Two months after appearing in front of council, local developer Troika will return on Tuesday night to present updated plans for its Green Square townhomes on Mission Springs Drive.
Back in September, council turned down the plans which were asking for four variances, one of which was related to parking spaces.
City planner Trisa Brandt says the plans for parking have changed.
"They've taken some of their two-bedroom units that were located on the sixth floor, and they've converted them into larger units. So essentially what that does is it reduced the number of units, and reduced the parking requirement," she said.
"So they originally required 209 stalls, and then this new development, they'd only require 202."
Previously, Troika was asking for permission to build only 198 of the 209 stalls, but says it would fulfill all 202 of the current plan.
One element that hasn't changed is the height of the buildings - two of the four would be six storeys, instead of four.
Brandt says that's still being proposed, and staff still support it.
"The height variance, the rationale with that is it actually creates a smaller footprint on the ground level, so it allows for more green space. And the reason for supporting the setback variance is we determined because it's on a public street with a public park, it has minimal impact to any direct neighbours," she said.
The variance requests based on setbacks - aka the distance between a building and another boundary - account for two of the three that are currently being asked for.
Brandt explained why staff were okay with reductions in those setbacks.
"It was actually a bit of a misconception (previously). The setback variances they applied for were actually on the east and the south side. So the buildings that front Mission Springs Drive have applied for a setback variance. So it's (reduced space) not between the buildings, it's between the property line."
An interesting topic will be tandem parking stalls - some councillors were displeased with them last time, and there's actually more of them in this version of the plan.
Last month, council voted to waive the mandatory six month waiting period that was preventing them from seeing updated plans.