THE CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF CENTRAL SAANICH
Special (Open) Council Meeting
REVISED AGENDA

Monday, January 22, 2024 at 6:00 P.m. - 7:00 P.m.

Council Chambers

All Council meetings are being conducted in a hybrid in-person and virtual format.

 

If you wish to speak or make a submission to Council, you can email , call 250-652-4444 or deliver via the front reception prior to 12:00 noon on the day of the meeting.  Questions to Council will be placed under correspondence for action.

 

(Please note that all proceedings of Open Council Meetings are live streamed and video recorded on the District's website)

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1.

CALL TO ORDER

2.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We respectfully acknowledge that the land on which we gather is the traditional territory of the W̱SÁNEĆ people which includes W̱JOȽEȽP (Tsartlip) and SȾÁUTW̱ (Tsawout) First Nations.

3.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

3.1

Agenda of the January 22, 2024 Special Council Meeting

• Recommendation:

  That the agenda of the January 22, 2024 Special Council meeting be approved as circulated.

4.

STAFF REPORTS

4.1

Provincial Housing Legislation Implementation Plan

Report from the Director of Planning and Building Services.

Late:

• Revised Appendix B
• Presentation (For all staff reports)

• Recommendation:
  1. That staff be directed to proceed with the Action Plan to meet the requirements of the Provincial Housing Legislation.
  2. That 2024 budget early approval be provided for an eighteen month for temporary planning staff, plus consultants and general project costs, for the District's Housing Implementation Plan, funded from the Local Government Housing Initiative grant.

      

4.2

Development Approval Process and Efficiencies

Report from the Director of Planning and Building Services.

Late: Correspondence

• Recommendation:
  1.  A) That Delegation of Authority Bylaw Amendment No. 2, 2167 be introduced and given first and second reading second, and
     B)That Bylaw No. 2167 be given third reading.
  2. A) That Public Notice Bylaw No. 2169 be introduced and given first and second reading; and
     

     B) That Bylaw No. 2169 be given third reading.

  3. A) That Development Applications Procedure Bylaw Amendment No. 2, 2170 be introduced and given first and second reading; and
     

     B) That Bylaw No. 2170 be given third reading.

  4. That Council’s Policy 01.PLAN Development Applications Process be adopted as amended.

4.3

Priority Application Policy

Report from the Director of Planning and Building Services.

• Recommendation:

  THAT Council adopt Planning Policy 02. PLAN Priority Application Policy as presented in the January 22, 2024 Council Report to be effective immediately, and

  THAT amendments to the Development Procedures Bylaw, Development Application Process Policy, and other related documents reflecting the new policy be brought forward for consideration.

4.4

Provincial Housing Legislation – Zoning Amendments

Report from the Director of Planning and Building Services,

• Recommendation:

  THAT Council support the approach for a new zoning framework outlined in the report received January 22, 2024, including that the framework address all residential zones within the Urban Containment Boundary.

5.

ADJOURNMENT