Spot rezonings and virtual hearings have some residents questioning whether neighbourhood plans mean anything
Renderings showing the size of a proposed development at 2538 Birch St., Vancouver, in relation to its surroundings.Claire LeLacheur is suffering from a case of rezoning fatigue. Ms. LeLacheur lives near Commercial Drive, in the Grandview-Woodland neighbourhood, which underwent an exhaustive neighbourhood plan a few years ago.
“It feels like all of a sudden all of these public hearings and spot rezonings have been fast forwarded.” “Looking at councillors as they stand up and talk about why they are going to vote a certain way, that needs to be intimate experience, and is a part of holding them accountable,” he said. “There is such a distance in a Zoom relationship that doesn’t allow for that. If people are passionate, they deserve an in-person experience when decisions are being made.”
Mr. Hein, who as a planner with the city worked on such high-density towers as the Woodward’s building, the Independent in Mount Pleasant, and the l’Hermitage downtown, is opposed to the Birch Street tower. He says there is a trend of “rezoning our way to affordability,” which is detrimental to urban design principles that make a city livable.
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