City of North Vancouver council will weigh a rezoning application on July 13 that would pave the way for 186 rental units in two six-storey buildings at 1540 St. Georges Avenue and 215-235 East 16th Street.
Developer RED East 16th Limited Partnership (Adera Developments) will ask council to rezone the Central Lonsdale site from a Medium Density Apartment Residential 1 zone and two comprehensive development zones to an amended CD-306 zone. According to the report, the mass-timber project will include 19 Inclusionary Housing units, also called mid-market rentals, secured permanently through a housing agreement.
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The application replaces an earlier version of the project. Council gave third reading to a related set of bylaws last November before the applicant asked to withdraw the proposal. According to the report, staff determined the revised scope was too extensive to simply amend those bylaws, prompting new bylaws for council’s consideration.
No public hearing will be held. Provincial amendments to the Local Government Act bar municipalities from holding hearings on rezoning bylaws that align with a city’s Official Community Plan, are residential, and dedicate at least half their floor area to housing.
The project will remove all 25 trees on the site, a move staff support after an arborist found most had low retention value. The applicant will replant 78 trees on-site, exceeding the ratio required under the city’s Tree Bylaw.
Tenants in the site’s three existing rental buildings, totalling 63 units, will receive compensation and relocation assistance under the city’s Residential Tenant Displacement Policy. A relocation coordinator is already working with residents, and the owner cannot issue eviction notices until demolition permits are secured.
According to the report, the development would add 123 net new housing units toward the city’s provincial target of 3,320 units by June 2029. Staff will also ask council to secure $225,000 in public art as a condition of approval. Council will decide whether to give the application and its bylaws first reading at the July 13 meeting.
