Nanaimo
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Regular Council Meeting
Advisory Committee on Accessibility and Inclusiveness
Design Advisory Panel Meeting
Special Mayor's Leaders' Table
Governance and Priorities Committee
Finance and Audit Committee Meeting
Public Hearing
Regular Council Meeting
District 68 Sports Field and Recreation Committee
Design Advisory Panel Meeting
Last 30 days
Board of Variance
The Board of Variance will meet to review a single application regarding building height restrictions. The board is deciding whether to allow a minor exception to the City of Nanaimo Zoning Bylaw for a secondary suite.
- Application BOV00798: Request to increase maximum accessory building height from 4.5m to 4.62m at 3681 Howden Drive
Special Council Meeting
This is a procedural special council meeting with no substantive agenda items. The only item is a motion to close the meeting to the public to discuss confidential information regarding negotiations with other governments or Indigenous entities.
- Motion to close meeting to public under Community Charter Section 90
- Consideration of confidential information regarding intergovernmental negotiations
- Consideration of confidential information regarding Indigenous entity negotiations
Public Hearing
The provided agenda text contains only procedural software interface elements and boilerplate. There are no specific motions, projects, or discussion items listed for this meeting.
Special Council Meeting
Council will consider authorizing Bylaw Contravention Notices for five different properties. These notices would be registered on the property titles because construction began without required building permits.
- Bylaw notice for 1226 Lawlor Road
- Bylaw notice for 2966 Colwood Road
- Bylaw notice for 230 Haliburton Street
- Bylaw notice for 1363 Fielding Road
- Bylaw notice for 796 Albert Street
Council unanimously approved filing bylaw contravention notices against five property owners who started construction without building permits. The notices will be registered on title at the Land Title and Survey Authority. No property owners attended to speak. The special meeting lasted only four minutes.
- Filed bylaw contravention notice for 1226 Lawlor Road (unanimous)
- Filed bylaw contravention notice for 2966 Colwood Road (unanimous)
- Filed bylaw contravention notice for 230 Haliburton Street (unanimous)
- Filed bylaw contravention notice for 1363 Fielding Road (unanimous)
- Filed bylaw contravention notice for 796 Albert Street (unanimous)
Design Advisory Panel Meeting
The provided agenda contains only procedural boilerplate and software interface text. There are no specific projects, developments, or policy items listed for discussion.
Regular Council Meeting
Council will discuss the creation of a Tenant Protection Bylaw for buildings with four or more rental units and a new Social Housing Zone. The meeting also covers updates to off-street parking regulations and sanitary sewer capacity upgrades.
- Proposed Tenant Protection Bylaw for redevelopments of 4+ rental units
- Zoning Amendment Bylaw 2026 No. 4500.256 for a Social Housing Zone
- Off-Street Parking Regulations Bylaw 2026 No. 7453
- $213,600 for site preparation of a mini-pitch in Beban Park
- Grants totaling $4,870 for Nanaimo Disability Centre and Special Olympics Nanaimo
Council gave first three readings to the Off-Street Parking Regulations Bylaw, opposed by Councillors Armstrong and Thorpe. A Traffic Demand Management Reserve Fund was established unanimously. Pre-zoning for social housing and several other bylaws advanced. Consent items included requests for dry supportive housing, sewer trunk upgrades, and a tenant protection bylaw.
- Approved first three readings of Off-Street Parking Regulations Bylaw (7-2)
- Established Traffic Demand Management Reserve Fund (unanimous)
- Approved first reading of Zoning Amendment for Social Housing (unanimous)
- Directed staff to hold public hearing for social housing zoning amendment
- Approved Officer Designation and Zoning Amendment bylaws (unanimous)
- Approved 2025 Annual Municipal Report (unanimous)
- Approved $4,870 in other grants (unanimous)
- Directed letter to Minister requesting dry supportive housing at 250 Terminal Ave
Finance and Audit Committee Meeting
The Finance and Audit Committee will review the 2027-2031 Financial Plan development and consider approval of $4,870 in grants for local organizations. They will also hear a delegation about crosswalks at Syuw̓én̓ct Elementary School and discuss decommitting funds from Hammond Bay Road safety improvements due to high costs. The committee will consider supporting a $213,600 mini-pitch project at Beban Park.
- Presentation on 2027-2031 Financial Plan development
- Delegation re: marked crosswalks at Syuw̓én̓ct Elementary School
- 2025 Statement of Financial Information for filing
- Approve $4,870 in grants: Nanaimo Disability Centre ($2,834) and Special Olympics Nanaimo ($2,036)
- Decommit funds from Hammond Bay Road at Brickyard safety improvements due to high pricing
Governance and Priorities Committee
The Governance and Priorities Committee unanimously recommended that Council investigate long-term borrowing for sanitary sewer trunk upgrades and develop an enhanced inflow/infiltration reduction program. The committee also unanimously recommended preparing a Tenant Protection Bylaw for buildings with four or more rental units, including financial compensation requirements.
- Recommended Council investigate long-term borrowing for sanitary sewer trunk upgrades (unanimous)
- Recommended developing an enhanced inflow/infiltration (I&I) reduction program (unanimous)
- Recommended continuing to permit new/larger sewer connections where load is nominal (unanimous)
- Recommended preparing a Tenant Protection Bylaw for 4+ unit rental redevelopments (unanimous)
- Recommended amending Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw 2012 No. 7159 (unanimous)
- Recommended replacing Strata Conversion Policy with updated tenant eviction requirements (unanimous)
- Recommended presenting Tenant Protection Bylaw to interest groups for June 2026 review (unanimous)
- Agenda item on invasive plant activities removed; delegation on sewer capacity added
Design Advisory Panel Meeting
Public Safety Committee
Special Governance and Priorities Committee
The committee unanimously recommended that Council direct the Mayor to write a letter to Minister Boyle requesting that the new supportive housing units at 250 Terminal Avenue be designated as dry supportive housing. The motion was amended to include the draft minutes and video recording of this meeting as supporting materials.
- Recommended Council direct Mayor to write Minister Boyle requesting dry supportive housing at 250 Terminal Avenue (amended, carried unanimously)
- Approved agenda as amended (carried unanimously)