June 17, 2025 - Minutes

Date:

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Place:

Anderson Room
Richmond City Hall

Present:

Councillor Bill McNulty, Chair
Councillor Alexa Loo
Councillor Chak Au (via teleconference)
Councillor Carol Day
Councillor Andy Hobbs

Also Present:

Councillor Michael Wolfe (via teleconference)

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 June 3, 2025, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED

NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING DATE

July 8, 2025, (tentative date) at 4:00 p.m. in the Anderson Room.

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

1.

Application by Cary Tsai for Rezoning at 9100 and 9120 Bridgeport Road from the “School & Institutional Use (SI)” Zone to the “Auto-Oriented Commercial (CA)” Zone

(File Ref. No. RZ 24-043066) (REDMS No. 8058112)

Staff provided a summary of the proposed development and highlighted the following:

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the intent of the application is to permit the adaptive reuse of the existing building for the purpose of operating a vehicle sales and rental business;

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the existing floor area will be retained with no increase to the footprint;

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prior to building permit issuance, the applicant is required to enter into a Servicing Agreement for the design and construction of utilities and frontage improvements; and

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further refinements to architectural, landscape and urban design will be completed as part of the development permit application review process.

In response to a query from Committee, staff advised that the property is currently zoned “School and Institutional Use (SI)” and was formerly the site of a Richmond Fire Hall and had been owned by the City prior to its sale.

It was moved and seconded

That Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500, Amendment Bylaw 10680, to amend the “Auto-Oriented Commercial (CA)” zone and to rezone 9100 and 9120 Bridgeport Road from “School & Institutional Use (SI)” zone to “Auto-Oriented Commercial (CA)” zone, be introduced and given first reading.

CARRIED

2.

Application by Orion Construction for Rezoning at 8800 Odlin Crescent and 8711 Odlin Road from the “Single Detached (RS1/E)” Zone to the “Industrial Retail (IR2)” Zone

(File Ref. No. RZ 24-014551) (REDMS No. 8046347)

Staff provided a summary of the proposed development and highlighted the following:

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the intent of the application is to permit the development of two, two-storey multi-tenant buildings with light industrial and limited retail uses, with vehicle access from Odlin Road;

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the proposed development complies with the provisions of the Official Community Plan and City Centre Area Plan; and

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the applicant is contributing to community planning initiatives, the Public Art Reserve Fund; and

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the proposed development incorporates sustainability features including pre-ducting for future rooftop solar and future connection to the City’s District Energy Utility.

In response to queries from Committee, staff advised that: (i) all required parking facilities (19 parking stalls) are proposed on the subject property;
(ii) loading facilities are provided on site and implemented through a loading management plan; (iii) the traffic impact study concluded that existing roads can support the anticipated traffic volumes; (iv) during the Development Permit stage, staff can work with the applicant to review options for the planting of additional replacement trees on-site; (v) rooftop parking was not explored by the applicant and the proposed development program does not provide for this arrangement; (vi) there are no planned road closures in the area; and (vii) the area plan permits a higher building height.

Committee requested additional information regarding parking and traffic in the area.

It was moved and seconded

That Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500, Amendment Bylaw 10676, for the rezoning of 8800 Odlin Crescent and 8711 Odlin Road from the “Single Detached (RS1/E)” zone to the “Industrial Retail (IR2)” zone, be introduced and given first reading.

CARRIED

3.

Abandonment of Unadopted Bylaws

(File Ref. No. 12-8060-01) (REDMS No. 8055783)

It was moved and seconded

That the unadopted Zoning and OCP Amendment Bylaws, as outlined in Attachment 1, of the staff report titled “Abandonment of Unadopted Bylaws” dated June 3, 2025, from the Director, City Clerk’s Office, be abandoned.

CARRIED

4.

MANAGER’S REPORT

(i)

Arrival of the S.V. Titania Mural

Staff advised that a Heritage Alteration Permit application has been received for the replacement of the Arrival of the S.V. Titania mural, consistent with the Council’s decision at the April 14, 2025 Council meeting. It was noted that the permit is anticipated to be issued next week, with installation to follow shortly thereafter.

ADJOURNMENT

It was moved and seconded

That the meeting adjourn (4:12 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 Tuesday, June 17, 2025.

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Councillor Bill McNulty
Chair

Sarah Goddard
Legislative Services Associate