24 Feb 2025 Council meeting Housing

Development Variance Permit Application No. DVP473 - 1200 Dufferin Crescent

Motion
That Council issue Development Variance Permit No. DVP473 for the Nanaimo Cancer Centre with a building height variance as outlined in the “Proposed Variance” section of the Staff Report dated 2025 -FEB-24.
Minutes, page 11
Sources
Agenda itemCity agenda, whole meeting
Staff reportPage 2
Purpose
To present for Council’s consideration a development variance permit application to increase the maximum permitted building height for the proposed Nanaimo Cancer Centre at 1200 Dufferin Crescent (Nanaimo Regional General Hospital).
Staff report, page 2
Staff recommendation
That Council issue Development Variance Permit No. DVP473 for the Nanaimo Cancer Centre with a building height variance as outlined in the “Proposed Variance” section of the Staff Report dated 2025-FEB-24.
Staff report, page 2
DocumentsStaff report about Economic Development, Land Use & Urban Form

Ian Thorpe Yes

Thorpe. Yes, thanks, your worship. Very briefly, to state the obvious. This is such an important project. I personally am so pleased to see it proceed. I would support just about any variance that came. In front of us. So this one of 11 meters I see is not significant at all and happy to support it. Thank you.

Janice Perrino Yes

Well, thank you, you, worship. I wondered the same thing, because the tower that is currently there. Currently that needs to be, of course, replaced or expanded at the bare minimum. It is also within the flight plans, which is interesting that this is in front, but just an interesting piece of information. Years ago. When we built, I was part of. The staff with the cancer center in Kelowna and the bunkers where they put the radiation machines. They have to be 2 meters of solid concrete all the way around. So you need to have 2 meters below and 2 meters above.

Questions and answers

Councillor Tyler Brown
Speaker identificationConfident
Yes

asked
you, Councilor Brown. Yeah, I just had a question about the zone, about why the height was so. Short. Yes.
J. Holm
Speaker identificationConfident
answeredDirector, Planning and Development
Through your worship to Councilor Brown. Good question. Something we can look at through the zoning bilar review. There is a flight path in the area. Related to. The hospital ambulance service. Air ambulance story, and that may have had something to do with. The limited it provided for there. Obviously, they've given consideration to the flight path in this development and would be working through any approvals they'd require