Apartment Building Proposal at 1219 Hunter Road

Location: 1219 Hunter Road
File Number: LU009618
Applicant: BURO47 Architecture

A previous application for a 40-unit, 4-storey apartment building was approved for this site by Delta City Council on June 13, 2022. The owner recently submitted a new application due to changing economic and housing need conditions.

The following are key aspects of the current proposal:

• 68 apartment units, including 34 rental units and 34 market units
• A density of 218 uph (88 upa) and a floor space ratio of 3.0 (9,341 m² of residential floor area)
• 6 storeys and maximum building height of 20.9 m
• Principal building setbacks:
  • Front (Hunter Road): 4.2 m including balcony structures and roof eaves
  • Rear (West): 3.2 m for the principal structure and 1.8 m for the balcony structures and roof eaves
  • Interior Side (South): 2.6 m for the principal structure and 2.5 m for the balcony structures and roof eaves
  • Interior Side (North): 4.3 m for the principal structure, including balcony structures and roof eaves
• Parkade Structure setbacks:
  • Front (Hunter Road): 4.3 m
  • Rear (West): 1 m
  • Interior Side (South): 0.7 m
  • Interior Side (North): 0.2 m
• 95 residential parking spaces, including 54 market unit spaces (1.58 spaces per unit) and 34 rental unit spaces (1 spaces per unit)
• 9 visitor parking spaces (0.13 spaces per unit)
• 73 bicycle parking spaces, including 68 residential and 5 visitor spaces
• Vehicular access and pedestrian access are proposed from Hunter Road
• 261 m² (or 3.84 m² per unit) of private common outdoor amenity area

This development proposal includes applications for:

• An Official Community Plan amendment to Schedule D.1 Tsawwassen Area Plan, which would involve:
  • replacing the existing site‑specific density limit of 118 uph (48 upa) with a new density limit of 218 uph (88 upa) to allow an increase in number of housing units from 40 to 68; and
  • exempting the subject property from Policy B.5, which limits building height in areas designated (MU(T)2) to four storeys or 17 m whichever is less to allow a maximum building height of six storeys and 21 m.
• A rezoning to Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 7600, 2017, as follows:
  • Rezoning of 1219 Hunter Road from Apartment Residential 120 (RA120) Zone to a new Comprehensive Development Zone to allow a rental and market apartment building with a height of six storeys.
• Development Variance Permit to vary the following provisions in Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 7600, 2017:
  • Section 7.7.3 by reducing the minimum required common outdoor amenity space from 408 m² (or 6 m² per unit) to 261 m² (or 3.84 m² per unit); and
  • Section 8.5.7 by waiving the regulation that tandem parking not be permitted for an apartment building in order to permit a maximum of 44 tandem apartment parking spaces.
• A Tsawwassen Town Centre (SD1-A) Development Permit for form and character for the apartment building development.

Please note that this application has not gone to Council for consideration; therefore, aspects of the proposal may change as the application proceeds through the review process. Images are depicted as renderings.

How Can You Provide Your Input

Provide your feedback or ask questions directly by contacting the City Contact, Alex Cauduro, Senior Planner, or the Applicant, Jeremy Stam, by telephone or email with the contact information provided on this webpage.

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