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THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM C 0
MEM ORANDUM MAR

TQ: Mr. BR. Kirk DATE: March 3; 1983
City Administrator

FROM: Mr. W. Brown
Director of Community Planning

SUBJECT: Apartment Rezoning - 3263/75 Liverpool Avenue

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RECOMMENDATION: That this report be received as information
for conformation of Past City Council
Practices in informal policies regarding
apartment development standards.

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COMMENTS:

1. As Council members will recall, last October, a rezoning
application for the above captioned property was tabled.

Subsequent to that, two past Council practices in considering
the application were encountered. They are: ;

a. That the predominant form of redevelopment in the
Prairie’ Avenue — Coast Meridian Road apartment area is
to be townhouses... ;

be That any building three storeys or higher in Port
Coquitlam will be served by an elevator.

2. ‘The. First item, building height, is an expression of City
Councils’ desire to assure that new apartments will blend in
with their neighbourhood. il did in the Prairie
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4. p.of the proposed apartment building
with its closest neighbour, a two storey house, is favourable
due to a grade difference of the land, Placing the house at a>
higher elevation. ;

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