POLICY REPORT
DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING

Date: November 14, 2002
Author/Local: H. Weidner/6538

RTS No. 3093

CC File No. 8008/113

Council: November 26, 2002

TO:	Vancouver City Council
FROM:	Director of City Plans in consultation with Director of Legal Services
SUBJECT:	Amendment to Grandview Boundary Industrial Area Development Cost Levy By-law No. 8583 - Definition of "industrial use"

RECOMMENDATION

THAT the Grandview Boundary Industrial Area Development Cost Levy (DCL) By-law No. 8583 be amended to expand the uses which will be charged the industrial rate as per the amending by-law attached as Appendix A.

GENERAL MANAGER'S COMMENTS

The General Manager of Community Services RECOMMENDS approval of the foregoing.

COUNCIL POLICY

On July 25, 2002, Council approved implementing the Grandview Boundary Industrial Area DCL By-law with the following rates for development:

-$2.00 per sq. ft. for industrial uses;
- $0.50 per sq. ft. for non-industrial uses; and
- $0.10 per sq. ft. for daycare and school uses.

On November 5, 2002, Council enacted the Grandview Boundary Industrial Area DCL By-law.

BACKGROUND

Section 523D of the Vancouver Charter enables Council to establish DCLs where anticipated development will contribute to the need for one or more capital projects. Capital projects include: sewer, water, drainage and highway facilities; providing and improving park land; daycare facilities; and, replacement housing. The Grandview Boundary Industrial Area DCL by-law rate structure approved by Council was based on all uses (except for daycare and schools) paying the same combined total (City-wide and Grandview Boundary) DCL charge of $3.00 per sq. ft. To achieve this, industrial, and all other uses found in the Grandview Boundary industrial zones were to be charged $2.00 per sq. ft. (plus a city-wide rate of $1.00).

DISCUSSION

The industrial uses subject to the $2.00 per square foot levy under the current by-law do not include all those uses permitted in the Grandview Boundary Industrial zones and in the Still Creek CD-1 By-law 6654. The additional uses should be pay the industrial rate of $2.00 per square foot as well and staff recommend that the by-law be amended to include these uses.

CONCLUSION

Staff recommend the Grandview Boundary Industrial Area DCL By-law be amended as set out in Appendix A attached.

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