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Development Permit - 9 Erskine Lane
First seen: October 21, 2025
Last seen: October 21, 2025
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October 21, 2025Council
Full RecordingDevelopment Permit 2025-07 - 9 Erskine Lane
The application for variances related to retaining walls and garbage enclosures on an existing apartment complex was approved to proceed to public notification.
"The Community Planner confirmed the variances were necessary due to unforeseen grade changes and were retroactively applied after staff inspection. The retaining walls were structurally sound. Council questioned why the minor variances had to come before them, prompting a discussion on delegating authority for minor variances to staff in the future. Council found the requested variances reasonable given the situation."
AppendLandscape Plan - North West Site Grading / Layout (L1.3)AppendLandscape Plan - South East Site Buildings C&D (L1.4)AppendGrading Concept Plan BLD C & D (L1.5)AppendSchedule 3: Site Plan of Lot B Section 93 Esquimalt District Plan 26648AppendSchedule 4: Refuse Enclosure Plan & Elevations (AR-6.0)AppendSchedule 5: Refuse Enclosure Plan Detail (AR-3.0d)AppendSchedule 6: Retaining Wall Site Plan Building C (S1.8)AppendRetaining Wall Elevation and Sections Building D (S1.9a)AppendRetaining Wall Elevation and Sections Building D (S1.9b)AppendSchedule 7: Plan View - 9 Erskine Lane Lock+Load MSE Retaining Wall (Sheet 3)AppendLock+Load Wall D Elevation View - 2 (Sheet 5)AppendCross Section 2 - Building D (Sheet 7)
Formal MotionPassed
"THAT Council, after giving notice, consider the following motion: THAT Council authorize the issuance of Development Permit with Variances (DPV) Application No. 2025-07 for 9 Erskine Lane, in accordance with plans submitted to the Development Services Department dated September 12, 2025, subject to the development meeting all of the Town's Zoning Bylaw regulations, except for the following variances: i. increase the height of Building C retaining wall from 1.2m to 4.0m; ii. increase the height of Building D retaining wall from 1.2m to 2.1m; iii. decrease the minimum horizontal separation ratio for reinforced retaining walls from 1:1 to 2:0.70 ratio for Building C retaining wall; iv. increase the length of a structure (garbage and recycling enclosure) for Building A-B from 7.5m to 8.8m; and v. increase the length of a structure (garbage and recycling enclosure) for Building C-D from 7.5m to 7.55m."
Moved by: Don Brown
Seconded by: Gery Lemon
Don Brown
Alison MacKenzie
Sid Tobias
John Rogers
Gery Lemon
Damian Kowalewich