17 Apr 2023 Council meeting Housing

Development Permit No. DP1256 - 77 Chapel Street

Motion

That Council issue Development Permit No. DP1256 for a multiple family development at 77 Chapel Street with a variance as outlined in the “Proposed Variance” section of the Staff Report dated 2023- APR-17.

Minutes, page 5

Sources

Agenda itemCity agenda

Staff reportPage 2

Purpose

To present for Council’s consideration a development permit application for a multiple family development at 77 Chapel Street.

Staff report, page 2

Staff recommendation

That Council issue Development Permit No. DP1256 for a multiple family development at 77 Chapel Street with a variance as outlined in the “Proposed Variance” section of the Staff Report dated 2023-APR-17.

Staff report, page 2

DocumentsStaff report about Housing, Land Use & Urban Form

Ian Thorpe Yes

Briefly. Your worship. Thank you very much. As the report notes. There was a previous application for this site back in 2019, which the Council of the day did approve, and I voted in favor of that That development did not proceed. But I'm pleased to see that a new proposal has been put forward for this site. . And personally, I like this proposal better than I did the previous one so happy to support it. Thank you.

Paul Manly Yes

Um, I'm a little concerned about where people are going to park because I think that park aid was used for the courthouse. . But I'm sure that People will have to figure it out somewhere or another. . Thank you.

Questions and answers

Councillor Sheryl Armstrong
Yes

asked

Thank you, Councilor Armstrong. Thank you. Just just in regards to the public art. I noticed that they're going to stay with the covenant that was done. . Um, was there any issue with with them selecting the artist or is that Normal.

City staff answered

Ah, yes, throughout your worship to Councilor Armstrong. The process for the selection wasn't stipulated in the covenant as far as I'm aware, but they are proposing a fairly substantial public art investment on the side of the building. . You can see there. . That's just representative. The actual art is undetermined at

Councillor Janice Perrino
Yes

asked

Councilor Pre No then councilor therapy. Thank you. You worship question through you to Mr Holmes. . They A couple of questions. Actually, the first one is, um in under the subject, property and site context. . There is it contains that it currently contains a parking structure which will be removed. . Um, where will those Vehicles go. That are currently using that part that park aid right now. .

City staff answered

Um, yeah, Through your worship. I can't directly answer that. It is a private arcade. There are there are other public park aide offerings in the downtown. Okay, I can't speak to where those the users of that structure would be displaced to for parking, , but The proposal will provide more than adequate parking for the building within three story underground park aid. Okay, there's surplus parking there, okay for the building, But I can't speak to where the current tenants of the park aid would would end up it was.

followed up

It was just my concern that You know, Suddenly they're going to be displaced. And so I was concerned about where they would go and what the situation was for them. And my next question is and I may have missed it in the document, , but in the renderings Not that particular one but the one that shows the proposed public art location that is retail. . Retail or commercial. I should take commercial shops on the on the bottom floor. Is that correct or those residential Uh, sorry through your worship. Those are residential. They are residential. Okay. I thought I thought Where did I Where did I miss it? But okay, so there won't be any commercial whatsoever.