THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM C 0 UJ N GC | [

MEMORANDUM NOV 15 1982 |

TOs Mr. B.R. Kirk DATE: November 9, 1982
City Administrator

FROM: Mr. W. Brawn
Director of Community Planning

SUBJECT: Amendment to the text

of the Zoning Bylaw
Section 38 Service Station

RECOMMENDATION: That City Council direct the City Clerk to
prepare a bylaw amending the text of Section
38 of Bylaw 1651 to include dispensing of
compressed gas fuels with gasoline in the list
of permitted uses in the CS-2 Zoning District.

BACKGROUND:

This proposed amendment was brought up by the Building
Inspection Department in responding to a request for installing
a compressed gas fueling station. In addition to the specific
applitation mentioned above> there have been a number of

enquiries from individuals considering opening fuel stations.

COMMENTS:

1. At present there are two compressed gas fueling stations
operating in conjunction with automotive repairs. One of
the operations is on a site zoned M-l which permits
Automotive Repair Shops, 41(1)(b)(ii). The other business
is on a property zoned CS-1, Service Commercial which also
permits the retail sale and repair of automobiles. Our
difficulty with this situation is that there is no cross
reference to a single regulation governing compressed gas
fuel stations.

The recommendation of this report of adding compressed gas
to gasoline dispensing regulations is being proposed
because the two kinds of operations have similar
requirements for space and pose similar problems of
vehicular queuing. In the CS-1 regulations, item Ck)
gasoline service stations are listed as a permitted use,
subject to the regulations of the CS-2 zoning district. By
adding compressed gas to the list of fuels that may be
dispensed at a service station, pump islands for compressed
gas dispensing will then be regulated by the same criteria.