An apartment complex planned for Rutland has several city councillors asking about amenity trade-offs for developers.
At its regular meeting on Monday (Dec. 4) council heard that a developer wants to put up a six-storey building on Dougall Rd. North near Leathead Rd.
The developer would pay more than $63,000 to a capital reserve in exchange for additional density and height.
The base height of the building is four storeys, but the payment allows for a bonus of two storeys.
鈥淚鈥檓 fully supportive of it,鈥� said Coun. Luke Stack. 鈥淏ut I think the $63,000, considering they鈥檙e getting two extra storeys is a very modest contribution to the amenity.鈥�
The building is stepped down to five storeys on the west and south sides to provide a more sensitive transition to the adjacent residential lots.
The applicant is proposing a 105-unit apartment building with units varying from one-bedrooms to three-bedrooms. The developer will also contribute $32,292 cash-in-lieu payment for three parking stalls.
Amenity spaces include an indoor fitness room, a lounge area, a games area, a kitchen and rooftop space.
Coun. Charlie Hodge said he didn鈥檛 think the development fit with the neighbourhood and was not impressed with the look of the building.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 feel the effort was made to make this building as attractive as it should.鈥�
Ryan Smith, divisional director of planning and development, noted there is room for a 鈥榬ange of building types鈥� in the city.
鈥淚 think if we said every building in this community is going to be a 10 out of 10 we鈥檇 probably see a third of the construction, or 10 per cent of the construction, that we do today.鈥�
Staff will be reviewing density bonusing bylaws.
Council voted to issue a development permit for the project with Hodge voting against.
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