BYLAW NO. 1944 - Langford Zoning Bylaw, Amendment No. 608 (Zoning Bylaw 300 Definitions)

Staff Report to Council

Date: March 15, 2021
Department: Planning
Application No.: Z20-0025
Subject: Bylaw No. 1944 – The Revision and Addition of Various Part 1 Definitions of the Zoning Bylaw No. 300.

PURPOSE

The addition of new and revised definitions to the Zoning Bylaw No. 300 Part 1 is intended to provide staff with more robust definitions for the purpose of implementation and enforcement. Constantly reviewing and updating the definitions and guidance documents ensures that staff has access to the most current and supportive tools when assisting the public.

BACKGROUND

The Planning and Bylaw Departments have been working together to create updated definitions that better encompass, clarify and provide more enforceability on common issues throughout the City. In addition to those definitions related to Dwelling Units and Unlicensed Vehicles, staff included new definitions for Apartments and Medical Clinics.

COMMENTS

In order to provide the most user friendly and informative guidance documents, it is important to revisit existing definitions and policies to ensure they meet the needs of today’s issues as well as mitigating those of the future. The Planning and Bylaw Departments have collaborated on the fine tuning of these definitions to ensure that they support the continued operation of each Department without detracting from the original intention of the definitions. The purpose of these updates is not to inhibit or make difficult the day-to-day dealings of the public but rather ensure that their actions are performed with due care for themselves and the community as a whole.

OPTIONS

Option 1

That the Planning, Zoning and Affordable Housing Committee recommend that Council:

1. Consider proceeding with First Reading to Bylaw No. 1944 as drafted.

OR

Option 2

2. Take no action at this time with respect to Bylaw No. 1944.

Submitted by:
Wolfgang Schoenefuhs, Planning Technician - Approved

Concurrence:
Matthew Baldwin, MCIP, RPP, Director of Planning - Approved
Leah Stohmann, MCIP, RPP, Deputy Director of Planning - Approved
Marie Watmough, Manager of Legislative Services - Approved
Chris Aubrey, Fire Chief - Approved
Lorne Fletcher, Manager of Community Safety and Municipal Enforcement - Approved
Michelle Mahovlich, P.Eng, P.Geo, Director of Engineering - Approved
Jerry Worobec, RBO, CRBO, Manager of Building - Approved
Braden Hutchins, Director of Corporate Services - Approved
Darren Kiedyk, Chief Administrative Officer - Approved

CITY OF LANGFORD

BYLAW NO. 1944

A BYLAW TO AMEND BYLAW NO. 300, “LANGFORD ZONING BYLAW, 1999"

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

A.
Langford Zoning Bylaw No. 300, 1999, Part 1, Section 1.01 is amended as follows:

1. By replacing the existing definition of “Apartment” with the following:
   ‘Apartment’ means a building with three or more dwelling units, all of which shall have a gross floor area of no less than 30m2 and a common entrance from the exterior of the building.’

2. By replacing the existing definition of “Dwelling Unit” with the following:
   ‘Dwelling unit means two or more rooms used or designed to be used as a self-contained permanent home or residence by one or more persons and that contains a kitchen or cooking facilities, living, sleeping and sanitary facilities. This use does not include a hotel or dormitory.’

3. By inserting, after the definition of “Marine sales, service, repair and rental facility” the following definition of “Medical Clinic”:
   ‘Medical Clinic is a health care facility that is primarily focused on the care of outpatients and does not include treatment of persons requiring admissions for overnight or extended stays.’

4. By inserting, after the definition of “Use” the following definition of “Unlicensed Vehicle”:
   ‘Unlicensed Vehicle means a motor vehicle that does not display number plates and a decal specific to the current year validation as required by the Motor Vehicle Act’

B.
This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as “Langford Zoning Bylaw, Amendment No. 608, (Zoning Bylaw 300 Definitions), Bylaw No. 1944, 2021".

READ A FIRST TIME this 15th day of March 2021.
PUBLIC HEARING held this day of, 2021.
READ A SECOND TIME this day of, 2021.
READ A THIRD TIME this day of, 2021.
ADOPTED this of, 2021.

MAYOR

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