Council Meeting News: City of Coquitlam (Apr 24, 2023)

City of Coquitlam – APRIL 24 PUBLIC HEARING

618, 622, 624 Tyndall Street, 617, 629, 631 Claremont Street, and a portion of a lane

• Applicant:  Strand
• File : 08-3010-06/21121501 PROJ/1
• Location/NCP:  Oakdale
• Associated Project Summary: 29-storey residential condo tower and a six-storey purpose-built rental building with 355 units.
• Application Summary: The applicant is proposing to: Rezone the subject site from RS-l One Family Residential to CD-37 Comprehensive Development Zone – 37; To close a 342.4 square metres (m2) (3, 685. 5 square feet (sq. ft.)) portion of a lane located between Tyndall Street and Claremont Street, adjacent to 618, 622, 624 Tyndall Street and 617, 629, 631 Claremont Street; Consolidate the six single family residential lots and road cancellation area to create a single multi-family residential lot; Construct a high density multi-residential development with an overall Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 5. 5 FAR, including a 29-storey condominium tower and a six-storey purpose built rental building, with a total of 335 dwelling units.
• Outcome: Third Reading

*Column includes votes of those who did not actively participate when the vote was called. Learn more at the bottom of this post.

820 and 826 Dogwood Street, and 615/617 and 633 Lea Avenue

• Applicant:  West Fraser Developments
• File : 08-3010-06/21117374 PROJ/1
• Location/NCP:  Burquitlam
• Associated Project Summary: (Mass Timber Construction) One 12-storey and one seven-storey residential building with 199 market rental units and five below-market rental units.
• Application Summary: An Official Community Plan {OCP) amendment to re-designate the properties from Medium Density Apartment Residential to High Density Apartment Residential, to enable construction of an encapsulated mass timber construction (EMTC) residential building; A Zoning Bylaw amendment from RT-1 Infill Residential and RT-3 Multiplex Residential to RM-4 Multi-Storey High Density Apartment Residential; A development permit to enable construction of one 12-storey residential tower and one seven-storey residential mid-rise over an underground parkade at a density of 3.88 floor area ratio (FAR); A total of 204 residential units, which includes 21 three-bedroom units (10%) and a combination of market rental (199 units) and below-market rental (five units) housing tenures.
• Outcome: Third Reading

*Column includes votes of those who did not actively participate when the vote was called. Learn more at the bottom of this post.

Would you like to learn more about the items covered at this Coquitlam Public Hearing? Agendas, meeting minutes, and videos can be found on the City’s website HERE, or give us a shout to discuss.

Note: Each member present at a meeting must vote on the matter being decided. If a council or board member does not indicate how they vote, they are deemed to have voted in the affirmative. In other words, they cannot abstain from voting, unless they may not participate because of a conflict of interest and have followed the procedure for dealing with various types of prohibited conflicts of interest under the Community Charter. Source: Government of BC’s local government council and board procedures.