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Originally Posted by Changing City
As has been explained to you several times, the City of Vancouver has no control over a developer installing a temporary public park or garden. The BC Assessment Authority determines property classification, in the case of the few temporary parks from Class 6 (Business, other) to Class 8 (Recreation), which reduces the tax rate.
Quite a few vacant sites (Bonnis on Robson for example) haven't bothered to go the temporary park route. It would be more logical for Holborn to request the Dunsmuir site become an extension of the parking lot they own next door, although they might not bother; they've been paying tax on the empty hotel for 12 years - $87,000 in 2024.
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If people running the show have no control over what they oversee, then they are nothing but dumb and ineffective. People who are in control should take over, or perhaps we just lack that kind of calibre here?
I just wish the City will punish the owner to the max if it were demolished, so much so that they actually see it worthwhile to retain the heritage facades.
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