Update: Rezoning application to build up to 20 housing units near Sardis Park referred back to city staff
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UPDATE, 6:40 p.m. Tuesday: Chilliwack Councillor Chris Kloot told Fraser Valley Today Tuesday evening that the rezoning application toward building up to 20 units at 45925 Collins Drive has been referred back to city staff.
Councillor Jeff Shields said during today’s meeting that neighbours opposed the development “vigorously” through emails to city officials.
“I understand that with our new rules, with the provincial government, we don’t have a public hearing,” Councillor Shields said. “This is a perfect example of when we would need one. The neighbours have spoken very vigorously through emails, I think they’ve got a very good point. They weren’t opposed to infill and some densification, but I think this is far too extreme, the fact of 10 townhouses along with suites in each of them, will create too much for that neighbourhood. I think infill has to blend in, I don’t see this blending in that well.”
Councillor Shields said two issues concerned him about the development, including the proposed height and the amount of parking space. He said parking would inevitably become an issue since there isn’t great street parking on Collins Drive, a stone’s throw from nearby Sardis Park.
