For those not up to date on the developments here in BC, there are a number of interesting solutions being implemented currently:
- Unification of residential zones into a single zone with (marginally) higher density, which could make it easier to further increase density in the future
- BC Ministry of Housing has brought forth legislation to upzone housing in concentric rings of decreasing density around transit stations, with allowable minimums up to 20 stories in the nearest ring, where in many cases single family homes currently stand.
- Senakw development: native land still under control by a local native tribe is not subject to housing bylaws and is now being developed into several large towers (without parking requirements!)
- An even larger development has been proposed using the same land rights on the Jericho lands just west of Senakw, which proposes around 10,000 new homes and a new subway station which would count as another transit station for nearby development of what is currently extremely underutilized land.
- This new BC special, although I’ve heard it may not be automatically applicable to Vancouver because Vancouver has special privileges to enforce its own building code (?)
- Unification of residential zones into a single zone with (marginally) higher density, which could make it easier to further increase density in the future
- BC Ministry of Housing has brought forth legislation to upzone housing in concentric rings of decreasing density around transit stations, with allowable minimums up to 20 stories in the nearest ring, where in many cases single family homes currently stand.
- Senakw development: native land still under control by a local native tribe is not subject to housing bylaws and is now being developed into several large towers (without parking requirements!)
- An even larger development has been proposed using the same land rights on the Jericho lands just west of Senakw, which proposes around 10,000 new homes and a new subway station which would count as another transit station for nearby development of what is currently extremely underutilized land.
- This new BC special, although I’ve heard it may not be automatically applicable to Vancouver because Vancouver has special privileges to enforce its own building code (?)