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#401 Mike K.

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Posted 15 June 2022 - 06:44 AM

The public is also likely unaware of the other changes the plan will bring in, like vehicle parking changes and no political oversight of applications.
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#402 Nparker

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Posted 15 June 2022 - 06:47 AM

And for reasons still unknown (officially) it must all be wrapped up by early August.

#403 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 15 June 2022 - 07:10 AM

 and no political oversight of applications.

 

That's how things work now when you do not need rezoning or variances.  So it's not new.



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Posted 15 June 2022 - 07:17 AM

That's how things work now when you do not need rezoning or variances.  So it's not new.

 

True although most applications under the current system do not create significant wealth so they are not as likely to be taken advantage of.



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Posted 15 June 2022 - 07:18 AM

The public is also likely unaware of the other changes the plan will bring in, like vehicle parking changes and no political oversight of applications.

 

Or details like any vehicle parking available will likely only be for car shares and accessibility.



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Posted 15 June 2022 - 07:21 AM

True although most applications under the current system do not create significant wealth so they are not as likely to be taken advantage of.


The system is designed to encourage variances and rezonings. Especially the further away you get from a tabled OCP or zoning change.

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Posted 15 June 2022 - 07:23 AM

Or details like any vehicle parking available will likely only be for car shares and accessibility.


Whatever is left over, will be pay-for-use. City Hall isn’t admitting that at present but it’s clear where things are going. The terminology is curb management.

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Posted 16 June 2022 - 07:49 AM

Prepare for a ramping up of hate based propaganda.... 

"The real villains in the tale of gentrification are not 20-something new entrants to mixed-income neighborhoods, but NIMBY homeowners in the wealthiest ones. Yet acknowledgment of the pivotal role that they play is often missing. They fade into the background even as their interests are defended by nearly every institution and elected official. This group has steadfastly refused to allow new housing in their communities—not just low-income units but the type of “luxury apartments” marketed to the young and upwardly mobile.

 

America has a long history of normalizing segregation. Some forms of segregation may appear innocuous, such as separating residential from business districts or keeping certain types of homes together (for example, this neighborhood for the large, single-family homes and this other one for public housing). These assumptions have been encoded in court decisions that officially deem multifamily dwellings “nuisances.”

 

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#409 Nparker

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Posted 16 June 2022 - 07:53 AM

No one is being kept out of SFH neighbourhoods based on anything other than affordability. 



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Posted 16 June 2022 - 07:53 AM

This group has steadfastly refused to allow new housing in their communities—not just low-income units but the type of “luxury apartments” marketed to the young and upwardly mobile.

 

They bought into an area that was zoned a certain way, and it's not unreasonable for them to expect that zoning to more or less hold steady.  There are areas of town zoned other ways, and everyone is also free to buy there too.



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Posted 16 June 2022 - 07:56 AM

Is anyone complaining they are probably not allowed to build a 10,000 square foot SFH along Bay Street in Rock Bay?



#412 Mike K.

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Posted 16 June 2022 - 08:43 AM

What makes them so desirable is the distance to employment centres, no? So why don’t we split some of this employment out a little. It’s madness to have so many people commuting to a singular location when their employment could just as easily be disbursed.
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#413 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 22 June 2022 - 02:14 PM

B.C. housing minister doubles down on threat to seize zoning powers from municipalities

David Eby tells panel the government is prepared to mandate control of zoning to get more housing built.

https://www.timescol...alities-5506024


She praised the City of Surrey saying council was having some successes, including the Fleetwood Community Plan, adding that neighbourhoods die without affordable housing.




Are the British Properties or Uplands or Dean Park or Broadmead “dead”? Or the most desirable neighbourhoods?

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#414 Nparker

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Posted 22 June 2022 - 03:34 PM

Beware ANY government who says they will "seize" something. It's a slippery slope and we should all be concerned 😟

#415 Mike K.

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Posted 22 June 2022 - 03:36 PM

Yeah. Not happening.

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Posted 22 June 2022 - 04:10 PM

PERFECT TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENT SITE! Located in CC1 of Langfords OCP, 733 Percy Place along with 723 Percy Pl, 729 Percy Pl and one other property (ask for details) makeup roughly 30,000 square feet of flat development land and offer double frontage. If you like to think outside the box, the opportunity for a unique plot of townhouses lies in this cul-de-sac. Within walking distance to all amenities, the new university plan and conveniently located off Veterans Memorial, it is hard to find a better location for your next project. Draw up the design youve always had in mind and have never put on paper and have it come to life on these four lots! 

 

$964,274

 

https://www.realtor....langford-proper

 

733 Percy Pl

 

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#417 JimV

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Posted 22 June 2022 - 04:39 PM

Beware ANY government who says they will "seize" something. It's a slippery slope and we should all be concerned

We’re already half way down the slope.  Trucker bank accounts.



#418 Nparker

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Posted 22 June 2022 - 05:39 PM

Oh I agree, things have been heading in the wrong direction for some time.



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Posted 28 June 2022 - 10:07 AM

Aryze take: https://www.cheknews...ative-1055005/ 



#420 Nparker

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Posted 28 June 2022 - 10:12 AM

Aryze is entirely in the CoV's pocket. I always take what they say with a heavy dose of salt.


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