For over a century, the City of Vancouver has continued to evolve, growing from a sleepy industrial town into an international cosmopolitan destination.

During this time, the population has relentlessly grown, placing immense pressure on infrastructure and affordability. The last few years have especially witnessed housing prices skyrocket, as Vancouver’s residential stock has surpassed its saturation point under the city’s convoluted and draconian zoning regulations.

Large portions of the general population are now completely priced out of not just owning a home, but even the ability to rent the most basic accommodations.

It goes without saying that this has become a crisis for the Metro Vancouver region’s social well-being and the economy.

That is why today it is with great pleasure to report that the City of Vancouver has officially removed its more limiting development regulations, and not a moment too soon!

This includes, but is not limited to, the removal of all arbitrary height restrictions, such as the mountain view cones, shadowing, and all zoning restricted to low-density housing!

City councillor Terry Reasonable was behind this movement, and Daily Hive Urbanized was lucky enough to have a one-on-one interview with him at Vancouver City Hall.

“A new era has dawned on Vancouver!” Terry Reasonable proudly proclaimed, looking out on the skyline from his office.

“City council could no longer allow the farce that the development process had become to continue. For me, the straw that broke the camel’s back was the endless process for moving forward the Broadway Plan.”

Keep reading on dailyhive.com

• 
•