https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vanc...-bus-exchanges
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vanc...ion-amendments
DailyHive has two articles on changes coming to City Council this week that the province have said (legislated?) must be approved by June 30 loosening restrictions around development near bus and skytrain stations.
It also removes the pace of change limiter in the Grandview Woodland area, which, as one might expect, has slowed the pace of development applications in this area (Clarke to Kamloops St). With this change the pace of applications may be more in line with the speed that we are seeing under the Broadway plan.
Also parking minimums of all types are being removed will streamline the development application process. As apparently, if you can imagine, there were 63 different types of parking minimums which increased application complexity, as well as the pace of development implementation.
I think we all have been shocked by the speed of which some buildings without parking go up versus those with parking. Not in Vancouver, but for example these come to mind: Metrotown concord has taken two years to excavate parking and get back to ground level as well as the most recent Solo development by Brentwood.
Parking is still allowed, of course, but now it will be more the market deciding what level parking is desired is my understanding.