Text Amendment to Pending CD-1 for 6112-6138 Cambie St.

POLICY REPORT
BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT

Date: March 18, 1999
Author/Local: RWhitlock/7814
RTS No. 00559
CC File No. 5303
Council: April 13, 1999

TO:

Vancouver City Council

FROM:

Director of Central Area Planning on behalf of Land Use and Development

SUBJECT:

Text Amendment to Pending CD-1 for 6112-6138 Cambie Street

RECOMMENDATION

THAT the Director of Central Area Planning on behalf of Land Use and Development be instructed to make application to amend the pending CD-1 By-law for 6112-6138 Cambie Street generally as shown in Appendix A, to:

· permit bay windows, open-sided porches and verandahs, entry gazebos and parking/podium structures as projections into required setbacks; and

· exclude open-sided porches and verandahs and entry gazebos from floor space ratio (FSR) calculations;

FURTHER THAT subject to enactment of the CD-1 By-law for 6112-6138 Cambie Street (Parcel E of Lot 1, Block 999, D.L. 526, Plan LMP 37939) the application be referred to Public Hearing; and

FURTHER THAT the Director of Legal Services be instructed to prepare the necessary amending by-law for consideration at Public Hearing.

GENERAL MANAGER'S COMMENTS

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

COUNCIL POLICY

Council approved, in principal, rezoning of 6112-6138 Cambie Street from RS-1 to CD-1 at a Public Hearing held on December 3, 1998.

PURPOSE

This report proposes minor changes to the pending CD-1 By-law for 6112-6138 Cambie Street to reflect the form of development plans shown at the Public Hearing.

DISCUSSION

Setback Requirements: Setback provisions in the CD-1 by-law were included to provide greater assurance to residents in the surrounding area regarding the location of principal buildings. Inadvertently, these setbacks did not account for bay windows, open-sided porches and verandahs and entry gazebos shown on the plans, which project into the setbacks on Cambie Street and West 45th Avenue. Furthermore, the setback provision along the lane did not provide for the garage structure and the related podium structure, also shown on the plans.

Staff support bay windows, porches, verandahs and parking structures as projections into required setbacks.

Floor Space Ratio(FSR): The open-sided porches and verandahs and entry gazebos are seen as positive design features for this proposal. Without specific exclusion, they would be counted as FSR.

Staff support exclusion of these open-sided areas from the calculation of FSR.

CONCLUSION

Staff recommend that the Director of Central Area Planning on behalf of Land Use and Development be instructed to make application to amend the pending CD-1 By-law for 6112-6138 Cambie to permit bay windows, open-sided porches and verandahs and parking/podium structures as projections into required setbacks, and to exclude open-sided porches and verandahs from FSR calculations.

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PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE PENDING CD-1 BY-LAW FOR

6112-6138 CAMBIE STREET

· Floor Space Ration (FSR) Exclusions

Exclude open-sided porches and verandas and entry gazebos from the calculation of FSR [Amend Section 4.4: Floor Space Ratio].

· Permitted Projections into Required Yards

Permit bay windows, open-sided porches and verandahs, entry gazebos and parking structure/podium as projections into required yards [Amend Section 6: Setbacks].

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TO:	Vancouver City Council
FROM:	Director of Central Area Planning on behalf of Land Use and Development
SUBJECT:	Text Amendment to Pending CD-1 for 6112-6138 Cambie Street