27 Jul 2026 Special Council meeting Housing

Rezoning Application No. RA509 - 2080 and 2160 East Wellington Road (Part 2)

Motion
That Council direct Staff to hold a Public Hearing for “Zoning Amendment Bylaw 2026 No. 4500.258”.
Minutes, page 10
Sources
Agenda itemCity agenda
Staff reportPage 2
Purpose
To present Council with an application to rezone 2080 East Wellington Road and 2160 East Wellington Road from Single Dwelling Residential (R1) and Light Industrial (I2) to Light Industrial (I2) with site - specific accessory industrial office use, to facilitate a light industrial subdivision.
Staff report, page 2
Staff recommendation
That: 1. “Zoning Amendment Bylaw 2026 No. 4500.258” (to rezone 2080 East Wellington Road and 2160 East Wellington Road from Single Dwelling Residential [R1] and Light Industrial [I2] to Light Industrial [I2] with site-specific accessory industrial office use, to facilitate a light industrial subdivision) pass first reading; 2. “Zoning Amendment Bylaw 2026 No. 4500.258” pass second reading; 3. Council direct Staff to hold a Public Hearing for “Zoning Amendment Bylaw 2026 No. 4500.258”; and, 4. Council direct Staff to secure the conditions related to “ Zoning Amendment Bylaw 2026 No. 4500.258” as outlined in Attachment D of the Staff Report titled “Rezoning Application No. …
Staff report, page 2
What this bylaw does
(to rezone 2080 East Wellington Road and 2160 East Wellington Road from Single Dwelling Residential [R1] and Light Industrial [I2] to Light Industrial [I2] with site-specific accessory industrial office use, to facilitate a light industrial subdivision)
Source vote
DocumentsStaff report about Economic Development, Land Use & Urban Form, Environment & Natural Resources (Policy Context), Housing (Conditions of Rezoning), Land Use & Urban Form (Conditions of Rezoning), Parks & Recreation (Policy Context)

Questions and answers

Councillor Janice Perrino
Speaker identificationConfident
Yes

asked
Mr. Holland. Councillo and then Councillor Hemmons. Thank you and thank you Mr. Holland. Great presentation and very pleased to hear the language that you use. We like that. Two very quick questions. The pathway that goes both, um, well, you know what I'm talking about. That'll be maintained. No problem there. Walked at a thousand times. That's great. Thank you so much. That's the first one. Um, under the permitted uses, the zoning regulation. So permitted accessory uses daycare, one dwelling unit per lot. Um, are you thinking of putting any residential dwelling on top of, um, is that
City staff answered
In your plan at all. Thank you. Through your worship, residential is not a primary use. This is a, this is a typical placeholder we find in zoning, uh, in this case it would be like a caretaker's building or something like that. In some cases, um, some industries would like to have someone living on site. And so they will allow a caretaker on that. This is really a placeholder of that use. It's not a primary use. This
City staff answered
is not a residential project. You did use boxwood as a similar setup. Okay. Good. Thank you very much. Thank