Trilogy at Cumberland

DEVELOPMENTS SECTION

Lot 5 Location

Original Zoning: RU-3

Amended Zoning: CDMU-5

Bylaw 905

Maximum Density

Total - 112,500 sq.ft.
Residential - 55,650 sq.ft.

Principle Uses

Retail businesses
Commercial businesses
Restaurants/ Snack Bars
Personal Service businesses
Offices
Tourist Accommodation
Automobile Service Stations
Automotive sales, rental, & repair centres
Multi-family Residential
Public Assembly uses

Accessory Uses

On any lot:

Accessory buildings & structures

On any residential lot:

Home occupation use
Flex units

Lot 5 - Complemetary Commercial

Located to the south of Lot 4 across the Comox Valley Parkway, Lot 5 is intended to complement and extend the "Lifestyle Village" mix of businesses and residences planned for Trilogy's central commercial neighbourhood.

Here, the zoning amendment is intended to attract more prominent regional, national and Comox Valley businesses to Lot 5 and to provide additional residential and tourist facilities to help support the entire Cumberland business community. To ensure that the views from the Parkway are not obstructed, all commercial development on Lot 5 will be restricted to approximately 2 storeys.

Lot 5 - Illustrative Concept Plan, May 2008

A place for discovery

On the northern tip of the lot, a proposed new Comox Valley Discovery Centre will benefit from the excellent visibility provided along the Comox Valley Parkway, as well as from traffic crossing the Parkway from Lot 4. Unlike many visitor centres that are isolated from surrounding local businesses because of their need for highway adjacency, the new Comox Valley Discovery Centre will provide immediate pedestrian access to surrounding restaurants, coffee shops, etc.

As the Concept Plan shows, the southern portion of Lot 5 has the capacity to take one medium-format retail, restaurant or other commercial establishment, supplemented with two or three complementary smaller businesses. These would share access and parking, encouraging visitors and local residents alike to walk from one business to another.

Flexible and supportive residential

As on Lot 4, the residential mix may occur in various forms, including apartments or flats above storefronts, live-work premises, or in separate multi-family residential units. Multi-family flex units are also permitted to provide an opportunity for longer-term visitors such as students, consultants, and government employees to make their home in Cumberland without having to live in a motel. On Lot 5, these units will most likely be rented to management who is in the process of relocating to Cumberland, and to new employees who are seeking a more permanent base.

The Creek as an amenity for all

As the Concept Plan illustrates, only about half the land on Lot 5 is intended to be developed, with the land and green space around the Roy Creek headwaters being preserved as a central focus for businesses, residents and, of course, visitors to the Discovery Centre.