A proposed five-acre mixed-use development called "the MAV," featuring 152 multifamily units, live-work spaces, office space, and various amenities, is undergoing site and master plan review. Due to an existing development agreement, the project is being evaluated under the 1997 Vancouver zoning ordinance instead of the current municipal code. The applicant utilized a streamlined review process by submitting civil engineering plans alongside the land-use application, addressing specific site requirements such as parking minimums, EV charging stations, and ADA-accessible routes.
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Vancouver Land Use Hearings · Mar 17, 2026 · 8:39–10:58 · Watch on CVTV ↗
Keywords: building permits zoning comprehensive plan density
What was said
7:37 unit on the ground floor, one four-story 32-unit building, a 3,700-square-foot one-story community building with 1,590 square feet of office space. Site amenities include a swimming pool, a topwater playground, a plaza area, dog run, and multiple plaza areas throughout the development. The surface parking, landscaping, and other infrastructural improvements. And it should be noted that the four existing lots will be combined into one lot prior to any building permit issuance. I should also note that, as you mentioned previously, that the site is subject to a development agreement that was first enacted in 1997, so that this project is being reviewed under the 1997 Vancouver zoning ordinance, rather than the Vancouver municipal code,
8:35 except for a couple of code sections which were not included within the Vancouver zoning ordinance. And I believe that that mainly is solid waste and recycling, as well as all of the engineering's requirements as well.
8:57 The vicinity map shows the site here outlined. And the aerial photo is showing that the site is-- the majority of the site is vacant with no significant vegetation, except for the southern approximately 70 feet, which is an existing parking lot. The existing parking lot was created or developed after the development of Stonehill development to the south. It was designed to be shared parking with Stonehill development to the south, as well as future development on these particular parcels as well. The, I believe, as part of the purchase sale agreement, the shared parking agreement was to be extinguished, so that the existing parking along there would be developed as part of this development.
9:56 And as indicated in the staff report, it should be noted that an analysis was taken of the Stonehill development to the south, that there is sufficient existing parking for the two existing office buildings down there over and above what the minimum requirement is for office parking, according to the current Vancouver Municipal Code. As mentioned in the staff report, the comprehensive plan is industrial, and the current zoning is OCI. However, the zoning under which this is being reviewed is--
10:42 you see-- I believe it was industrial. MC, correct? MC. That's correct. All right. And this is being reviewed under the mixed use ordinance provisions of that Vancouver zoning ordinance. Now for a few photographs-- I'm sorry, quite a few photographs of the existing site, should you not have visited the site previously. And I will try to go through these as expeditiously as possible. But as you can see here, I've numbered these for where the pictures were taken. This would be as part of the in the southwest corner of the existing parking lot. Looking to the west-- or sorry, to the east. Looking northeast from the southwest corner of the existing parking lot.
11:39 Looking north, and you can see the existing trees there. And those trees surround an existing stormwater facility that was built as part of the parking lot addition that will be removed as part of this development. And I will pause here. I'm just getting over one of the longest colds I've ever had.
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direct keyword 8:39–8:52 building permits, zoning, comprehensive plan, density
t agreement that was first enacted in 1997, so that this project is being reviewed under the 1997 Vancouver zoning ordinance, rather than the Vancouver municipal code, except for a couple of code sections which were not included within the Vancouver zoning ordinance. And I believe that that mainly is solid waste and recycling, as well as all of the engineering's requirements as well. The vicinity map shows the site here outlined. And the aerial photo is showing that the site is-- the majority of
direct keyword 10:34–10:58 building permits, zoning, comprehensive plan, density
ings down there over and above what the minimum requirement is for office parking, according to the current Vancouver Municipal Code. As mentioned in the staff report, the comprehensive plan is industrial, and the current zoning is OCI. However, the zoning under which this is being reviewed is-- you see-- I believe it was industrial. MC, correct? MC. That's correct. All right. And this is being reviewed under the mixed use ordinance provisions of that Vancouver zoning ordinance. Now for a few ph