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CITY OF VICTORIA EXPANDED SECONDARY SUITE POLICY WORKSHOP

CITY OF VICTORIA EXPANDED SECONDARY SUITE POLICY WORKSHOP. September 2006. WORKSHOP OUTLINE. 1.0 Introduction 2.0. Key Questions 3.0. Issues 4.0. Choices 5.0. Discussion 6.0. Next Steps. INTRODUCTION. Workshop Purpose Discuss proposed secondary suite recommendations

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CITY OF VICTORIA EXPANDED SECONDARY SUITE POLICY WORKSHOP

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  1. CITY OF VICTORIAEXPANDED SECONDARY SUITE POLICY WORKSHOP September 2006

  2. WORKSHOP OUTLINE • 1.0 Introduction • 2.0. Key Questions • 3.0. Issues • 4.0. Choices • 5.0. Discussion • 6.0. Next Steps

  3. INTRODUCTION Workshop Purpose • Discuss proposed secondary suite recommendations • Focus on Key Questions: What/Where/Why/How?

  4. KEY QUESTIONS What? Allow Secondary Suites meeting certain criteria: • In single family dwellings in the R1-A, R1-B, and R-2 zones • Not small lot single zones or duplexes.

  5. KEY QUESTIONS What? • Allow in Houses built before 2001 • No added parking stall related to secondary suite required Note: Secondary suites are already allowed in Pre-1970 houses if certain conditions are met throughout the City as well as Gonzales where they are allowed in houses of any age if conditions are met.

  6. Where? Residential Zones Affected by the Proposed Secondary Suite Policy Expansion

  7. KEY QUESTIONS Why? • Expands potential supply of modest ground-oriented housing to address different household needs • Addresses life and safety issues for residents • Enables more households to reside in neighbourhoods with limited change in built form and character

  8. KEY QUESTIONS Why? • Makes better use of existing community services • Recycles existing buildings • Enables legalization of an illegal suite

  9. Key Questions How? • Proposed zoning bylaw amendments • Proposed new licensing • Enforcement approach • Monitoring and review/refinement

  10. KEY ISSUES • Objectives of policy -approved regional, municipal and corporate plans and strategies • Relationship to neighbourhood plans - consistent with policies for “Areas of Greatest Stability” • “City-wide” vs. neighbourhood approach -best practices: clarity, fairness and scope

  11. KEY ISSUES • Harmonization with existing zoning, conversion guidelines, small lot zoning - fits with existing zoning and conversion regulations as well as guidelines • Demolition and inappropriate new houses - unintended consequences monitored - choices based on land values and building costs • Enforcement and complaints - multiple suites vs. secondary suites

  12. CHOICES

  13. CHOICES

  14. CHOICES

  15. CHOICES

  16. OPTIONS

  17. OPTION A

  18. OVERVIEW: SECONDARY SUITE POLICY COMPARISON

  19. BACKGROUND • Housing strategies • Gonzales secondary suites experience to date • Definition of a secondary suite

  20. HOUSING STRATEGIES

  21. HOUSING STRATEGIES

  22. HOUSING STRATEGIES

  23. WHAT’S HAPPENED IN THE GONZALES NEIGHBOURHOOD SINCE NOVEMBER 2003

  24. Secondary Suite Information Year Constructed (House & Suite): 2006 Total Floor Area: 51.7 m2 (556 ft2) GONZALES NEIGHBOURHOODNEW SFD WITH SECONDARY SUITE 257 Richmond Road

  25. Secondary Suite Information Year Constructed: 2005 Total Floor Area: 72.4 m2 (779 ft2) GONZALES NEIGHBOURHOODEXISTING SFD WITH SECONDARY SUITE 1852 Crescent Road

  26. BEDROOM LAUNDRY ROOM KITCHEN LIVING ROOM GONZALES NEIGHBOURHOODSECONDARY SUITE

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