ATTACHMENT 1 - 339-345 Island Highway DVP Application (Applicant Letter)

May 24, 2023

977 Fort Street Victoria, BC V8V 3K3 T 250-658-3367 F 250-658-3397 mail@dhk.ca www.dhk.ca

Town of View Royal 45 View Royal Avenue Victoria, BC V9B 1A6

Attention: Mayor and Council RE: 339-345 Island Highway DVP Application

Dear Mayor and Council:

Further to our pending rezoning of this site for a new multifamily housing development, we are submitting a Development Variance Permit application to specifically address the increased height. The design represented in this DVP application is unchanged from the ongoing rezoning application. The Official Community Plan gives this site a Mixed Residential designation, which supports four-storey apartment buildings. The purpose of this DVP application is to increase the permitted height from four to six storeys. This change is an increase in the RM-3 zone height maximum from 13.5m to 20.7m.

This project is an ideal location to provide the town with new, high-quality purpose-built rental housing that will allow individuals, families and seniors to move to or remain in View Royal as their needs change. All resident parking will be underground, leaving the developed site area free for pedestrian pathways and planting. With the buildings concentrated along Island Highway, the rear of the site will remain undeveloped, with most of the existing site trees retained. We believe this project will be a real benefit to the community and a positive addition to the neighbourhood. We look forward to continue working with The Town to make this new housing a reality.

Sincerely,

Rob Whetter architect AIBC LEED™ AP de Hoog & Kierulf architects