THE CORPORATION OF THE
CITY OF FORT COQUITLAM

MEMORANDUM

B.R. Kirk
City Administrator

W. Brown
Director of Community Planning

Mary Hill tndustrial Development Permit Area

RECOMMENDATION:

That the draft amendment to the Official Community Plan be
examined by Council for acceptability of its policy direction.

And That the Planning Deprtment be authorized to circulate the

draft amendment for comments by property owners and developers
active in the Mary Hill industrial market.

BACKGROUND:

Authorization for preparation of the mandatory development
permit scheme was extended by City Counci!] as part of prezoning
the Mary Hill industrial Estate. The reasons for instituting
mandatory development permits is to maintain the quality of
building in the area.

COMMENTS:

The Official Community Plan amendment is written to regulate
new building activity along Mary Hill Bypass and Kingsway
Road. Emphasis of the permits is to enforce a level of quality
of appearance of buildings and operations located along Mary
Hill Bypass and Kingsway. .

To achieve the objective of the development permit system a
series of regulations for signing, screening of yards, building
massing and location of parking and loading have been prepared.
The proposed regulations for each are presented individually

below;

Sign regulations proposed are oriented to increasing the
readability of identification signs from traffic travelling at
highway speeds and to direct advertising signs away from Mary

Hill Bypass and Kingsway. A second element of the sign
reguiations is to require that landscaping be placed around

outdoor sales displays.