Staff Report to Council – First Reading of Bylaw No. 1904

COMMENTS

Staff sent out letters of engagement, via email, to Julie Lawlor, Executive Director of the West Shore Chamber of Commerce and Ron Coutre, President of the West Shore Developers Association for distribution among their respective members. As feedback received as part of this engagement centred on the CCP Zone, Staff felt that separating the Zones into two bylaws would allow more detailed discussions and research about the CCP Zone to take place without delaying rezoning applications already in the queue for the CC1 Zone. Therefore, staff is requesting that Council rescind the First Reading of Bylaw No.1904, that sought to add both the CC1 and CCP zones to the Zoning Bylaw and give First Reading to amended Bylaw No.1904 which will now only include the CC1 Zoning regulations.

A summary of the changes to the CC1 regulations that have been prepared for Council’s review following the consultation process, and are now contained in revised Bylaw No. 1904, are as follows:

• Increased building setbacks from the front and exterior side property lines for portions of a building above the second storey;
• A requirement that no lot with an area less than 1400 m2 (0.37 ac) or a frontage less than 37 m (120 ft) in width can be zoned to CC1, unless for townhouse use;
• That, in exchange for an increased floor area ratio maximum of 5.0, the site design must include:
  • common outdoor amenity space consisting of 5% of the property or 100 m2 of land, whichever is greater; and
  • an active building frontage (see definition below) along 80% of the road frontage; and
• The previous requirement for 75% of the parking to be fully enclosed or underground has been removed in favour of the above-noted active building frontage requirement and additional regulations that parking must be screened by an active building frontage.

Related to these changes, staff have drafted two new definitions for inclusion within Section 1.0 of the Zoning Bylaw and text that clarifies the specifics around the location of landscaping within Section 3.21, as follows:

• Active building frontage will be defined as a building façade that incorporates either a commercial or individually accessed residential unit at grade that faces a highway and does not include private amenity space or a lobby for a residential use that is larger than 15% of the length of the façade or 4m, whichever is less;

• Common outdoor amenity space will be defined as an outdoor space accessible to all residents within an apartment or apartment, senior citizens building that is constructed with surface materials that include sod, pavers, decking, sport court paving or similar materials that allow the space to be used for active or passive recreational use by the residents of the building.

• That landscaping includes all portions of a lot that are not covered by a building or structure or used for off street parking must be landscaped

As per Council’s previous resolution, Staff will continue to consult with the business and development community with regards to the CCP Zone. A similar report outlining these discussions and any changes from the original version of the Zone will be completed and summarized for Council’s review when this work has been completed.

OPTIONS

That Council:

Rescind First Reading of Bylaw No. 1904;
And
2.
Give First Reading to revised Bylaw No. 1904.
Or
3.
Take no action at this time with respect to Bylaw No. 1904.

Respectfully Submitted,
Submitted by:
Lauren Mattiussi, MCIP, RPP Planner 2 - Approved

Concurrence:
Marie Watmough, Manager of Legislative Services - Approved

Concurrence:
George Henshall, Deputy Director of Engineering - Approved

Concurrence:
Leah Stohmann, MCIP, RPP, Deputy Director of Planning - Approved

Concurrence:
Michael Dillabaugh, CPA, CA, Director of Finance - Approved

Concurrence:
Braden Hutchins, Director of Corporate Services - Approved

Concurrence:
Darren Kiedyk, Chief Administrative Officer - Approved

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