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the purpose of the session this evening
is to provide you with information on

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the city's approach to implementing the
mandatory provincial housing changes

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this session will focus on provincial
legislation related to Transit oriented

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areas and smallscale multi-unit housing
we will also provide you with

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information on the shoulder and Corridor
land use study areas which we are

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reviewing as part of the transit
oriented areas update

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so first a land acknowledgement we
acknowledge with gratitude and respect

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that the name Coquitlam was derived from
the hamam word quum meaning red fish up

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the river the city is honored to be
located on the quum traditional and

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ancestral lands including those parts
that were historically shared with the

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caty and other co- Salish

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peoples so we'll begin with some
introductions my name is Natasha I with

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the community planning division we also
have Renee Des qua the director of

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community

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planning hello
everyone we've also got Chris McBeth

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with Community
planning hi

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everyone James Taylor with Community
planning hi everyone

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welcome Paris later with Community
planning hi everyone

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Ryan Clemens with Community
planning good evening

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everyone Tyler Cooney with
Transportation

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hello and Stephanie Holland with parks
and facility

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planning hi thanks good to be here and
then we also have Sarah Rossi who's with

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our Communications uh corporate
Communications and engagement hello

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everyone all right so we're we going to
KCK things off with a presentation which

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James Taylor will run through after
which we will open it up for question

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and answers or a Q&A and we have a great
turnout tonight we've got approximately

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380 people registered so given the
number of people to facilitate the Q&A

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all questions are to be submitted
through the Q&A function in your Zoom

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window and I'll go over how the Q&A will
work after the presentation so over to

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James

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thank you

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Natasha uh to begin um I'd like to First
highlight uh the city's uh position with

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respect to uh the provincial housing
legislation so the uh cilum is committed

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to addressing housing affordability and
Supply challenges within the framework

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of provincial
legislation the city is actively

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implementing the changes imposed by the
provincial government including enabling

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smallscale multi-unit
housing uh increasing uh density and

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Transit oriented areas and updating our
official community

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plan these steps build on coquitlam's
strong housing record with more than

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5100 homes uh created since
2021 uh including non-market and Below

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Market

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units these uh kum's award-winning
housing affordability strategy remains a

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key driver in delivering diverse and
inclusive housing options while these

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eort efforts align with uh provincial
objectives we emphasize the importance

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of local expertise in community planning
and continue to advocate for approaches

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that respect the city's unique

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neighborhoods so as had indicated uh
this presentation focuses mainly on the

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city's approach to Transit oriented
areas and smallscale multi-unit housing

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to a lesser
extent uh the information is generally

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the same as was shared in the October
in-person public information sessions

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however I will be providing
clarification on a number of elements

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relating to the legislation and the
city's

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approach the the provincial housing
legis legislation um adopted in 2023

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introduced two new planning Frameworks
intended to increase housing Supply

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across the province these are known as
Transit oriented areas and smallscale

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multi-unit housing uh the legislation
imposes certain limitations on the

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city's uh normal authority to regulate
development uh and also imposes

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requirements on the city uh to implement
certain Planning and Zoning changes

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importantly a portion of the city's
Transit oriented areas update project uh

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which is our implementation uh project
uh is not required by The Province uh

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these are uh called shoulders and
corridors uh I will describe them in

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Greater detail later in the presentation
uh for now uh I would just like to

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highlight uh that completion of the
shoulders and corridors requires

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Community input and is subject to
council feedback and approval

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at the same time uh the city's initiated
a number of other projects which also

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relate to the provincial housing
legislation many of these concern uh the

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mechanisms to fund uh the growth
supporting infrastructure and

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amenities um that we need to to uh
support this growth uh and to provide

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rental and affordable housing uh Cam's
current system relies heavily on a

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density bonus program to fund these
amenities and to incentivize rental and

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the new legislation imp um imposes rules
uh that restrict uh this use however uh

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it also provides some new tools such as
the amenity cost charge program uh

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rental tenure zoning and inclusionary
Zoning uh the city's objective uh is in

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implementing these components um is to
ensure that development continues to

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fund and support growth

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so regarding the transit oriented areas
legislation uh we were required to

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designate uh our Transit oriented areas
by bylaw and to remove a minimum uh

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residential parking requirements uh
except for a required uh rate of access

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accessible parking spaces uh these items
were completed in July of this

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year uh the majority of our work uh
remains to be completed however uh which

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involves updating our official community
plan uh and Zoning bylaw to comply uh

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with the uh several components of the

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legislation so what is a Transit
oriented area uh a Transit oriented area

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uh is uh strictly defined by provincial
regulations uh in Coquitlam this

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includes the land within 800 M of uh any
Sky Train

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Station and the legislation set minimum
allowances for building density which is

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expressed as a floor area ratio and
Building height which is expressed in

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stories uh and this is organized in a
tiered system uh with the highest

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densities and Heights allowed closest to
the Sky Train Station importantly uh the

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term minimum in this context uh means a
minimum that is imposed on the City by

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The Province uh in our capacity to
regulate density and Heights uh what

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that means is that um a land owner would
still be permitted to build below these

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standards uh but the city simply can't
restrict that landowner uh from building

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um density or height below those

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standards so for floor area ratio um
while Building height uh is relatively

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straightforward uh it's worth uh taking
a moment to explain this

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concept floor area ratio is a measure of
a building's density

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comparing the building's floor area
relative to the area of the property on

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which it sits in this example uh if a
property uh measures 10,000 square F

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feet in area uh then a building with a
2.0 F floor area ratio would have a

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total of 20,000 Square ft further as the
example shows that the same floor area

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ratio can result in different heights
depending uh depending on how much of

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the the property is covered uh this
means that floor area ratio can provide

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a good sense of how much activity uh and
servicing needs uh that are generated by

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a building irrespective of its

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height so for klum's Transit oriented
areas the legislation applies to all

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eight Sky train stations that are either
within coquitlam's Borders or near

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enough to be included uh to have um
include properties that within

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these locations are precisely
defined and cannot be changed by the

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city any property that is wh or partly
within these Rings or The Rings of a

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Transit oriented area are included uh
including um the individual tiers uh

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regardless of local context uh including
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topography or any other local

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characteristic since the transit
oriented areas uh cover quite a

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substantial amount of land and a
diversity of neighborhoods across the

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city we've staged our approach to
implementing uh the legislation stage

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one uh uh simply was the adoption of the
transit oriented areas bylaw and removal

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of minimum uh residential parking which
was completed in the

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summer and in the current stage stage
two uh we are focused on parts of our

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Transit oriented areas that are already
covered by plans that allow for this

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type of development in particular this
includes the pum and lwh heed Transit

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oriented areas in Southwest coitum uh
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Center at the same time we are reviewing
land uses in the areas immediately

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surrounding the burlam and led Transit
oriented areas which we have labeled

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shoulders the purpose of the shoulder
area planning uh process is to address

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the uh irregular boundaries uh that are
created by uh the transit oriented areas

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legislation and to ensure that the
official community plan continues to

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provide for a diversity of housing

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types so the next three slides here uh
show uh how the existing official

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community plan relates to Transit
oriented areas using the pitum

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neighborhood uh a planned Transit
oriented area as an example so the

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berquam lwh heed neighborhood plan
provides for a mix of uses and densities

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with high densities focused on the
land's closest to Sky train stations

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transitioning outward uh into medium
density Apartments town housing and then

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finally lower density uh residential
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periphery uh the plan also provides for
uh plans for the services and

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infrastructure that's needed to support
this growth uh including new and

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expanded Parks uh Transportation
connections and utility

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upgrades now the current uh flurry of
development applications and

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construction activity that we see in the
Bram neighborhood uh and in the lwh heed

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neighborhood to the South is a direct
result of this

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plan now the provincial Transit oriented
areas uh implements a tiered pattern uh

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that is conceptually similar to the
existing neighborhood plan without the

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without the variation uh to account for
local context uh in a number of

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locations our land use designations
already allow for development at or

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above the legislated minimums uh in
other locations we will need to change

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land use designations to align with the
legislation in burquitlam uh most of the

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impacted land uh is in fact in in tier
three where in many locations uh the

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current plan only allows for town
housing development or or something

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lower uh as a reminder uh land in tier
three um is permitted uh up to eight

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stories according to the legislation up
to eight stories and a floor area ratio

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of 3.0 and this form of uh development
roughly equates to what coitum uh

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currently allows in our medium density
apartment land use designation which on

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this map uh is of the the brown color
with the the single uh diagonal hatching

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so this next map shows the properties
that fall within each of the provincial

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uh uh
tiers um the burquitlam transit oriented

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area results in a number of those
irregular boundaries that I uh mentioned

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a moment ago uh these are cases where
the boundaries uh cut oddly across a

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block or leave individual properties uh
orphaned that is to say uh in the event

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of a land assembly it would be cut off
from their neighbor or from neighboring

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properties either inside the TOA or or
just outside the

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TOA uh this map also shows uh some of
the shoulder study areas particularly in

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around burquitlam
uh the objective of the shoulder review

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is to address these irregular boundaries
and to consider replacing the land

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within tier three that would have been
built as town housing uh but is now

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eligible uh to build as as
Apartments uh you may notice uh that the

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shoulder study areas do not completely
encircle the transit oriented

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areas uh locations left out of our study
areas tend to have land use designation

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that already allows for apartment
development so an example this would be

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uh at the top of the map along Clark
Road uh the review shoulders and

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corridors is not intended to consider
higher densities than this

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so the next map here shows uh the
extents of those stage two shoulders and

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corridors uh as a reminder the review of
shoulders and corridors is not required

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by The Province and the minimum height
and density standards uh of the transit

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oriented areas do not
apply land use changes in these areas

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will be shaped by Community input
alongside technical considerations and

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are subject to council approval for
stage two only shoulder areas um

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adjacent to burquitlam and lwh heat have
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identified the review of corridors is an
outstanding piece of work from a

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previous city project the Southwest
housing review given prior commitments

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to complete this review and given the
corridor's proximity and connection to

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the transit oriented areas uh Council
supported a combined review allowing us

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to um uh view these areas or consider
all of these areas in context

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together so to sum up the deliverables
for stage two it includes updating the

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official community plan land use
designations and policies updating our

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medium and high density zones uh to
align with the minimum requirements and

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to accommodate to continue to
accommodate affordable housing uh and

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funding of community
assets uh updating our Associated plans

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for the infrastructure and amenities to
support the growth uh as well as the the

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plans for shoulders and corridors uh as
supported by

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Council so I will briefly touch on uh
implementation of the other major

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housing legislation that being small
scale multiunit housing before we move

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on to the Q&A portion of the meeting
so this legislation applies throughout

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the city and requires the city to allow
up to four units on most single family

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properties originally uh this was
intended uh to be implemented by June

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30th 2024 however the city was
successful in receiving an extension to

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implement uh this legislation by June
30th 2025 next

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year implementing the legislation will
involve consolidating ex our existing

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sing single family and infill zones into
fewer small scale

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zones simplifying the regulations to
ensure uh we have clear and

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straightforward expectations for both
residents and developers and ensuring

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that our parking requirements balance
the demand for parking with development

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feasibility importantly uh the
legislation uh does not require the city

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to allow smallscale multiunit housing
within Transit oriented

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areas so in terms of design the small
scale multi-unit housing legislation uh

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would allow for a variety of unit and
building types now while the count the

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concept is relatively du new in most
areas of BC here in Coquitlam we have we

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have had a similar housing program for a
number of years named the housing

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choices
program uh housing choices currently

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only applies to a limited area within
Southwest cilum uh but provides a a good

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metric of of the building the types of
buildings that we would expect or

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anticipate to see under small scale
multi-unit housing uh including uh types

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of of Plex housing duplex Triplex
fourplex uh as well as laneway

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housing so that concludes uh the
presentation