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Council approves revisions to Section 30 land-use code after public hearing
Summary
The Vancouver City Council voted unanimously to adopt targeted changes to the land use code for Section 30, creating an alternative development path aimed at limiting industrial and low-density uses while enabling higher-density housing in a one-square-mile annexed area.
The Vancouver City Council on April 14 adopted targeted amendments to the city's land use code that apply to Section 30, a roughly one-square-mile area annexed in 2008, after a public hearing and staff presentation.
City planning staff told the council the amendments offer an "alternative path" for holders of pre-annexation development agreements (PETA holders) that would trade certain development rights for a streamlined approval process, modest flexibility in standards and an extension of development timelines. Chad, city planning staff, summarized the proposal as a negotiated trade-off: "In return for the ability to build greater residential density, for modest flexibility and development standards, for a more…
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