THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM C 0
MEMORANDUM

APR ~ 4 1977

TO: Mayor and Council March 29th, 1977

FROM: Planning & Zoning Committee

SUBJECT:

Application to rezone a 4.7 acre parcel on 680 Prairie
Avenue from A-1 to RS-2 to permit subdivision of the
land into four 1.17 acres parcels.

This application needs to be dealt with in concurrence
with Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) appeal application
and amendment to the Official Regional Plan (ORP)

from current designation of lowland Rural (RRL~3) to
Established Urban (URB-1).

BACKGROUND:

The parcel in question is presently zoned A-1 and is
within the established ALR. The ORP designation of

this parcel is RRL-3 requiring parcel size of not less
than 20 acres. The RRL-3 designation also identifies

the land as within the Fraser River Floodplain as defined
in the ORP.

Before rezoning for subdivision can be allowed, it is
necessary that this parcel he first exempted by the

B.C. Land Commission and the ORP designation be amended
to URB-l. This land apparently cannot meet the require-
ments for URB-1 designation. The requirements for URB-1
designation are as follows:

1. An established Urban Area may be extended through

Plan Amendment where Cevelopment trends warrant such
extension, where such extension is contiguous to exist-
ing Established Urban Area, and where both a community
water supply system and a community sanitary sewer

system capable of fully servicing the proposed Established
Urban Area are extended to the edge of the proposed area,

2. An Established Urban Area shall not be extended into
a floodplain except where an existing Established Urban
Area located in a floodplain or surrounded on all sides
by a floodplain is committed to further urban development
through early settlement and required additional land

for development, in which case such extension shall be
contingent upon floodproofing.

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