Column: Vancouver's planning staff wants to move away from replacing old houses with new single-detached houses. But some developers oppose city hall's idea for discouraging detached houses
For many people, the single-family house is the most desirable housing type, the aspirational ideal. But for others, it symbolizes outdated, unsustainable urban planning.Much of the public discussion about proposed zoning reforms in Vancouver has focused on the proposals to allowon a single lot in low-density residential neighbourhoods.
The city’s proposal would mean that on a standard 33 x 122-foot lot, the maximum building size would be 2,400 square feet, about 400 less than currently allowed. A fourplex on the same lot could go up to about 4,000 square feet in total.Article content
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