An application to redevelop the Chevron gas station on Ladner Trunk Road to include a Triple O’s restaurant will be heading to a public hearing.
Delta council gave preliminary approval Monday to a proposal that would remove the auto service area of the gas station and replace it with a restaurant.
The proposal also includes a renovation of the existing gas station, including the gas pumps and canopy. The restaurant would have 11 seats inside and a 28-seat patio, an updated Town Pantry convenience store and new landscaping.
There is no drive-thru proposed for eatery at 5206 Ladner Trunk Rd., which would operate from 6 a.m. to midnight. No changes to the three existing accesses are proposed.
The owner is requesting a reduction in the number of parking spaces required from 13 to eight.
The owner also confirmed that site lighting levels would not encroach onto 52A Street to alleviate concerns by the adjacent residential property. The site would be security monitored and the patio would have security motion activated lighting control for after hours.
There are no trees on the property but the owner is proposing planting two in the southeast corner, two along Ladner Trunk Road and one along 52A Street.
Coun. Heather King noted the redevelopment “looks a little bit better than what is currently there.”
Mayor Lois Jackson also voted in favour of sending the application to a public hearing, but noted concern whether the design will lend itself to the village theme Delta is trying to achieve for the area.
