Delta council has given preliminary approval for another new townhouse complex in Ladner.
The application by Maple Leaf Homes Ladner would see a 40-unit development constructed at 4876, 4888, 4896, 4906, 4918, 4928 and 4938 57 St. The almost 70,000-square-foot site is located one block to the north of Ladner Trunk Road.
The existing single-family houses would be torn down.
The plan will see the three-and four-bedroom townhouses on one lot consolidated from the seven, single-family lots.
The current zoning of the site is Duplex/Single Detached Residential 3 (RD3), which is intended for single detached or duplex housing.
The proposed development is consistent with the sites land use designation in the updated Official Community Plan, which means a public hearing is no longer required.
However, the applicant must satisfy a number of requirements as a condition of final consideration and adoption, including, among other things, providing final building designs and a landscape plan, including adequate driveway clearances and waste storage and staging facilities, as well as sanitary sewer infrastructure upgrades or a cash-in-lieu contribution to adequately service the proposed development, including downstream sanitary sewer upgrades .
The planning department notes that there are 47 trees on the property, 41 of which are proposed to be removed.
Twenty-one of these are black cottonwood trees that are in poor health and considered to have a high risk of failure. There are also two city trees to be removed.
The owners are proposing to plant 51 on-site replacement trees and to provide cash-in-lieu in the amount of $37,500 for the remainder.
A previous application for a 40-unit, three-storey townhouse development for the site was defeated following a public hearing in February 2020.
