Monday, May 15, 2006 - 7 pm

Council Chambers, 1^st Floor

Richmond City Hall

6911 No. 3 Road

Richmond, BC V6Y 2C1

www.richmond.ca

OPENING STATEMENT

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1.

Zoning Amendment Bylaws 7948 AND 8052 (RZ 04-271196)

Location:

9000 Granville Avenue and 7040 Garden City Road

Applicant:

Gurmeet S. Jagde

Purpose:

To reduce the minimum lot size from 0.405 ha (1 ac.) to 0.16 ha (0.40 ac.) in “Comprehensive Development District (CD/128)”. To rezone the subject property from “Single-Family Residential District, Subdivision Area F, (R1/F)” to “Comprehensive Development District (CD/128)”, to permit development of 12 townhouses.

First Reading:

April 10, 2006

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 7948 and 8052.

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2.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8036 (RZ 05-321067)

Location:

5491 Walton Road

Applicant:

Hari & Mohinder Gill

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), to permit development of a two lot subdivision.

First Reading:

April 10, 2006

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 8036

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3.

Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw 8050

Locations:

11380 and 11488 Eburne Way on Mitchell Island

Applicant:

City of Richmond

Purpose:

Amendment to the Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA) designation by reducing the extent of the ESA to 30 metres in width as measured from the shoreline for the two addressed properties.

First Reading:

April 24, 2006

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 8050.

2.

Adoption of Bylaw 8050.

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4.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8053 (RZ 06-326332)

Locations:

10400 Aragon Road

Applicant:

Ranjit Singh

Purpose:

To rezone the subject property from Single-Family Housing District, Subdivision Area E (R1/E) to Single-Family Housing District (R1-0.6) , to allow subdivision for one additional single-family lot fronting Williams Road with access from the existing lane.

First Reading:

April 24, 2006

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 8053.

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5.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8054 (RZ 06-328448)

Locations:

8400 Heather Street

Applicant:

Rav Bains

Purpose:

To rezone the subject property from Single-Family Housing District, Subdivision Area B (R1/B) to Single-Family Housing District, Subdivision Area A (R1/A) to permit development of a two (2) lot subdivision.

First Reading:

April 10, 2006

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 8054.

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6.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8056 (RZ 06-328453)

Locations:

4520 and 4522 Steveston Highway

Applicant:

578547 BC Ltd.

Purpose:

To rezone the subject property from Single-Family Housing District, Subdivision Area E (R1/E) to Single-Family Housing District (R1-0.6), to permit development of a four lot subdivision with access to a future back lane.

First Reading:

April 24, 2006

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 8056.

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7A.

Proposed Single-Family Lot Size Policy 5408

Recommendations

That Single-Family Lot Size Policy 5408 for the area bounded by Comstock Road, Blundell Road, Gilbert Road, and No. 2 Road, be amended to:

i.

permit rezoning and subdivision to Single-Family Housing District (R1-0.6) or Coach House District (R9) along Blundell Road and Gilbert Road provided that access is to a constructed lane and not to either arterial road;

ii.

restrict all other properties to the Single-Family Housing District, Subdivision Area E (R1/E) zone;

iii.

delete the properties fronting Blundell Road between Cheviot Place and No. 2 Road; and

iv.

restrict development to single-family residential only and no multi-family residential development shall be permitted.

7B.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8059 (RZ 06-326949)

Locations:

6611/6631/6671/6691 Blundell Road

Applicant:

Sal Bhullar

Purpose:

To rezone the subject properties from Single-Family Housing District, Subdivision Area E (R1/E) to Single-Family Housing District (R1-0.6), to permit subdivision into eleven (11) single-family lots with accesses from a future lane at the back.

First Reading:

April 24, 2006

Order of Business:

1.

Presentation from the applicant.

2.

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

(a)

Annette Lum, 6408 Chelmsford Street

3.

Submissions from the floor.

Council Consideration:

1.

Action on Second & Third Readings of Bylaw 8059.

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8.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8061 (RZ 05-319170)

Location:

8120 No. 2 Road

Applicant:

Conway Richmond Ltd.

Purpose:

To amend the “Community Commercial District (C3)” zone in order to permit an approximately 560 m² (6,000 ft²) private liquor store [Licensee Retail Store (Type 2)] on the subject property.

First Reading:

April 24, 2006

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 8061.

2.

Adoption of Bylaw 8061.

ADJOURNMENT