POLICY REPORT
DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING

TO:

Vancouver City Council

FROM:

Director of Current Planning

SUBJECT:

CD-1 Text Amendment - 655 Great Northern Way

 

RECOMMENDATION

GENERAL MANAGER'S COMMENTS

COUNCIL POLICY

There is no Council policy directly applicable to these amendments.

PURPOSE AND SUMMARY

This report recommends amendments to CD-1 By-law No. 8131 (#402), to correct errors created when the By-law was amended in October, 2002.

BACKGROUND

In 1999, this site was rezoned from I-3 (high technology industry) to CD-1 to permit development of the Great Northern Technology Park. The owner, Finning International, intended to sell the property to developers. Allocations of land uses and densities within this large CD-1 were relatively open to provide flexibility to future developers.

Finning subsequently sold properties to a developer and a consortium of local educational institutions, while retaining ownership of a portion of the site that is currently for sale.

In October, 2002, Council approved and enacted an application by the Director of Current Planning to apportion the permitted allocations of uses and densities to new sub-areas to reflect the new ownerships. This will allow separate owners to proceed with development applications or with applications to amend the CD-1 for their particular sub-areas.

DISCUSSION

The by-law that amended the CD-1 includes an incorrect table reflecting earlier discussions between staff and the owners. The correct table was included in Appendix A of the staff report dated September 17, 2002, but unfortunately was not used in the posted draft by-law. This error was not noticed until after the by-law was enacted.

There was a further oversight that two additional tables in the CD-1 should have been amended to reflect the new sub-areas.

To correct these problems, three tables outlined in Appendix A should replace the same three tables in the CD-1. These corrections will not change the total allocations of uses and densities within the whole site.

CONCLUSION

Three tables in CD-1 By-law No. 8131 for 655 Great Northern Way need to be replaced to correct errors created when the By-law was last amended. Staff recommend that the Director of Current Planning be instructed to apply to amend the CD-1 By-law and that the application be referred to Public Hearing.

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APPENDIX A
Page 1 of 2

PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENTS TO CD-1 BY-LAW NO. 8131

· After section 5.2 replace Table 1 with the following:

Use

1

2

3A + 3B combined

3B only

Maximum Total Floor Area

· High-Tech and Light Industrial Uses;
· Office Use, but limited to Information Technology; and
· Service Uses, but limited to Laboratory, Photofinishing or Photography Laboratory, Production or Rehearsal Studio and Work Shop;
· Accessory uses

48 158 m²

27 999 m²

245 125 m²

-

321 282 m²

· Office Uses, but not including the offices of accountants, lawyers and notary publics, nor the offices of real estate, advertising and insurance, nor travel and ticket agencies

-

5 715 m²

50 025 m²

-

55 740 m²

· Office Uses, but limited to the offices of accountants, lawyers and notary publics, and the offices of real estate, advertising and insurance, and travel and ticket agencies

-

571 m²

5 003 m²

-

5 574 m²

· Retail;
· Service, but not including Hotel and Laboratory

-

1 619 m²

14 174 m²

-

15 793 m²

· Live-Work Uses

-

-

-

16 722 m²

16 722 m²

· Hotel

-

-

-

9 290 m²

9 290 m²

APPENDIX A
Page 2 of 2

· In section 5.6 replace Table 2 with the following:

· In section 5.7 replace Table 3 with the following:

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