July 4, 2012 - Minutes


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City of Richmond Meeting Minutes

Planning Committee

 

Date:

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Place:

Anderson Room

Richmond City Hall

Present:

Councillor Bill McNulty, Chair

Councillor Chak Au

Councillor Harold Steves

Mayor Malcolm Brodie

Absent:

Councillor Evelina Halsey-Brandt, Vice-Chair

Councillor Linda Barnes

Also Present:

Councillor Linda McPhail

Call to Order:

The Chair called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m.

 


 

 

MINUTES

 

 

 

It was moved and seconded

 

 

That the minutes of the meeting of the Planning Committee held on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, be adopted as circulated.

 

 

CARRIED

 

 

 

NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING DATE

 

 

 

Tuesday, July 17, 2012, (tentative date) at 4:00 p.m. in the Anderson Room

 

 

 

PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

 

 

1.

BASIC UNIVERSAL HOUSING FEATURES – ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT
(File Ref. No. 12-8060-20-8736) (REDMS No. 3529834)

 

 

In response to a query from the Chair, Gavin Woo, Senior Manager, Building Approvals, confirmed that the City’s Basic Universal Housing Features, including those for accessible residential units, are harmonized with the BC Building Code.

 

 

 

It was moved and seconded

 

 

That Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500, Amendment Bylaw 8736 be introduced and given first reading.

CARRIED

 

 

2.

MANAGER’S REPORT

 

 

Brian J. Jackson, Director of Development, reported that: (i) a report addressing amendments to the Zoning Bylaw with respect to integrated changes to convertible residential units will come forward to Committee before the end of 2012; (ii) the July 17, 2012 Planning Committee agenda will feature a number of Rezoning Applications; and (iii) the Rezoning Application submitted by Wal-Mart will not come forward to Committee until the autumn of 2012.

 

 

 

ADJOURNMENT

 

 

 

It was moved and seconded

 

 

That the meeting adjourn (4:04 p.m.).

 

 

CARRIED

 

 

 

 

 

Certified a true and correct copy of the Minutes of the meeting of the Planning Committee of the Council of the City of Richmond held on Wednesday, July 4, 2012.

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Councillor Bill McNulty

Chair

Sheila Johnston

Committee Clerk