Whistler council approved the issuance of a Development Permit that will subdivide the lands in Cheakamus Crossing’s Phase 2 to allow for the construction of more employee housing on June 15.
The subdivision is required under the Local Government Act, said planner John Chapman in a presentation to council, adding that the parcels in question, previously known as Parcels A through E, will now be labelled lots one through six in the subdivision plan.
One hundred units of employee housing in two buildings are currently under construction on Lot 1 (previously Parcel A), while Lot 4 (previously Parcel D3) will be further subdivided into individual parcels to build 18 market lots next to the Cheakamus River.
“This second subdivision process will not require an additional development permit, and the staff is working with the applicant to ready the lot for subdivision after this subdivision of the Phase 2 lands is finalized,” Chapman said, adding that as future developments come forward, they will be subject to their own development permit application processes.
“So [this development permit] authorizes just the subdivision of the Phase 2 lands. It’s not granting development rights,” he said.
“The form and character of individual buildings will still be reviewed through the development permit process.”
Once fully developed, Phase 2 will add about 295 units of employee housing and 18 market for-sale lots.
