City of Langford Bylaw No. 2268 — A Bylaw to Amend Bylaw No. 2200 and Bylaw No. 300

City of Langford Bylaw No. 2268

A Bylaw to Amend Bylaw No. 2200 and Bylaw No. 300

“Langford Official Community Plan” and “Zoning Bylaw”

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

1. Langford Official Community Plan No. 2200, 2025 is amended as follows:

a) Section 6.11.1 by deleting “Sand and gravel deposits suitable for extraction in the City of Langford are shown on Map 19, in Appendix C.” and replacing with “Sand and gravel deposits suitable for extraction in the City of Langford are shown on Map 18, in Appendix F”.

b) By deleting “Map 6: Sensitive Ecosystem and Habitat Areas” and replacing it with Schedule F;

c) On page 103 by deleting “All Intensive Residential land, which is defined as all land within subdivision plans that include more than three lots under 550 m2 in area; and” and replacing with “e. All Intensive Residential land, which is defined as all land within subdivision plans that include more than three lots under 400 m2 in area; and”;

d) On page 103 by deleting “The City of Langford designates all areas identified on Maps 10 - 12 as Development Permit Areas for the purpose of protecting the natural environment, its ecosystems…” and replacing with “The City of Langford designates all areas identified on Maps 10 and 11 as Development Permit Areas for the purpose protecting the natural environment, its ecosystems…”;

e) On Page 103, insert the following after “These are areas of environmental sensitivity.”:

“The general objectives for these Development Permit Areas are to:

a. Preserve and enhance sensitive ecosystems and natural topographic features of a site as much as possible;
b. Preserve and enhance habitat, biodiversity, the urban forest, and ecosystem features and functions;
c. Protect and conserve native species, including species at risk identified by the Canadian or British Columbia governments and the B.C. Conservation Data Centre;
d. Enable wildlife movement and gene flow through preserving and enhancing connectivity;
e. Protect fish habitat and riparian values in accordance with the Provincial Riparian Areas Protection Regulation; and
f. Prevent slope instability and erosion in areas adjacent to water bodies and sensitive ecosystems.”

f) On page 103 by deleting “Notwithstanding the areas shown on Map 10, the Riparian Development Permit Area includes all areas within 43m (141ft) of the high water mark of any watercourse.” and replacing with “Notwithstanding the areas shown on Map 10, the Riparian Development Permit Area includes all areas within 45m of the high-water mark of any watercourse.”;

g) On page 104 by deleting “The City of Langford designates all areas identified on Maps 13, 14, and 15 as a Development Permit Area for purpose of protecting development from natural hazards,…” and replacing with “The City of Langford designates all areas identified on Map 12, 13, 14, as a Development Permit Area for the purpose of protecting development from natural hazards…”;

h) On page 104 by deleting “The City of Langford designates all lands shown as extreme or high hazard on Map 16…” and replacing with “The City of Langford designates all lands shown as extreme or high hazard on Map 15…”;

i) On Page 104, insert the following after the paragraph referencing Map 15, as amended by this Bylaw:

“The general objectives for these Hazardous Area Development Permit Areas are to:

a. Ensure people and property are safe from floodwaters;
b. Ensure development in steep slope areas is designed and engineered to provide a high level of protection from ground instability and/or slope failure;
c. Ensure drainage is managed in a way that does not negatively impact the development, adjacent sites, and the surrounding community;
d. Ensure development is managed in a way that minimizes the risk of damage to property or people; and
e. Ensure development is managed in a way that mitigates the risk of interface fire hazards while still addressing environmental values.”

j) On page 104 by deleting “The City of Langford designates all lands identified on Map 17…and all lands identified on Map 18…The City has particular desire to encourage revitalization of…” and replacing with “The City of Langford designates all lands identified on Map 16…and all lands identified on Map 17…The City has particular desire to encourage revitalization of….”;

k) On page 104 by deleting “Development permit objectives and guidelines relating to site planning, building form & character, environmental protection and protecting development from hazardous conditions for the development permit areas defined in this section are located in a series of Appendices to the City of Langford Zoning Bylaw.” and replacing with “Development permit objectives and guidelines related to placemaking, site planning, architecture, landscape architecture, and special considerations for the form and character and commercial revitalization development permit areas designated by this section are located in Appendix B of this Official Community Plan, while guidelines related to the areas designated for environmental protection and protecting development from hazardous conditions are located in Appendix C. Additional polices, objectives, and guidelines pertaining to the master planned communities of Olympic View, Bear Mountain, and South Skirt Mountain are located in Appendix D.”

l) By deleting “Map 10: Riparian Zones” and replacing it with Schedule D;

m) By deleting “Map 11: Sensitive Ecosystems” and replacing it with Schedule E;

n) By deleting “Map 12: Areas with Potential Habitat and Biodiversity Values” and renumbering subsequent maps accordingly;

o) By adding Schedule A as Appendix B and renumbering accordingly;

p) By adding Schedule B as Appendix C and renumbering accordingly;

q) By adding Schedule C as Appendix D and renumber accordingly;

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

a) By deleting Appendices “A” to “V”;

b) By deleting the definition of Common outdoor amenity space and replacing it with the following:

“Common outdoor amenity space is an accessible outdoor space on a lot containing townhouse, apartment, or apartment, senior citizens building(s), and 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(s).”

c) By deleting Section 2.11;

d) By adding the following as Section 3.08.03(11):

“(11) A minimum 1.2m illuminated pedestrian access shall be provided from the street to the garden suite or carriage suite”

e) By adding the following as Section 3.08.03(12):

“(12) Each garden suite or carriage suite shall provide at least 10 m2 of private open space for the use of the occupants.”

f) By adding the following as Section 3.21.01(7): “Garbage and recycling containers and areas for assembly and handling must be screened, gated, and located behind the front building line. Screening should be constructed of a similar design, fashioned from similar materials, and finished with similar colours to those used in the primary building.”

g) By adding the following as Section 3.21.04:

“3.21.04 Amenity Space

(1) Any lot containing more than twenty (20) apartment dwelling units shall provide common outdoor amenity space, for the use of residents, in an amount not less than 5% of the lot area or 100m2, whichever is greater;
(2) Any lot containing more than twenty (20) townhouse dwelling units, shall provide common outdoor amenity space, for the use of residents, in an amount not less than 5% of the lot area or 100m2, whichever is greater;
(3) All townhouse dwelling units shall provide private outdoor amenity space that is a minimum width of 3 m and a minimum area of 10 m²”;