MINUTES of a
regular meeting of the MUNICIPAL COUNCIL of The Corporation of the District of
Oak Bay, held in the Council Chambers, Oak Bay Municipal Hall,
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PRESENT: |
Councillor
H. Braithwaite Councillor
S. F. B. Carson Councillor
A. R. Cassidy Councillor
N. B. Jensen |
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STAFF: |
Municipal
Administrator, W. E. Cochrane Municipal
Clerk, L. Hilton Confidential
Secretary, K. Green Director
of Building and Planning, N. Beattie Municipal
Treasurer, P. A. Walker Municipal
Engineer, S. G. Pitt Senior
Engineering Technologist, D. Marshall |
PRESENTATION:
Stuart Pitt - Retirement from District of
MINUTES
OF MEETING:
Council – May 8, 2006
MOVED by Councillor Braithwaite
Seconded by Councillor Jensen, That the minutes
of the Council meeting held on Monday, May 8, 2006, be adopted.
CARRIED
Committee of the Whole – May 15, 2006
MOVED by Councillor Cassidy
Seconded by Councillor Braithwaite, That the
minutes of the Committee of the Whole meeting held on Monday, May 15, 2006, and
the recommendations contained therein, be adopted.
Floor Area Regulations
The Municipal
Administrator, in response to a question from Council, said that he devised the
above ground floor area formula in his Floor Area Regulations report, and as
far as he was aware, it is not used elsewhere.
Further said Mr. Cochrane, although the formula may look complicated it
is a relatively straightforward calculation to use.
Mr. Cochrane reviewed
the differences in the floor area regulations in
The question was then called.
CARRIED
COMMUNICATIONS:
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1. |
2006-151 2006-151-1 2006-151-2 |
May 1, 2006 MUNICIPAL CLERK, May 18, 2006 Re Centennial Event Approvals |
MOVED by Councillor Jensen
Seconded by Councillor Braithwaite, That:
Summer Swing Event
Pursuant to Section 37.1 of the Streets and Traffic Bylaw, 2000,
approval be given for the closure of Oak Bay Avenue between Wilmot Place and
Monterey Avenue, between 5:00 p.m. and midnight on July 29th, 2006,
and for the closure of Hampshire Road from Oak Bay Avenue to the entrance to
the Athlone Court Parking Lot, between 4:00 p.m. and midnight, and, further,
that approval be granted for the display and sale of goods and refreshments,
all in connection with the Business
Improvement Association’s street occupancy for the Summer Swing Event as
detailed in the letter dated May 1, 2006 from the Association, and subject to
the following:
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The
Association executing an agreement indemnifying the Municipality against claims
arising out of the event and setting out any conditions of occupancy which may
be required by the Municipality and supplying evidence of insurability in this
regard;
§
The
Chief Constable’s approval of a traffic plan which safely accommodates diverted
vehicular and pedestrian traffic; and
§
The
Association paying any extraordinary costs incurred by the Municipality in
connection with the event;
Symphony
in the Park
That the proposed traffic restrictions and road
closures in Oak Bay, as attached to the memorandum from the Municipal Clerk
dated May 18, 2006, in connection with the Symphony in the Park municipal
event, to be held in Windsor Park on July 2, 2006 from 12:00 noon until 10:00
p.m. be approved, and further, that pursuant to section 5.1.4 of the Zoning Bylaw, the sale of goods and
refreshments be approved in connection with the event; and
Snowbirds
Air Show and Kiwanis Salmon Barbecue
That the proposed traffic restrictions and road
closures in Oak Bay, as attached to the memorandum from the Municipal Clerk
dated May 18, 2006, in connection with the Snowbirds Air Show and Kiwanis
Salmon Barbecue municipal event to be held on August 6, 2006 from 10:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m. be approved, and further, that pursuant to section 5.1.4 of the
Zoning Bylaw, the sale of goods and refreshments be approved in connection with
the event.
CARRIED
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2006-152 |
ED WALKER, May 9, 2006 Re Request for Street Closure on |
MOVED by Councillor Jensen
Seconded by Councillor Cassidy, That permission
be given for the closure of the 2200-block of Pacific Avenue on Saturday, July 1,
2006, from 1 o’clock p.m. to 6 o’clock p.m., for the purpose of a neighbourhood
block party.
CARRIED
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2006-153 |
May 16, 2006 Re Request for Permission for Occupancy of
Parking Stalls for Summer Market Events |
MOVED by Councillor Braithwaite
Seconded by Councillor Jensen, That pursuant to
Section 37.1 of the Streets and Traffic Bylaw, 2000, approval be granted to the
Estevan Village Merchants Association to occupy the parking stalls on the north
and south side of Estevan Avenue between Musgrave Street and Dunlevy Street on
June 4, 11, 18, 25, 2006 and July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, and August 6, 13, 20, and
27, 2006, from 9:00 a.m. until 2:30
p.m., and, further, that approval be granted for the display and sale of
goods and refreshments, all in
connection with the Associations’ Sunday Summer Market Events, as detailed in
the letter dated May 16, 2006 from the Association, subject to the following:
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The
Association executing an agreement indemnifying the Municipality against claims
arising out of the event and setting out any conditions of occupancy which may
be required by the Municipality and supplying evidence of insurability in this
regard; and
§
The
Association paying any extraordinary costs incurred by the Municipality in
connection with the events.
CARRIED
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2006-154 2006-154-1 2006-154-2 |
ROYAL BLUE LINE MOTOR TOURS LTD, May 16, 2006 Re Request to Occupy Oak |
Brian Parker, Co-owner, Royal Blue Line Motor
Tours Ltd.,
provided a overview of the application presented to Council, saying that Royal
Blue Line Motor Tours would like to offer, as part of a loop tour that would
encompass the Oak Bay Village, an opportunity for visitors to “hop off and hop
on” the Royal Blue Line Motor Tour buses using the BC Transit bus stop that is
located in front of the Oak Bay Municipal Hall, on Oak Bay Avenue.
Responding to members of Council, Mr. Parker said
that the buses are the open top double-deckers and that an anticipated 10 – 12
stops, running every 45 minutes to one hour, could be expected daily. Further,
he said, the bus stop could be identified with a marker indicating it is a
designated Royal Blue Line Motor Tours bus pick up and drop off zone.
It was noted that the Streets and Traffic Bylaw
does not permit the use of designated bus zones by a tour company, and that
should this request be considered, a bylaw amendment would be required, and
that such use would be available to other tour companies as well.
It was the consensus of Council that tour buses
stopping on the Avenue would benefit
MOVED by Councillor Jensen
Seconded by Councillor Braithwaite, that staff be
directed to draft a Streets and Traffic Bylaw Amendment that would allow the
use of the bus zone adjacent to the Oak Bay Municipal Hall by tour bus companies,
be brought forward for formal consideration.
Mr. Parker was requested to provide information about the Royal Blue
Line Motor Tours operations at the end of the season, with respect to the
affect the new route had on the tour company and the number of visitors that
stopped to enjoy the Oak Bay Village.
The question was then called.
CARRIED
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5. |
2006-155 |
DIRECTOR OF BUILDING AND PLANNING, May 19, 2006 Re Development Permit Application –
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MOVED by Councillor Carson
Seconded by
Councillor Jensen, That the Director of Building and Planning be authorized to
issue a Development Variance Permit with respect to Lot 1, Section 73, Victoria
District, Plan 14868 Except Part in Plan 25355 (1178 Beach Drive) to permit the
demolition of an existing carport on the property and the reconfiguration of
the parking and existing driveway in accordance with the plans attached to
correspondence Item No. 2006-155.
Members of Council noted
that the original application brought forward at the last Committee of the
Whole meeting was withdrawn and replaced with the application brought forward
as Item No. 2006-155.
The question was then called.
CARRIED
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6. |
2006-156 |
STEPHEN BOWKER, May 12, 2006 Re Development Variance Permit – |
MOVED by Councillor Jensen
Seconded by Councillor Cassidy, That Item No.
2006-156 be received.
CARRIED
TABLED:
Development Variance Permit –
MOVED by Councillor Jensen
Seconded by Councillor Carson, That the
following motion be lifted from the table:
That the Director
of Building and Planning be authorized to issue a Development Variance Permit
in respect to Lot 13, Block 1, Section 28, Victoria District, Plan 1154 (2065
Carnarvon Street) that will vary the following section of the Zoning Bylaw, 1986, as amended, to permit construction of a single
family dwelling on the property in accordance with the plans considered by
Committee of the Whole on May 1, 2006:
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Bylaw Section |
Permitted |
Requested |
Variance |
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4.6.5.(2).
Maximum Projection into Interior Side Setback |
450 millimetres |
600 millimetres |
150 millimetres |
CARRIED
The question on the main motion was then called.
CARRIED
Development Variance Permit –
MOVED by Councillor Jensen
Seconded by Councillor Cassidy, That the
following motion be lifted from the table:
That the Director
of Building and Planning be authorized to issue a Development Variance Permit
in respect to N ˝ of Lot 14, Block 6, Section 46, Victoria District, Plan 1250
(2032 Penzance Road) that will vary the following section of the Zoning Bylaw, 1986, as amended, to permit the renovation of the single
family dwelling in accordance with the plans considered by Committee of the
Whole on May 1, 2006:
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Bylaw Section |
Required |
Requested |
Variance |
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6.5.4.(2).(a)
Minimum
Front |
7.62 metres |
6.40 metres |
1.22 metres |
CARRIED
The question on the main motion was then called.
CARRIED
RESOLUTIONS:
Summertime Meeting
Schedule
MOVED by Councillor Jensen,
Seconded by Councillor Braithwaite, That
Council’s regular meeting schedule be suspended for the months of July and
August 2006, and that the following schedule be substituted:
Committee of the Whole July
17, 2006 @ 7:30 p.m.
Council July
24, 2006 @ 7:30 p.m.
August
2006
Committee of the Whole August
14, 2006 @ 7:30 p.m.
Council August
21, 2006 @ 7:30 p.m.
CARRIED
Development Variance
Permit and Highway Encroachment –
MOVED by
Councillor Jensen
Seconded by
Councillor Carson, That the Director of Building and Planning be authorized to
issue a Development Variance Permit in respect to Lot 13, Section 22, Victoria
District, Plan 2994 (619 Transit Road) that will vary Bylaw 3531, Zoning Bylaw, 1986, to permit an
addition of a second storey to an existing garage on the land in accordance
with the plans considered by Committee of the Whole on May 15, 2006 as follows:
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Bylaw Section |
Permitted |
Requested |
Variance |
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6.5.4.(2).(a) Minimum
Front |
7.62
metres |
0.0
metres |
7.62
metres |
subject to the
owners of
MOVED by Councillor Jensen
Seconded by Councillor Carson,
That the resolution in respect to the Development Variance Permit for 619 Transit Road be tabled to enable
notice to be given in accordance with the Local Government Act.
CARRIED
Traffic Control Order No. 2006-07 – Designated
Passenger Zone Adjacent to
MOVED by Councillor Jensen
Seconded by Councillor Braithwaite,
That signs be erected on the curb of the east side of Beach Drive adjacent to
1701 Beach Drive (Glenlyon Norfolk School), as shown on the sketch attached to
Traffic Control Order No. 2006-07 to designate an area 18.6 metres in length as
a "Passenger Zone” wherein vehicles may be parked for not more than five
(5) minutes duration at any one time.
CARRIED
Traffic Control Order No. 2006-08 – Parking
Regulations on
MOVED by Councillor Jensen
Seconded
by Councillor Braithwaite, That the existing sign erected adjacent to the curb on the
east side of Bee Street near Goldsmith Street, indicating that parking on the
east side of Bee Street is restricted to two hours duration between the hours
of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, be moved to a point 5
metres north of Goldsmith Street, as noted on the plan attached
to Traffic Control Order No. 2006-08, in order to extend the restricted parking area.
CARRIED
Traffic Control Order No. 2006-09 – Remove
Parking Regulations – One Stall at
MOVED by Councillor Jensen
Seconded by Councillor Braithwaite,
That Traffic Control Order 98-04 be amended to remove the one parking stall
located at the northwest corner of the parking lot at 1429 Monterey Avenue, as
more particularly shown in the sketch attached to Traffic Control Order No.
2006-09, from the two hour, Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. parking
restriction.
A member of Council reiterated
his concerns with the proposed occupancy, noting that the use of the parking
stall by the Victoria Care Share Cooperative would not be in keeping with the
reasons the lot was constructed.
CARRIED
(Councillor Cassidy opposed)
NEW BUSINESS:
ADJOURNMENT:
MOVED by Councillor Braithwaite
Seconded by Councillor
Jensen, That the open portion of the meeting of Council be adjourned and that a
closed session be convened to discuss:
1)
the
acquisition, disposition or expropriation of land or improvements if the
Council considers that disclosure might reasonably be expected to harm the
interests of the Municipality; and
2)
information
that is prohibited from disclosure under Section 21 of the Freedom of
Information and Protection of Privacy Act (disclosure harmful to the business
interests of a third party).
CARRIED
The meeting adjourned at 8:12 p.m.
Certified Correct
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