[Richmond] ONNI Steveston Towers l 10 & 12 stories l Proposed

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I can see this one touching off a huge NIMBY battle:

The developers of Imperial Landing in Steveston are trying once again to get a rezoning to fill in the last bit of undeveloped land it owns on the waterfront.

Onni has applied to rezone 3.5 acres of undeveloped waterfront property it owns in front of Imperial Landing condominiums.

The property currently has a unique zoning: Steveston Maritime Mixed Use. The original intent was to have the strip of land in front of the condos at Imperial Landing reserved for marine-related businesses, like chandlers, bait and tackles shops, seafood stores, etc.

For more than a decade the land has sat untouched, and the city rejected previous attempts at rezoning, including one a few years ago that would have permitted a grocery store.

Onni's new proposal would see the Maritime Mixed Use zoning scrapped altogether and replaced with a residential zoning to permit two mid-rise towers to be built -- one 10 and one 12-storeys. The two buildings would have 180 to 200 units...

..The proposal will be the subject of an open house on Sept. 9 at the Steveston Community Centre.

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