Vancouver city council removes some ‘view cones’ for housing space

Some views from homes successful Vancouver mightiness go a small little picturesque.

Vancouver metropolis assembly has voted to region immoderate of nan city’s “view cones” successful an effort to bring further lodging to nan city.

The cones were implemented to sphere water and upland views for circumstantial locations wrong nan city, and person constricted nan size and location of building projects.

Changes to nan position cone argumentation were approved connected Wednesday, which will let for much building space.

Fourteen position cones person been removed and 24 remain. Eleven of nan remaining 24 position cones person been amended arsenic well.

View cones person been a characteristic of Vancouver’s improvement argumentation since 1989.

Councillors successful favour of nan changes based on immoderate of nan protected viewpoints had go outdated and much lodging is needed.

”The Vancouver of 1989 erstwhile these position cone guidelines were group 35 years agone is not nan Vancouver of coming and nor do our residents person nan aforesaid needs,” Vancouver Coun. Sarah Kirby-Yung said.

“Some person suggested nan views will beryllium gone.… No, they won’t. They’re conscionable changing, conscionable for illustration our city.”

Some councillors were against removing definite viewpoints, including ones successful Choklit Park and on nan Cambie and Granville Street bridges, but were yet outvoted.

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The changes to argumentation could adhd betwixt 108 cardinal and 215 cardinal quadrate feet of level abstraction for early housing, offices and hotels.

Not everyone is connected committee pinch nan changes.

Back erstwhile nan thought was conscionable a proposal, Melody Ma, who is portion of Save Our Skyline YVR and Save Chinatown YVR, posted connected X: “Vancouver’s caller head of readying thinks it’s good to shrink Vancouver’s iconic postcard nationalist upland views for illustration this 1 from Cambie St, to almost nothing.

“Once nationalist views are destroyed, you tin ne'er get it back. You should beryllium ashamed.”