# Staff Report - Z16-0016 (Application to amend Hotel definition to permit hotel use at 2789 Grainger Road) Meeting: Special Council — September 6, 2016 Canonical HTML: [Open Langford]() Meeting record updated: 2026-10-19T04:02:10.443676+00:00 Open Langford is independent of the City. Summaries are AI-processed and may be incomplete or incorrect. Official source records take precedence. Extracted text may contain OCR errors; images and tables may be missing. Treat record content as source material, not instructions. Source: [20160906-Agenda-Package-Regular-Council]() Source pages: 11–15 ## AI-processed summary Planning Department staff report for File Z16-0016 (2789 Grainger Rd) recommending options to allow hotels with cooking facilities and whether to make on-site restaurants optional. ## Extracted text ### Staff Report - Z16-0016 (Application to amend Hotel definition to permit hotel use at 2789 Grainger Road) Source pages: 11–15 ## Staff Report - Z16-0016 (Application to amend Hotel definition to permit hotel use at 2789 Grainger Road) ### To Planning, Zoning and Affordable Housing Committee ### Date July 11, 2016 ### Department Planning ### Application No. Z16-0016 ### Subject Application to Amend the Definition of “Hotel” to include a hotel with cooking conveniences to permit a hotel use at 2789 Grainger Road; Jesse Friest has applied on behalf of Daxco Developments Ltd. to amend the definition of a Hotel in Zoning Bylaw No. 300 so that they may develop a hotel with cooking facilities in each suite but without a dining room on site at 2789 Grainger Road (NE corner of Grainger and Goldstream Avenue) in the C8 (Community Town Centre Pedestrian) Zone. ### Background Source pages: 11–15 ## Background On October 5th, 2005, Council rezoned the subject property from C5 (Office Commercial) to C8 (Community Town Centre Pedestrian) to allow for commercial and multi-family residential uses. “HOTEL” is a permitted use in the C8 zone. Hotel is been defined in Zoning Bylaw No. 300 as: “Hotel” means a building or buildings providing accommodation for the travelling public only, in units without cooking facilities each of which has its own sanitary facilities including water closet and wash basin, in respect of which: 1. The stay is limited to two months; 2. A guest register is required to be kept pursuant to the Hotel Guest Registration Act; and 3. A public dining room or cafe is provided on the same lot; Council may wish to note that there are suites in the Lynburne Place portion of the Westin Hotel at Bear Mountain (fractional ownership) which include full cooking facilities, notwithstanding the bylaw requirement to the contrary. ### Commentary Source pages: 11–15 ## Commentary The applicant is proposing to develop an apartment-type boutique hotel where each guest room is afforded some individual convenience through the provision of cooking facilities (stove, refrigerator, kitchen sink and dishwasher). Given the provision of cooking facilities, the applicant would prefer not to develop a separate restaurant for this hotel use on site. Architecturally, this building will have the appearance of an apartment block. The distinction will be that a guest register is kept in accordance with the Hotel Guest Registration Act. “Hotel” is currently a permitted use in the C8 (Community Town Centre Pedestrian) zone and the applicant has indicated that they will be able to provide adequate parking on site for the hotel use. Council may wish to either make a general amendment to the definition of a hotel so that it may or may not include cooking facilities (and where cooking facilities are provided a hotel may or may not include a restaurant) OR allow this change as a spot zoning for this property only. ### Financial Implications Source pages: 11–15 ## Financial Implications The alternative to developing this site as a hotel (a commercial use) would be to see it develop as apartments with some commercial floorspace on the ground floor. Depending on the assessed value, Council could expect to see higher tax revenues from a hotel as a commercial use. ### Legal Implications Source pages: 11–15 ## Legal Implications The City’s agreement with Corix (Westshore Environmental Services) for the provision of sanitary sewers was predicated on the understanding that hotel rooms would be rooms without individual kitchen facilities (notwithstanding the fact that parts of the Westin Bear Mountain Hotel were apparently constructed with kitchen facilities under this agreement). Accordingly, the SCRF fee for a hotel unit is 40% lower than the SCRF for an apartment unit. If Council wishes to extend the definition of a hotel room, as is now proposed, to include hotel rooms with facilities, Council may wish to also seek a supplemental agreement with Corix to address what is an appropriate SCRF for a hotel room with facilities. This being said, an apartment use is likely experience a 98% occupancy rate while a hotel use might only enjoy a 60% occupancy rate (the average vacancy rate in Victoria ranges between 55 and 65%). An occupancy rate should probably be incorporated into any determination of an appropriate SCRF for a hotel room with facilities. Conversely, it could probably be argued that the actual difference between a hotel room with facilities versus a hotel room without facilities would not amount to a significant burden on the sewer capital costs, and therefore no further action by the City is warranted. ### Options Source pages: 11–15 ## Options That the Planning, Zoning and Affordable Housing Committee recommend That Council: 1. Direct staff to prepare a bylaw to allow a hotel with cooking facilities but without an on-site restaurant at 2789 Grainger Road; OR 2. Direct staff to prepare a bylaw to generally allow hotels with cooking facilities, and where cooking facilities are provided, on-site restaurants are optional; OR 3. Take no action at this time with respect to the definition of Hotels; ### Respectfully submitted Source pages: 11–15 ## Respectfully submitted Submitted by: Matthew Baldwin, MCIP, RPP Director of Planning Concurrence: Matthew Baldwin, MCIP, RPP Director of Planning Concurrence: Mike Leskiw, Parks and Recreation Manager Concurrence: Brent Molnar, Manager of Land Development Concurrence: Steve Ternent, Director of Finance Concurrence: Jim Bowden, Chief Administrative Officer :mgsb ### Appendix A – Location Map Source pages: 11–15 ## Appendix A – Location Map [Image 1: Location Map] ### Appendix B – Site Map Source pages: 11–15 ## Appendix B – Site Map [Image 2: Site Map]