Land Use Contracts – A Background

During the 1970’s, provincial legislation allowed a local government to enter into Land Use Contracts (LUC) with property owners. LUCs were zoning, development permits, subdivision layout approval, Development Cost Charges (DCC) and engineering servicing agreements all contained within one document. The generally accepted reason for the enactment of LUCs was to allow municipalities the ability to create site-specific zoning regulations to control form and character of buildings, landscaping and to allow municipalities to enter into servicing agreements with developers for off-site works. Prior to LUCs, municipalities had limited options to control the form and character of development, require landscaping, collect DCCs and require off-site engineering works.

Similar to Restrictive Covenants, LUCs were registered to the title of lands and could only be amended or terminated by agreement of the City and landowner. Most properties regulated by a LUC have a notation on title indicating the property forms part of a LUC. The legislation authorizing LUCs was repealed in 1978; however, LUCs approved prior to this date remain in effect.

A review of Land Titles Office (LTO) and District mapping data confirm that a total of twenty-seven (27) LUCs remain affecting some 600 properties (fee-simple lots, strata units & rental units) owned by over 800 property owners.

Due to the amount of properties affected, a comprehensive process is required to ensure the orderly conclusion to LUCs in the City.

On November 20, 2017, City of Mission Council directed staff to initiate a process for the early termination of LUCs and a review of the zoning on affected properties.

A copy of the report to Council is available here: Land Use Contract Termination Project – Nov. 20, 2017

UPDATE:  On November 5, 2018, letters were mailed to the second half of the affected properties informing the property owners and residents about the second scheduled Public Open House & Information Meeting to be held at 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm on Thursday, November 22, 2018 at the Mission Leisure Centre located at 7650 Grand Street, Mission. The second set of letters sent out were for the properties affected by the following Land Use Contracts:

LUC# / ADDRESS: 

• 235-1972 – 7755 Grand Street
• 364-1974 – 32026 & 32028 – 7th Avenue, 7581 & 7589 May Street
• 378-1974 – 7581 Cedar Street
• 477-1976 – All of Boxer Court & Bighorn Terrace and eastern 2/3 portion of Bobcat Drive (formerly Buffalo Drive) and portion of Badger Ave & Antelope Cr
• 498-1976 – 7910 Cedar Street, 32846 – 14th Avenue, 32883 Orchid Drive, and 32901 & 32903 – 12th Avenue
• 593-1977 – 8972 & 8974 Dewdney Trunk Road
• 594-1977 – 33525 – 7th Avenue
• 610-1977 – 33214, 33220, 33242, 33252 and 33262 Cherry Avenue
• 628-1977 – 8481, 8515, 8523, 8531, 8536, 8528, and 32282 Terris Street
• 631-1977 – 7303 Hurd Street
• 651-1978 – 32516 – 14th Avenue
• 691-1978 – 34555 Vosburgh Avenue
• 714-1978 – 11546 Dewdney Trunk Road

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Land Use Contracts by Address

All land use contracts within the City of Mission are provided below by address. Each PDF includes a map showing the property, the land use contract, and any amending contracts for that property.