AGENDA
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING (PUBLIC HEARING)

Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 7:00 P.m. - 11:00 P.m.

SHAW AUDITORIUM, VANCOUVER ISLAND CONFERENCE CENTRE

80 COMMERCIAL STREET, NANAIMO, BC

SCHEDULED RECESS AT 9:00 P.M.

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1.

CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER:

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INTRODUCTION OF LATE ITEMS:

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ADOPTION OF AGENDA:

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PUBLIC HEARING REQUIREMENTS:

Chair to explain the Public Hearing process.

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CALL THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ORDER FOR OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDMENT APPLICATION NO. OCP103 FOR 502 HOWARD AVENUE (Bylaw No. 6600.001) and REZONING APPLICATION NO. RA493 FOR 502 & 505 HOWARD AVENUE AND 564 FIFTH STREET (Bylaw No 4500.213) 

a.

Official Community Plan Amendment Application No.OCP103 and Rezoning Application No. RA493

[Note:  Please click to view the Public Hearing Written Submissions.]

To be introduced by Staff.

Representatives from Snuneymuxw First Nation, BC Housing, School District 68, and the City of Nanaimo - collectively known as the Knowledge Partners - to be provided an opportunity to outline their proposal.

Comments from the Public.

Following the close of the Public Hearing for Official Community Plan Amendment Application No. OCP103 - (502 Howard Avenue) and Rezoning Application No. RA493 (502 & 505 Howard Avenue and 564 Fifth Street), no further comments or submissions can be accepted by members of City Council.

ADJOURN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR OCP103 - 502 HOWARD AVENUE AND RA493 - 502 & 505 HOWARD AVENUE AND 564 FIFTH STREET.

Bylaws:

That "City Plan Amendment Bylaw 2023 No. 6600.001" (to redesignate 502 Howard Avenue from Parks & Open Spaces to Mixed-Use Corridor) pass third reading.

That "Zoning Amendment Bylaw 2023 No. 4500.213" (to rezone 564 Fifth Street, 502 Howard Avenue and 505 Howard Avenue from Low Density Residential [R6], Park Recreation and Culture Three [PRC3] and Community Service One [CS1] to Comprehensive Development District Zone 12 [CD12]) pass third reading.

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REPORTS:

a.

Nuisance Property Abatement - 580 Rosehill Street

To be introduced by Dave LaBerge, Director, Bylaw Services.

Purpose:  To inform Council of ongoing activities at 580 Rosehill Street which substantially and unreasonably interfere with other persons’ use and enjoyment of property and result in repeated calls for police and municipal services to abate nuisances.

Recommendation:  That Council:

1. Declare 580 Rosehill Street a “Nuisance” pursuant to the “Nuisance Abatement and Cost Recovery Bylaw 2019 No. 7250”;
2. Direct and authorize Staff to impose the costs of abating nuisances on the persons causing the nuisance, the occupier of the property, or the owner of the property; and,
3. Recover the costs imposed as property taxes or as a debt due and recoverable in a court of competent jurisdiction.

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ADJOURNMENT: