Newspaper reproduction / public notice and community information (re: Bylaw No. 1684)

City of Langford — NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The City of Langford has received an application to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 300 by means of proposed Bylaw No. 1684. All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw will be afforded an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the Bylaw at a Public Hearing to be held in the CITY OF LANGFORD COUNCIL CHAMBERS, Third Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue, Langford, BC, on Monday, 15 May 2017, at 5:30 pm. Please be advised that no representations may be received by Council after the close of the Public Hearing and any submissions made to Council, whether orally or in writing, will form part of a public record.

Proposal

The purpose of Bylaw No. 1684 is to amend the City of Langford Zoning Bylaw No. 300 by amending the text of the MI (Light Industrial) Zone to permit the inclusion of Community Care Facilities, to the list of uses allowed in the M1 (Light Industrial) zone.

Applicant

City of Langford

Location

The lands that are the subject of Bylaw No. 1684 are all properties which have the the M1 Zone designation.

COPIES of the complete proposed Bylaw and other material that the Council may consider in relation to the Bylaw may be viewed from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday (holidays excluded), from Monday, 1 May 2017 to Monday, 15 May 2017, inclusive, at Langford City Hall, 2nd Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue, Langford, BC, V9B 2X8. Please contact Lauren Morhart in the Planning Department at 250-478-7882 with any questions on this Bylaw.

Jim Bowden
Administrator

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City of Colwood — NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING (Tuesday, May 16, 2017)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the City of Colwood will hold a meeting to afford the public an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters in the following proposed bylaws at a PUBLIC HEARING to be held at the COLWOOD CITY HALL, 3300 WISHART ROAD, COLWOOD, B.C. on TUESDAY, MAY 16th, 2017 at 6:00 P.M.

1. Colwood Land Use Bylaw No. 151, 1989, Amendment No. 159 (Text Amendment C8A Zone - 324 Goldstream Ave), Bylaw No. 1668, 2017.

The general purpose of proposed Bylaw No. 1668 is to amend the Colwood Land Use Bylaw No. 151, 1989 by changing the existing Towncentre Mixed Use A (C8A) Zone. The applicant is requesting the following amendments to the C8A Zone:

• that 'Attached Housing' to added as a permitted use;
• that the requirement for commercial space for buildings not fronting Goldstream Avenue be deleted;
• that the requirement for a contribution to the City's Community Amenity Fund be waived; and
• that minor administrative changes be permitted to create sub-zone Area "1" and Area "2".

This is to facilitate the development of an affordable housing complex with approximately 104 dwelling units on the property described as Lot 1, District Lot 1, Esquimalt Plan EPP64418 (324 Goldstream Avenue), as shown outlined by a solid bold line on the map below:

2. Colwood Land Use Bylaw No. 151, 1989, Amendment No. 158 (RM1 to RM6 - 2006 Sooke Road), Bylaw No. 1667, 2017.

The general purpose of proposed Bylaw No. 1667 is to amend the Colwood Land Use Bylaw No. 151, 1989 by rezoning the subject property from the Low Density Housing (RM1) Zone to the Medium Density Low Rise (RM6) Zone. This is to facilitate the construction of a four-storey affordable housing apartment complex containing approximately 82 dwelling units. The subject property is legally described as That Part of Section 1, Esquimalt District, Shown Outlined in Green on Plan 242 RW, Except That Part Thereof Lying to the East of a Straight Boundary Perpendicular to the Southerly Boundary Thereof and Extending from a Point on the Said Southerly Boundary Distant 100 Feet from the Most Easterly Corner Thereof (2006 Sooke Road), as shown outlined by a solid bold line on the map below:

A copy of the proposed bylaws and other related materials may be inspected at City Hall, 3300 Wishart Road, Colwood, B.C. between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, except statutory holidays, from Monday, May 8th, 2017 up to and including Tuesday, May 16th, 2017. For further information please contact the Planning Department at 250-294-8153 or planning@colwood.ca.

Iain Bourhill, MCIP, RPP
Director of Planning
Colwood

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News Articles and Community Items

Both sides working on an agreed statement of facts

Joel Tansey
News Gazette staff

The court date for the accused in the April 2016 death of West Shore RCMP Const. Sarah Beckett has been delayed until May 18 at the request of Crown counsel.

Langford resident Kenneth Jacob Fenton is facing five charges resulting from the crash, including impaired driving causing death, following an early morning crash at the intersection of Peatt Road and Goldstream Avenue. He was due to appear in Western Communities court last Thursday.

Fenton has yet to enter a plea and has had his case delayed numerous times since being charged last September.

He wasn't present on April 6, the last time the case was heard, but both his lawyer Dale Marshall and Crown counsel indicated that positive talks had taken place and the two sides were working on an agreed statement of facts.

"The matter has been adjourned.. .to allow Crown and defense to conclude resolution dis- cussions," said Dan McLaughlin, communications counsel at the B.C. Prosecution Service. McLaughlin indicated that avoiding a trial is "certainly one of the options" given these discussions and that the Crown is optimistic the May 18 date will give both sides enough time to reach a resolution.

joel.tansey@goldstreamgazette.com

Caption: Maureen Lauren, principal and music teacher at Sangster elementary, leads about 2,000 elementary students from throughout the Sooke School District in a medley of songs during Music Monday at The Q Centre. RICK STIEBEL/NEWS GAZETTE STAFF

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New equipment campaign launched

Rick Stiebel
News Gazette staff

The Victoria Hospitals Foundation is looking for funding to provide the best equipment for treating patients dealing with a number of neurological conditions.

The fundraising goal of $405,000 would add 23 pieces of new equipment to the neurology and rehabilitation divisions at Victoria General and Royal Jubilee hospitals to assist people with conditions including stroke, epilepsy, MS, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, said foundation chair Steve McKerrell.

"Every year, the neurology and rehabilitation divisions at both hospitals diagnose and treat thousands of patients affected by life-changing conditions that require sophisticated care," McKerrell Said in a media release. "We are asking our community to help ensure our medical teams have the best possible tools to ensure patients can: reach their highest level of function."

VGH is the neurological referral centre for all of Vancouver Island. Treating such a wide variety of conditions requires state of the art equipment, noted Dr. Kristen Attwell-Pope, head of neurology for Island Health.

Former patient Paul Thompson can attest to that following his treatment for a stroke. "Knowing our local hospital is well .equipped to provide emergency care to people like me is very reassuring," he said. "With timely treatment using the best tools, a complete recovery is possible. I am incredibly grateful for the care I received during and after my stroke."

New equipment on the wish list includes two new swallow- and voice imaging systems, used by speech pathologists to assess patients suffering from functional voice disorders, at a cost of $77,300 per unit. There's also an electrocardiogram software upgrade that quickly diagnoses the source and severity of a stroke, listed at $75,000, and a radio frequency Ablations Machine used by specialists to reduce back and neck pain, for $50,000.

You can donate online at victoriallfca/redefiningpossible, by calling 250-519-1750 or by mail to the Wilson Block, 1952 Bay St., Victoria V8R 1J8.

Caption: Rehabilitation patient Judy Burch works her way along the parallel bars with the help of rehab assistant Nicole Pattison. The Victoria Hospitals Foundation recently launched its latest fundraising campaign, centred around neurology and rehabilitation. PHOTO BY LAUREN NOEL

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City of Colwood — NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING (Tuesday, May 23, 2017)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the City of Colwood will hold a meeting to afford the public an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters in the following proposed bylaw at a PUBLIC HEARING to be held at the COLWOOD CITY HALL, 3300 WISHART ROAD, COLWOOD, B.C. on TUESDAY, MAY 23, 2017 at 6:00 P.M.

1. Colwood Land Use Bylaw No. 151, 1989, Amendment No. 160 (Secondary Suites and Accessory Dwelling Units), Bylaw No. 1678, 2017.

The general purpose of proposed Bylaw No. 1678 is to amend the Colwood Land Use Bylaw No. 151, 1989 by deleting section 2.4.02(7) and all of section 2.4.06. These changes would delete the requirements in the City of Colwood's Land Use Bylaw pertaining to smoke alarm systems in secondary suites and accessory dwelling units (s. 2.4.02(7). The proposed bylaw only amends the City's Land Use Bylaw. It does not affect British Columbia Building Code requirements for smoke alarm systems, or any other Code requirements. The proposed Land Use Bylaw amendments would also delete the provisions concerning the application of permits for secondary suites and accessory dwelling unit in the Land Use Bylaw (s 2.4.06). "Secondary suite" and "Accessory dwelling unit" will still be listed as permitted land uses in all zones that currently list them as such.

A copy of the proposed bylaw and other related materials may be inspected at City Hall, 3300 Wishart Road, Colwood, B.C. between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, except statutory holidays, from Monday, May 15, 2017 up to and including Tuesday, May 23, 2017. For further information please go to the City's website http://www.colwood.ca/SecondarySuites or contact the Planning Department at 250-478-5999 or planning@colwood.ca.

Iain Bourhill, MCIP, RPP
Director of Planning

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Letters to the Editor (selected)

Fletcher was out of line on Horgan

'Re: 'Hulk Horgan' hides health bridge too far. (B.C. Views, April 26)

When he is suggesting that "particularly women voters" should decide if John Horgan is premier material is an insidious way of inferring that he is disrespectful to women because he attempted to correct Christy Clark's assertions in a radio debate. As a female this is an insult not only to my intelligence but also to Clark's.

He said his column is not about Horgan's personality, while obviously what followed was meant to be viewed in that negative light.

Shirley Stirrett
Langford

Plastic bags aren't the proble

Re: Take plastic bags out of the picture (Gazette, April 19)

Oh, here we go again.

Just as stupid, irresponsible people are the root cause of traffic mayhem on the Malahat, the same kinds of humans are behind all that harm being done by plastic bags.

Never mind that testing years ago showed multi-use plastic bags — the ones now favoured by many shoppers as a replacement for single-use bags — are almost certainly more contaminated with microbial nasties than the single-use bags, go ahead and ban single-use bags.

Just like the Malahat "solution" of making it wider and then discovering that speeding dolts are now driving even faster. Never mind that a single decomposable bag in a mixture of soft plastic bags heading for recycling will ruin the entire batch, go ahead and advocate for decomposable bags.

If we're going to ban bags, let's also ban cars. The problem is humans who don't give a damn. How about we tackle that problem and see how many other problems diminish or vanish.

Bob MacKenzie
Langford

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