22 Apr 2024 Council meeting Housing

Rezoning Application No. RA491 and Property Disposition No. LD3857 - 120 Needham Street, 515, 535, 545, and 575 Nicol Street

Motion
That: 1. Council approve the disposition of City-owned property at 545 Nicol Street to Nicol Street Residential Holdings Inc. for $25,000; 2. Council direct the Mayor and Corporate Officer to execute the necessary documents to affect the property disposition transaction; 3. “Zoning Amendment Bylaw 2024 No. 4500.221” (to rezone 120 Needham Street, 515, 535, 545, and 575 Nicol Street, from Single Dwelling Residential [R1] and Community Corridor [COR3] to Residential Corridor [COR1] with site -specific provisions) pass first reading; 4. “Zoning Amendment Bylaw 2024 No. 4500.221” pass second reading; 5. “Zoning Amendment Bylaw 2024 No. 4500.221” pass third reading; and, 6. Council direct Staff to secure the conditions related to “Zoning Amendment Bylaw 2024 No. 4500.221”, as outlined in the “Conditions of Rezoning” section of the Staff Report dated 2024-APR-22, prior to final adoption.
Sources
Agenda itemCity agenda
Staff reportPage 2
Purpose
To present Council with an application to rezone 120 Needham Street, 515, 535, 545, and 575 Nicol Street, from Single Dwelling Residential (R1) and Community Corridor (COR3) to Residential Corridor (COR1) with site-specific provisions; and, to approve a property disposition of City-owned property located at 545 Nicol Street, in order to facilitate a multi- family residential development.
Staff recommendation
That: 1. Council approve the disposition of City-owned property at 545 Nicol Street to Nicol Street Residential Holdings Inc. for $25,000; 2. Council direct the Mayor and Corporate Officer to execute the necessary documents to affect the property disposition transaction; 3. “Zoning Amendment Bylaw 2024 No. 4500.221” (to rezone 120 Needham Street, 515, 535, 545, and 575 Nicol Street, from Single Dwelling Residential [R1] and Community Corridor [COR3] to Residential Corridor [COR1] with site-specific provisions) pass first reading; 4. “Zoning Amendment Bylaw 2024 No. 4500.221” pass second reading; 5. “Zoning Amendment Bylaw 2024 No. 4500.221” pass third reading; and, 6. …
DocumentsStaff report about Housing, Land Use & Urban Form

Leonard Krog Yes

the city is being asked to to sell isn't even a laneway it's more of a pathway in

Questions and answers

Councillor Janice Perrino
Speaker identificationConfident
Yes

asked
Councillor Perino? Your Worship, if I could just ask Mr. Holm a quick question through you. These are going to be rentals I understand? Rental units, is that correct? And I just wondered one, two, three bedrooms? Any idea yet? Actually I can't
J. Holm
Speaker identificationConfident
answeredDirector, Planning and Development
speak to that directly. I'm not sure if it would be appropriate Your Worship to
Speaker answered
would be helpful. Thank you. Certainly very happy to do so. So we have a spread of of units. There is a 49 one bedroom, 27 two bedroom, 6 three bedroom and nine live work units which all have a single bedroom inside those.
City staff answered
Excellent. Excellent. I'll be in full support. Thank you very much. It's great to get the shovel in the ground.