16 Oct 2023 Council meeting Housing

Zoning Bylaw Amendment Bylaw 2022 No. 4500.204

Motion
That Council defer consideration of “Zoning Amendment Bylaw 2022 No. 4500.204” (to rezone 444, 450, 500 Comox Road, 55 Mill Street, and 1 Terminal Avenue from Medium Density Residential [R8] and Gateway [DT12] to Comprehensive Development District Zone Seven [CD7] and to amend the CD7 zone with new zoning regulations, to facilitate a mixed- use development and subdivision) to the 2023- DEC-04 Council Meeting and that Council authorize Mayor Krog to write to the relevant Provincial Ministers to seek an update on the progress and timelines of the facilitation between the applicant, Snuneymuxw, and the Province.
Minutes, page 10–11
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Procedural vote

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Leonard Krog Yes

Second to Council prino. I want to make a couple of comments. Before anyone else speaks. As I've made counsel and the public aware shortly before this application was before us. Last time we received a letter from Deputy Minister McCarthy of the Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation asking us to defer considerational. Facilitators engaged by the Province attempted to resolve Cinema First Nation opposition to this develop. Development. We have received, as indicated in the correspondence tonight, an update from Deputy Minister McCarthy, suggesting that another deferral would be prudent in the circumstances. We've also received correspondence from the applicant stating that it expects its application to be approved. I want to emphasize that. Leaving aside this process, Council has full discretion to make a decision with respect to the application and is not bound to any outcome. In this circumstance. I am certainly in favor of a short deferral until December 14 for the purpose of seeking clarification. From the province on the status of.