City of Richmond

Public Hearing Agenda

Monday, January 17^th, 2005 - 7 pm

Council Chambers, 1^st Floor

Richmond City Hall

6911 No. 3 Road

Richmond, BC  V6Y 2C1

www.city.richmond.bc.ca

OPENING STATEMENT

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Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw 7687 and Zoning Amendment Bylaw 7839

Location/s:

Steveston Business District

Applicant/s:

City of Richmond

Purpose of OCP Amendment

To amend the Policy Statements within Section 8.3.1.2.C Chatham Street, Settlement Patterns of the Steveston Area Plan,  to encourage residential uses to be located above the first/ground floor and to encourage new buildings to locate along the Chatham Street property line, and;

To amend the Development Permit Guidelines Section 8.2.3 Architectural Elements, Animated Streetscapes of  the Steveston Area Plan to restrict residential uses on the first / ground floor in mixed commercial residential developments within Steveston’s Commercial area.

Purpose of Zoning Amendment

To amend the Steveston Commercial (Two-Storey) District (C4) and Steveston Commercial (Three-Storey) District (C5) to restrict residential uses within a Mixed Commercial/Residential development on the first/ground floor to:

                     entrances within 12 m on Chatham Street, Moncton Street, Bayview Street and No. 1 Road, and

                    1/3 of the ground floor space on 1^st Avenue, 2^nd Avenue, and 3^rd Avenue.

First Reading:

December 13^th, 2004.

Order of Business:

1.

Presentation from the applicant.

2.

Acknowledgement of written submissions received by the City Clerk since first reading.

3.

Submissions from the floor.

Council Consideration:

1.

Action on Second & Third Readings of Bylaws 7687 & 7839.

2.

Adoption of Bylaws 7687 & 7839.

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2.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 7762 (RZ 04-267169)

Location/s:

7480/7500 Langton Road

Applicant/s:

Surinder Grewal

Purpose:

To rezone the subject property from Single-Family Housing District, Subdivision Area E (R1/E) to Single-Family Housing District, Subdivision Area B (R1/B) in order to permit the existing duplex to be replaced by a two lot single-family residential subdivision.

First Reading:

December 13^th, 2004

Order of Business:

1.

Presentation from the applicant.

2.

Acknowledgement of written submissions received by the City Clerk since first reading.

3.

Submissions from the floor.

Council Consideration:

1.

Action on Second & Third Readings of Bylaw 7762.

2.

Adoption of Bylaw 7762.

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3

OCP Amendment Bylaw 7783 and Zoning Amendment Bylaw 7857
(RZ 04-278754)

Location/s:

5171 Steveston Highway

Applicant/s:

Matthew Cheng Architect

Purpose of OCP Amendment

To redesignate the subject property on the Steveston Area Land Use Map in the Steveston Area Plan from “Single-Family” to “Multiple-Family” in order to permit the development of 7 townhouse dwelling units.

Purpose of Zoning Amendment

To rezone the subject property from Single-Family Housing District, Subdivision Area E (R1/E) to Townhouse District (R2) in order to permit the development of 7 townhouse dwelling units (two 2-storey and two 3-storey units along the east property line and three 2-storey units along the rear property line).

First Reading:

December 13^th, 2004.

Order of Business:

1.

Presentation from the applicant.

2.

Acknowledgement of written submissions received by the City Clerk since first reading.

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(a)

Tom Yeung, 10711 Hollymount Drive, Richmond

3.

Submissions from the floor.

Council Consideration:

1.

Action on Second & Third Readings of Bylaw 7783 & 7857.

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4.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 7788 (RZ 04-263030)

Location/s:

6440, 6460 and 6480 Cooney Road

Applicant/s:

Paul Leong Architect Inc.

Purpose:

To amend Richmond Zoning And Development Bylaw 5300 by creating a new multiple-family residential zone, “Comprehensive Development District (CD/133)” to enable an increase in density (FAR) to 1.11; and, to rezone the subject property from Townhouse District (R2) to “Comprehensive Development District (CD/133), to permit development of twenty (20) three-storey townhouse dwellings units.

First Reading:

November 22^nd, 2004

Order of Business:

1.

Presentation from the applicant.

2.

Acknowledgement of written submissions received by the City Clerk since first reading.

3.

Submissions from the floor.

Council Consideration:

1.

Action on Second & Third Readings of Bylaw 7788.

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5.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 7847 (RZ 04-278777)

Location/s:

7560/7580 No. 2 Road

Applicant/s:

G. Virdi/P. Bowal

Purpose:

To rezone the subject property from Two-Family Housing District (R5) to Townhouse District (R2-0.7) in order to permit the development of 6 townhouse dwelling units (two and three storeys).

First Reading:

December 13^th, 2004

Order of Business:

1.

Presentation from the applicant.

2.

Acknowledgement of written submissions received by the City Clerk since first reading.

3.

Submissions from the floor.

Council Consideration:

1.

Action on Second & Third Readings of Bylaw 7847.

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6.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 7854 (RZ 04-274078)

Location/s:

5091 and 5111 Francis Road

Applicant/s:

Les Cohen and Azim Bhimani

Purpose:

To rezone 5091 and 5111 Francis Road from Single-Family Housing District, Subdivision Area E (R1/E)<zoning district> to Townhouse District (R2 – 0.6) in order to permit the development of a twelve unit townhouse project on the subject properties

First Reading:

December 13^th, 2004.

Order of Business:

1.

Presentation from the applicant.

2.

Acknowledgement of written submissions received by the City Clerk since first reading.

3.

Submissions from the floor.

Council Consideration:

1.

Action on Second & Third Readings of Bylaw 7854.

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7.

Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw 7855 and Zoning Amendment Bylaw 7856 (ZT 04-010735)

Location/s:

4151 Hazelbridge Way

Applicant/s:

Fairchild Developments Ltd.

Purpose of OCP Designation Amendment:

To amend the land use designations of 4151 Hazelbridge Way in the Official Community Plan from “Commercial” to “Mixed Use”; and in the City Centre Area Plan from “Automobile-Oriented Commercial” to “Mixed Use – Specialty”, which provides for the introduction of residential uses into automobile-oriented commercial areas to improve public amenity (e.g. supports transit, diversified commercial uses, etc.) and livability.

Purpose of Zoning Amendment:

To amend Comprehensive Development District (CD/86) to permit the development of an 8-storey, 119-unit residential tower, in place of a previously approved hotel tower, as part of the existing Aberdeen Centre shopping mall.

First Reading:

December 13^th, 2004.

Order of Business:

1.

Presentation from the applicant.

2.

Acknowledgement of written submissions received by the City Clerk since first reading.

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(a)

Larry Berg, representing Vancouver International Airport Authority

3.

Submissions from the floor.

Council Consideration:

1.

Action on Second & Third Readings of Bylaws 7855 & 7856.

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8.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 7858 (RZ 04-271217)

Location/s:

6060 and 6080 Garden City Road and 9171 Ferndale Road.

Applicant/s:

Gomberoff Bell Lyon Architects

Purpose:

To introduce a new multiple-family residential zone entitled Comprehensive Development District (CD/158) having a maximum floor area ratio of 2.42, a maximum building height of 38.1 m (125 ft.), and a maximum site coverage of 50%.

To rezone the subject properties from “Single-Family Housing District, Subdivision Area F (R1/F)” to “Comprehensive Development District (CD/158)” in order to permit the development of 11 townhouses and a 9-storey apartment over a 3 storey parkade, with approximately 137 dwelling units, for a total of approximately 148 dwelling units.

First Reading:

December 13^th, 2004.

Order of Business:

1.

Presentation from the applicant.

2.

Acknowledgement of written submissions received by the City Clerk since first reading.

3.

Submissions from the floor.

Council Consideration:

1.

Action on Second & Third Readings of Bylaw 7858.

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9.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 7859 (RZ 04-279769)

Location/s:

4751 Dunfell Road

Applicant/s:

Brian Kramer

Purpose:

To rezone the subject property from Single-Family Housing District, Subdivision Area E (R1/E) to Single-Family Housing District, Subdivision Area A (R1/A) in order to permit the property to be subdivided into two new single-family residential lots.

First Reading:

December 13^th, 2004.

Order of Business:

1.

Presentation from the applicant.

2.

Acknowledgement of written submissions received by the City Clerk since first reading.

3.

Submissions from the floor.

Council Consideration:

1.

Action on Second & Third Readings of Bylaw 7859.

2.

Adoption of Bylaw 7859.

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10.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 7861 (RZ 04-273015)

Location/s:

8271 No. 3 Road

Applicant/s:

Allan Chandhok

Purpose:

To rezone the subject property from Single-Family Housing District, Subdivision Area E (R1/E) to Single-Family Housing District, Subdivision Area B (R1/B) in order to permit the property to be subdivided into two new single-family residential lots with access to the existing lane only

First Reading:

December 13^th, 2004.

Order of Business:

1.

Presentation from the applicant.

2.

Acknowledgement of written submissions received by the City Clerk since first reading.

3.

Submissions from the floor.

Council Consideration:

1.

Action on Second & Third Readings of Bylaw 7861.

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11.

Proposed Amendment to Single-Family Lot Size Policy 5429 (Sections 11 & 12, 3-7) and Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw 7862

Single-Family Lot Size Policy 5429 (Sections 11 & 12, 3-7) Recommendation

That Single Family Lot Size Policy 5429 (Sections 11 & 12, 3-7) be amended to exclude those properties fronting and on the south side of Moncton Street between Trites Road and No. 2 Road.

Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw 7862

Location/s:

The area bounded by Moncton Street, No. 2 Road, Andrews Road and Trites Road

Applicant/s:

City of Richmond

Purpose:

To add a new section: “Trites Area Plan Policies”, to the Steveston Area Plan in order to guide the redevelopment of the Trites Area and to amend the Steveston Area Land Use map accordingly.

First Reading:

December 13^th, 2004.

Order of Business:

1.

Presentation from the applicant.

2.

Acknowledgement of written submissions received by the City Clerk since first reading.

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(a)

Don Fairholm, 12231 Trites Road, Richmond, BC

3.

Submissions from the floor.

Council Consideration:

1.

Action on Single-Family Lot Size Policy recommendation.

2.

Action on Second & Third Readings of Bylaw 7862.

3.

Adoption of Bylaw 7862.


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