Notice of Public Hearing / Ads (Bylaw No. 1962 and related public notices)

Notice of Public Hearing (published version)

(Monday 18 October 2021, 5:30 PM — City Hall Council Chambers, Third Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue)

Bylaw No. 1962
Location: 2911 West Shore Pkwy and a portion of 2945 Ed Nixon Terrace as shown shaded on the included plan.

Purpose: To amend the City of Langford Zoning Bylaw No. 300 by amending the designation of the property from Area 4 of Schedule E, the CD1 (Comprehensive Development 1 – Goldstream Meadows) Zone Map, to Area 1 to allow for business park uses.

PLEASE NOTE: This meeting will be held electronically, and not in-person. Information about how to connect to this meeting is indicated in the table below.

The draft Bylaw can be found here: https://www.langford.ca/city-hall/public-notices/. The Agenda, including material that Council may consider in relation to the bylaw, will be posted to the City’s website: https://www.langford.ca/city-hall/agendas-and-minutes/ the Friday afternoon before the public hearing.

Questions can be submitted by emailing planning@langford.ca, by calling 250-478-7882, or in writing to Langford City Hall, 2nd Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue, Langford, BC, V9B 2X8.

Marie Watmough
Acting Director of Corporate Services

Teleconference:

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Notice of Revitalization Tax Exemption (City of Langford)

Bylaw No.

2006

Take notice that the Council of the City of Langford is considering adopting City of Langford Revitalization Tax Exemptions for Industrial Development Bylaw No. 2006, 2021.

The City of Langford is committed to encouraging opportunities for commercial and industrial development in the community. The goals of the revitalization tax exemption program established by this Bylaw are to:

• (a) Provide incentives for industrial development;
• (b) Stimulate and diversify the local economy;
• (c) Grow the industrial tax base; and
• (d) Encourage business development and job creation;

The revitalization tax exemption program established by this bylaw is intended to be an incentive to encourage the construction of commercial and industrial development.

To be eligible for a tax exemption under the program the owner must enter into an Exemption Agreement with the City.

The purpose of the Revitalization Tax Exemption Bylaw is to exempt 100% of taxes above that paid in 2021 from municipal property taxes imposed under section 197(1)(a) of the Community Charter on those portions of the parcels identified on the map attached to the Bylaw as Schedule A as within “Area A” and “Area B” that are legally described as:

• PID No. 017-612-675, Lot A, Sections 2 and 3, Range 3 West, Highland District, Plan VIP53467, Except Plan And EPP64255 (“Lot A”);
• PID No. 030-085-519, That Part of Section 2, Range 3 West, Highland District, Shown On Plan EPP64254, That Part of Section 2, Range 3 West, Highland District;
• PID No. 003-991-059, Lot 1, Section 3, Range 3 West, Highland District, Plan 16585, Except Plan EPP64255;
• PID No. 000-727-881, Lot 9, Section 2, Range 3 West, Highland District, Plan 8693, (“Lot 9”);
• PID No. 005-418-101, Lot 8, Section 2, Range 3 West, Highland District, Plan 8693, (“Lot 8”)

(together, the “Revitalization Area”).

The tax exemption granted under the Revitalization Tax Exemption Bylaw is for a period of 5 years, 2022 through 2026 inclusive for a portion of the area and for a period of 7 years, 2022 through 2028 for the remaining portion of the area.

If the proposed tax exemption were not granted, it is estimated that taxes liable for the following three years would be as follows:

Any person who wishes to review a copy of the proposed Revitalization Tax Exemption Bylaw may do so by contacting:

Marie Watmough, Acting Director of Corporate Services
City of Langford
877 Goldstream Avenue
Victoria, BC V9B 2X8
Telephone: (250) 478-7882

This notice is given in accordance with section 227 of the Community Charter.

Published Notices (Goldstream Gazette)

Publication Information

• Goldstream Gazette
• www.goldstreamgazette.com
• A10 Wednesday, October 6, 2021

(Notice of Public Hearing content reproduced in the newspaper as above, including meeting details and connection instructions via Zoom.)

Additional Newspaper Content Extracts (selected)

Rugby match recap (excerpt)

Canada and Chile head-to-head in game 2 this Saturday night.

(Excerpt describing match action, try scorers, conversion kicks, and final minutes.)

Article: Buzz grows for company’s reusable coffee mug program

Jake Romphf — News Staff

Despite the pandemic derailing some momentum of reusable items, a Victoria company’s circular economy coffee cup has been able to expand its reach and waste-reduction product line. Cousins Nancy Prevost-Maurice and Caroline Thibault launched The Nulla Project in 2019 and the company now has about 1,000 cups in circulation and is partnered with 15 coffee shop locations. The project offers java drinkers looking to lower their disposable cup waste a reusable mug for a $5 deposit, and then they can exchange it for a new one or return it and get their money back at any partnering location.

Nulla has signed on with a cafe at Royal Roads University and is hoping to do the same at the University of Victoria.

“Most partners keep ordering more and more cups because people are aware of the program now,” Prevost-Maurice told Black Press Media. “We really want it to be something that is inclusive and easy for people to access.”

Even if businesses use compostable cups, Prevost-Maurice said many of those will still end up in a landfill and there are communities that don’t have access to composting. Nulla hopes to give people an avenue to get their coffee fix without relying on single-use items at all, even if people forget their own reusable mug at home and need a zero-waste caffeine hit.

“Everyone thinks they’re doing fine by recycling or composting, but that’s not the case,” Prevost-Maurice said. “I think we all want to do better, I’m sure everybody wants to make impactful action, it’s just when we don’t know, we don’t know.”

If enough people can get on board, Prevost-Maurice hopes it will also help businesses cut costs by not having to buy so many single-use cups. The energy and resources needed to make disposable cups can be costly and harmful to the planet, she added.

“Just getting people to bring their own cup is a great way for coffee shops to save money. We want to create a community of zero-waste cafes that can work together.”

Nulla isn’t stopping at coffee cups, as they realized events and festivals use a huge amount of disposable glasses and there’s no real reason why you’d need a new cup with every drink. That’s why they got a Quebec company to make them a clear reusable glass that event-goers would get for a $2 deposit.

Using reusable is considered safe again in B.C. and Prevost-Maurice said it’s no different than going to a restaurant and using their kitchenware.

“People react and they’re like ‘Wow, that’s true, I don’t need to use five disposable glasses when I go to a festival,” she said. “It’s just changing the way to do business because it’s quite easy to go reusable.”

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