Monday, January 15, 2007- 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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Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaws 8104 and 8121 and Zoning Amendment Bylaw 7955 (RZ 04-276082)

Location:

7511 Bridge Street

Applicant:

Sandhill Development Ltd.

Purpose of OCP Amendment Bylaw 8104:

To amend Schedule 2.10D (McLennan South Sub-Area Plan) of Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 7100, by introducing a map amendment to permit a re-alignment to the “ring road” (Keefer Avenue) located east of Ash Street to the future north-south road (to be named Armstrong Street) between Ash and Bridge Streets and south of General Currie Road.

Purpose of OCP Amendment Bylaw 8121:

To amend Schedule 2.10D (McLennan South Sub-Area Plan) of Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 7100, by introducing a map amendment to permit a new east-west road located west of Bridge Street to the future north-south road (to be named Armstrong Street) between Ash and Bridge Streets and south of General Currie Road.

Purpose of Zoning Amendment Bylaw 7955:

To rezone the subject property from “Single-Family Housing District, Subdivision Area F (R1/F)” to “Comprehensive Development District (CD/139)” in order to permit a seven lot subdivision, together with the establishment of a new road along the north edge of the subject site and a new road along the west edge of the subject site.

First Reading:

December 19, 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 8104, 8121 and 7955

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2.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8105 (RZ 06-331914)

Locations:

7660 and 7680 Ash Street

Applicant:

Wellfit (Canada) Investment Co. Ltd.

Purpose:

To rezone the subject property from “Single-Family Housing District, Subdivision Area F (R1/F)” to “Comprehensive Development District (CD/139)” in order to permit a seven lot subdivision, together with the establishment of a new road along the south edge of the subject site and a new road along the east edge of the subject site.

First Reading:

December 19, 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 8105

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3.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8165 (RZ 06-350258)

Location:

10171 Williams Road

Applicant:

Khalid Hasan

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 two (2) single-family lots with an existing lane.

First Reading:

December 11, 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 8165

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4.

Zoning Amendment Bylaws 8166 and 8141 (RZ 04-267994)

Locations:

8400 and 8440 Cook Road & 6571 Eckersley Road

Applicant:

Matthew Cheng Architect Inc.

Purpose:

Bylaw 8166 – To create Comprehensive Development District (CD/178), which accommodates townhouses; and

Bylaw 8141 – To rezone the subject property from “Townhouse District (R2)” and “Single-Family Housing District, Subdivision Area E (R1/E)” to “Comprehensive Development District (CD/178)”, to permit development of twenty-eight (28) townhouse dwelling units.

First Reading:

December 11, 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 8166 and 8141

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5.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8168 (RZ 04-268939)

Locations:

8011 Saba Road and 6088 No. 3 Road

Applicant:

Regent International Developments Ltd.

Purpose:

To create CD/179 and rezone the subject property from “Downtown Commercial District (C7)” to “Comprehensive Development (CD/179)”, to permit development of two (2) 16-storey residential towers, containing approximately 251 apartments above three (3) storeys of parking, approximately 1,293 m² of new commercial units on the ground floor and a free-standing four (4) storey parkade with a pedestrian connection on the third level.   

First Reading:

December 11, 2006

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)

Qihua Su, 1205 – 6191 Buswell Street

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(b)

Jingkai Li, 1205 – 6191 Buswell Street

3.

Submissions from the floor.

Council Consideration:

1.

Action on Second & Third Readings of Bylaw 8168

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6.

Zoning Text Amendment Bylaw 8169

Applicant:

City of Richmond

Purpose:

To amend Division 400 “Off-Street Parking & Loading” of Zoning & Development Bylaw No. 5300 by introducing provisions for shared parking facilities, reducing the minimum manoeuvring aisle width for residential parking facilities, clarifying disabled parking space requirements and revising the minimum parking requirements for a variety of land uses. 

First Reading:

December 19, 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 8169

2.

Adoption of Bylaw 8169

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7.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8171 (RZ 06-352151)

Location:

10020 Seacote Road

Applicant:

Lakhbir Singh Khangura

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 2 new single family lots with an existing lane.

First Reading:

December 19, 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 8171

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8.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8174 (RZ 06-351299)

Location:

7600 Lancing Court

Applicant:

Sonya Kraemer

Purpose:

To rezone the subject property from “Single-Family Housing District, Subdivision Area E (R1/E)” to “Single-Family Housing District, Subdivision Area H (R1/H)”, to permit development of 2 new single family lots.

First Reading:

December 19, 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 8174

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9.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8175 (RZ 06-351245)

Location:

11520 Williams Road

Applicant:

Urban Era Builders & Developers Limited

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 two single-family residential lots with an existing lane.

First Reading:

December 19, 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 8175

201

10.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8176 (RZ 06-350211)

Location:

10471 Williams Road

Applicant:

Charan Sethi

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 two (2) new single-family lots with an existing lane.

First Reading:

December 19, 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 8176

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11.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8177 (RZ 06-348076)

Locations:

11631/11651 Montego Street

Applicants:

Sohan Dha and Lucky Sangha

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 two single-family residential lots.

First Reading:

December 19, 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 8177

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12.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8178 (RZ 06-341608)

Location:

10671 Williams Road

Applicant:

Malkiat Bowal

Purpose:

To rezone the subject property from “Single-Family Zoning District, Subdivision Area E (R1/E)” to “Single-Family Zoning District (R1-0.6)”, to permit the property to be subdivided into two (2) new single-family residential lots.

First Reading:

December 19, 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 8178

ADJOURNMENT