A new application for a mixed-used development on a Tsawwassen corner has been revised to be even taller.
The City of Delta earlier this year received an application, and then held a public information meeting, for a five-storey mixed-use building at 5360 12 Ave. and 1146, 1156 and 1170 53A St.
The proposed project included 65 residential apartment units, including 13 lock-off units that could be divided into separate living units.
Called The Park, the rezoning application also included 8,858-square-feet of commercial floor area at-grade, along with 143 vehicle parking spaces.
According to the planning department, the proposal adhered to the proposed new Official Community Plan (OCP), which was subsequently approved.
An application to build a new 3.5 storey office/retail building at the Tsawwassen site was previously considered, but following a public hearing last year, council unanimously voted to reject that proposal, preferring the site focus more on residential uses.
That earlier proposal was a controversial one for neighbours who argued the building didn’t fit with the residential area.
The city will now consider a revision to the new application, which is seeking a rezoning, subdivision and development permit to allow a six-storey mixed commercial and residential building.
The new proposal will still have ground-level commercial space, as well as 67 larger apartment units and no lock-off units.
The proposal is consistent with the Neighbourhood Centres and Corridors designation in the new OCP, according to the planning department.
It’s one of several development applications throughout the city that had been revised this year with the arrival of the new OCP.
