Remember the Penny Farthing Pub , Carlton House, and the Oak Bay Beach Hotel? I think the present council has failed in that tradition regarding the proposed Quest development on Oak Bay Avenue.
The Clive, a three-storey, 17-suite apartment block is on a 12,012-square-foot lot, 55 per cent site coverage, 17-foot front yard setback, and 1.4 FSR .
The underground parking is included in the FSR even though it does not contribute to the observable mass of the building, and if deleted the FSR is 1.01.
The council did not allow the Quest to go to public hearing even though it received the planning department’s approval whereas Bowker did go to public hearing with a great deal more density increases.
We would then have learned whether the need for housing near and in the Oak Bay village would have been welcomed or denied.