1. Bylaw No. 3247 – Zoning Amendment
Purpose: To amend the Zoning Bylaw, 1996, No. 2100 as noted below.
The purpose of Bylaw 3247 is to amend the Zoning Bylaw to add new commercial use definitions and incorporate a new 400 meter separation distance between specific commercial uses.
Bylaw No. 3247 proposes to:
Add the following commercial use definitions to Part 1 “Administration and Enforcement”, Section C “Definitions” as follows: Beauty and Wellness Center, Personal Health Enhancement Center, Registered Massage Therapy Clinic.
a) Beauty and Wellness Center means premises, including beauty salons and barber shops, used to provide beauty and wellness improvement services through hair styling, cutting or chemical treatment or through skin or other body & nail treatments including pedicures, manicures, facials, lashes, microdermabrasion, microblading, permanent make-up, waxing, and laser, hydro, anti-aging, or skin rejuvenation therapy.
b) Personal Health Enhancement Center means premises used for the provision of therapies intended to enhance health through such techniques as Shiatsu, acupressure, reflexology, bio-kinesiology, hellework, polarity, reiki, rolfing and trager approach and includes other touch therapies and techniques but does not include Registered Massage Therapy Clinics or Beauty and Wellness Centers.
c) Registered Massage Therapy Clinic means premises in which clients receive massage therapy treatment from a person who is authorized under the Health Professions Act to practice massage therapy.
Replace the definition of Personal Service in Part 1 “Administration and Enforcement”, Section C “Definitions” to add: ‘Beauty and Wellness Center’, ‘Personal Health Enhancement Center’ and ‘Registered Massage Therapy Clinic’ as follows:
“Personal Service means a business that provides for the care of the body or the cleaning or repair of personal effects and includes a barber shop, beauty salon, shoe repair shop, dry cleaning shop, launderette, Registered Massage Therapy Clinic, Beauty and Wellness Center and Personal Health Enhancement Center, but does not include Body-rub Service.”
Add a 400-metre separation distance between ‘Beauty and Wellness Center’ or ‘Personal Health Enhancement Center’ and other ‘Beauty and Wellness Center’ or ‘Personal Health Enhancement Center’ to Part D “General Provisions”, Section 3 “Regulations Applicable to All Zones” as follows:
l) Personal Service
No Beauty and Wellness Center or Personal Health Enhancement Center shall be located within 400 meters of any other Beauty and Wellness Center or Personal Health Enhancement Center.
The proposed changes will not impact existing operating Beauty and Wellness Center or Personal Health Enhancement Center businesses. If the bylaw is adopted by Council, these businesses can continue to operate and conduct business un-inhibited as ‘legal non-conforming uses’, subject to the applicable provisions of Division 14 - ‘Non-Conforming Use’ of the Local Government Act.
The proposed bylaw & explanatory memo may be viewed, from Tuesday, July 4, 2023 to Monday, July 17, 2023 online by clicking: Bylaw 3247 or in person at the Development Services department at City Hall, 20399 Douglas Crescent, Langley, Monday to Friday, 8:30AM - 4:30PM, excluding statutory holidays.
Comments may be submitted by mail to: Deputy Corporate Officer c/o Langley City Hall, 20399 Douglas Crescent, Langley, B.C. V3A 4B3 or by e-mail to councilmeetings@langleycity.ca and should be received by no later than 12:00PM on the day of the Public Hearing. All correspondence submitted will form part of the public record and may be published in a meeting agenda.
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2. Bylaw No. 3251 – Zoning Amendment
Purpose: To amend the Zoning Bylaw, 1996, No. 2100 as noted below.
The purpose of Bylaw 3251 is to amend the Zoning Bylaw to update the I1 ‘Light Industrial’ Zone to respond to increasing industrial investment and redevelopment activity in the City and includes lowering the minimum parking requirements for “Light Industrial”, “Workshop” and “Warehouse” uses, adding additional “Office” uses to the list of permitted accessory uses, and increasing the maximum height of buildings.
Bylaw No. 3251 proposes to:
Update the Minimum Parking Requirement table in Part 1 “Administration and Enforcement”, Section E “Off-Street Parking and Loading”, under ‘Land Use’ and ‘Industrial Uses’ for the Light Industrial, Workshop and Warehouse uses by lowering the minimum parking requirement to 1 space per 100 square meters of gross floor area from 2 spaces per 93 square meters of gross floor area, as follows:
Add “Office” uses to the list of permitted accessory uses in Part IV “Industrial Zones”, Section A “I1 Light Industrial Zone”, 2. Permitted Uses, (l) Accessory Uses as follows:
(ii) Office uses, including those supporting land development, manufacturing, utility, and technology/e-commerce industries, limited to a maximum leasable floorspace of the lesser of 10 percent of lot area or gross floor area, and only on lots adjoining 56 Avenue, 200 Street, Fraser Highway, Logan Avenue, and the Langley Bypass.
Update the Maximum Height in Part IV “Industrial Zones”, Section A “I1 Light Industrial Zone”, 4. Size of Buildings and Structures to increase the maximum height to 30 meters from 15 meters as follows:
Principal Building, Height: 30.0 m (98.4 ft)
If the proposed amendments are adopted by Council, the changes will not impact or impose additional zoning requirements on existing industrial businesses.
The proposed bylaw & explanatory memo may be viewed, from Tuesday, July 4, 2023 to Monday, July 17, 2023 online by clicking: Bylaw 3251 or in person at the Development Services department at City Hall, 20399 Douglas Crescent, Langley, Monday to Friday, 8:30AM - 4:30PM, excluding statutory holidays.
Comments may be submitted by mail to: Deputy Corporate Officer c/o Langley City Hall, 20399 Douglas Crescent, Langley, B.C. V3A 4B3 or by e-mail to councilmeetings@langleycity.ca and should be received by no later than 12:00PM on the day of the Public Hearing. All correspondence submitted will form part of the public record and may be published in a meeting agenda.
For further information, please contact:
Paula Kusack, Deputy Corporate Officer
councilmeetings@langleycity.ca