Studies & reports Archives - Upper Kitsilano Residents Association

Jul 20 Mass rezoning for the Broadway Plan area and Cambie Corridor – what does it mean for Vancouver residents?

Posted at 8:37 pm in Broadway Plan, Cambie Corridor Plan, City Hall news, Housing, Rezoning & development, Studies & reports, Vancouver Plan

On Tuesday, July 22, Vancouver City Council will consider a referral report that would simplify the city’s building rules and lead to mass rezoning in both the Broadway Plan area and Cambie Plan Corridor. Warning: the report is not user friendly. It’s 447 pages long.Some

Jun 19 Social Housing in Every Neighbourhood

Posted at 1:01 pm in City Hall news, Studies & reports, Surveys & petitions, Vancouver Plan

Last year we told you about the City of Vancouver’s Social Housing and Villages plans, dreamt up by the municipal Planning Department to “improve the lives of citizens.” Both plans — creatures of the Vancouver Plan — have recently come back into focus with the

May 26 Decried as power grab, controversial Provincial Bills 13 & 15 could be decided this week.

Posted at 1:51 pm in Housing, Provincial News, Rezoning & development, Studies & reports

In our last issue, we told you how Provincial Bills 13 and 15 — highly controversial legislation that could pass as early as May 29 — would usurp the decision-making authority of BC municipalities over vital housing and planning issues.The Bills, officially known as the

May 10 NDP Government accused of Provincial overreach, again

Posted at 3:05 pm in Housing, Rezoning & development, Studies & reports

The Provincial Government is currently debating two Bills in the legislature that will, once passed, grant itself extraordinary powers over developments “of provincial significance.” This means forgoing wait times, intervening in municipal developments, or bypassing them altogether.According to those with knowledge of Bills 13 (Miscellaneous