BYLAW NO. 2234 — Langford Zoning Bylaw, Amendment No. 750 (2750 Leigh Road, MUE1 Text Amendment), Bylaw No. 2234, 2025 (ADOPTION)

Staff Report to Council

t 250.478.7882
e administration@langford.ca
2nd Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue
Langford, BC V9B 2X8

Report Information

• DATE: Monday, January 12, 2026
• DEPARTMENT: Planning
• APPLICATION NO.: Z25-0001
• SUBJECT: Adoption of Bylaw No. 2234 – Application to Amend the Text of Area B of the MUE1 Zone to allow Place of Worship as a Permitted Use at 2750 Leigh Road

BACKGROUND:

At the Regular Council meeting of August 18, 2025, Council passed the following resolution with respect to 2750 Leigh Road:

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: (Complete)
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.

iv. Prior to issuance of a building permit, the applicant provides a site lighting plan that complies with the City’s design guidelines.

v. 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;

vi. 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.

vii. That prior to subdivision approval, a S.219 covenant be registered in priority of all charges on title to protect identified eagle trees and associated habitat protection buffer as a non disturbance area to the satisfaction of the Director of Development Services.

COMMENTARY:

The Public Hearing for this application was waived in accordance with the Local Government Act and in accordance with the City’s Public Notification Procedures Bylaw.

Council gave first, second, and third readings of Bylaw No. 2234 on September 15, 2025. The information considered in relation to this Bylaw as well as the video recording of the Meeting can be found at the following link of the City’s website: Council Meeting - September 15, 2025.

The applicant’s lawyer has provided a legal undertaking that they have obtained all required signatures except for the City’s, and upon receiving the executed covenants back from the City they will ensure the covenant is registered against the subject property. The covenants agree to items in 1. a. i. through vii. above.

Bylaw No. 2234 was signed by the Minister of Transportation and Transit on September 25, 2025.

As there are no outstanding conditions required at this time, Council may wish to proceed with bylaw adoption.

OPTIONS:

Option 1
That Council adopt “Langford Zoning Bylaw, Amendment No. 750 (2750 Leigh Road, MUE1 Text Amendment), Bylaw No. 2234, 2025”.

OR Option 2
That Council not adopt “Langford Zoning Bylaw, Amendment No. 750 (2750 Leigh Road, MUE1 Text Amendment), Bylaw No. 2234, 2025”.

Submitted By

• SUBMITTED BY: Julia Buckingham, Senior Planner

Concurrence:

• Leah Stohmann, RPP, MCIP, Director of Community Planning and Development
• Melisa Miles, Manager of Legislative Services
• Donna Petrie, Senior Manager of Communications & Economic Development
• Yari Nielsen, Director of Parks, Recreation and Facilities
• Michael Dillabaugh, CPA, CA, Director of Finance
• Marie Watmough, Director of Legislative & Protective Services
• Braden Hutchins, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer
• Darren Kiedyk, Chief Administrative Officer

Attachments:

• Bylaw No. 2234

CITY OF LANGFORD

BYLAW NO. 2234

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 is amended as follows:

a) By adding at the end of Section 6.53.01(2) the following:

Other

(e) Place of Worship on land legally described as Lot 1, Sections 85, 99, 115 And 116, Esquimalt District, Plan EPP67815, PID No. 030-170-133 (2750 Leigh Road)

B. This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as “Langford Zoning Bylaw, Amendment No. 750 (2750 Leigh Road, MUE1 Text Amendment), Bylaw No. 2234, 2025".

READ A FIRST TIME this 15th day of September 2025.
READ A SECOND TIME this 15th day of September 2025.
READ A THIRD TIME this 15th day of September 2025.
APPROVED BY THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSIT this 25th day of September, 2025.
ADOPTED this day of , 2026.

PRESIDING COUNCIL MEMBER
CORPORATE OFFICER