THE CORPORATION OF THE COMMITTEE ITEM
ClTY OF PORT COQUITLAM

MEMORANDUM

Mr. B.R. Kirk DATE: March 6,
City Administrator

Brown
rector of Community Planning

W.
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Zocallo Lands

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Planning Committee recommend to City Council that a
rezoning freeze be place on the Zocalio lands as soon as
officiai notice is received the area has been excluded from the

Agricultural Land Reserve.

And that the rezoning freeze be maintained until subddivision
contro! plan for the area is prepared and adopted as part of

the Official Community Plan.
And that an overall drainage pian for the area be prepared and

a financing scheme to implement it be adopted before any
properties are permitted to be rezone or subdivided.

COMMENTS:

Now that exclusion of the Zocalio lands appear to be Imminent,
a number of realtors and property owners are enquiring about
development of their properties. AS development interest
increases, the potential for adhoc decisions permitting
individual properties to be developed is also increasing.

An untortunate side effect of permitting some development to
proceed without an overall plan is that it makes it more
difficult to provide for a rational layout for development of
the area. Additionally, preapproval of some development also
eliminates their contribution to installation of required

services for the area.

The recommendations of this report are threefold; firstly,
that a rezoning freeze be introduced stopping adhoc
development, This freeze entails advertising the fact that the
City will not entertain applications for rezoning untii an
overall! plan is prepared and refusing applications for rezoning

until the plan is completed.