Image: Mike Vanden Bosch / Pattison Media / Chilliwack City Council received an information report at its meeting last week that could see a proposed pub established within an existing restaurant that opened earlier this year on Luckakuck Way.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Liquor license application

Public information hearing set for proposed Chilliwack pub on Luckakuck Way

Dec 24, 2024 | 7:54 AM

CHILLIWACK — Without comment, Chilliwack City Council received an information report at its meeting last week that could see a proposed pub established within an existing restaurant that opened earlier this year on Luckakuck Way.

Item 7.8 on the December 17th council meeting agenda notified councillors that the City of Chilliwack had received a liquor primary license application for Carlos O’Bryan’s Neighbourhood Pub, which will be located within Kelly O’Bryan’s Neighbourhood Restaurant at 700-45610 Luckakuck Way. The restaurant opened in September 2024.

Patrons who wish to access the pub will walk through the primary food side of the restaurant. The application was submitted for the purpose of opening a bar that will serve a variety of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks as well as a variety of food items. The applicant is seeking to have an occupant load of 145 patrons with proposed hours of operation between 9 a.m. and 2 a.m., Sunday through Saturday.

The application was referred to the Chilliwack RCMP, Chilliwack Fire Department and the City’s development, engineering and planning departments.

Staffers consulted by city personnel did not voice any significant concerns about the proposed establishment.

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Chilliwack RCMP Sgt. Ron Elliot had no concerns, while Garrett Schipper, deputy director of development, said the community standards bylaw applies as it relates to noise. Fire inspector Heather Simpson with the Chilliwack Fire Department did not touch on any concerns in her email to city staff.

Kara Jeffords from the city’s engineering department said the site had plenty of parking within the associated lot.

Erin Leary, manager of development planning, said the impact of the proposed pub is expected to be minimal since only a portion of the existing restaurant will operate as a pub, while the remainder would function as a food primary restaurant. Since the liquor primary activities are contained within the interior of the commercial unit, and the surrounding properties contain commercial uses, impacts stemming from increased noise are not expected, Leary said.

As such, a public information hearing on the proposed pub will likely be held Tuesday, January 14 at City Hall, 8550 Young Road.