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Bylaw 38/2021 Land Use Bylaw - Downtown District (1st Reading)
Presented by: Colin Krywiak, Manager, Planning and Development
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RECOMMENDED MOTIONS
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1. That Bylaw 38/2021, being amendment 200 to the Land Use Bylaw 9/2005, be read a first time.
2. That a Public Hearing for Bylaw 38/2021 be scheduled on June 21, 2021.
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PURPOSE OF REPORT
This report discusses proposed amendments to the Land Use Bylaw intended to provide clarity to the finite measurement of building height and calculation of parking in the Downtown. The amendments are proposed to the Downtown Land Use District (Section 11), and Parking Regulations (Part 7).
Figure 23(a) is proposed to be amended to change the labelling of heights listed in the legend from storeys to metres. The update to Figure 23(a) is required to ensure greater clarity and consistency regarding units of measurement within the Land Use Bylaw. Additionally, amendments to the parking requirements for the Downtown are proposed to provide greater clarity for the type of development existing and proposed in the Downtown.
The proposed amendments do not change the intent of the regulations.
ALIGNMENT TO PRIORITIES IN COUNCIL’S STRATEGIC PLAN
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ALIGNMENT TO LEVELS OF SERVICE DELIVERY
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ALIGNMENT TO COUNCIL DIRECTION OR MANDATORY STATUTORY PROVISION
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BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
Figure 23(a) - Downtown District Perron Street and Gateway on the Trail Character Areas Identified
Figure 23(a), found in Section 11.1 - Downtown (DT) Land Use District, is the only figure in Land Use Bylaw 9/2005 that does not use metres in the legend as a form of measurement for the height of a building. All measurements within the Land Use Bylaw are listed in metres. Metres is an easily quantifiable measurement. Setbacks and height measured in metres provides a finite determination of building envelope (size).
Land Use Bylaw 9/2005 does not have parameters around how tall a storey is. Ther...
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