67-Unit Rental Building Proposed for North Van Site
A rezoning application has been submitted for a site at 127-129 East 12th Street in North Vancouver. The application seeks to rezone from the current Medium Density Apartment Residential 1 (RM-1) zoning to allow a new six-storey rental apartment building, to replace an older walkup apartment on the site.
The site is located along the southern side of East 12th Street in the Central Lonsdale area with Lonsdale Avenue to the west and St. Georges Avenue to the east.
The land use designation of the subject site is Residential Level 5 (R5), which allows for a medium density multi-family building up to a maximum density of 1.60 times the lot area (FSR), with the potential of an additional 1.0 FSR bonus density to be granted at Council’s discretion, for a total of 2.60 FSR
Details of the proposal include:
- 64 rental units (including 6 mid-market rentals);
- 2 studios, 37 one-bedrooms, 18 two-bedrooms and 8 three-bedroom units;
- a total density of 2.60 FSR:
- a building height of 63 ft.
- 60 underground parking stalls.
The application describes the design intent: “The proposed rental apartment building is presented as a unique concept with all the residential units surrounding an outdoor central courtyard on the ground level with outdoor circulation available to all units that surrounds the courtyard. Access to the upper levels is available either by an open stairway or elevator.”
The architect for the project is Birmingham & Wood.