STANDING COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL
ON PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT

D E C I S I O N S

DATE: Thursday, March 30, 2000
TIME: 2:00 p.m.
PLACE: Committee Room No. 1

Third Floor, City Hall

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT DIANE M. CLAIRMONT AT (604) 871-6371

ADOPTION OF MINUTES

The minutes of the meeting of March 9, 2000 were adopted.

1. Demolition of Nuisance/Dangerous Principal and Infill Buildings at

539 East 7th Avenue

A. THAT Council declare that the principal and infill buildings at 539 East 7^th Avenue, (Lot 18 Block 101 District Lot 264A Plans 442 and 1771 PID 005-921-635), are a nuisance and dangerous to public safety pursuant to Section 324A of the Vancouver Charter.

B. THAT Council approve the attached Resolution and order the Registered owner of the property to pull down and demolish the principal and infill dwellings at the above location and remove all demolition debris from the site within 14 days of a copy of the resolution being served pursuant to Section 324A of the Vancouver Charter.

C. THAT in the event of the failure of the owner to comply with the order of Council, Council further orders and hereby authorizes the City Building Inspector to have the principal and infill dwellings at the above location demolished and have all demolition debris removed at the expense of the owner.

D. THAT the City Clerk be directed to file a 336D Notice against the Certificate of Title to the property at 539 East 7^th Avenue, in order to warn prospective purchasers that there are by-law violations and a Council resolution related to these buildings and that the purchaser could suffer a significant expense if the by-laws and/or resolution of Council were enforced against him.

E. THAT in the event that, within 14 days of the date of this Resolution, John Morrisonn files a Form A Transfer in the Land Title Office registering the title to the property at 539 East 7th Avenue in his name, applies for a Building Permit, and submits a clean, unconditional irrevocable letter of credit to the City in the amount of $75,000, guaranteeing completion of construction by September 30, 2000, this demolition order shall be stayed to September 30, 2000. Should John Morrisonn fail to complete construction by September 30, 2000, to the satisfaction of the City Building Official, the City may, at its sole discretion, cash the letter of credit and retain the proceeds thereof without any obligation to account for those proceeds.

- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

2. Nuisance/Dangerous Building at 3047 East 27th Avenue

A. THAT Council declare that the building at 3047 East 27th Avenue (Lot 8 Block 3 District Lot Section 48 SE Qtr. THSL, Plan 1692, PID 009-306-765) is a nuisance and a danger to public safety and health pursuant to Section 324A of the Vancouver Charter.

B. THAT Council approve the attached Resolution and order the Registered Owner of the property to:

1) hire a pest control agency to take the necessary steps to rid the building and site of rodents and other pests in order to prepare the site for demolition;

2) pull down and demolish the building and remove all demolition debris, discarded materials and garbage from the site within 30 days of a copy of this Resolution being served pursuant to Section 324A of the Vancouver Charter;

3) THAT in the event the owner fails to comply with the order of Council, Council further orders and hereby authorizes the City Building Inspector to carry out the necessary work to prepare the building and site for demolition and to pull down and demolish the building and remove the resulting demolition debris, discarded materials and garbage from the site at the cost of the owner. The City Building Inspector may dispose of the materials by selling to the demolition contractor any material he may agree to purchase and will have the remainder delivered to a disposal site.

4) THAT the City Clerk be directed to file a 336D Notice against the Certificate of Title to the Property at 3047 East 27^th Avenue, in order to warn any prospective purchasers that as a result of the condition of the building and Council's Resolution, the purchaser could suffer a significant expense if the order of Council were enforced against him.

- CARRIED

3. Nuisance Building at 2549 Fraser Street

THAT Council receive the verbal report presented by Peter Sweeney, Manager, Building Inspection, on the building at 2549 Fraser Street for information.

- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

4. Approval of Business Improvement Area (BIA) Budgets

A. THAT Council approve the BIA Business Promotion Schemes and Budgets for the 2000-2001 year listed below and instruct staff to bring forward the appropriate rating by-laws:

BIA LEVY
Downtown $1,800,000
Robson 297,700
Kerrisdale 215,000
Mount Pleasant 140,000
Gastown 304,000
Davie Village 74,379
South Granville 198,000
Yaletown 213,293
Commercial Drive 100,000
Marpole 75,000

Strathcona Area 250,000

B. THAT Council approve the BIA Business Promotion Scheme and Budget for the 2000-2001 year listed below and instruct staff to bring forward the appropriate rating by-laws:

BIA LEVY
Chinatown 90,000

C. THAT Council approve, in principle, the BIA Business Promotion Scheme and Budget for the 2000-2001 year for the Fraser Street BIA and instruct staff to bring forward the appropriate rating by-laws;

FURTHER THAT the City assign a facilitator to work with the Fraser Street BIA to reach an agreement regarding the detailed allocation of funds; and

FURTHER THAT funds not be issued to the Fraser Street BIA until City staff is satisfied that an agreement has been reached.

- CARRIED

5. Proposed Amendment to Subdivision By-law No. 5208

Site Reclassification of Six Properties at 1720 to 1774 East 56th Avenue

THAT Council refuse the application to reclassify the properties at 1720, 1732, 1744, 1756, 1768 and 1774 East 56th Avenue from Category `B' to Category `A' of Schedule A, Table 1, of Subdivision By-law No. 5208.

- CARRIED

6. Wellness Walkways - Status and Next Phase for Implementation

A. THAT Council receive for INFORMATION the implementation report on the status of the Mount Pleasant Wellness Walkways.

B. THAT Council approve the allocation of the $50,000 provided by the Provincial Government from Local Governments Grants - Other Infrastructure Implementation Projects to further the implementation of the Wellness Walkways as described in this report.

- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

7. Heritage Revitalization Agreement - 211 Columbia

THAT Council endorse in principle the use of a Heritage Revitalization Agreement to assist in the rehabilitation and reuse of 211 Columbia Street, a "C" listed and provincially designated building, with the following terms:
- a density bonus in the amount of approximately 3,456m2 (37,200 sq. ft.), required to be transferred off-site;
- the Central Area to be considered an appropriate location for a receiver site(s) with the process to follow Council's policy on Transfer of Density;

- the on-site density to be restricted to "as built";

- the building to be rehabilitated to standards consistent with those required for other buildings receiving density bonuses; and
- the building to also be municipally designated.

- CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

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