{"id":2765,"date":"2021-08-24T14:35:42","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T22:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brocksmeaton.com\/real-estate-blog\/?p=2765"},"modified":"2021-08-24T14:41:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T22:41:49","slug":"brock-buzz-home-building-changes-coming-to-wv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brocksmeaton.com\/real-estate-blog\/market-update\/brock-buzz-home-building-changes-coming-to-wv\/","title":{"rendered":"BROCK BUZZ | HOME BUILDING CHANGES COMING TO WV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brocksmeaton.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/download.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"178\" \/>BROCK BUZZ | The Insider Edition<\/em><\/p>\n<p>By Brock Smeaton | August 24<sup>th<\/sup>, 2021<\/p>\n<p>HOME BUILDING CHANGES COMING TO WEST VANCOUVER\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>West Vancouver Council voted on July 27<sup>th<\/sup> to approve bylaws aimed at preserving neighbourhood character while allowing for what some are calling \u2018gentle densification\u2019 in the District.<\/p>\n<p>The Official Community Plan (OCP) includes a suite of policies to advance housing objectives. These include policies to regenerate single-family oriented<\/p>\n<p>neighbourhoods with sensitive infill options (such as smaller homes on smaller lots and coach houses) and policies to respect neighbourhood<\/p>\n<p>character. Specifically:<\/p>\n<p>2.1.1 Amend neighbourhood subdivision standards (including consideration of site-specific applications) to enable the development of<\/p>\n<p>smaller houses on smaller lots in existing detached residential areas.<\/p>\n<p>2.1.2 Update zoning provisions (including consideration of site-specific applications) to increase the supply of coach houses (\u201cdetached<\/p>\n<p>secondary suites\u201d) in existing detached residential areas.<\/p>\n<p>2.1.8 Ensure that new single-family dwellings respect neighbourhood character by:<\/p>\n<p>a)\u00a0 Reviewing regulations controlling the scale of new single-family dwellings; and<\/p>\n<p>b)\u00a0 Applying and updating built-form guidelines, as relevant, in regards to neighbourhood context and character, streetscape and natural features.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest changes involve reducing the maximum floor area ratio (house size to lot size ratio) from the existing .35 to .30. As an example, on a 22,000 sq. ft. lot the current maximum house size is 7700 sq. ft. Under the new regulations, the maximum house size on the same lot would be decreased to 6300 sq. ft.<\/p>\n<p>There are several other changes regarding sub-division of lots, coach house construction, roof heights and enclosed deck area calculations.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to know how this could impact your property, or if you are wanting to build a home, talk to me about these new guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for being an Insider!<\/p>\n<p>Brock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BROCK BUZZ | The Insider Edition By Brock Smeaton | August 24th, 2021 HOME BUILDING CHANGES COMING TO WEST VANCOUVER\u2026. West Vancouver Council voted on July 27th to approve bylaws &hellip; [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brocksmeaton.com\/real-estate-blog\/market-update\/brock-buzz-home-building-changes-coming-to-wv\/\">read more<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brocksmeaton.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2765"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brocksmeaton.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brocksmeaton.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brocksmeaton.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brocksmeaton.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2765"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.brocksmeaton.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2771,"href":"https:\/\/www.brocksmeaton.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2765\/revisions\/2771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brocksmeaton.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brocksmeaton.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brocksmeaton.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brocksmeaton.com\/real-estate-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}