Seal Cove to get small apartment buildings

By Craig Westcott

The Town of CBS is looking at rezoning a section of the main road in Seal Cove to accommodate a 30-unit apartment complex.

The area is located between 1621 and 1631 Conception Bay Highway. That’s roughly across the street from the College of the North Atlantic campus.

Councillor-at-Large Rex Hillier said the rezoning will require public consultations and need the consent of the Minister of Municipal Affairs to change both the St. John’s Urban Regional Plan and the Town’s own municipal plan and development regulations.

When the amendments are adopted, the zoning will change to Residential Multi Unit and Residential Medium Density. The applicants have already built a number of new single family homes on neighboring plots.

“These developers have done a significant amount of work in this area,” said Hillier. “In this case, they’ve got a piece of land that falls within several zones. They’re interested in building 30 units in four buildings on the site but need to rezone it to Residential Multi Unit Zone. This is the first step. We’ll see this application come through several times yet before it’s finalized.”

The motion to start the process passed unanimously.