Delta council this week gave final approval for a 35-unit townhouse development that had to be redesigned after initially being deemed too unattractive.
The site is bound by 83 Avenue on the south, 115 Street on the east and 83A Avenue on the north. It is surrounded by single-detached residential dwellings to the east, west and north and North Delta Secondary to the south across 83 Avenue.
The rezoning will see seven, single-family properties consolidated into one to accommodate eight, three-storey buildings with townhouse units ranging from 1,324-to-1,744-square-feet. The development will also have 70 residential parking spaces and seven visitor parking spaces.
Back in 2020, an application was submitted for townhouses at the site which drew the ire of city council, citing an unappealing design, which had to be revised.
A workshop was held later to provide feedback for a revised design. A report to council at the time noted the new look provides, among other things, a more "friendly" street presence.
During public consultations, a petition in opposition included 217 signatures from 142 households.
The proposal received preliminary approval following a public hearing in April 2022, but the applicant later asked that third reading be extended.
During council’s discussion this week, engineering director Steven Lan said traffic concerns would be monitored and addressed.
A petition was recently submitted by residents requesting speed humps on 116A Street, 83A Avenue, 83 Avenue, 82B Avenue and 82A Avenue. Vehicles had been detoured to the secondary roads due to works by Metro Vancouver and TransLink along Scott Road, but traffic should return to more normal levels with the completion of works, he said.
