Report to Council Rezoning Application for 1161 Kingsway Avenue
Report to Council DATE:
February 20, 2017
TO:
Mayor and Council
FROM:
Smart Growth Committee
SUBJECT:
1161 KINGSWAY AVENUE REZONING APPLICATION RZ000127 (Smart Growth Committee Meeting – February 16, 2017)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY : The Smart Growth Committee (SGC) recommends consideration be given to a rezoning application that would facilitate the development of an industrial building designed to accommodate a brewery and three general industrial tenants. The highly visible property, located between the Mary Hill Bypass and the Pitt River, has an irregular shape and is encumbered by BC Hydro lines. An attractive building design and substantial landscaping improvements are proposed, including improvement of an isolated property within the highway right-of-way. While amending the zoning to the General Industrial zone is recommended, SGC also wishes to avoid the potential traffic impacts if fast-food restaurants were to locate in the industrial spaces by setting a site-specific restriction to exclude this use. The application is considered to be in keeping with Council’s land use and liquor establishment policies and is recommended. RECOMMENDATIONS 1. That the zoning of 1161 Kingsway Avenue be amended from Heavy Industrial (M2) to General Industrial (M1), with a site-specific restriction that restaurants not be a permitted use. 2. That prior to adoption of the amending bylaw, the following conditions be met to the satisfaction of the Director of Development Services: a. Completion of design and submission of securities and fees for off-site works as required including a multi-use pathway along the Kingsway Avenue frontage; b. MOTI approval for landscaping improvements to the triangular area within the Mary Hill Bypass right-of-way, completion of design and submission of a landscape security; and c. BC Hydro approval for landscaping improvements within its rights-of-way, completion of design and submission of a landscape security. 1. SUMMARY At its meeting held February 16th, 2017, the Smart Growth Committee considered the attached staff report and recommended that the zoning of 1161 Kingsway Avenue be amended from Heavy Industrial (M2) to General Industrial (M1), with a site-specific restriction that restaurants
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not be a permitted use. In discussion, Committee noted that the proposed redevelopment featured a high quality design and would improve a prominent location. The Committee also noted the cost to maintain landscape improvements to the isolated triangle within the highway right-of-way, and expressed the opinion that the City should accommodate maintenance without increasing the budget.
2. OPTIONS Council may: 1. Proceed with consideration of the rezoning application (recommended) 2. Request that additional information or amendments to the application be made prior to consideration of an amending bylaw; or, 3. Reject the application if it does not wish to further consider the application.
Submitted by Laura Lee Richard, MCIP, Director of Development Services, with the concurrence of the Chair. Attachment:
Report to SGC dated February 9, 2017
February 20, 2017
TO:
Mayor and Council
FROM:
Smart Growth Committee
SUBJECT:
1161 KINGSWAY AVENUE REZONING APPLICATION RZ000127 (Smart Growth Committee Meeting – February 16, 2017)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY : The Smart Growth Committee (SGC) recommends consideration be given to a rezoning application that would facilitate the development of an industrial building designed to accommodate a brewery and three general industrial tenants. The highly visible property, located between the Mary Hill Bypass and the Pitt River, has an irregular shape and is encumbered by BC Hydro lines. An attractive building design and substantial landscaping improvements are proposed, including improvement of an isolated property within the highway right-of-way. While amending the zoning to the General Industrial zone is recommended, SGC also wishes to avoid the potential traffic impacts if fast-food restaurants were to locate in the industrial spaces by setting a site-specific restriction to exclude this use. The application is considered to be in keeping with Council’s land use and liquor establishment policies and is recommended. RECOMMENDATIONS 1. That the zoning of 1161 Kingsway Avenue be amended from Heavy Industrial (M2) to General Industrial (M1), with a site-specific restriction that restaurants not be a permitted use. 2. That prior to adoption of the amending bylaw, the following conditions be met to the satisfaction of the Director of Development Services: a. Completion of design and submission of securities and fees for off-site works as required including a multi-use pathway along the Kingsway Avenue frontage; b. MOTI approval for landscaping improvements to the triangular area within the Mary Hill Bypass right-of-way, completion of design and submission of a landscape security; and c. BC Hydro approval for landscaping improvements within its rights-of-way, completion of design and submission of a landscape security. 1. SUMMARY At its meeting held February 16th, 2017, the Smart Growth Committee considered the attached staff report and recommended that the zoning of 1161 Kingsway Avenue be amended from Heavy Industrial (M2) to General Industrial (M1), with a site-specific restriction that restaurants
February 20, 2017 1161 Kingsway Ave - Rezoning Application RZ000127 Page 2
not be a permitted use. In discussion, Committee noted that the proposed redevelopment featured a high quality design and would improve a prominent location. The Committee also noted the cost to maintain landscape improvements to the isolated triangle within the highway right-of-way, and expressed the opinion that the City should accommodate maintenance without increasing the budget.
2. OPTIONS Council may: 1. Proceed with consideration of the rezoning application (recommended) 2. Request that additional information or amendments to the application be made prior to consideration of an amending bylaw; or, 3. Reject the application if it does not wish to further consider the application.
Submitted by Laura Lee Richard, MCIP, Director of Development Services, with the concurrence of the Chair. Attachment:
Report to SGC dated February 9, 2017
