Please take action now!

A proposal to amend RS, RT and RM zones is going to public hearing on April 2 at 6:00 pm. It would change the duplex provisions to have a bigger above grade footprint and undermines character house retention options.

This has again been done without public consultation. See links below for details on the report and agenda.

Letters to Council:

Please send letters to council in your own words, even with one line voicing opposition to the rezoning without meaningful community consultation and input. Suggestions as follows.

Re: Zoning Amendments to RS, RT, RM - April 2, 2019

I am opposed to the proposed rezoning of RS, RT and RM areas without meaningful community consultation or input.

This council has claimed to be improving the consultation process yet the Making Room Program continues to implement major changes to multiple zones at the same time, and calling this "a minor text amendment" when it actually makes major changes to the zones without any public consultation.

I have concerns that the revisions create a new type of outright duplex Vancouver Special with a maximized above grade scale. Duplexes should be conditional, not outright, to ensure design compatibility with neighbourhood context and streetscapes and conditional retention of character houses when applicable.

The proposed changes are problematic, including the impacts on above grade FSR, increased building envelope bulk, increased building depth, decreased rear yard setbacks, and lack of  design guidelines to meet neighbourhood-based context and streetscape.

This undermines character house retention incentives, the Heritage Action Plan, and the ability to create more affordable rentals through conversion to multiple secondary suites and infill.

Please do not support as proposed and refer back to staff for planning through meaningful consultation in the city-wide planning process.

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Agenda April 2, 2019 here.  

Council Staff Report here. 

Sign up to speak by emailing: speaker.request@vancouver.ca

Send emails to Council as follows:

publichearing@vancouver.ca; kennedy.stewart@vancouver.ca;  adriane.carr@vancouver.ca; melissa.degenova@vancouver.ca; lisa.dominato@vancouver.ca; pete.fry@vancouver.ca;  colleen.hardwick@vancouver.ca; CLRkirby-yung@vancouver.ca;  jean.swanson@vancouver.ca; michael.wiebe@vancouver.ca;  rebecca.bligh@vancouver.ca; christine.boyle@vancouver.ca;