Size, location requiated

_ Suites to be legal

THE CITY has taken steps to
legalize and regulate newly con-
structed suites in all residential
zones except R1.

’ RI was excluded in a new
zoning by-law amendment be-
cause of the lower population
density limits on that zone, said
city building inspector Paul
‘Gipps,

“The . amendment, which-- has
been given two readings, also
lays down stringent regulations
for suites in permitted residential
zones.

They can only be located in an
owner-occupied, single family
house that sits on a lot at least
500 sq.m. in area and not less
than 15m wide.

The suite must also be inside
the home, nol in other buildings
elscwhere on the lot.

Only one suite per house is
permilted, it cannot have more
than two bedrooms and must be
independently connected to the
city water and sanitary sewer or
an approved sewage disposal sys-

And the suilfe cannot be more
than 80 sq.m. in size or 40 per
cent of the home's total floor
area, whichever is lower.

The suiles will also have to
comply with the city’s building
cade and fire regulations.

The by-law ‘also specifically
stales all of this refers only to
new suites, not existing ones.

Gipps- described: the -by-law as
the first in a series of steps deal-
ing with the issue. :

The next will depend on what
the provincial government de-
cides to do based on recom-
mendations now being finalized
by a government-appointed task
force.

Gipps said there was a pos-
sibility Victoria might legislate to
allow all homeowners the option
to have a secondary suile ‘‘as of
tight”’.

In that case, local zoning
regulations would no longer app-
ly and it would become legal to
construct homes with suites in R1
zones.

The third step lies in a new

building standards code being de-
veloped which will apply to pul-
ting new suiles into existing
homes,

Once all these regulations and
the resulting legal suites are in
place, then the city would likely
tackle the question of existing,
non-conforming ones on an up-

» grade sysiem,

That, Gipps . explained,. would
involve inspecting such suiles,
deciding where improvements
were needed, particularly in
regards to safety, and then issuing
orders for the necessary upgrade.

If the owners did not carry oul
the work, then action would be
laken.

He emphasized, however, thal
this would not happen overnight.
And given illegal suites were a
response to a need, it was proba-
bly mot desirable to take action
against them at this stage.

Gipps predicied that as new,
legal ones came on the market,
people would take the op-
portunity to move out of in-
adequate suites.

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