Vancouver Specials, as developed over the past ten years, conflict with the traditional tandem arrangement of house and accessory building. Encroaching into rear yards, daylight and privacy become problems for adjacent dwellings.
Carports attached to the rear of the house, along with requisite paving destroy usable outdoor space and upset the character of the lanes.
The character of Vancouver streets is being eroded as banal facades supplant houses with historic texture.
Second suites, while not desireable to some people, are the reality of today's economics and varied lifestyles.
Meaningful changes to the Vancouver Special are dependent on changes to the RS-1 Zoning Schedule. The following changes are proposed:
2.2.A Accessory buildings and accessory uses customarily ancillary to any of the uses listed in the section, including residential floor space, provided that:
a) no accessory building exceeds 24 feet in height for the designated upper section and 15 feet for the designated lower section,
c) the total area of all accessory buildings shall not be greater than 1520 sq. ft., of which 520 sq. ft. shall be exempt from floor space calculations,
e) the upper section shall not project further than 24 feet from the rear property line, nor shall it occupy more than 60% of the width of the site,
f) the lower section shall not project further than 36 feet from the rear property line, nor shall it occupy more than 80% of the width of the site,
g) the accessory building shall be no closer than 25 feet from the primary building
4.6.1 The minimum depth of 35 feet will now read as 65 feet except that floor areas under 10 feet in height shall have a setback of 55 feet.
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