Advisory Committee

Delegation slide deck from Habitat for Humanity Victoria requesting funding from the City of Langford's Affordable Housing Reserve Fund to support an attainable homeownership project (Phase 1: 16 townhomes on Irwin Road) and describing the Habitat model and funding ask.

Planner's report presenting a referral from the Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch regarding a request to amend lounge endorsement hours for Ryes & Shine Craft Distillery; outlines municipal options to opt in (conduct public notification) or opt out of the provincial notification process and provides commentary and recommended options.

Administrative report presenting a comprehensive new Community Standards Bylaw to repeal and replace four existing bylaws (noise, nuisance abatement, unsightly premises, and noxious weeds), modernize standards, and add regulations for unoccupied premises, boulevard maintenance, dust control and construction impact management; includes recommended readings and rescinding of related policies.

Existing Nuisance Abatement Bylaw (No. 1501, 2016) that authorizes the City to abate nuisances, impose costs of abatement on responsible persons/owners/occupiers, and recover costs as debts or on tax rolls; includes schedules for hourly personnel and equipment rates for determining abatement costs.

Regional Unsightly Premises bylaw (adopted for Langford historically) prohibiting allowing property to become unsightly, accumulation of filth/garbage/discarded materials, graffiti and allowing the Regional District to clear and charge costs.

Council policy that governed issuance of extraordinary noise permits under the Noise Bylaw (application process and fees); staff recommend rescinding this policy if the proposed Community Standards Bylaw is adopted (because permit powers are included in the bylaw).

Outdated District (Langford) policy (1994) requiring immediate removal of graffiti by municipality or property owner; staff propose rescinding this if graffiti provisions are included in the new bylaw.

Consolidated proposed Community Standards Bylaw to replace several existing bylaws; contains definitions, property maintenance standards (including unoccupied premises and culverts), boulevard maintenance, nuisance and litter prohibitions, noise regulations (including Noise Permits), dust control, construction impact management, administrative and enforcement provisions and repeal clauses.

Fee schedule for determining nuisance abatement costs and nuisance service call fees (personnel hourly rates and equipment/vehicle hourly rates) and administrative provisions for fee increases linked to CPI.

Proposed miscellaneous amending bylaw (No. 2262) to update other municipal enforcement bylaws and schedules to reflect adoption of the Community Standards Bylaw No. 2255, 2026 (adds the new bylaw into Ticket Information Authorization schedules, Bylaw Notice Enforcement schedules, updates Officer & Peace Officer bylaw references and inserts a Schedule of offences/fines).

Parks Planning report recommending that Council consider adopting a bylaw to formally dedicate 90 City-owned parcels (approximately 209 acres) as parkland, consistent with the Parks & Trails Master Plan and Urban Forest Management Plan; explains legal mechanism and strategic rationale.

Proposed bylaw (No. 2237, 2026) to dedicate specified municipally owned parcels as park land, including Schedule A listing the legal descriptions and common names of the parcels and Schedule B map.