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1 City f Surrey PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT REPORT File: Planning Reprt Date: May 26, 2014 PROPOSAL: Develpment Variance Permit in rder t vary the minimum 400-metre separatin requirement between a small-scale drug stre and an existing drug stre. LOCATION: Street OWNER: B.C. Ltd. ZONING: C-8 OCP DESIGNATION: LAP DESIGNATION: Cmmercial Urban Residential

2 Staff Reprt t Cuncil File: Planning & Develpment Reprt Page 2 RECOMMENDATION SUMMARY Apprval fr Develpment Variance Permit t prceed t Public Ntificatin. DEVIATION FROM PLANS, POLICIES OR REGULATIONS The applicant is prpsing t pen a pharmacy within a larger cmmercial cmplex which ffers a brad range f medical services including dctrs, a medical clinic, a psychiatrist, a urlgist, and a chirpractr. T accmmdate the pharmacy, the applicant is prpsing t vary the minimum separatin requirement under Part 4, General Prvisins, Sectin 28 f Surrey Zning By-law N which requires a 400 metre separatin between the prpsed pharmacy and the existing drug stre at Street. RATIONALE OF RECOMMENDATION The prpsed variance wuld expand the range f medical-related services prvided n-site by permitting a pharmacy within the larger cmmercial cmplex. The additin f a pharmacy wuld allw a registered pharmacist t dispense prescribed medicatin n-site which is mre cnvenient fr clientele and allws medical staff t better mnitr verall patient health. The prpsed pharmacy is an apprpriate cmplementary use t the surrunding medical-related uses.

3 Staff Reprt t Cuncil File: Planning & Develpment Reprt Page 3 RECOMMENDATION The Planning & Develpment Department recmmends that Cuncil apprve Develpment Variance Permit N (Appendix II) varying the fllwing, t prceed t Public Ntificatin: (a) t reduce the minimum separatin requirement between a prpsed small-scale drug stre and an existing drug stre in Sectin E.28 f Part 4, General Prvisins f the Zning By-law, frm 400 metres (1,300 ft.) t 169 metres (551 ft.). REFERRALS Engineering: The Engineering Department has n bjectin t the prject. SITE CHARACTERISTICS Existing Land Use: Multi-tenant cmmercial building. Adjacent Area: Directin Existing Use OCP/LAP Designatin Existing Zne Nrth: East (Acrss 152 Street): Autmtive Repair Shp. Vlkswagen Dealership and Assisted Living Retirement hme. Cmmercial/Urban Residential Urban/ Urban Residential and Multiple Residential/ Urban Residential CHI CHI and CD (By-law N ) Suth: West: Dairy Queen Fast Fd Restaurant. Twnhuse and Apartment Cmplexes. Cmmercial/ Urban Residential Multiple Residential/ Urban Residential and Urban/ Urban Residential C-8 RM-45 and RM-30 DEVELOPMENT CONSIDERATIONS Backgrund The subject site is an existing multi-tenant cmmercial building, lcated at Street. Existing tenants include dctrs, a medical clinic, a psychiatrist, a urlgist, a chirpractr, lawyer s ffices and a wealth management firm.

4 Staff Reprt t Cuncil File: Planning & Develpment Reprt Page 4 Prpsal The applicant prpses t establish a new pharmacy fr ne f the existing retail cmmercial units (CRU) (vitamin stre) within this cmmercial develpment. The prpsed pharmacy wuld expand the range f medical-related services prvided within the cmmercial cmplex. The applicant advises that the prpsed pharmacy wuld prvide the fllwing services and prducts: Dispense a brad range f pharmaceuticals; Hme health care, including mbility aids such as canes, walkers, wheelchairs, and aids fr daily living; Ostmy and diabetic supplies; Cmpunding; Vaccinatin clinic; Hearing aid clinic; Dispensary fr Blister Pack medicatins; and Outreach and cmmunity seminars and clinics. The prpsed pharmacy will have a flr area f apprximately 111 square metres (1,200 sq. ft.). As a result, the prpsed pharmacy is cnsidered a "small-scale drug stre" which is defined under the Zning By-law as "a cmmercial establishment with a grss flr area f less than 600 square metres [6,450 sq.ft.] which fills a brad range f pharmaceutical prescriptins and excludes methadne dispensary". Hwever, Sectin E.28 f Part 4 General Prvisins f the Zning By-law stipulates that a small-scale drug stre shall nt be lcated within 400 metres (1/4 mile) f an existing drug stre r methadne clinic. One drug-stre (The Medicine Shppe, lcated at Street) already exists within 400 metres (1/4 mile) f the prpsed pharmacy lcatin (Appendix III). As a result, the applicant has submitted a Develpment Variance Permit (DVP) applicatin t reduce the minimum 400-metre separatin requirement in rder t permit the prpsed pharmacy t lcate n the subject site (see By-law Variance sectin). BY-LAW VARIANCE AND JUSTIFICATION (a) Requested Variance: T vary Sectin E.28 f Part 4 General Prvisins f Surrey Zning By-law N , by reducing the minimum separatin requirement between a small-scale drug stre and an existing drug stre frm 400 metres (1,300 ft.) t 169 metres (551 ft.), t permit ne small-scale drug stre.

5 Staff Reprt t Cuncil File: Planning & Develpment Reprt Page 5 Applicant's Ratinale: The prpsed small-scale drug stre will be lcated in a cmmercial cmplex that has a number f businesses relating t healthcare and which ffer a wide variety f medical-related services. Patients attending the existing health-care related businesses lcated within the same cmmercial cmplex will be able t cnveniently take advantage f the prpsed pharmacy. The applicant advises that the prpsed pharmacy will nt dispense methadne. The prpsed pharmacy will cater t the needs f geriatric patients. These services will cmplement the services and prducts ffered by the ther medical establishments within the same cmmercial cmplex. Staff Cmments: The prpsed pharmacy will ccupy a relatively small flr area (apprximately 111 square metres / 1,200 sq. ft.) within a larger multi-tenant building and will dispense a brad range f pharmaceuticals and geriatric prducts. One existing drug stre (the Medicine Shppe) is lcated within 400 metres (1/4 mile) f the prpsed pharmacy. The existing cmmercial cmplex cntains a variety f healthcare-related businesses. As a result, it is reasnable fr a small scale drug stre prviding specialized prducts t lcate within vicinity f these ther medical service prviders. Staff supprt the prpsed variance. INFORMATION ATTACHED TO THIS REPORT The fllwing infrmatin is attached t this Reprt: Appendix I. Lt Owners, Actin Summary and Prject Data Sheets Appendix II. Develpment Variance Permit N Appendix III. Map shwing lcatin f drug stres within 400 metre (1/4 mile) radius riginal signed by Nichlas Lai Jean Lamntagne General Manager Planning and Develpment TH/da \\file-server1\net-data\csdc\generate\areaprd\save\ dc DRV 5/22/14 1:07 PM

6 APPENDIX I Infrmatin fr City Clerk Legal Descriptin and Owners f all lts that frm part f the applicatin: 1. (a) Agent: Name: Werner Umali Remedy Drug Stre C. Inc. / BC Ltd Address: Street, Unit 54 Langley, BC V1M 0B9 Tel: Wrk Hme 2. Prperties invlved in the Applicatin (a) Civic Address: Street (b) Civic Address: Street Owner: BC Ltd Directr Infrmatin: J. Dale Bradfrd Carmen Bradfrd Angus McDnald Grace H. Park Evelyn K. Shukin Peteris Skepasts Officer Infrmatin as at July 27, 2013: J. Dale Bradfrd (President) Angus McDnald (Vice President) Grace H. Park (Treasurer) Evelyn K. Shukin (Secretary) PID: Lt 10 Except: Parcel HH (Bylaw Plan 62659), Sectin 15 Twnship 1 New Westminster District Plan Summary f Actins fr City Clerk's Office (a) Prceed with Public Ntificatin fr Develpment Variance Permit N and bring the Develpment Variance Permit frward fr issuance and executin by the Mayr and City Clerk. \\file-server1\net-data\csdc\generate\areaprd\save\ dc DRV 5/22/14 1:07 PM

7 CITY OF SURREY (the "City") DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE PERMIT NO.: Issued T: B.C. LTD. ("the Owner") Address f Owner: Attn: J Dale Bradfrd 200, Street Surrey, BC V4A 4N7 1. This develpment variance permit is issued subject t cmpliance by the Owner with all statutes, by laws, rders, regulatins r agreements, except as specifically varied by this develpment variance permit. 2. This develpment variance permit applies t that real prperty including land with r withut imprvements lcated within the City f Surrey, with the legal descriptin and civic address as fllws: Parcel Identifier: Lt 10 Except: Parcel HH (Bylaw Plan 62659), Sectin 15 Twnship 1 New Westminster District Plan Street (the "Land") 3. Surrey Zning By law, 1993, N , as amended is varied as fllws: (a) In Sectin E.28 f Part 4, General Prvisins, the minimum separatin distance f between a small scale drug stre and a drug stre r methadne dispensary is reduced frm 400 metres (1,300 ft.) t 169 metres (551 ft.). 4. This develpment variance permit applies t nly that prtin f the buildings and structures n the Land shwn n Schedule A which is attached heret and frms part f this develpment variance permit. 5. The Land shall be develped strictly in accrdance with the terms and cnditins and prvisins f this develpment variance permit.

8 This develpment variance permit shall lapse if the Owner des nt substantially start any cnstructin with respect t which this develpment variance permit is issued, within tw (2) years after the date this develpment variance permit is issued. 7. The terms f this develpment variance permit r any amendment t it, are binding n all persns wh acquire an interest in the Land. 8. This develpment variance permit is nt a building permit. AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION PASSED BY THE COUNCIL, THE DAY OF, 20. ISSUED THIS DAY OF, 20. Mayr Dianne L. Watts City Clerk Jane Sullivan \\file server1\net data\csdc\generate\areaprd\save\ dc. 5/20/14 10:11 AM

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