THE CORPORATION OF THE
CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

MEMORANDUM

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TO: B.R. Kirk “ January 17¢
City Administrator

FROM: W. Brown
Director of Planning

SUBJECT: Existing Non-conforming Duplex Rezoning
3424-27 Carlisie

RECOMMENDATIONS:

A. That City Council reconfirm the policy of rezoning existing
non-conforming duplex bulldings to bring them into
conformance, :

B. That City Council! direct the Clerk's Office to prepare an
amendment to the RT-1, Two Family Residential! District,
removing the minimum separation requirement between duplex
buildings constructed before 1979.

BACKGROUND ANDO COMMENTS:

Essentially the problem with non-conforming lots is that when
the past Zoning Bylaws were changed in 1969 and 1979, no
provision was made for uses that became non-conformii.g due to

the change.

The probiem of existing non-conforming duplexes has been
addressed before In an omnibus rezoning bylaw for the area
surrounding the Prairie/Coast Meridian commercial district in
1984. A study was carried out and submitted to City Council.
Recommendations of the report were to rezone a number of
properties. The rezoning bylaw was not submitted to City
Council due to objections of several property owners, that they
shouid have been granted a higher designation.

It is the contention of this report, that replacement of non-
conforming uses expected by the past Zoning Bylaw changes have
not taken piace. The reason for that is the change would
result In a financial loss to the property owners involved.
Resolution to the problem, proposed by the omnibus bylaw
discussed above was to zone the non-conforming buildings to
their correct designation.