Port Moody residents will get a chance to weigh in on the future of the public works yard and former fire hall properties next Tuesday.
A public hearing into the city’s proposal to amend the zoning and official community plan designation for the property will be held at 7 p.m. at the Inlet Theatre, prior to the regular city council meeting. If approved, the amendment could pave the way for the property to be subdivided and sold off to a developer for redevelopment into a high-density neighbourhood of condo towers and commercial space as well as possible seniors housing or a new library.
The hearing was originally scheduled for March 27 but was postponed because of the protracted hearing March 14 over Onni Group’s pitch to build an additional tower in its Suter Brook development. That hearing lasted more than four hours and caused council to push all other items on the agenda for its subsequent council meeting to the March 27. One of those items was consideration of the proposal’s implications on the city’s financial and waste management plans, which must be completed before a public hearing, according to section 477 of the Local Government Act.
