Presentation: DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE PERMIT 2024-01 – 339, 341, 345 Island Highway

Purpose

• Increase the total number of storeys permitted in the Mixed-Residential Land Use Designation from four to six storeys; and
• Increase the maximum permitted building height in the RM-3 Zone: Mixed Residential from 13.5 m to 20.7 m.

Discussion

South Elevation – Heddle Park

North Elevation – Island Highway

West Elevation – Prince Robert Drive

East Elevation – Public Safety Building/Fire Hall

• Proposed building is designed to be built with the natural slope of the site
• Design elements such as building articulations reduce the perceived massing of building
• Total height of the building would be less than the existing single-family dwelling on Prince Robert Drive
• Given the topography of site, minimal expected visual impact to residential properties along Prince Robert Drive

Recommendations

THAT Development Variance Permit Application 2024-01 be approved as per the report dated June 6, 2024, from the Senior Planner titled “Development Variance Permit 2024 -01 – 339, 341, 345 Island Highway”;

AND THAT Development Variance Permit Application 2024-01 include the following variances:

• Increase the total number of storeys permitted in the Mixed-Residential Land Use Designation Area in the Official Community Plan from four to six storeys; and
• Increase the maximum building height permitted in the RM-3 Zone: Mixed Residential from 13.5 m to 20.7 m.