Aerial view of Bethel Netherlands Reformed Congregation at 8920 Broadway Street in Chilliwack. (Image Credit: City of Chilliwack.)

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Proposed rezoning amendment

Public hearing called to allow future expansion of care facility on church property in Chilliwack

Aug 11, 2026 | 6:50 AM

CHILLIWACK – Chilliwack councillors gave first and second reading to a proposal at their meeting last week that would allow a Chilliwack church to further expand a care facility on its Broadway property.

Chilliwack councillors gave first and second reading last Tuesday, Aug. 4 to a zoning bylaw amendment which proposes to rezone a portion of 1-8920 Broadway, Bethel Netherlands Reformed Congregation, from a low density multi-unit residential zone (R4) to a P2 (Special Institutional) zone.

According to a city staff report from municipal planner Navdeep Sidhu, an application to rezone a portion of 8920 Broadway Avenue from an R4 to the P2 zone was approved by Chilliwack City Council in 2013. Sidhu says the rezoning permitted the construction of an addition to the existing seniors housing complex in order to create a residential care facility on the property associated to Bethel Netherlands Church.

The current application proposes rezoning a large portion of the property to support further expansion of the care facility.

Conceptual site plan. (Image Credit: Luteyn Architecture Ltd., via City of Chilliwack.)

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As Sidhu notes, the proposed rezoning will accommodate a future addition within the courtyard area of the existing facility and support the conversion of some existing residential units from independent living into residential care units.

“Although no construction is proposed at this time, the applicant wishes to obtain the appropriate zoning for the planned future expansion,” the staff report stated.

By rezoning the property now, it provides the church with flexibility to adapt to existing and future needs of the facility and meet evolving community needs as they arise, the report indicated.

A public hearing on the matter will be held on Tuesday, August 18 at Chilliwack City Hall, 8550 Young Road.

by Mike Vanden Bosch

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