Bylaw 12.2 - BYLAW NO. 2151 (Background Report Attached)

Staff Report to Council

DATE

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

DEPARTMENT

Planning

APPLICATION NO.

Z23-0018

SUBJECT

Adoption of Bylaw No. 2151 – Application to Rezone 2832, 2834, 2836, and 2838 Knotty Pine Road from One- and Two-Family Residential (R2) to City Centre 2 (CC2) to allow approximately 27 townhomes.

Contact

t 250.478.7882
e administration@langford.ca
2nd Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue
Langford, BC V9B 2X8

BACKGROUND

At their regular meeting of January 15th, 2024, Council passed the following resolution with respect to 2832, 2834, 2836, and 2838 Knotty Pine Road:

1. Proceed with consideration of First Reading of Bylaw No. 2151 to amend the zoning designation of the properties located at 2832, 2834, 2836, and 2838 Knotty Pine Road from R2 to CC2 subject to the following terms and conditions:

   a. That the applicant provides, as a bonus for increased density, the following contributions per dwelling unit, prior to the issuance of a building permit: (secured in Bylaw No. 2151)

   i. $1,000 towards the Affordable Housing Reserve Fund; and
   ii. $3,800 towards the General Amenity Reserve Fund;

   b. That the applicant, prior to Bylaw Adoption, registers a Section 219 covenant in priority of all other charges on title, that agrees to the following: (completed)

   i. That the following will be provided and implemented to Bylaw No. 1000 standards to the satisfaction of the Director of Engineering prior to the issuance of a building permit: 1. Full frontage improvements; 2. A storm water management plan; 3. A mitigation plan, and 4. A construction parking management plan. ii. That the properties be consolidated prior to issuance of a Development Permit for Form and Character;

   iii. That a separate covenant be registered prior to the registration of a strata plan for the proposed development agreeing that the garages are to be used for the parking of vehicles and not the storage of items preventing the parking of vehicles therein, in favour of the strata;

   iv. That 5% of the lot area on the corner of Knotty Pine Road and Orono Avenue be dedicated to the City as park prior to the issuance of a building permit;

   v. That the strata be responsible for maintaining and irrigating boulevard landscaping with the exception of boulevard trees and boulevard tree irrigation, which will be maintained by the City;

   vi. That all concrete used on-site will utilize ready-mix concrete that meets or exceeds the weighted average Global Warming Potential targets based on Concrete BC Baseline (average) mix data, and that prior to the issuance of a Building Permit the applicant shall provide a Type III Environmental Product Declaration that is 3rd party verified specifying the total Global Warming Potential value and confirming that the proposed development meets the requirements of Low Carbon Concrete Policy POL-0167-PLAN;

   vii. That electric heat pumps be required as a condition of zoning;

   AND

2. Authorize the Director of Planning to issue a setback variance to the southern interior side lot line, reducing the requirement from 1.2 m to 1 m along the park boundary. (to be dealt with in future Development Permit)

COMMENTARY

This application was prohibited from being the subject of a Public Hearing, as per the changes made by the Province to the Local Government Act through The Housing Statues (Residential Development) Amendment Act, 2023.

Council gave the first, second and third readings of Bylaw No. 2151 on February 20, 2024. The information considered in relation to this Bylaw as well as the video recording of the Meeting can be found at the following link on the City’s website: Council Meeting - February 20, 2024 (escribemeetings.com)

The applicant has registered a Section 219 Covenant against the title of the subject properties that agrees to items 1. b. i-vii in Council’s resolution dated January 15, 2023, noted above.

Bylaw No. 2151 was signed by the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure on February 22, 2024.

As there are no outstanding conditions required at this time, Council may wish to proceed with bylaw adoption.

OPTIONS

Option 1
That Council adopt Bylaw No. 2151.

OR Option 2
That Council not adopt Bylaw No. 2151.

SUBMITTED BY

Julia Buckingham, Planner II

Concurrence

Leah Stohmann, MCIP, RPP, Deputy Director of Planning and Subdivision
Donna Petrie, Senior Manager of Communications & Economic Development
Yari Nielsen, Director of Parks, Recreation and Facilities
Matthew Baldwin, MCIP, RPP, Director of Planning and Subdivision
Katelyn Balzer, P.Eng., Director of Engineering and Public Works
Michael Dillabaugh, CPA, CA, Director of Finance
Marie Watmough, Deputy Director of Corporate Services
Braden Hutchins, Director of Corporate Services
Darren Kiedyk, Chief Administrative Officer

CITY OF LANGFORD

BYLAW NO. 2151

A BYLAW TO AMEND BYLAW NO. 300, “LANGFORD ZONING BYLAW, 1999"

The Council of the City of Langford, in open meeting assembled, hereby enacts as follows:

A. Langford Zoning Bylaw No. 300, 1999 is amended as follows:

1. By deleting from the One- and Two-Family Residential (R2) Zone and adding to the City Centre (CC2) Zone the property legally described as:

   a) Lot 14, Section 5, Esquimalt District, Plan 10444, PID No. 005-233-046 (2832 Knotty Pine Road);
   b) Lot 8, Section 5, Esquimalt District, Plan 10795, PID No. 005-076-722 (2834 Knotty Pine Road);
   c) Lot 9, Section 5, Esquimalt District, Plan 10795, PID No. 005-076-749 (2836 Knotty Pine Road); and
   d) Lot 10, Section 5, Esquimalt District, Plan 10795, PID No. 005-076-757 (2838 Knotty Pine Road)

   as shown shaded on Schedule A attached to and forming part of this Bylaw.

2. By adding the following to Table 1 of Schedule AD:

B. This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as “Langford Zoning Bylaw, Amendment No. 709 (2832, 2834, 2836, and 2838 Knotty Pine Road), Bylaw No. 2151, 2024".

READ A FIRST TIME this 20th day of February, 2024.
READ A SECOND TIME this 20th day of February, 2024.

READ A THIRD TIME this 20th day of February, 2024.
APPROVED BY THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE this day 22nd of February, 2024.
ADOPTED this day of , 2024.

PRESIDING COUNCIL MEMBER
CORPORATE OFFICER

Schedule A