SCHEDULE 1 - DEVELOPMENT PERMIT AREAS - City of Kamloops

Schedule 1 - Development Permit AreasSahali Commercial Area1.11 SAHALI COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT AREAApplication: Category (b) Protection of development from hazardous conditions.(e) Form and character of intensive residential development.Area:A Development Permit shall be required for any improvements to a property,including alterations, additions, site design, landscaping, new construction,building permit or subdivision, for all commercial industrial, institutional ormultiple family residential development. Development Permits shall detail:parking, access and vehicular circulation, pedestrian circulation and access,landscaping, building elevations, site layout, and street enhancements.Sahali Commercial Development Permit Area are applicable to all propertieswithin the designated Development Permit Area as shown on the followingmap.Exemptions: Applications for the following shall not be required to apply for DevelopmentPermits:Implementation:• internal renovations, and• external renovations that do not change the form and character of thebuilding, or• external renovations which do not extend into hazardous areas.In accordance with By-law No. 5-1-2277, delegated authority to issue a Development Permitcan fall to the Development and Engineering Services Department for applications of aconstruction value of $250,000 or less, multiple family development of eight or fewer units,where variances to zoning regulations are not requested; where Development Permits onlypertain to site planning or landscaping; and/or where existing Development Permits are beingamended. Any other Development Permit applications that fall outside of these parameterswill require the approval of City Council.Justification:The Development Permit Area is located on Columbia Street in the lower Sahalineighbourhood. The Sahali Commercial Area has developed as one of the City's majorcommercial districts. As well, some of the City's major transportation corridors converge uponthis area. The City's long-term plan is to ensure the viability of the commercial district whileprotecting the efficiency of the transportation system.New developments must provide careful site planning to ensure that the transportationnetwork functions at a high standard. New development is also to be of a high developmentstandard to provide a positive impression of this gateway to the City centre and ThompsonRivers University and to reflect the existing development standard of the Sahali CommercialDistrict. The subject properties also link major development cells such as the ThompsonRivers University, Columbia Place, and the Sahali Centre Mall. Development of the subjectproperties should recognize pedestrian links between existing development cells by providingpedestrian corridors, particularly along McGill Road.186T:\DES\PLAN & DEV\KAMPLAN\KAMPLAN Combined Dec 2013.docx December 19, 2013