Vancouver Council referred a number of major proposed rezonings to go to public hearing in September, without public consultation, that will lead to more demolition of character houses.
These include city-wide outright changes of all RS detached lots to 4 units (2 strata and 2 secondary suites or lock-off units), with a larger building footprint into back yards, that becomes a further incentive for demolition.
A second report proposes changes to all RT7 & RT8 lots in Kitsilano (generally north of Broadway to the water) to a new RT5 zone that was recently created for Grandview. The new RT5 zone guts the design guidelines and makes it easier to demolish character houses.
Another policy change is to remove minimum parking requirements for new development, in order to get more units on individual lots, that will put more pressure on street parking and require more pay parking permits.
This is only the start to a much bigger program of rezoning under a new program called "Making Room".
Please read the following Vancouver Sun articles, become informed, and be prepared to respond in September.
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Unprecedented rezoning rush continues
Vancouver Sun By Elizabeth Murphy August 3, 2018
https://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/elizabeth-murphy-unprecedented-rezoning-rush-continues
Outgoing Vision council doing 'chainsaw massacre' to city zoning without public consent
Vancouver Sun By Elizabeth Murphy Updated: July 2, 2018