Agenda for tomorrow's City Council meeting includes a new development in the east end. Proposed is a zoning and parking variance to allow the development a two storey building with 14 rental units (6 two bedroom, 6 one bedroom, 2 studio) located at the corner of Signal Hill Road and Powers Court. The building will become an extension of 22 St. Joseph's Lane, which is the old St. Joseph's High School that was converted to the Signal Hill Gates short and medium term rental units by Premiere Suites (
https://premieresuites.com/furnished...l-hill-gate/#c ).
I was at first skeptical. The design strikes me as slightly ugly, but in a way that ties in nicely with the other slightly ugly buildings nearby. Maybe charming is a better way to describe it. The design is also proportional to its environment, which is perplexingly rare these days. The proposal includes 19 underground parking spaces, which will hopefully appease those among our community who believe that the asphalt desert is the ultimate ideal in urban planning.
Read the full proposal starting on page 78 of this week's agenda (
http://www.stjohns.ca/sites/default/...%2C%202017.pdf ).