The use and development of land in Vancouver is regulated by the Zoning and Development By-law and the official development plan by-laws. Zoning is the most common regulatory divider local governments use to help carry out urban plans. General Regulations apply in every zoning district e.g. May be divided to light, medium, or heavy use areas. Advantages include relative effectiveness, ease of implementation, long-established legal precedent, and familiarity. Zoning is Theft - Jim Fedako - Mises Daily, Housing Constraints and Spatial Misallocation, New York City Department of City Planning – Zoning History, Schindler's Land Use Page (Michigan State University Extension Land Use Team), Zoning Compliance and Zoning Certification - Analysis and Reporting, Land Policy Institute at Michigan State University, Asbestos Testing and Consultancy Association, Associated General Contractors of America, Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors, Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering, Civil Engineering Contractors Association, Construction Management Association of America, National Association of Women in Construction, National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zoning&oldid=980232776, Articles with German-language sources (de), Articles with unsourced statements from August 2020, Wikipedia articles needing page number citations from November 2017, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, Sustainable Planning Act 2009 repealed.
May be divided to general or special use areas. This authority had been granted to the provinces under the British North America Acts of 1867 and was carried forward in the Constitution Act, 1982. restrictions for building on hazardous land, development standards, and requirements for only one principal building or use per site; and; Zoning Districts divide the municipality into areas of land with common development standards or regulations. All non-factory uses are impermissible.
They each use a discretionary "plan-led system" whereby development plans are formed and the public consulted.
Some claim the practices started in the 1920s[35] while others suggest the birth of zoning occurred in New York in 1916. Vancouver, BCV5Y 1V4, Terms of UsePrivacy PolicyWebsite accessibility, Subdividing, strata, addressing and street changes, Review the User Guide to the Zoning and Development By-law, read the section "Look-up property information" on VanMap's How to page, General regulations, section 10 of the by-law, Additional regulations for specific uses, section 11 of the by-law, Where a building can be located on a site, Other provisions necessary to enable good city building. The details of how individual planning systems incorporate zoning into their regulatory regimes varies though the intention is always similar. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy. Permitted uses within these buildings include small shops, offices and elementary and high schools. The zoning power relates to real property, or land and the improvements constructed thereon that become part of the land itself (in Québec, immeubles). [9], Beyond the simple distinction between urban and non-urban land, most ancient cities further classified land type and use inside their walls.
In the case of Germany this code includes contents of zoning plans as well as the legal procedure. [29] The Master Plan is a statutory document divided into two sections: the plans and the Written Statement. As a result, two years after its completion the construction of buildings over seven storeys high in the city centre was banned. There are administrative appeal processes such as VCAT to challenge decisions.
Among large populated cities in the United States, Houston is unique in having no zoning ordinances.