THE CORPORATION OF THE
CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

MEMORANDUM

B.R. Kirk February 13, 1990
City Administrator

Carlos Felip, M. Arch., M.C.I.P.
Director of Planning

1631 Lougheed Highway
Development Variance Permit
Planning Department File No. 2/90

RECOMMENDATION :
It is recommended that Council pass the following resolution:

The Planning Department be authorized to prepare Development Variance Permit
No. 2/90 subject to:

1. Completion of Rezoning Application No. 57/895

2. The applicant providing appropriate security for the landscaping of the
site in accordance with the landscaping plans approved by the Parks and
Recreation Department.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

The applicant is proposing the construction of a 62 unit motel at 1631
Lougheed Highway.

The motel has been designed in compliance with all Municipal Bylaws
except for portion of the front yard setback where a relaxation from the Bylaw
requirements of 9 meters (29.53 feet) to 2.3 meters (7 feet) is requested.

DISCUSSION:

The proposed variance affects a portion of the front yard setback. This
portion of the building fronts and additional widening of Lougheed Highway,
created at the expense of the subject property to allow for appropriate
turning radius for access from the frontage road to the Highway.

The relaxation is justified in that the distance between the building
and the center line of the Highway remains greater than that required from any
other building along this stretch of the Highway; the relaxation is the result
of a technicality and should not have any noticeable visual impact from the
Highway point of view. (See attached drawing No. 2)

It is therefore recommended that this application for Development
Variance Permit be approved subject to the conditions noted above.

Carlos Félip, M. Arch., M.C.1.P.
Director of Planning

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