Amending Motions

At the Special Council Meeting on February 12, 2026, Councilors brought forward several amending motions to the proposed Zoning Bylaw 2025-37. The amending motions that carried will result in the following changes to the proposed Zoning Bylaw:

  • Stronger standards for outdoor lighting;
  • Reduced building heights in select zones (RMH, CNN, CNH zones);
  • Additional evaluation criteria for affordable housing allowances;
  • Removal of mobile homes as a permitted use in the RCD zone and changing mobile homes from a principal use to a conditional use in the RSD zone;
  • Relaxed short-term rental regulations;
  • Increased parking requirements in the Downtown and Urban Centres;
  • Allowance for parking calculation reductions for affordable housing developments now that the parking minimums have increased in some areas.

Next Steps: Administration will now incorporate the carried amending motions into the proposed Zoning Bylaw and present it to the Planning Committee no later than March 16, 2026. Council will then have the opportunity to pass 2nd Reading and could call for a second public hearing.

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