17 Jun 2024 Council meeting Housing

Rezoning Application No. RA500 - 330 & 338 Ninth Street

Motion
That “Zoning Amendment Bylaw 2024 No. 4500.225” (to rezone 330 and 338 Ninth Street from Single Dwelling Residential [R1] to Low Density Residential [R6] with a site-specific Floor Area Ratio) pass first, second and third reading. That Council direct Staff to secure the conditions related to “Zoning Amendment Bylaw 2024 No. 4500.225” as outlined in the “Conditions of Rezoning” section of the Staff Report titled "Rezoning Application No. RA500 - 330 & 338 Ninth Street", dated 2024 JUN-17, prior to final adoption.
Sources
Agenda itemCity agenda
Staff reportPage 2
Purpose
To present Council with an application to rezone 330 and 338 Ninth Street from Single Dwelling Residential (R1) to Low Density Residential (R6) with a site-specific density to allow a multi- family residential development.
Staff report, page 2
Staff recommendation
That: 1. “Zoning Amendment Bylaw 2024 No. 4500.225” (to rezone 330 and 338 Ninth Street from Single Dwelling Residential [R1] to Low Density Residential [R6] with a site-specific Floor Area Ratio) pass first reading; 2. “Zoning Amendment Bylaw 2024 No. 4500.225” pass second reading; 3. “Zoning Amendment Bylaw 2024 No. 4500.225” pass third reading; and, 4. Council direct Staff to secure the conditions related to “Zoning Amendment Bylaw 2024 No. 4500.225” as outlined in the “Conditions of Rezoning” section of the Staff Report dated 2024-JUN-17 prior to final adoption.
Staff report, page 2
DocumentsStaff report about Housing, Land Use & Urban Form

Leonard Krog Yes

Sharon and I married 50 years ago. Not that that's of any consequence, but we had two kids. And that our two kids married, and I'm not including the son in law and the daughter in law. But between our two kids, they had five children, so the two have become nine. That's not anyone immigrating in Tuna Naimo. That's no other way. That the population is increasing, but it is a reality of increasing population. And as councilor Hemmens has pointed out, townhouse units are something. That are more affordable than single family dwellings on lots. And the alternative for us, as many councilors appointed at various times, is to go out or to go up, in a sense. And what we're really doing here is going up a little bit, but densifying in an area where people will have access to services.