PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA

DATE:	Tuesday, July 25, 2000
TIME:	7:30 p.m.
PLACE:	Council Chamber Third Floor, City Hall 453 West 12th Avenue

Minutes of the meeting.

1. Heritage Designation: 656-664 East Georgia Street

Administrative Report dated July 7, 2000, refers.

Summary: Designation and Heritage Revitalization Agreement to rehabilitate and protect two 1892 houses; construct a rear infill dwelling; and vary zoning provisions including the maximum permitted floor space.

Applicant: Joanne Rankin

Recommended Approval: By the Director of Current Planning

2. Heritage Designation: 211 Columbia Street

Administrative Report dated June 16, 2000, refers.

Summary: Designation and Heritage Revitalization Agreement to rehabilitate and protect the heritage building and to authorize transferable bonus density.

Applicant: Cypra Developments

Recommended Approval: By the Director of Current Planning

3. Heritage Designation: 3338 Granville Street

Administrative Report dated July 7, 2000, refers.

Summary: Designation and Heritage Revitalization Agreement to permit office use for Chinese consulate.

Applicant: W.T. Leung, Architects [People's Republic of China, Consul General]

Recommended Approval: By the Director of Current Planning

4. Heritage Designation: 800 Hawks Avenue

Administrative Report dated July 7, 2000, refers.

Summary: Designation and Heritage Revitalization Agreement for nine unit multiple dwelling.

Applicant: Hugh Wong/David Peach

Recommended Approval: By the Director of Current Planning

5. Text Amendment: 800 Griffiths Way [GM Place]

Policy Report dated May 26, 2000, refers.

Summary: The proposed amendments to the existing CD-1 and False Creek North ODP would permit brewing or distilling as a permitted use.

Applicant: Brook Development Planning Inc.

Recommended Approval: By the Director of Current Planning

6. Rezoning: 1055 West 41^st Avenue [Louis Brier Home & Hospital]

Policy Report dated June 6, 2000, refers.

Summary: Rezoning to permit expansion [20 multi-level care beds and 40 congregate housing units] for the existing Louis Brier Home & Hospital.

Applicant: Neale Staniszkis Doll Adams Architects

Recommended Approval: By the Director of Current Planning, subject to the following conditions as proposed for adoption by resolution of Council:

(a) THAT the proposed form of development be approved by Council in principle, generally as prepared by Neale Staniszkis Doll Adams Architects, and stamped "Received City Planning Department, December 22, 1999", provided that the Director of Planning may allow minor alterations to this form of development when approvingthe detailed scheme of development as outlined in (b) below.

(b) THAT, prior to approval by Council of the form of development, the applicant shall obtain approval of a development application by the Director of Planning, who shall have particular regard to the following:

(i) design development to achieve a more residential building character with variations in the massing, materials, dormers, windows and colour;

(ii) design development to achieve setbacks to the streets similar to surrounding housing;

(iii) design development to achieve street edge landscape treatment compatible with neighbouring properties (comparable to RS-5) and provide public exposure to on-site front yard open space;

(iv) design development to delete the entrance lobby to congregate housing from Osler Street and to replace entry ramp and stairs with soft landscaping;

(v) design development, generally in accordance with draft congregate housing guidelines, to:
… provide laundry facilities for the use of the residents of the congregate housing units;
… provide usable and accessible storage for large personal items belonging to residents of the congregate housing units;
… provide bathrooms designed to accommodate mobility aids;
… ensure that the building's life safety systems provide a safe environment for its residents of the congregate housing units, by taking into account the eventual change in their mental and physical state;

(vi) design development to take into consideration, the principles of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) having particular regard to:

… reducing opportunities for theft in the underground parking. Exit stairs should not be visible to the street or lane;
Note to Applicant: Clarification is required regarding gating of the underground. Elevation plans indicate gating, main floor plans do not.
… increasing safety and visibility in the underground in accordance with section 4.12 of the Parking By-law and giving consideration to painting the walls and ceiling white;
Note to Applicant: Elevator lobbies and exit stairs should be partially glazed for visibility.
… reducing opportunities for break and enter to the ground floor;
Note to Applicant: Design (stone faced wall and metal picket fence) and landscaping should be visually permeable allowing a combinationof privacy and natural views.

(vii) design development to provide a layered planting strip within the inside boulevard (between the sidewalk and the property line) along Osler Street, as per joint Planning and Engineering policies for "Special City Boulevard Treatment". The planting strip shall be comprised of layered low planting (mature height and width not to exceed 3 ft. x 3 ft.) with a minimum one foot grass or ground cover strip adjacent to the sidewalk;

(viii) relocation of transplanted trees on site, as noted in the Arborist Report;
Note to Applicant: If any trees cannot be transplanted on site, contact the Park Board to inform that the trees are available for transplanting elsewhere.

(ix) provision of written confirmation that a Certified Arborist will be retained for site supervision during the excavation around the two Western Red Cedars to be retained on Osler Street;

(x) retention of greater portions of the mature cedar hedge along Osler Street in locations that provide a buffer to adjacent houses and do not screen open space from public view; and

(xi) provision of additional permanent seating adjacent to the main entry and in the "figure eight" walking path.

(c) THAT, prior to enactment of the CD-1 By-law, the registered owner shall, at no cost to the City:

(i) make arrangements to the satisfaction of the General Manager of Engineering Services and Director of Legal Services for:

(1) clarification of all charges registered in the Land Title Office against title to the lands (a charge summary, including copies of all charges, must be provided) and the modification, extension or release of any charges deemed necessary by the Director of Legal Services;
(2) upgrading of the City water system to meet the fire protection demands of the development;
(3) provision of a sidewalk on the east side of Osler Street for the length of the site;

(ii) make suitable arrangements, to the satisfaction of the General Manager of Engineering Services, for:

(1) all new electrical and telephone services to be undergrounded within and adjacent the site from the closest existing suitable service point including a review of overhead plant upgrading that may be necessaryto serve this project in order to determine its impact on the surrounding neighbourhood (this may result in the telephone and/or electrical service points being changed in order to reduce the impact on the neighbourhood);
(2) provision of a Transportation Management Plan to address impacts of traffic on the surrounding neighbourhood;

(iii) make suitable arrangements, to the satisfaction of the General Manager of Engineering Services and the General Manager of the Park Board, for the provision of street trees on Osler Street where space permits;

(iv) register a legal agreement against title to the lands in a form satisfactory to the Director of Legal Services, providing that the owner of the rental congregate housing development shall not strata-title any of the units; and

(v) make arrangements to the satisfaction of the General Manager of Engineering Services and Director of Legal Services for dedication of a portion of the site adjacent Oak Street for road (1.83 m north from West 41st Avenue for 90 m and then a varied amount that tapers from 1.83 m to nil an additional 54.9 m further north) and a 3.0 x 3.0 m corner cut-off at the south-east corner of the site (measured from the dedication line) and the registration of a statutory Right-of-Way against title to the lands to accommodate pedestrians on a relocated city sidewalk if and when Oak Street is widened. This will result in the preservation of the existing trees adjacent the east property line of the site that would be affected by the widening.

Where the Director of Legal Services deems appropriate, the preceding agreements are to be drawn, not only as personal covenants of the property owner, but also as Covenants pursuant to Section 219 of the Land Title Act.

Such agreements are to be registered in the appropriate Land Title Office, with priority over such other liens, charges and encumbrances effecting the subject site as is considered advisable by the Director of Legal Services, and otherwise to the satisfaction of the Director of Legal Services prior to enactment of the by-law; provided, however, the Director of Legal Services may, in her sole discretion and on terms she considers advisable, accept tendering of the preceding agreements for registration in the appropriate Land Title Office, to the satisfaction of the Director of Legal Services, prior to enactment of the by-law.

The Preceding agreements shall provide security to the City including indemnities, warranties, equitable charges, letters of credit and withholding of permits, as deemed necessary by and in a form satisfactory to the Director of Legal Services.

The timing of all required payments shall be determined by the appropriate City official having responsibility for each particular agreement, who may consult other City officials and
City Council.

* * * * *

(c) 1998 City of Vancouver