October 12, 2023 - Minutes

Time:

3:30 p.m.

Place:

Remote (Zoom) Meeting

Present:

Cecilia Achiam, General Manager, Community Safety, Acting Chair
Milton Chan, Director, Engineering

Peter Russell, Director, Sustainability and District Energy

MINUTES

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the meeting of the Development Permit Panel held on September 27, 2023 be adopted.

CARRIED

1.

DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE PERMIT 23-024175

 (REDMS No. 7280338)

APPLICANT:

Pakland Armstrong Homes Ltd.

PROPERTY LOCATION:

7151, 7211, 7231 & 7251 Bridge Street

INTENT OF PERMIT:

Vary the provisions of Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500 to reduce the minimum required rear yard setback for:

1.

A portion of the second storey from 10.70 m to 10.64 m to allow the retention of an existing second-storey deck at 7151 Bridge Street.

2.

Accessory buildings (i.e. a garage) with a wall length greater than 6.0 m from 2.4 m to 2.08 m to allow retention of an existing detached garage at 7211 Bridge Street.

3.

60 per cent of the first storey from 9.60 m to 7.4 m, as well as the remaining 40 per cent of the first storey and the second storey from 10.7 m to 8.0 m to allow the retention of an existing dwelling at 7231 Bridge Street. Reduce the minimum required rear yard setback for a portion of the second storey from 10.7 m to 6.8 m to allow retention of an existing second-storey deck.

4.

60 per cent of the first storey from 9.60 m to 7.02 m, as well as the remaining 40 per cent of the first storey and the second storey from 10.70 m to 7.02 m to allow the retention of an existing dwelling at 7251 Bridge Street.

Applicant’s Comments

Khalid Hassan, Pakland Armstrong Homes Ltd.., with the aid of a visual presentation (attached to and forming part of these minutes as Schedule 1), provided background information on the subject application and reviewed the proposed rear yard setback variances, noting that (i) the subdivision of six large lots will result in six lots fronting Bridge Street and ten lots fronting the future Armstrong Street extension, and (ii) the proposed variances will address the required rear yard setbacks for four of the six properties fronting Bridge Street to allow the retention of existing buildings on these properties. 

Staff Comments

Wayne Craig, Director, Development, noted that (i) staff support the proposed rear yard setback variances as these are technical variances that are required to facilitate the retention of the existing structures on four properties fronting Bridge Street, (ii) the proposed variances will not facilitate any new construction, (iii) the proposed variances will not alter the on-site tree retention and tree replacement that were secured through the original rezoning application, and (iv) the retention of the existing structures was identified at the time of rezoning.

In reply to a query from the Panel, Mr. Craig confirmed that (i) the subject application will be required to provide a functional two-way traffic road as part of Armstrong Street, and (ii) the road will be widened when the adjacent properties fronting Ash Street redevelop in the future.

Correspondence

None.

Gallery Comments

None.

Panel Decision

It was moved and seconded

That a Development Variance Permit be issued which would vary the provisions of Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500 to reduce the minimum required rear yard setback for:

1.

A portion of the second storey from 10.70 m to 10.64 m to allow the retention of an existing second-storey deck at 7151 Bridge Street.

2.

Accessory buildings (i.e. a garage) with a wall length greater than 6.0 m from 2.4 m to 2.08 m to allow retention of an existing detached garage at 7211 Bridge Street.

3.

60 per cent of the first storey from 9.60 m to 7.4 m, as well as the remaining 40 per cent of the first storey and the second storey from 10.7 m to 8.0 m to allow the retention of an existing dwelling at 7231 Bridge Street. Reduce the minimum required rear yard setback for a portion of the second storey from 10.7 m to 6.8 m to allow retention of an existing second-storey deck.

4.

60 per cent of the first storey from 9.60 m to 7.02 m, as well as the remaining 40 per cent of the first storey and the second storey from 10.70 m to 7.02 m to allow the retention of an existing dwelling at 7251 Bridge Street.

CARRIED

2.

New Business

None.

3.

Date of Next Meeting:   October 25, 2023

ADJOURNMENT

It was moved and seconded

That the meeting adjourn (3:41 p.m.).

CARRIED

Certified a true and correct copy of the Minutes of the meeting of the Development Permit Panel of the Council of the City of Richmond held on Thursday, October 12, 2023.

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Cecilia Achiam

Acting Chair

Rustico Agawin
Committee Clerk