At their meeting on November 3rd, Council gave first and second reading to the proposed amendments to the Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaws to implement amendments for Provincial Legislation Alignment. 

The new Zoning Bylaw has been developed to: 

1. Ensure that Provincial housing legislation, enacted by Bills 16, 44 and 47, is implemented and permits a wide range of housing types, tenures and affordability levels in the City. The new Zoning Bylaw also includes enough zoned land to accommodate the number of housing units needed in the City over the next 20 years, as required by the Local Government Act (LGA); 

2. Align the Zoning Bylaw with the OCP, including the land use, density and new zone concepts and policies that were included in the OCP when adopted in November 2021. Since its adoption the OCP has acted as a precursor document for a new Zoning Bylaw, as the OCP’s policies serve as a policy foundation for numerous Comprehensive Development (CD) zones that have been used for new developments that align with the OCP’s vision but don’t fit into the older ‘legacy’ zones in the current Zoning Bylaw. A new Zoning Bylaw that is fully aligned with the OCP also ensures up-to-date consistency between the Zoning Bylaw and OCP, as required by the LGA;

3. Respond to public input that has been received through a two phase, two year public engagement process on the proposed Zoning Bylaw update.

4. Update Zoning Bylaw regulations to reflect up-to-date best practices and the Langley City development context, which in turn will help maintain and improve the efficiency and timeliness of processing rezoning, development permit, building permit and business licence applications.

Additional information can be found in the full report by City staff