That Council:
1. Adopt Envision St. John’s Development Regulations Amendment Number 27, 2023, to rezone land at 40 Quidi Vidi Road from the Residential 3 (R3) Zone to the Residential Mixed (RM) Zone for the development of First Light headquarters, and amend Section 7.6.3 to set buffering and screening for the RM Zone in the discretion of Council.
2. Approve the discretionary use of a place of assembly at 40 Quidi Vidi Road.
3. Approve the attached land use report dated November 10, 2023, but correct the parking section to show the correct number of parking spaces required and provided.
4. Approve parking relief of 50 spaces to accommodate the proposed expansion.
5. Set the lot standards for the proposed extension, including setbacks, building height, lot coverage and landscaping percentage, as shown on the site plans in Appendixes 3 and 4 of the attached land use report dated November 10, 2023.
6. Exempt Fire Light, as a charitable organization, from meeting the Heritage Design Standards, and approve the design of the extension as proposed, with the following conditions;
- Should non-combustible materials be needed to meet fire and life safety requirements, limit their use to applicable facades (only use where needed); and
- That the applicant consider leaving the existing brick unpainted.