We’ve got marijuana, an overdue OCP and townhouses, townhouses, townhouses! All three councils are in session this Monday, and each one promises all the excitement of a heavyweight fight – only there’s almost no chance of these encounters ending early.
District of North Vancouver
Council is set to cast what may be a decisive vote on a 150-unit townhouse project pitched for Lower Capilano.
If approved, 12 three-storey buildings would stretch along Fullerton Avenue, Sandown Place and Glenaire Drive.
Monday’s agenda is packed with potential development as council is slated to deliberate the merits of three townhouse projects each between 26 and 29 units. The developments, one on Mountain Highway and Rupert Street and the other two on the 3400 block of Mt. Seymour Parkway, are all candidates for a future public hearing.
Council is also set to debate a proposal to raise density at Seymour River Place and Old Dollarton Road. The Old Dollarton project would replace 28 market rentals at Maplewood Plaza with a 193-unit development including 38 rentals and a hefty dose of commercial space.
The evening is also slated to include a presentation on B.C.’s overdose crisis by North Shore medical health officer Mark Lysyshyn.
City of North Vancouver
As the move toward a new Harry Jerome rec centre trudges boldly forward, council is set to vote on sending a land rezoning to public hearing.
That rezoning could lead to a major development, and that development could help pay for the new rec centre.
Darwin development group has previously floated a proposal that includes two highrises flanked by some mid- and low-rise buildings alongside a new park.
Like a green tide that keeps lapping up on the shore, cannabis regulations are also back on the council agenda Monday. After recently taking legal action, council is slated to consider bylaws to prohibit non-medicinal cannabis in the city.
And if that wasn’t enough council is also set to dish out $140,000 community grants, to get the lowdown on the Lower Lonsdale Business Improvement Area’s budget for 2018 and 2019, and to consider tweaks to the liquor licence policy for special events.
West Vancouver
Is West Vancouver’s long-gestating official community plan ready for its public? That’s the question Monday as council mulls sending the proposed OCP to a June 18 public hearing.
The draft OCP examines “gentle” infill housing, more density in town centres and the creation of Cypress Village on the slopes of Hollyburn Mountain.
Also on the agenda is a plan to create a Howe Sound map reference guide, an interactive map with detailed information on the area’s ecology. The night also offers a look at West Vancouver’s finances.
