July 29, 2026 - Agenda


City of Richmond Meeting Agenda

 

Development Permit Panel

Electronic Meeting

 

Council Chambers, City Hall

6911 No. 3 Road

Wednesday, July 29, 2026
3:30 p.m.

 

 

 

MINUTES

 

Motion to adopt the minutes of the Development Permit Panel meeting held on July 15, 2026.

 

 

 

 

1.

DEVELOPMENT PERMIT DP 24-012854

 (REDMS No. 8448144)

 

 

APPLICANT:

SD Railway Homes Inc.

 

PROPERTY LOCATION:

8520 Railway Avenue

 

Director’s Recommendations

 

 

That a Development Permit be issued which would:

 

 

1.

Permit the construction of 58 rental apartment units for seniors at 8520 Railway Avenue on a site zoned “Low Rise Rental Apartment (ZLR47) – Railway Avenue (Blundell)”; and

 

 

2.

Vary the provisions of Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500 to:

 

 

 

(a)

Change the number of proposed market rental units provided on the site from 29 to no more than eight.

 

 

 

(b)

Reduce the Class 1 on-site bicycle parking space rate for apartment housing units from 0.58 per dwelling unit to 0.43.

 

 

 

(c)

Reduce the number of oversized spaces from five per cent of all required Class 1 bicycle spaces to four per cent for apartment housing use.

 

 

 

 

 

2.

DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE PERMIT DV 25-026463

(REDMS No. 8309832)

 

 

APPLICANT:

Navtej Dhot

 

PROPERTY LOCATION:

11500 Westminster Highway

 

Director’s Recommendations

 

 

That a Development Variance Permit be issued which would vary the provisions of Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500 to increase the maximum setback from a constructed road to the rear of a single detached housing building from 50.0 m to 67.2 m, to permit an existing barn to be used as a residential building.

 

 

3.

New Business

 

4.

Date of Next Meeting:  August 12, 2026

 

 

ADJOURNMENT