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permitted behind the front setback of the
main building.
3. Parking and Access
3.1 Parking, where feasible, should be positioned
in the rear or to one side of the proposed
development; a large parking area along the
street front should be avoided.
3.2 On-site parking and loading areas should
be designed to provide safe and efficient
vehicle entrances and exits and facilitate on-
site circulation.
4. Landscaping
4.1 Landscaping and screening shall be in
accordance with the requirements of the
Zoning Bylaw and Landscaping Guidelines
and the Subdivision and Development
Control Bylaw, in force from time to time. All
vegetation used for landscaping shall be of a
quality acceptable to the City.
4.2 Retention and integration of existing mature
plantings into the overall landscaping plan
is encouraged where possible. Sidewalk
areas, linking the public sidewalk with on-
site sidewalks, should be contained within a
landscaped area.
4.3 Parking areas visible from streets and
adjacent residential buildings should be
screened by substantial landscaping to
soften their visual impact; trees should be
used whenever possible.
5. Signage
5.1 All signs and signage should be architecturally
coordinated with the overall design of
buildings and landscaping; freestanding signs
shall be incorporated into the design of the
landscaped areas.
5.2 Freestanding signs shall conform in size and
number to the City of Chilliwack Sign Bylaw,
in force from time to time. Fascia signs and
signs attached or painted on buildings shall
be no larger in copy area than a ratio of 2m
2
per linear metre of building wall (2:1).
Other signs, including read-o-graph and other
changeable text signs are discouraged.
5.3 Windowdecals shall conformto the standards
outlined in the Official Community Plan,
Downtown Design Guidelines, subsection 4.8
Window Decals.
6. External Lighting
6.1 Site lighting shall be oriented so as to
illuminate the building form and provide
adequate lighting of parking areas. Low
height light globes are preferable to tall
floodlights.
Development Permit Area 6 - Commercial,
Intensive/Multi-Family Residential,
and Mixed Commercial - Residential
Development
Description and Exemptions
DPA 6 is designated under section 919.1 (1) (e) and
(f) of the
Local Government Act
, to address the form
and character of commercial, intensive residential
(single family attached and row homes), multi-family
residential, and mixed commercial - residential
development. As shown on DPA Map 6, this area
applies to the rest of the municipality outside of the
DPA 5, and Promontory.
Within the designated area, the following activities
shall require a Development Permit prior to
commencement:
1. Construction of new commercial, intensive
residential (rowhouses and single family attached
dwellings where developed in conjunction
with a rowhouse or townhouse development),
multi-family residential, and mixed commercial -
residential development, including free standing
signs;
2. Addition to, or exterior alteration of, a
commercial, intensive residential (rowhouses and
single family attached dwellings where developed
in conjunction with a rowhouse or townhouse
development), multi-family residential, and mixed
Implementation Guide