Court orders City of Vancouver to reconsider rejected tower at 105 Keefer St.
The ruling notes Beedie provided an affidavit showing that of 111 permit applications considered between 2012 and 2017, Beedie’s was the only one that was rejected outright. Other applications, had been permitted, though with conditions that had to be satisfied before the permit was granted.‘Yesterday’s gone’: Balancing preservation and development in Vancouver’s historic Chinatown
“In these circumstances, the Board had a burden to explain and justify this departure in its reasons,” Brongers ruled. Hundreds of speakers descended on public hearings, and opponents argued the project was too tall, the units were too expensive, and that the development would change the look and feel of the neighbourhood.
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