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THE CORPORATION OF THE
CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

MEMORANDUM

W. Brown
Director of Community Planning

Development Variance Permit Procedure

RECOMMENDATION:

That City Council revise the procedure for issuance of
voluntary development permits. The change being proposed is
eliminating the requirements tor written notification of
Surrounding property owners about variance permit applications
for industrial zoned properties.

COMMENTS:

This policy change for voluntary development variance permits
was initiated following a request for more expeditious
treatment of development variance permits.

The change is supported as an interim measure, until mandatory
development permits are instituted in the Mary Hill tndustrial
estate. The mandatory development permits will controf the
Same matters as the current voluntary permits, only with more
definite criteria for approval. Oue,to the more detined nature
of tne mandatory permit system, no public notification is
contemplated.

1tT should be noted that the company making presentation about
the length of time required for voluntary development permits,
compared process approval for mandatory permits in other
municipalities. Once that system is in place in the Mary Hill
Industrial Estate later this year, processing time will be

considerably reduced.