Sheri Florizone's List: Vancouver CityPlan

The Laneway Housing staff report provides the details of the  Vancouver approach to laneway housing, with key attributes that include rental  only (no strata for sale), 1 or 1.5 stories but not 2 full stories, requirement  to meet our green single family home building requirements (the highest in North  America), and a direction to monitor and report to Council with observations  after 100 units are applied for or 3 years, whichever comes first (or perhaps  even sooner, if problems are identified). This is a monitoring requirement only,  not an automatic "stop" to the program when these levels have been reached (thus  we've had to clarify that it’s not a "pilot" per se, but rather an approach to  monitoring with the opportunity for change or adjust if deemed necessary by  Council).