SECTION 11.6.3 OF OP VOL. 1 – ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT POLICIES
AMENDMENTS MUST CONFORM
- 11.6.3.1 All amendments to the Zoning By-law(s) shall conform with this Plan. The Municipality will, on each occasion of approval of a change to the zoning by-law(s), specify that conformity with the Official Plan is maintained or that the change will be in conformity upon the coming into effect of an amendment to the Official Plan.
EVALUATION CRITERIA
- 11.6.3.3 When considering applications for Zoning By-law amendments, Council shall consider the policies of this Plan and will, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, consider such matters as the following:
- The relevant evaluation criteria contained in the Land Use Chapter of this Plan, Volume II: Secondary Plans & Special Policy Areas and other relevant standards and guidelines;
- Relevant support studies;
- The comments and recommendations from municipal staff and circularized agencies;
- Relevant provincial legislation, policies and appropriate guidelines; and
- The ramifications of the decision on the use of adjacent or similar lands.
- The relevant evaluation criteria contained in the Land Use Chapter of this Plan, Volume II: Secondary Plans & Special Policy Areas and other relevant standards and guidelines;
The recommended Zoning By-law Amendment maintains conformity with the Official Plan and, based on the analysis provided in this report in response to the respective policies in the land use designation chapters, the Zoning By-law Amendment meets the criteria set out above in section 11.6.3.3 of the Official Plan.
The applicant’s provided Planning Rationale Report prepared by Pillon Abbs Inc. speaks to the project’s compliance with the Official Plan in Section 5.1.2 (page 20) of their report (see Appendix B).
Zoning By-law
The subject property is located within “Residential District 1.3” (RD1.3) zone (see Appendix D and F) within Zoning By-law 8600, as amended. The applicant is requesting that Zoning By-law 8600 be amended to a site specific “Residential District 2.2 (RD2.2)” with site specific special provisions. This is consistent with the conceptual site plan shown by the applicant in Appendix A.
The proposed Zoning By-law Amendment would permit a similar level of residential density to what the currently residential zoning permits, in a different built form. Provincial direction in the Provincial Policy Statement supports residential intensification, and Additional Residential Unit policies essentially require a minimum allowable density of 3 dwelling units per lot. In accordance with Additional Dwelling Unit