A temporary use permit is being considered to allow the storage of new and used automobiles and trucks at 502 20th St.
The city will consider a resolution to allow the site to be used for the storage of vehicles that are for sale by Westminster Toyota. The permit, which would end on Aug. 25, 2017, will be considered by city council at its Aug. 25 meeting.
Coun. Bill Harper questioned what impact the proposal would have on the neighbourhood.
Jim Hurst, a development planner with the city, said the business would be a “fairly light” use.
“There’s 135 parking spaces shown here,” he said of the plan. “That’s the extent of the storage.”
According to Hurst, the storage would mainly be fore new cars, which would either arrive on trucks or be individually driven to the site.
Panels unveiled
Former Woodlands resident Richard McDonald is grateful to the city for making interpretive panels at the Centre Block site a reality.
McDonald and other members of the Centre Block Task Force were in council chamber June 16, when the city unveiled four interpretive panels that document the architecture and history of the Centre Block and the decision-making process that led to the Centre Block’s demolition. Most of the Centre Block was destroyed by fire in 2008, but the tower that remained was later demolished.
Faith Bodnar, executive director of Inclusion B.C., said the panels would allow the site to be a place of reflection, learning and peace for former residents.
“Every word on those panels has been looked at and looked at and looked at by everyone,” said Bodnar, a member of the Woodlands Centre Block task force that reviewed the panels.
The panels will go up on the former Centre Block site at Victoria Hill once the new development is completed.
