# Staff Report to Council - Bylaw No. 1664 - Application to Rezone 694 Hoylake Avenue from R2 to RM7A to Allow 10 Townhouse Units

Meeting: Regular Council — March 6, 2017

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Report confirming Council's earlier resolution to rezone 694 Hoylake Ave from R2 to RM7A with conditions including amenity contributions, a Section 219 covenant for boulevard planting, frontage improvements, and authorization for variance issuance, and recommending adoption of Bylaw No.1664.

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### Staff Report to Council

Source pages: 36–37

## Staff Report to Council

**Date:** 06/03/2017  
**Department:** Planning  
**Application No.:** Z16-0015  
**Subject:** Bylaw No. 1664- Application to Rezone 694 Hoylake Avenue from R2 to RM7A to Allow 10 Townhouse Units

### Background / Council Direction
At their Regular Meeting of November 7th, 2016, Council passed the following resolution with respect to the property at 694 Hoylake Avenue:

1. Direct staff to prepare a bylaw to amend the zoning designation of the property at 694 Hoylake Avenue from R2 (One- and Two-Family Residential) to RM7A (Medium Density Apartment A), subject to the following terms and conditions:
   a) That the owner agrees to provide, as a bonus for increased density, the following contributions to the City, prior to issuance of a building permit:
      i. $3660 per unit towards the General Amenity Reserve Fund;  
      ii. $610 per unit towards the Affordable Housing Reserve Fund;  
   b) That the applicant provides, prior to Bylaw Adoption, a Section 219 covenant, registered in priority of all other charges on title, that agrees to the following:
      i. That prior to building permit issuance the applicant provide a boulevard tree planting plan to the satisfaction of the City Planner and the Parks Director and that irrigation to the boulevard will be provided via hook up to the strata property at 694 Hoylake Avenue;  
      ii. That prior to building permit issuance, the applicant provides full frontage improvements per Bylaw No. 1000 requirements, to the satisfaction of the City Engineer  
   c) Authorize the Director of Planning to issue the setback variances described in Table 3 subject to the implementation of the boulevard planting plan secured by Covenant in item 1(b)(i) above.

### Subject
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### COMMENTS
The applicant has registered a Sec. 219 covenant against the title of the subject property that agrees to items 1 (a) through (c) in Council’s resolution of November 7th, 2016.

Bylaw No. 1200 was signed by the Minister of Transportation on January 24th, 2017.

### OPTIONS
That Council:

1. Adopt Bylaw No. 1664;  
2. Take no action at this time with respect to Bylaw No. 1664;

### Respectfully Submitted

| Submitted by: | Lauren Morhart, MCIP, RPP Planner 2 |
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| Concurrence: | Matthew Baldwin, MCIP, RPP Director of Planning |
| Concurrence: | Bob Beckett, Fire Chief |
| Concurrence: | Lorne Fletcher, Manager of Community Safety and Municipal Enforcement |
| Concurrence: | Michelle Mahovlich, P.Eng, P.Geo, Director of Engineering |
| Concurrence: | Brent Molnar, Manager of Land Development |
| Concurrence: | Steve Ternent, Director of Finance |
| Concurrence: | Jim Bowden, Chief Administrative Officer |
| Concurrence: | Braden Hutchins, Director of Corporate Services |
| Concurrence: | Darren Kiedyk, Deputy (CAO) Chief Administrative Officer |

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