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THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM C 0 MEM ORANDUM MAR

TQ: Mr. BR. Kirk DATE: March 3; 1983 City Administrator

FROM: Mr. W. Brown Director of Community Planning

SUBJECT: Apartment Rezoning - 3263/75 Liverpool Avenue

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RECOMMENDATION: That this report be received as information for conformation of Past City Council Practices in informal policies regarding apartment development standards.

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COMMENTS:

1. As Council members will recall, last October, a rezoning application for the above captioned property was tabled.

Subsequent to that, two past Council practices in considering the application were encountered. They are: ;

a. That the predominant form of redevelopment in the Prairie’ Avenue — Coast Meridian Road apartment area is to be townhouses... ;

be That any building three storeys or higher in Port Coquitlam will be served by an elevator.

2. ‘The. First item, building height, is an expression of City Councils’ desire to assure that new apartments will blend in with their neighbourhood. il did in the Prairie Avenue -~

4. p.of the proposed apartment building with its closest neighbour, a two storey house, is favourable due to a grade difference of the land, Placing the house at a> higher elevation. ;

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