Applicant's Statement - Four Mile Pub

Application for Four Mile Pub Brewery

Four Mile Pub 199 Island Hwy V9B 1G1 Victoria B.C.

Dear Mayor and Council,

The Four Mile Pub has been a landmark site, serving View Royal for the last 30 years. Recently, our business has been become more and more challenging. To stay successful we need to innovate and keep moving forward. With this in mind we are planning to use parts of our Sports Bar and storage space for Brewing. Using existing space, we would like to add a traditional Cottage sized, English Brewing System. This Brewing system would be in keeping with the look, heritage and feel that Four Mile provides for the community. Our goal is to create fresh, local brews at the Four Mile.

Currently, Victoria only has Four Brew Pubs all located Downtown. Brew Pubs are a major attraction for tourists and locals. Having a Brew Pub in View Royal would create a unique attraction for View Royal and the West Shore. This new addition would also create new jobs and a new industry in our community. Creating local products and using as many Vancouver Island ingredients as possible will support local industry and is better for our environment. Having products produced locally will reduce the carbon footprint through less shipping and trucking, compared to imported products. This is in keeping with View Royals vision for our community.

The Four Mile has the necessary public infrastructure to support the addition of a cottage Brewery. The brewery will be kept inside the existing building, keeping the look and feel of the business the same.

We feel a Brew Pub would complement the community and be beneficial for our neighbors. By brewing onsite we would reduce truck delivery traffic and provide convenient access to local craft product. We would also reduce noise, as we would be converting an existing patio used for nighttime events, to enclosed Brewery space.

Our goal is to provide a new unique service to View Royal. We believe we will be enhancing the community, while maintaining the same look, feel and operation of our establishment.

Sincerely,

Graham Haymes.

Application Details - Lot Consolidation and Development Permit

Four Mile Pub 199 Island Hwy V9B 1G1 Victoria B.C.

As part of this application we will be consolidating the two lots located at Four Mile House (Title # K62659) & (EG78922). Currently these two lots have different zoning. The Town of View Royal's Official Community Plan calls for these two lots to be consolidated and be under one commercial zone.

For the Brewery portion of this application, the project is in keeping with the current business at Four Mile. For the Development permit portion we will be enclosing our loading bay and keeping the same look as the rest of the building. The end look will create a more attractive look that the current loading area provides.

Sincerely,

Graham Haymes.