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Council approves amendments to Section 30 development code; staff clarifies design-guideline exemptions
Summary
Council voted to approve amendments to Chapter 20.69 (Section 30) after staff clarified that the new alternative development path would be exempt from certain design guidelines and added a minimum plaza-size standard for urban neighborhood mixed-use centers.
The Vancouver City Council on April 7 approved amendments to Chapter 20.69 of the Vancouver Municipal Code to expand land-use choices for property owners covered by pre-annexation development agreements in Section 30 and to clarify related implementation language.
Chad Eichen, Community Development director and co-project manager, explained that staff accepted several edits suggested by a property owner (identified in the record as HP) to clarify the code’s treatment of an alternative “paid-up” development path. Eichen said staff intended that the Section 30 design guidelines not apply…
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