Westmount Drive · Port Moody · Resident Petition

Our street
shouldn't change
for the worse.

The city's current interpretation could force all new housing on Westmount Drive to access parking from a lane 20 feet below street level — while every existing home parks from the front.

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20 ftGrade drop to lane
34Stairs, lane to front door
0Existing homes with lane-only access
The problem at a glance

This is what
they're proposing.

A new four-unit home is being built at 1006 Westmount Drive. City staff are requiring all residents to park at lane level — roughly 20 feet below the street — with no driveway permitted from Westmount Drive. That means every time someone comes home, they climb the equivalent of a three-storey staircase.

1006 Westmount Drive — grade cross-section (Architrix survey) 443.9 ft (street) → 423.1 ft (lane) · ~20 ft drop
WESTMOUNT DR 443.9 ft GROUSE LANE 423.1 ft B1 B2 B3 20ft 34 stairs lane to front door Proposed front access City-required lane route
Without this variance
Park at the lane. Climb 34 stairs. Every time.
every single trip
Groceries, kids, mobility issues — everyone climbs 34 stairs from lane level to reach their front door. For 100 years.
With this variance
Park out front. Step inside. Like every neighbour.
2 steps max
Front driveway access, exactly like every existing home on the block. The way Westmount Drive has always worked.
Why this affects all of us

This is bigger
than one house.

The staff interpretation being applied to 1006 Westmount sets a precedent for the entire block. If it stands, every future new build on Westmount Drive that backs onto Grouse Lane faces the same lane-only rule. That could include your property.

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It sets a precedent for the whole street
This interpretation applies to any SSMUH lot on Westmount that backs onto Grouse Lane. That's potentially every home on our block. Whatever is decided at 1006 becomes the template for all future development here.
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More street parking, not less
When parking is 34 stairs away from your front door, people don't use it — they park on the street instead. Requiring inconvenient lane access on a steeply graded block is likely to push more cars onto Westmount Drive.
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Unreasonable for elderly residents and families
SSMUH housing is meant to serve ordinary families, seniors, and middle-income households. Requiring 34 stairs every time someone comes home — with groceries, children, or a walker — is not what these homes were designed to be.
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Inconsistent with our street's character
Every existing home on Westmount Drive accesses from the front. Zero homes use lane-only access. Requiring new builds to function differently from every other house on the block changes how our street works — permanently, for the next hundred years.
What we're not saying

We welcome new housing on our street. We're not opposed to lane access where it makes sense. We're asking that new homes have the same practical front access every existing home already has — especially where the grade makes lane-only access genuinely unworkable.

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Thank you, neighbour.

Your name has been added. It will be included in the Board of Variance submission as a letter of community support for driveway access at 1006 Westmount Drive.

Questions? Visit portmoodymultiplex.ca or speak with Dawar directly.