persons, except t...
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