Local Government Act -- CITY OF VICTORIA ADDITIONAL

B.C. Reg. 69/97
O.C. 255/97

Deposited March 6, 1997

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Local Government Act

CITY OF VICTORIA ADDITIONAL
POWERS REGULATION

Contents
	1	Areas for intensive residential development
	2	Section 920 (8) applies
	3	Council may delegate authority
	4	Applicant may appeal
	5	Council may issue or vary permit
	6	City may make different regulations

Areas for intensive residential development

1 The City of Victoria is granted the additional powers

(a) to designate areas for intensive residential development in its official community plan or plans for the purposes of section 920 of the Local Government Act, and

(b) to define the meaning of the term "intensive residential development".

Section 920 (8) applies

2 Section 920 (8) of the Local Government Act applies to the authority of the City of Victoria to designate areas of intensive residential development.

Council may delegate authority

3 If the City of Victoria has designated an area for intensive residential development, the council of the City of Victoria may, by bylaw, delegate responsibility for the issuance of a development permit in that area to the planning director or another official of the municipality.

Applicant may appeal

4 If an applicant for a development permit within an intensive residential development area is refused a development permit by the planning director or other official referred to in section 3 or the applicant objects to a proposed provision of the development permit, the applicant may appeal the decision to council.

Council may issue or vary permit

5 On appeal by an applicant, the council may, by resolution, issue or vary a development permit.

City may make different regulations

6 The City of Victoria may, under section 903 (1) of the Local Government Act, make regulations that are different, as specified in a bylaw, for different structures depending on the age of the structure.

[Provisions of the Local Government Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 323, relevant to the enactment of this regulation: section 251]