Parks and Recreation Department:

Landscape plan to be approved by the Parks and Recreation Department.
Pleased to see that a community room has been provided.

Fire Department:
The Fire Department has no objections to this proposal.

The “area of concern is the entrance to the underground parking. By using
the laneway as the main roadway to the parking entrance, the traffic
demands will be extremely high for such a narrow road surface...A
suggestion is that the laneway be improved upon to accommodate the traffic
that will use it.”

DISCUSSION:

Approval of this Rezoning and Development Permit Application will enable
the development of an apartment building within the Downtown Apartment
district. While the proposed building generally conforms to the design
guidelines outlined for Development Permit Area VI, the Planning Department
has several concerns regarding the building's side yard setback and outdoor
recreation area.

There is a proposed interior sideyard setback of 18 feet for a portion of.
the building along the south property line. The required setback is 25 feet
as this wall has windows to habitable rooms. A relaxation of 7 feet for the
full three-storey height of that portion of the building is deemed excessive.
The applicant has been asked to consider revisions to increase the setback.

The size of the outdoor recreation area is considered to be lower than the
standards required. The applicant has been notified of this and will be
enlarging the outdoor recreation areas and/or indentifying additional ones to
conform to requirements.

Parking, height, and indoor recreation area requirements conform to zoning
regulations.

4s the proposed building generally conforms with most aspects of the
Zoning Bylaw and design guidelines for its Development Permit Area, this
application can be supported in principle subject to some design revisions and
the conditions noted above.

Carlos Felip,
Registe lannef, Director of Planning
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