Monday, March 21, 2011 - 7 p.m.

Council Chambers, 1^st Floor

Richmond City Hall

6911 No. 3 Road

Richmond, BC  V6Y 2C1

www.richmond.ca

OPENING STATEMENT

Page

PH-1

1.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8669 (RZ 10-537869)

Location:

8520 Francis Road

Applicant:

Balbir Biring

Purpose:

To rezone the subject property from “Single Detached (RS1/E)” to “Coach House (RCH)”, to permit development of two (2) lots each with a single-family residence on it and a second dwelling unit above a garage, with vehicle access from an existing rear lane.

First Reading:

February 28, 2011

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 8669.

PH-17

2.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8671 (RZ 10-538153)

Location:

11880 Railway Avenue

Applicant:

Steve Dhanda

Purpose:

To rezone the subject property from “Single Detached (RS1/E)” to “Single Detached (RS2/C)”, to permit development of two (2) residential lots with vehicle access from Railway Avenue.

First Reading:

February 28, 2011

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 8671.

PH-35

3.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8676 (RZ 09-489238)

Location:

9900 No. 2 Road, 6011, 6031, 6051 and 6071 Williams Road

Applicant:

Westmark Developments (Woodwards Pointe) Ltd.

Purpose:

To rezone the subject property from “Single Detached (RS1/E)” to “Medium Density Townhouses (RTM3)”, to permit development of 24 townhouse units on the site.

First Reading:

February 28, 2011

Order of Business:

1.

Presentation from the applicant.

2.

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

PH-57

(a)

Melanie Clay-Smith, 6100 Sheridan Road

3.

Submissions from the floor.

Council Consideration:

1.

Action on Second & Third Readings of Bylaw 8676.

PH-59

4.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8690 (RZ 10-538208)

Location:

10071 No. 1 Road

Applicant:

Gurinder S Bhandal

Purpose:

To rezone the subject property from “Single Detached (RS1/E)” to “Coach Houses (RCH)”, to permit the property to be subdivided into two (2) lots, each with a principal dwelling and a coach house above a garage, with vehicle access from the existing rear lane.

First Reading:

February 14, 2011

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 8690.

PH-71

5.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8699 (RZ 10-521539)

Location:

7900 Bennett Road

Applicant:

Chen Design Studio

Purpose:

To rezone the subject property from “Single Detached (RS1/E)” to “Infill Residential (RI2)”, to permit development of two new lots and two front-to-back duplexes with vehicular access from the rear lane.

First Reading:

February 14, 2011

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 8699.

PH-95

6.

Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw 8715 and Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8716 (RZ 09-453123)

Location:

9388 Odlin Road (formerly 9340, 9360 and 9400 Odlin Road)

Applicant:

Paul Goodwin GBL Architects Ltd.

Purpose of OCP Amendment:

To amend the West Cambie Area Plan (Schedule 2.11A), Section 8.4 (Alexandra’s Building Sustainability Guidelines) by adding a new section (8.4.5) titled “Alexandra District Energy Unit”, to enable density bonusing for certain instream rezonings, when they connect to the district energy utility.

Purpose of Zoning Amendment:

To: (i) amend the “Low Rise Apartment (ZLR24) – Alexandra Neighbourhood (West Cambie)” zone to insert a site specific density bonus for connection to the Alexandra District Energy Utility; and (ii) rezone the subject property from “Single Detached (RS1/F)” to “Low Rise Apartment (ZLR24) – Alexandra Neighbourhood (West Cambie)”, as amended to permit the development of a 245 Unit Apartment  complex.

First Reading:

February 28, 2011

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 8715 and 8716.

2.

Adoption of Bylaw 8715.

PH-173

7.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8737 (RZ 10-524476)

Location:

16540 River Road

Applicant:

Virdi Pacific Holdings Ltd.

Purpose:

To amend the Light Industrial (IL) zoning district to apply a site-specific limited density to the subject property and to rezone the subject property from “Agriculture (AG1)” to “Light Industrial (IL)”, to permit development of a limited area manufacturing building and allow for commercial vehicle parking and storage.

The proposed commercial vehicle parking and storage will be restricted to a maximum of 40 commercial vehicles that only transport agricultural produce from a Richmond farm and will prohibit the parking of dump trucks and not permit the operation of trailers with refrigeration units while parked on the subject property.

First Reading:

February 28, 2011

Order of Business:

1.

Presentation from the applicant.

2.

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

PH-283

(a)

18 Form Letters indicating opposition to the proposal

PH-301

(b)

Ryan Akhurst, Akhurst Machinery Limited, 1669 Foster’s Way, Delta

PH-302

(c)

Kulwant Virdi, Virdi Pacific Holdings, 2720 Smith Street

PH-303

(d)

William L. (Bill) Jones, 110 – 4900 Cartier Street, Vancouver

PH-304

(e)

Balbir Singh Jawanda, India Cultural Centre of Canada, 8600 No. 5 Road

PH-305

(f)

Bobby Ghirra, Riverside Banquet Halls, 14500 River Road

PH-306

(g)

Dave Sandhu, Cal-San Enterprises Ltd., 1279 Blundell Road

PH-307

(h)

Amarjit Johal, Johal Berry Farms Ltd., 8311 No. 6 Road

PH-308

(i)

Sukhi Dhillon, 12051 Shell Road

PH-309

(j)

Prit Pal S. Narwal, 208-6628 Fraser Street, Vancouver

3.

Submissions from the floor.

Council Consideration:

1.

Action on Second & Third Readings of Bylaw 8737.

ADJOURNMENT