A rezoning application from Concord Pacific for a multi-family highrise with a townhouse component at 6550 Nelson Ave. has expanded to include the property at 6350 Nelson Ave., as well.
The amended rezoning application came before Burnaby council for first reading at the Oct. 15 council meeting.
The amendment expands the size of the property up for development from 42,380 square feet to 55,909 square feet.
Concord Pacific is proposing a cluster of townhouses along Nelson Avenue and Lobley Park, with a 31-storey tower on the western part of the site. Both 6550 and 6350 Nelson Ave. currently have low-rise apartment buildings on the properties.
DOG LICENCE FEES INCREASE
Licensing fees for Fido are going up next year by $1 to $2.40, depending on time of year and whether or not the dog is fixed.
Burnaby council approved plans to increase the fees as of Jan. 1 at the Oct. 15 council meeting.
Dog owners who pay the fees before March 1 will be charged $26 for a spayed or neutered dog and $52 for an unaltered dog, according to a report from the city's director of finance Denise Jorgenson.
After March 1, fees for spayed or neutered dogs go up to $36.40, and up to $62.40 for unaltered dogs.
WASTE CONTRACT AWARDED
Enviro-Smart Organics Ltd. has been awarded the contract for processing and marketing the residential green waste collected by the City of Burnaby.
Burnaby council passed a motion approving the contract at the Oct. 15 council meeting.
The cost of the two-year contract is $2.24 million, according to a report from the city's director of finance, Denise Jorgenson.
BUILDING PERMITS
The City of Burnaby approved 116 building permits in September and 1,426 thus far for 2012, according to a building permit tabulation report prepared for the Oct. 15 council meeting.
In 2011, 1,376 permits were issued and 1,335 permits were issued the year before.
Permits for the year to date added $401.5 million to city coffers, according to the report.
That is down from last September's year-to-date total of $445 million.
