Community Association Land Use Committee
The CALUC is a volunteer committee that researches community opinion on land use in our neighbourhood. The CALUC helps our neighbours engage in community planning by providing opportunities and processes to collect and forward residents’ comments to City Council. The CALUC reviews a variety of development applications & proposals for rezoning in the Fairfield and Gonzales areas, and hears and records public input on these matters. The CALUC has no decision-making authority over proposed developments, and all decisions are made by the city. Residents may also provide input by writing to City Council, attending Council meetings, as well as talking to City councillors. Community Meeting General Info.
COVID-19 update
- The FGCA CALUC is hosting both preliminary and public meetings for all prospective developments as per established practice. Meetings will be held either in person, online, or both. Please check this page regularly for updates. Applicants for all developments are to contact CALUC at planandzone@fairfieldcommunity.ca. For further information on notification and application procedures and other matters, please see The City of Victoria website and their development tracker.
Meeting Dates and Time (meetings may be cancelled if no projects come forward):
4th Monday of the month (Dates may change according to needs, please check dates below)
Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm
Location: in person: Arbutus Room, Fairfield Community Place, 1330 Fairfield Rd OR online via Zoom
2021: June 10, June 24, July 8, July 22, Aug 12, Aug 26, Sept 27, Oct 25, Nov 22, Dec 13*
2022: Jan 24, Feb 28, Mar 28, Apr 25, May 30, Jun 27, Jul 25, Aug 23, Sept 26, Oct 24, Nov 28, Dec19.
Email planandzone@fairfieldcommunity.ca for information or to get on the agenda.
CALUC members: Joanna Fox (chair), Kevin White, Don Monsour, Michael Hirsch, Dave Thompson, Owen Sieffert
Zoom link:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82644985760?pwd=Qm9ybkRVTVRHZ252bTVWd0h1a2k0Zz09
Meeting ID: 826 4498 5760
Passcode: 314589
Next Meeting: Nov. 22: Community Meeting
Temporary Use Permit for 320 Cook/1075 Pendergast; Rezoning applications for 1160 Oxford Street (2-storey duplex with secondary suites) and 349-351 Kipling/1440 Fairfield Ave. (8 townhouses).
Making CALUC meetings more accessible for all community members
FGCA has run its CALUC meetings successfully throughout the COVID pandemic. We recently heard from community members that they would like more options to participate, especially those who can’t make the scheduled times (7:00pm) because of childcare and other commitments. We heard suggestions that we record the meetings, make the recordings available online, and invite input via email. We are pleased to announce that we will be testing this with our next meeting, and hope to make it a permanent feature of our CALUC process.
Past Meetings
City of Victoria ~ Sustainable Planning & Community Development
Visit the above link to find information and direction around development, zoning and Community Association Land Use Committees (CALUC)
The City of Victoria’s Terms of Reference for all CALUCs can be found here.
City of Victoria ~ on-line tool to access information portals
The Development Tracker follows the progress of rezoning applications and will be of interest to both applicants and neighbourhood residents. Once a proposal has been filed with the City, the status of current Fairfield-Gonzales projects (as well as all others) may be reviewed by clicking the link above
City of Victoria ~ Maps
To view all City of Victoria neighbourhoods on one map, visit this link.
Also see individual maps of: