The City of Delta is considering an application to build light industrial buildings at an East Ladner site that was previously proposed to be a new drive-thru restaurant.
The current rezoning proposal for the property at 9568 Burns Dr. would see two buildings constructed, an application the city notes is consistent with the Official Community Plan.
A report is to come to council.
In December 2021, council approved a proposed new drive-thru eatery at the site, but that plan never proceeded.
First submitted three years earlier, that development application at the southwest corner of Burns Drive and 96th Street included a new A&W drive-thru and a three-storey self-storage facility with office use.
Located next to the Esso gas station and Tim Horton’s restaurant at the junction of Highway 99 and Ladner Trunk Road, the site had previously been used as nursery but is now vacant.
The drive-thru application was put on hold following a public hearing in December 2019 after council requested further clarification on traffic impacts and current enforcement of on-street parking.
A report to council noted the engineering department confirmed that illegally parked cars along Burns Drive posed a challenge in the area for the farming community.
As a result, signs changed from “no parking” to “no stopping.”
The owner was also required to provide a traffic management plan to the satisfaction of the planning department prior to any preloading or building permit.
The Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) confirmed that the property, located within the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR), was not subject to the regulations of the Agricultural Land Commission Act due to its size and tenure.
