THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM C 0 U N C ,

MEMORANDUM OCT 17 1977

TO: Mayor and Council DATE: ° October 12th, 1977

FROM: Planning and Zoning Committee RE: R#16/77

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SUBJECT: Application for rezoning of two (2) residential lots
at 2337 and 234] Marpole Avenue from RS-1 to C-3 to
permit the development of a single storey commercial
building. :

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DESCRIPTION: Lot 8 and 9, Block 3, District Lot 379, Plan 1213.

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BACKGROUND: Council will recall early this year, tentative approval
was given to a recommendation of the Planning and Zon-
ing Committee for a land use contract to permit a size-
able conmercial development on Marpole Avenue involving
three (3) lots. The proposed development was subsequently
processed to third (3rd) reading of the land use contract.

Shortly after third (3rd) reading of the land use contract,
the applicant advised that he had abandoned the project as
it was proved to be financially not viable. In September
this year, the same applicant re-applied for rezoning of
2337 and 2341 Marpole Avenue to C-3 in order to construct

a smaller and lower quality single storey building cont-
aining roughly 10,000 square feet of office/retail space.

RECOMMENDATION: This revised proposal was dealt with by the Planning and
. Zoning Committee on September 29th, 1977 and the Committee
recommends approval of the revised development.

The Committee recognizes that this is a lower quality dev-
elopment, however, in view of diminishing interest in
developments in the downtown, the Committee feels that it.
is essential to keep new developments going in the down-
town area in order to keep the downtown active.