{"id":1134,"date":"2023-12-26T14:26:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T19:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/landuseplanninginbc\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1134"},"modified":"2026-01-28T13:49:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T18:49:51","slug":"urban-app-rezoning_pt2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/landuseplanninginbc\/chapter\/urban-app-rezoning_pt2\/","title":{"raw":"Application.  Rezoning Amendment (Part 2)","rendered":"Application.  Rezoning Amendment (Part 2)"},"content":{"raw":"&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\"><strong>Assigned task<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nOn May 30, 2011, the City of Prince George received an application to rezone the subject property located at 5877 Leslie Road to facilitate development of a recovery centre for women.\u00a0 The City approved Bylaw No. 8362 to rezone the property.\u00a0 However, a local resident challenged the Zoning bylaw amendment in court\u2014and won (<em>Sevin v. Prince George (City)<\/em>, 2012 BCSC 1236).\u00a0 Consequently, Bylaw No. 8362 was quashed.\r\n\r\nAfter the court decision, City planning staff met with the Applicant; they confirmed their wish to move their application forward.\r\n\r\nAs the next step, all planning staff will meet to consider options that will facilitate development of the recovery centre.\u00a0 As a Planner 1 for the City of Prince George, you have been invited to the meeting.\u00a0 After this meeting, senior planning staff will meet with the Applicant to finalise plans to move forward.\r\n\r\nTo prepare for this meeting, you have been asked to write a brief report.\u00a0 Your task is to review the decision by the Supreme Court of BC and consider possible changes to the Zoning Bylaw and to the Official Community Plan.\u00a0 Your report must include the following:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Identify at least three options for facilitating the Applicant\u2019s proposed development.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>You should consider whether amendments be applied to the OCP and\/or Zoning bylaws. You should also consider whether any new bylaws will be specific to the Leslie Road site or to a general zoning district.\u00a0 Options include but are not limited to the following:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>You should consider whether amendments be applied to the OCP and\/or Zoning bylaws.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>For all options you identify, you must provide a level of detail appropriate for a Bylaw to be included in a motion presented to Council.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Present your recommendation.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Provide a rationale to support your recommendation.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nYour summary should be about 700-900 words.\r\n\r\nNote:\u00a0 for this assignment, use the City of Prince George Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 7281, 2001.\u00a0 (That is, you should ignore the new OCP that was adopted in 2012.)\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h2><strong>Supporting documents<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/landuseplanninginbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1865\/2023\/12\/Application-RZ100387_BL8362_2011-09-19.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application for rezoning (File RZ100387)<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li>City of Prince George Bylaw 8362 [available from Instructor]<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bccourts.ca\/jdb-txt\/SC\/12\/12\/2012BCSC1236.htm\"><em>Sevin v. Prince George (City)<\/em>, 2012 BCSC 1236<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/landuseplanninginbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1865\/2023\/12\/Prince-George-BL7850_Zoning.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City of Prince George Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/landuseplanninginbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1865\/2023\/12\/PG-OCP-2001_full.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City of Prince George Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 7281, 2001<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\"><strong>Assigned task<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>On May 30, 2011, the City of Prince George received an application to rezone the subject property located at 5877 Leslie Road to facilitate development of a recovery centre for women.\u00a0 The City approved Bylaw No. 8362 to rezone the property.\u00a0 However, a local resident challenged the Zoning bylaw amendment in court\u2014and won (<em>Sevin v. Prince George (City)<\/em>, 2012 BCSC 1236).\u00a0 Consequently, Bylaw No. 8362 was quashed.<\/p>\n<p>After the court decision, City planning staff met with the Applicant; they confirmed their wish to move their application forward.<\/p>\n<p>As the next step, all planning staff will meet to consider options that will facilitate development of the recovery centre.\u00a0 As a Planner 1 for the City of Prince George, you have been invited to the meeting.\u00a0 After this meeting, senior planning staff will meet with the Applicant to finalise plans to move forward.<\/p>\n<p>To prepare for this meeting, you have been asked to write a brief report.\u00a0 Your task is to review the decision by the Supreme Court of BC and consider possible changes to the Zoning Bylaw and to the Official Community Plan.\u00a0 Your report must include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify at least three options for facilitating the Applicant\u2019s proposed development.\n<ul>\n<li>You should consider whether amendments be applied to the OCP and\/or Zoning bylaws. You should also consider whether any new bylaws will be specific to the Leslie Road site or to a general zoning district.\u00a0 Options include but are not limited to the following:\n<ul>\n<li>You should consider whether amendments be applied to the OCP and\/or Zoning bylaws.<\/li>\n<li>For all options you identify, you must provide a level of detail appropriate for a Bylaw to be included in a motion presented to Council.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Present your recommendation.\n<ul>\n<li>Provide a rationale to support your recommendation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Your summary should be about 700-900 words.<\/p>\n<p>Note:\u00a0 for this assignment, use the City of Prince George Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 7281, 2001.\u00a0 (That is, you should ignore the new OCP that was adopted in 2012.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Supporting documents<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/landuseplanninginbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1865\/2023\/12\/Application-RZ100387_BL8362_2011-09-19.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application for rezoning (File RZ100387)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>City of Prince George Bylaw 8362 [available from Instructor]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bccourts.ca\/jdb-txt\/SC\/12\/12\/2012BCSC1236.htm\"><em>Sevin v. Prince George (City)<\/em>, 2012 BCSC 1236<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/landuseplanninginbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1865\/2023\/12\/Prince-George-BL7850_Zoning.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City of Prince George Zoning Bylaw No. 7850, 2007<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/landuseplanninginbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1865\/2023\/12\/PG-OCP-2001_full.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City of Prince George Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 7281, 2001<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1858,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"Urban.Application.Rezoning_Part 2","pb_subtitle":"URBAN PLANNING CASE STUDY","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":"cc-by-nc-sa"},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[57],"class_list":["post-1134","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","license-cc-by-nc-sa"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/landuseplanninginbc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/landuseplanninginbc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/landuseplanninginbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/landuseplanninginbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1858"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/landuseplanninginbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1134"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/landuseplanninginbc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1388,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/landuseplanninginbc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1134\/revisions\/1388"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/landuseplanninginbc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/landuseplanninginbc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1134\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/landuseplanninginbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/landuseplanninginbc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=1134"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/landuseplanninginbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1134"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/landuseplanninginbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}