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Originally Posted by Vin
Since the density around many of Burnaby Skytrain stations are already so high compared to Vancouver, I am also thinking that the City's defiance is more political than anything else.
Also need to stress that Burnaby also has some of the most isolated Skytrain stations in the Lower Mainland: stations that are pretty much surrounded by woods or industrial parks, particularly along the Millennial Line. The Province should give the City a reprieve for these isolated stations, as building around these would constitute further urban sprawl.
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They can't do that.
As was already established with the Brentwood group that was seeking an exemption from these bylaws, if they gave Burnaby a reprieve based on whatever rationalization you want to use, then what's to stop other municipalities, areas, cities and "special interest groups" from coming up with their own "valid" rationalizations for why they should be exempted from following the new legislation?
At which point, what then is even the point of having any legislation if anyone can opt out, just as long as they make a "good enough" argument to not have to follow them?
The point of having the cities write the bylaws themselves rather than have the province step in, is to allow them to customize and tailor their own respective bylaws as much as possible to their particular localities' individual concerns and then have them comply with the provincial bylaw.
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