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1992:

Mr. Fabick approached the Planning Department and was
informed, by the Director of Planning, that the City had no
zone that could achieve a subdivision of his property into
two 33 foot lots. He was further informed that such
subdivision would be contrary to current Council policies
and that any application to achieve such subdivision would
have to be recommended negatively by the Planning
Department.

Mr. Fabick submitted an application for Rezoning of his
property from RS-1l to RS-2. The "proposed use" in his
application was two single family dwellings. A note in the
application indicates that “only one house to be built at
this time". (This note was to by-pass Planning's concern
that rezoning would not result in permitting a two lot
subdivision).

The Planning and Development Committee received and
approved a report from Planning Department recommending
that the Rezoning Application ngt be approved.

The Planning Department based its recommendation on the
fact that "these new (33 foot) lots would not conform to
the Zoning Bylaw, which requires... a minimum lot width of
40 feet. The area of each lot would also be slightly less
than the RS-2 minimum area requirement". The report
further indicates that "the Zoning Bylaw provisions would
have to be amended in order to permit lots of a smaller
size" and clarifies that "Council cannot relax the minimum
area of a lot by any other means".

The report also notes that the subject property is within
an area that is designated "Apartment" in the Official
Community Plan; "rezoning to RS—2 would encourage the
development of new single family residences which is
contrary to the Official Community Plan policies".

The report concludes that "because the property cannot be
subdivided into two legal lots and the use proposed is
contrary to the intended uses specified in the Official
Community Plan, it is not appropriate to approve the
application".

In considering the report mentioned above, the Municipal
Council passed the following resolution:

"That the report from the Director of Planning...
regarding... 1943 Manning Avenue be referred to the
Planning and Development Committee to examine concerns
typical to neighbourhoods where the majority of lots are 33
feet wide".

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