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Originally Posted by EvoFire
So the city took some of the land back and built a bigger lane?
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The lot is only 49' wide, the same as the house next to it so I think the city didn't take back the land so much as they cleaned up their land (where the trees were). Burnaby doesn't have much in the way of tree protection policies like Vancouver - they will let you cut every tree down on a lot with no replacements required. This happened to my lot when my house was built - it sucks since there's no tree cover now and the general feel of the neighbourhood becomes really sterile (Vancouver neighbourhoods are way nicer).
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Originally Posted by underscore
I feel bad for the people who live next to those. It's bad enough having to live next to a construction site for ages, then when it's done you have this monstrosity looming over your property that doesn't match the style of the neighbourhood at all.
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I think that's a short term problem though - these larger forms of housing are inevitable and in Burnaby the transition is going to be more painful b/c of how much they resisted even basic upgrades in zoning. At least in Vancouver we gradually went from 1 story to 2 story to 2.5 story to 3 stories and now 4 so the neighbourhoods gradually evolved - you get a 80's Van special next to a 2.5 story 90's Van special next to a 3 story duplex etc. It looks pretty natural and nothing looms over anyone too much.
Burnaby FAFO with zoning - they ignored basic housing needs for decades and eventually the province dropped the hammer on them (along with all cities) and now they'll go from 1 story buildings to 4 stories (they've since rolled it back to just 3 stories). I have little sympathy for Burnaby's situation - they should have been doing what Vancouver did instead of dragging their feet on everything from legal suites to duplexes to incremental increases in density each decade.