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Rezoning Coming to Council Saanich
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3984 & 3986 Gordon Head Road

78 units 6 storeys $279,640 CAC
Application submitted
Staff review complete
First reading at Council
Public hearing
Final decision

Seba Construction Ltd. is proposing a 6-storey, 78-unit market ownership apartment with two levels of underground parking on two consolidated lots fronting Gordon Head Road. The application requires rezoning from RS-6 (single family) to RA-11 (multiple-family residential), an OCP amendment to redesignate from Residential — Low Density to Residential — Medium Density, and a development permit for form and character. Staff are recommending the application proceed to public hearing.

Next steps

  1. First reading at Council — May 12, 2026
  2. Public hearing scheduled — anticipated Q3 2026
  3. Second & third reading following hearing
  4. Building permit application — anticipated Q1 2027

Contractor brief

Six-storey wood-frame over Type I concrete podium. Two levels of underground parking suggest shoring and dewatering scope (high water table on Gordon Head Rd corridor). Likely consultants: structural, geotech, civil, landscape, traffic, arborist (mature Garry oaks on parcel).

Structural Concrete podium + 5 storeys of wood-frame above
Geotechnical Shoring & dewatering for two underground levels
Civil Servicing connections to Gordon Head Rd ROW
Landscape Mature Garry oak retention plan required
Traffic Site access study for Gordon Head / Ferndale
Arborist Tree protection plan — heritage Garry oaks on parcel
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Applicant Seba Construction Ltd. extracted
Owner 1234567 BC Ltd. extracted
Units 78 extracted
Storeys 6 extracted
Lot area 3,612 m² extracted
Gross floor 6,840 m² inferred
Use Market apartment extracted
Tenure Strata inferred
CAC total $279,640 extracted
Construction Wood-frame / Type I inferred

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