Sustainable Development Advisory Committee Minutes - August 11, 2025

1. CALL TO ORDER

The Chair called the meeting to order at 7:01 pm.

2. TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Councillor Szpak read the City of Langford's Territorial Acknowledgment.

3. MEETING CONDUCT RULES

M. Miles, Manager of Legislative Services, read the City of Langford's meeting conduct rules.

4. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA

MOVED BY: COTTER
SECONDED: RODGERS

THAT the Committee approve the agenda as presented.
Motion CARRIED.

5. ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES

5.1 Minutes of the Sustainable Development Advisory Committee - July 14, 2025

MOVED BY: MCNAUGHTON
SECONDED: WAGNER

THAT the minutes of the Sustainable Development Advisory Committee meeting held Monday, July 14, 2025, be adopted as circulated.
Motion CARRIED.

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6. REPORTS

6.1 Development Variance Permit - 834 McCallum Rd (DVP25-0002)

M. Baldwin, Director of Development Services provided an overview of the application.
A. Peterson, Applicant, gave a statement regarding the application.
The Chair opened the floor to questions and comments from the public.
The Chair opened the floor to questions and comments from the Committee.

MOVED BY: SZPAK
SECONDED: DUMITRU

THAT the Sustainable Development Advisory Committee recommend that Council:

1. Direct staff to provide notice that Council will consider issuing a Development Variance Permit for the following:
   a. That Table 1 of Section 4.01.01 be varied to reduce the off-street parking requirement for contractor services at units 101 – 834 McCallum Road and 113 – 834 McCallum Road from the required 1 parking space per 45 m2 of gross floor area to 1 parking space per 82 m2 of gross floor area; and
   b. That Table 1 of Section 4.01.01 be varied to reduce the off-street parking requirement for a commissary kitchen at unit 123 – 834 McCallum Road from the required 1 parking space per 30 m2 of gross floor area to 1 parking space per 119 m2 of gross floor area.
   Motion CARRIED.

6.2 Text Amendment - 2750 Leigh Rd (Z25-0001)

M. Baldwin, Director of Development Services provided an overview of the application.
J. Evers and A. Blake, Applicants, provided a presentation regarding the application.
The Chair opened the floor to questions and comments from the public.
The Chair opened the floor to questions and comments from the Committee.

MOVED BY: COTTER
SECONDED: WAGNER

THAT the Sustainable Development Advisory Committee recommend that Council:

1. Consider bringing forward Bylaw No. 2234 for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd readings at a future Council meeting in order to amend the text of Area B of the MUE1 Zone subject to the following terms and conditions:
   a. That the applicant, prior to Bylaw Adoption, registers a Section 219 covenant in priority of all other charges on title, that agrees to the following:
   i. That the following will be provided and implemented to Bylaw No. 1000 standards to the satisfaction of the Director of Engineering prior to any land alteration:
   1. A Mitigation Plan; and
   2. A Construction Parking and Delivery Management Plan.
   ii. That the following will be provided and implemented to Bylaw No. 1000 standards to the satisfaction of the Director of Engineering prior to the issuance of a building permit:
   1. A Stormwater Management Plan.
   iii. That prior to the issuance of a building permit, the applicant provides a Landscape Plan prepared by a Landscape Architect and signed off by a Registered Professional Biologist confirming habitat restoration objectives are met by the plan, to the satisfaction of the Director of Development Services. At the time of Building Permit, the applicant must provide a landscape bond in accordance with an approved cost estimate prepared by the Landscape Architect, to be returned to the applicant upon completion of the works. Prior to issuance of a building permit, the applicant provides a site lighting plan that complies with the City’s design guidelines.
   iv. That all concrete used on-site will utilize ready-mix concrete that meets or exceeds the weighted average Global Warming Potential targets based on Concrete BC Baseline (average) mix data, and that prior to the issuance of a Building Permit the applicant shall provide a Type III Environmental Product Declaration that is 3rd party verified specifying the total Global Warming Potential value and confirming that the proposed development meets the requirements of Low Carbon Concrete Policy POL-0167-PLAN;
   v. That prior to the issuance of an Occupancy Permit, the signalized intersection at Leigh Road and Mantle Heights must be completed, to the satisfaction of the Director of Engineering.
   Motion CARRIED.

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7. ADJOURNMENT

MOVED BY: RODGERS
SECONDED: WAGNER

The Chair adjourned the meeting at 8:12 pm.
Motion CARRIED.

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