Apartment, Development

North Van Rezoning Seeks Apartment Densification

A rezoning application in North Vancouver provides a glimpse of what’s to come in the City North Vancouver’s apartment zones and offers some ideas for other municipalities struggling with issues surrounding housing affordability and densification in existing older apartment areas.

The application for 1549 St. George’s Avenue is seeking renovation and expansion of the existing two-storey walkup apartment building built in 1957. The property is located in the Central Lonsdale area and is zoned RM-1 with an OCP designation of Residential Level-5 (allows 1.6 FAR). The proposal includes:

  • Full renovation of existing two floors
  • Addition of new third and fourth floors
  • Increase from 13 units to 29 units
  • Total density of 2.06 FSR
  • 0.46 FSR bonus in exchange for rental (under 2015 OCP guidelines)
  • Tenant relocation plan including first opportunity to move to nearby building of same owner
  • Reduction in parking requirement by the equivalent of 9 stalls

1549 St. George's

More info: http://www.cnv.org/attach/2015%2001%2026%20item%2010.pdf

January 28, 2015by david.taylor@colliers.com