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Special Council Minutes - June 25, 2025 (OCP Adoption & Zoning Amendment Readings)
Special council meeting (late evening) on June 25, 2025 where Council gave second and third reading and adopted Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2200 with amendments, and gave readings to a zoning text amendment (Bylaw No. 2229).
Key facts
- Meeting date: June 25, 2025; Council meeting called to order at 10:08 PM
- Council gave 2nd & 3rd readings and adopted Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2200 with amendments replacing 'special needs housing' with 'supportive housing' (directed staff to update policy language)
- Council gave 1st–3rd readings to Langford Zoning Bylaw Amendment No. 749 (Bylaw No. 2229, 2025)
- Special meeting adjourned at 10:24 PM
Special Council Minutes - June 25, 2025 (OCP Adoption & Zoning Amendment Readings)
Meeting Details
- Date & Time: June 25, 2025, 7:00 p.m.
- Location: Council Chambers & Electronic Meeting
- Meeting available by teleconference
Present
- Mayor S. Goodmanson
- Councillor K. Guiry
- Councillor C. Harder
- Councillor M. Morley
- Councillor L. Szpak
- Councillor M. Wagner
- Councillor K. Yacucha
Attending
- D. Kiedyk, Chief Administrative Officer
- B. Hutchins, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer
- M. Watmough, Director of Legislative & Protective Services
- M. Baldwin, Director of Development Services
- L. Stohmann, Director of Community Planning & Climate Change
- K. Balzer, Director of Engineering and Public Works
- Y. Nielsen, Director of Parks, Recreation and Facilities
- T. Corpus, Senior Application Developer/Analyst
- D. Sametz, Senior Planner – Long Range Planning
- B. Boisvert, Legislative Services Administrative Coordinator
- B. Toderian, Consultant
1. COUNCIL MEETING CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Goodmanson called the Council meeting to order at 10:08 pm.
2. TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Councillor Szpak read the City of Langford's Territorial Acknowledgment.
3. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
MOVED BY: MORLEY
SECONDED: WAGNER
THAT Council approve the agenda as presented.
Motion CARRIED.
4. BYLAWS
4.1 BYLAW NO. 2200
"Langford Official Community Plan Bylaw, 2025” (SECOND AND THIRD READINGS AND ADOPTION)
MOVED BY: WAGNER
SECONDED: GUIRY
THAT Council give second and third readings to Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2200, 2025 with the following amendments:
a. Direct staff to delete the definition of Special Needs Housing on page 61 and replace it with the following: “Supportive housing is housing for people with disabilities, seniors, or others who may benefit from on-site support services, including social housing. Supportive housing also encompasses special needs housing as this term is used within the Local Government Act and the Langford Housing Needs Report.”
AND
b. Direct staff to replace the term “special needs housing” in policies 8.7, 8.8, and 8.11 with “supportive housing.”
Motion CARRIED.
MOVED BY: YACUCHA
SECONDED: MORLEY
THAT Council adopt Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2200, 2025.
Motion CARRIED.
5. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
No one presented.
6. BYLAWS
6.1 BYLAW NO. 2229
“Langford Zoning Bylaw, 1999, Amendment No. 749 (Text Amendment to Update Appendix J), Bylaw No. 2229, 2025". (FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD READINGS)
MOVED BY: WAGNER
SECONDED: HARDER
THAT Council give Langford Zoning Bylaw, 1999, Amendment No. 749 (Text Amendment to Update Appendix J), Bylaw No. 2229, 2025, first second and third readings.
Motion CARRIED.
7. ADJOURNMENT
MOVED BY: YACUCHA
SECONDED: HARDER
THAT Council adjourn the meeting.
Mayor Goodmanson adjourned the meeting at 10:24 pm.
Motion CARRIED.
Presiding Council Member
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