THE CORPORATION OF THE
CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

| APR 13 1987

MEMORANDUM

BeRe Kirk DATE: April 8, 1987
City Administrator

We. Brown
Director of Community Planning

Rezoning Appiication No. 12/87
Addition to Marathon Site

RECOMMENDATION:

That City Courct! direct the Clerk's Office to prepare a bylaw
rezoning the north-east 2.83 hectares (7 acres) of Lot 83 trom
M=-2 TO C~2.6

COMMENTS:

This application fs to expand the shopping mal | proposed on the
Marathon Property, Lot 82, to include a portion of Lot 83. The
proposed use jis stil] commercial, but is reoriented towards a
more specialized market, home improvements.

Design and placement of buildings on the site are similar to
the earlier proposal. Changes to the buildings are to increase
their floor space due to the nature of products being sold.
The character of the site development will retain the same
style as the previous building scheme. The basic issues dealt
With in the eartier Proposal are stilt the major
considerations, traffic and urban design. Solutions to the
afore mentioned problems follow the same approach as used
before.

In conclusion, an approval in principle for this addition to
the Marathon site is proposed, to permit the Clerk's Office to
proceed to prepare a rezoning bylaw and to provide the
applicant with assurance to proceed and have engineering work
carried out.

W. Brown L-

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