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\"moodyville\"<\/a>

Seacliff\u2019s proposal is for a family-oriented community of two- and four-storey townhouses and three-storey row houses east of St. Davids between Second Street and the Spirit Trail.<\/p><\/div>\n

Imagine a walkable, rideable European-inspired neighbourhood, replete with built-in amenities, greenways and trail access, car-sharing and unique sustainable housing types geared towards families. Welcome to Moodyville East.<\/p>\n

Brent Toderian, speaking on behalf of developer Seacliff Properties, made a presentation to council Monday updating plans for the swath of land located east of St. Davids Avenue and south of East Second Street that\u2019s a sub-area of the larger Moodyville planning area.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe describe it as perhaps a once-in-a-generation opportunity and maybe these kinds of conditions don\u2019t even come along that often,\u201d he said. \u201cWe start off with this unprecedented land assembly\u2026 as a city planner I\u2019ve referred to this kind of opportunity as a unicorn in the past because it almost doesn\u2019t exist.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seacliff has assembled 52 of the 60 lots in the 8.5-acre area and preliminary plans call for the creation of 340 new units.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s going to be a very interesting opportunity that other jurisdictions will look to because the common narrative is that you can\u2019t assemble single detached lots and do this type of thing and the City of North Vancouver may be the first municipality to prove that suggestion wrong,\u201d said Toderian, of Toderian Urbanworks.<\/p>\n

According to the city\u2019s community development department, the assembly of lands in the area represents the largest assembly in the city since the early 1980s and creates special opportunities for the city and the applicant.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201c…there\u2019s an opportunity on the City\u2019s side to increase neighbourhood walkability and to provide enhanced universal access on the Spirit Trail between Lower Lonsdale and Moodyville Park.\u201d<\/p>\n

During his presentation, Toderian discussed the idea of \u201camenities built in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Along with working with city staff on a realigned and improved Spirit Trail in the area he discussed incorporating the Dutch \u201cwoonerf model\u201d in the development \u2014 which creates living streets as shared social spaces that are used by pedestrians, cyclists and cars.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea of treating lanes as not just places to move and park cars but an actual amenity area particularly for families \u2014 we are very excited about piloting this maybe for the first time a Canadian city to do a true woonerf,\u201d Toderian said.<\/p>\n

Plans also call for creating community green spaces, such as gardens, and breaking up larger blocks through pedestrian pathways and connections and greater greenway passages linking to the Spirit Trail.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo the point is we are trying to build amenity into the neighbourhood. As we densify we make this that density is livable through these kinds of amenities.\u201d<\/p>\n

The project is also focused on being a model green community and is exploring the possibility of incorporating \u201cpassive housing,\u201d which are ultra low-energy units.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to take an approach that looks at the best ideas for a made-in-North Vancouver solution to something that could be a model not only for the city but beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also important, said Toderian, is offering a rich variety of housing types, including stacked townhouses, row houses and townhouses, affordable options lock-off suites<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re emphasizing families in particular but also methods of affordability.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coun. Rod Clark worried about the loss of affordable housing in the Moodyville area with new development.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing forward I would like to know what you will have in the way of rental units and how affordable they are going to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coun. Pam Bookham asked about the plan to address the issue between the residential interface and the waterfront industrial areas \u201cwhich basally gave rise to this whole change.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re trying to do a design that recognizes that the neighbourhood used to look in that direction, the view has now been affected, the intensity of the industrial uses has been increased and so we\u2019d be looking for creative ways to not only soften that impact, address issues through the design of the units\u2026\u00a0 and essentially reorient the relationship inward towards the neighbourhood because it used to be views outward and now we are looking for a design that\u2019s about amenities internal to the neighbourhood. So it\u2019s a bit of rethink,\u201d said Toderian.<\/p>\n

Moodyville pre-zoning will be brought to a public hearing in early 2016. Specific details on the southeast Moodyville sub-area development and design controls will be available when bylaws are brought to council for first reading.<\/p>\n

– See more at: http:\/\/www.nsnews.com\/news\/neighbourhood-plan-for-moodyville-east-1.2157601#sthash.Yc4Pfw6G.dpuf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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