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Originally Posted by ecbin
Leave it to Vin to cite incorrect information to justify his viewpoint when there's easy pickings to back his point. The Royal Oak plan doesn't go above and beyond the TOD requirements of the province except at the margins - it's pretty much what the province is requiring height wise.
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The Province only requires densification 200-800m (or less) distance-wise from the train station. The Royal Oak one goes way more than that: up to 1.5m at the fringes. If the City of Burnaby does not want to densify that much, they can just meet the minimum provincial requirement, which apparently isn't so. Hence, you are the one citing incorrect and very misleading information here.
If Marine Gateway were to densify as per Royal Oak, it would need a higher density plan all the way to Main Street eastside, Arthur Laing bridge westside, and around 59th Ave north. However, we all know that Vancouver has no such great plans like Burnaby's.
Only good thing is that ABC is slowly trying to change all that.
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Originally Posted by Changing City
The Cambie Plan already allows development over a large area north of Marine Gateway, and many of the towers already built, or under construction, have higher densities and heights than the Provincial requirements. The City will have to revisit the Cambie Corridor Plan to match Provincial requirements, but the additional density that might result won't be significant. (Some projects that currently develop at 2.5 FSR may be able to get 3.0 FSR for example).
The Broadway Plan allows much higher densities throughout the corridor (not just at the station nodes) - that's why the Broadway thread shows there are people protesting about 20 storey rental towers proposed under the plan. There's already 30 towers submitted on the City's 'Shape Your City' website, and 30 more that are in the permitting system, and they're all at more than 6 FSR too (not 3 FSR and 6 storeys as in the areas of the Royal Oak Plan beyond the station node).
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You always say the darnest things, but sadly a lot of half-truths. Allowing higher density mainly along a major road (ie. Cambie Street) only serves to protect Single Family Homes a street away, and DOES NOT meet provincial requirements. Worse still, it takes away valuable commercial spaces along major streets, and put the highest number and concentration of residents close to the noisiest streets. Makes no cow sense at all.