Image: M. Vanden Bosch / PML / Chilliwack City Council will vote on a bylaw zoning amendment this Tuesday, Oct. 4 that calls for a liquor store to be built at the Cottonwood Centre mall; the proposal also calls for a portion of Dollarama to be removed and the food court to be renovated.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Cottonwood Centre liquor

City of Chilliwack to hold public hearing for proposed liquor store at Cottonwood Centre mall this Tuesday, Oct. 4

Oct 1, 2022 | 10:13 AM

CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack City Council will preside over a public hearing this coming Tuesday, October 4 for an application that would rezone a section of the Cottonwood Centre mall from a shopping centre to a liquor store and renovate the existing food court area and remove a section of Dollarama.

Under agenda item 11.3.1 of the evening council meeting, which begins at 6 p.m., Chilliwack councillors will vote on a bylaw zoning amendment to build a liquor store near the Dollarama retail store inside the mall, located at 45585 Luckakuck Way.

Large signs advising mall patrons of the proposed liquor store have been placed on the perimeter of mall property along Luckakuck Way.

The proposal calls for a new liquor store and three commercial retail units, removal of the existing food court area and a portion of Dollarama, future renovation of the food court, creation of a new mall entrance with a separate entry for the proposed liquor store, relocation of the exterior garbage areas and compactor, addition of a loading dock for the liquor store, and reconfiguration of parking areas along with renovation of parking islands with new line painting.

According to a City of Chilliwack staff report, it is recommended the application be held until a definite liquor store tenant is secured.

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The city staff report notes there is already an existing liquor store across the street, Sardis Liquor Store, and liquor is sold within Real Canadian Superstore on Luckakuck. The provincial Liquor and Cannabis Branch stipulates that an existing licensee retail store, or B.C. Liquor store, cannot be located within one kilometer of an existing licensee retail store, unless certain exemption criteria are met.