# Centre Mountain – Request for a Variance to Bylaw No. 1000 (Staff Report to Council) Meeting: Regular Council — May 1, 2017 Canonical HTML: [Open Langford]() Meeting record updated: 2026-10-19T04:00:23.813272+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: [20170501-Centre-Mountain-Bylaw-1000]() Source pages: 1–2 ## AI-processed summary Planning staff request that Council consider varying Subdivision and Development Servicing Bylaw No. 1000 to allow portions of lands within the proposed Centre Mountain BP8 (Business Park) zoning to retain existing residential dwellings without requiring frontage improvements or immediate connection to the municipal sewer system. Two options are presented: direct staff to prepare notices to vary the bylaw, or take no action. ## Extracted text ### Centre Mountain – Request for a Variance to Bylaw No. 1000 (Staff Report to Council) Source pages: 1–2 ## Centre Mountain – Request for a Variance to Bylaw No. 1000 (Staff Report to Council) 2nd Floor · 877 Goldstream Avenue · Langford, BC Canada · V9B 2X8 T · 250-478-7882 F · 250-478-7864 ### Date May 1, 2017 ### Department Planning ### Subject Centre Mountain – Request for a Variance to Bylaw No. 1000 to allow for Existing Residential Dwellings from Lands to be Rezoned Business Park/Industrial. ### Commentary Source pages: 1–2 ## Commentary Seven (7) lots within the proposed zoning for Centre Mountain will be split between business park/industrial and residential or agricultural zoning (these lots occur along Sooke Road). The applicant requests that Council vary the relevant sections of Subdivision and Development Servicing Bylaw No. 1000 with respect to frontage improvements and connection to the municipal sewer system to allow the those portions of the lands that are not being rezoned to be subdivided from the business park/industrial zoned portion of the lot. Of the seven lots, four have residential dwellings on them at the present time. ### Financial Implications Source pages: 1–2 ## Financial Implications Varying the requirement for municipal services to the existing three dwellings will slow the connection of these homes to the yet-to-be-provided sewer system, however not varying Bylaw No. 1000 as proposed will slow the development of the entire Centre Mountain business/industrial park. The land within the ALR is unlikely to develop, and would still be required to connect to sewers if development were to occur there. The three lots with existing homes would still be required to connect to sewers if sewers are available and the homes are replaced, or if the septic systems fail. Frontage improvements along this portion of Sooke Road are likely to be required by the Ministry of Transportation as part of off-site road improvements required prior to the development of the BP8 Business Park. ### Legal Implications Source pages: 1–2 ## Legal Implications None. ### Options Source pages: 1–2 ## Options That Council: 1. Direct staff to prepare notices to vary Subdivision and Development Servicing Bylaw No. 1000 with respect to subdivision without frontage improvements or connection to the municipal sewer system for properties in the proposed new BP8 (Business Park 8) – Centre Mountain Zone; OR 2. Take no action at this time with respect to variances for lands within the proposed BP8 zone; ### Respectfully submitted, Source pages: 1–2 ## Respectfully submitted, Submitted by: Matthew Baldwin, MCIP, RPP Director of Planning Concurrence: Michelle Mahovlich, P.Eng, P.Geo, Director of Engineering Concurrence: Leah Stohmann, MCIP, RPP, Deputy Director of Planning Concurrence: Braden Hutchins, Director of Corporate Services :mgsb