The Design Advisory Committee is no longer active. The final meeting was held June 8, 2022. The Committee was dissolved by Regional Council on July 11, 2023 as item 15.1.3.
On December 3, 2019, Halifax Regional Council approved the creation of the Design Advisory Committee.
The Committee's role was to advise the Development Officer on matters relating to Level II and Level III site plan approval applications within the Regional Centre Plan Area (Package A) with respect to:
- the design requirements set out in Part VI of the Regional Centre Land Use By-law (LUB); and
- any requested variations to the requirements of the LUB if the requested variation meets the variation criteria contained in Part VI of the LUB, and are enabled under Section 28:
(a) roof edge setbacks of height-exempted rooftop features listed in Table 4;
(b) location of a structure on a lot in relation to maximum front and flanking yards;
(c) minimum streetwall height; (d) maximum streetwall height;
(e) side and rear setbacks for portions of a high-rise building above the streetwall;
(f) side and rear setbacks for portions of a tall mid-rise building above the streetwall;
(g) maximum width of a building below the height of the streetwall; and
(h) side yard setback for pedestrian access.
More detail about the committee's role can be found in the staff report [PDF]
You can find agendas and minutes online. You can also search for records of board and committee meetings.