767 Audley Street

A rezoning application at 767 Audley Street in Saanich seeks to change the property’s zoning from C-6UD to C-6DE, enabling auto-related uses. Staff are recommending denial. Council is being asked to decide whether to refuse the application outright or allow it to proceed to first reading, which would trigger a public hearing and subsequent readings. The staff recommendation indicates the proposed auto-oriented use likely conflicts with the Official Community Plan’s direction for the Audley Street corridor. Saanich has been steering this area toward mixed-use and higher-density residential forms in recent policy updates, and a rezoning to accommodate an auto-serving use runs counter to that trajectory. A council vote to deny would be final; a decision to advance the rezoning would signal a willingness to entertain land-use exceptions in the corridor. The applicant, 565119 B.C. Ltd., has no other active applications in Saanich. No public correspondence was filed ahead of the council report. The decision will rest solely on land-use policy alignment and council appetite for departing from staff advice.

A rezoning application at 767 Audley Street in Saanich seeks to change the property’s zoning from C-6UD to C-6DE, ena…