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May Days brings weekend of fun to Ladner
PHOTOS BY GORD GOBLE
Midway games and Sunday’s parade were part of the festivities during Ladner Pioneer May Days last weekend. See more photos from the fair on Page 13 and on our website at www.delta-optimist.com.
Ladner Tim’s proposal is back Delta council waives usual six-month waiting period for defeated development applications SANDOR GYARMATI
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The Tim Horton’s proposal is back. Council on Monday voted in favour of waiving the usual six-month waiting period for defeated development applications in order to consider a new application to build a drive-thru Tim Hortons on a vacant lot adjacent to the Otter Co-Op gas station on Ladner Trunk Road at 64th Street. In a 4-3 vote this February, the
first application, originally submitted in 2014, was rejected. The defeated application wanted to rezone the East Ladner site to allow construction of “a modest commercial building” with a 24-hour drive-thru, but indoor seating for just eight customers. An original proposal did not even include any seating. Southborough Investments Ltd. provided a traffic impact assessment that concluded vehicle queuing can be adequately accommodated.
The applicant, Ladner resident David Longpre, said at a public hearing the proposal was for a very small restaurant and that the design would have also reduced the time a vehicle spends in a drive-thru lane. A raised median would have been added to prevent drivers on Ladner Trunk Road from making a left turn into the drivethru. However, idling cars in close proximity to a neighbouring home was the biggest factor for those on council who voted
against the application. Those who voted against it, Jeannie Kanakos, Heather King, Sylvia Bishop and Mayor Lois Jackson, said the application would be more favourable without the drive-thru component. Bruce McDonald, Ian Paton and Robert Campbell were in favour of the first application, noting there are other drivethrus in Delta that aren’t problems. This time around, the new proposal will see a higher sound attenuation fence between the
site and residential properties. In a letter to council Longpre described other changes, including increasing on-site parking and design alterations to the building. He noted they believe council “will be impressed” and will find the new submission “worthy of the ability to make a reapplication.” The other big change would see the proposed hours of operation change from 24 hours to 5:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. NEW: see Page 3
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