Agenda Package - City of Vernon

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B. Rationale:
1. ln June 2007, officials from Site 360 Consulting lnc. applied to rezone the subject
property from A3 - Rural Small Holdings to R1 - Estate Residential, R4 - Small
Lot Residential and C1 - Neighbourhood Commercial as shown on Figure 6. The
application was supported by Council and the rezoning bylaw proceeded to the
point that Third Reading was granted on January 28, 2008 and Fourth Reading
would not be considered until the following conditions were satisfied:
a) The owner is to register road right-of-way to widen Okanagan
Landing, realign and widen the Okanagan Avenue intersection, and
extend Snowberry Road in accordance with the requirements of the
Municipal Engineer;
b) The owner is to enter into a Development Agreement that governs
and secures the off-site works related to roads, sidewalks, curb,
gutter, street lighting, traffic lighting, all services and utilities and
boulevard works; and
c) The owner is to register a covenant on the title of the property
restricting access to the properly and egress from the property in
accordance with a plan approved by the Municipal Engineer.
Accesses are to conform to the off-site works to be constructed by
the owner.
2. The applicant has indicated they are near completion of the engineering design
plans, the environmental assessment reporl concerning new drainage conditions,
the second road dedication plan, the initial subdivision plan (see Figure 9) and the
Development Agreement for off-site works. As noted in the applicant's letter of
February 1,2010 (see Figure 1), the value of the off-site works is approximately
$1.7 million. The covenant and rights-of-way will form part of the three lot
subdivision plan that will create the parent parcel for the bareland strata
subdivision, the separate single family dwelling lot and the neighbourhood
commercial lot.
3. The proposed project involves 76 single family bareland strata lots, a fee simple lot
for the existing single family dwelling on the property and a neighbourhood
commercial lot at the realigned intersection. Figure 8 illustrates the layout of the
small neighbourhood commercial complex.
4. Access to the commercial complex is via Okanagan Avenue in order to retain the
effectiveness of Okanagan Landing Road as a traffic corridor. Primary access to
the residential portion of the project is from Okanagan Avenue with secondary
accesses from Snowberry Road and Okanagan Landing Road. Only a portion of
Snowberry Road will be constructed with this development. The remainder will be
constructed when the neighbouring lands are approved for redevelopment. All of
the Snowberry Road right-of-way will be dedicated with this development.
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