NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
MONDAY, JULY 17, 2023
Council Chambers, Langley City Hall, 20399
Douglas Crescent
NOTICE is hereby given that the Council of the City of Langley will hold a Public Hearing in the Council Chambers, Langley City Hall, 20399 Douglas Crescent, Langley, BC at 7:00pm on Monday, July 17, 2023 to allow the public to make verbal or written representation to Council with respect to the following proposed bylaw amendments:
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 metre 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 rejuvenationtherapy.
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 metres 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 and explanatory staff report may be inspected online at www.langleycity.ca.
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