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Planning and Development in Vancouver

Identifying milestones in the evolution of our city

  • About
    • Chronology Project Overview
    • UBC SALA Chronology Student Project
  • Chronology
    • Designating Current Milestones
    • What is a Milestone?
  • Emerging Milestones 2013-2017
    • Emerging Milestones 2017
      • Development Permit Board turns down an application for first time
      • Short-term rental accommodation regulations
      • Increased housing choices in single-family zones
      • Vancouver Art Gallery North Plaza Rebuilt
      • Incentives for retention of character homes 
      • New Vancouver Housing Strategy approved
      • Market-based rates for residential parking permits introduced
      • Emily Carr University decamping Granville Island opens door for new vision
      • Collaborative planning process starts for False Creek South
      • City Engineer’s authority is increased
      • Embracing resilience as over-arching policy
      • False Creek Flats plan and new zoning are approved
      • Burrard Bridge upgraded for all road users
    • Emerging Milestones 2016
      • City Buys Arbutus Corridor
      • City Steps Aggressively into Housing
      • SkyTrain Expansion Connects Port Moody, Coquitlam to Vancouver
      • Strata Rules Eased
      • Vancouver Park Board approves Biodiversity Strategy
      • City Adopts Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action
      • Empty Homes Tax Introduced
      • Tax on Foreign Nationals Buying Metro Vancouver Real Estate
      • Changes in Senior Management at City Hall
      • Statistics Canada reintroduces the long form census
    • Emerging Milestones 2015
      • Affordable housing protests reach crisis point
      • SRA regulations revised to protect low-income tenants
      • Renewable City Strategy adopted
      • Regional Transportation plebiscite fails
      • New St. Paul’s Hospital for False Creek Flats
      • Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts to be demolished
      • Waterfront Tower proposal ignites hub plan debate
      • Brenhill Decision
      • First Conservation Area: Shaughnessy
    • Emerging Milestones 2014
    • Emerging Milestones 2013
      • Norquay Village Rezoned
      • Little Mountain Adjacent Area Rezoning Policy
      • New Vancouver-only Building Bylaw Introduced
      • Green Enterprise Hub for False Creek Flats
      • New Site for Vancouver Art Gallery Designated
  • Year in Review Events
    • Milestones 2017
      • Emerging Milestones 2017
      • Public Panel Videos
      • Memorandum: Milestones 2017 – Year in Review
      • 2017 Year in Review Brainstorming Workshop
      • Survey Results
      • Milestones 2017 Event Information
      • Milestones 2017 Team
    • Milestones 2016
      • Milestones 2016 Event Information
      • Panel Obeservations
      • Milestones 2016 Team
    • Milestones 2015
      • Moderator’s Introduction
        • Panel Bios
      • Panellists’ Discussion
      • Panellists’ Presentations
      • Panel Audience Q&A
      • Panel Event Videos
      • Community Perspsectives
      • Poster Board Comments
      • Audience Video Interviews
      • 2015 Significant Events – Proposed
      • Year in Review Team
      • Brainstorming Workshops
        • Flip Charts From Brainstorming

Emerging Milestones 2013

Click on links for description of event, potential significance, and background information.

  • Norquay Village Rezoned
  • Little Mountain Adjacent Area Rezoning Policy
  • New Vancouver-only Building Bylaw Introduced
  • Green Enterprise Hub for False Creek Flats
  • New Site for Vancouver Art Gallery Designated

Related Pages

  • Process of Designating Current Milestones
  • Chronology Timeline
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