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The City of Vancouver is beginning its work on implementing the Vancouver Plan, starting with repealing 72 existing policies and establishing an interim rezoning policy in their place.Following the approval of the Vancouver Plan in July 2022, the City of Vancouver will now begin work on implementing the plan, which is billed as the "first city-wide land-use strategy to create a more equitable, livable, affordable, and resilient city.
Those 72 include the Vancouver CityPlan adopted in 1995, the Dunbar-Southlands Community Vision adopted in 1998, the Joyce Station Area Plan adopted in 1987, and the Agricultural Land Reserve Policies adopted in 1979. "Many of these documents addressed important matters when they were first approved, but were not comprehensively reviewed following the introduction of new overlapping policies and regulations," said City staff in ato Council. "These documents cover a range of topics and geographies and, as a whole, they form a multi-layered framework that is difficult for applicants and staff to navigate, understand, and use.
"This interim rezoning policy is a consolidation of rezoning policies for social housing, seniors housing, and institutional, cultural and recreational uses that were previously contained in Community Visions documents," a draft of the policy reads. "Except for these aspects, the policies, and directions in the documents have been superseded by those in the Vancouver Plan, Housing Vancouver Strategy, and other more recent policy directions.
Both the repeals and interim rezoning policy will be considered at a Standing Committee on Policy and Strategic Priorities meeting on Wednesday, November 1.Large Piece Of Lake Ontario For Sale Thanks To Pre-Confederation Agreement
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