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B.C. Reg. 265/2023
O.C. 676/2023
Deposited December 7, 2023
This consolidation is current to December 10, 2024.
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Vancouver Charter

Vancouver Transit-Oriented Areas Regulation

[Last amended June 30, 2024 by B.C. Reg. 267/2023]

Contents
1Definitions
2Prescribed distances for transit-oriented areas
3Prescribed transit stations
4Classes of land within transit-oriented areas
5Density and height requirements
6Exemption related to transit-oriented areas
7Off-street parking
Schedule

Definitions

1   In this regulation, "Act" means the Vancouver Charter.

Prescribed distances for transit-oriented areas

2   (1) For the purposes of the definition of "transit-oriented area" in section 2 [interpretation] of the Act, the following distances are prescribed:

(a) 400 m, in relation to a transit station that is a bus stop or bus exchange or a planned bus stop or bus exchange;

(b) 800 m, in relation to a transit station that is a passenger rail station or a planned passenger rail station.

(2) If, because of a distance prescribed under subsection (1), the boundary of a transit-oriented area bisects a parcel of land, the parcel of land is deemed to be wholly within the transit-oriented area.

Prescribed transit stations

3   (1) The transit stations located at the longitudes set out in column 2 of the Schedule and the latitudes set out opposite in column 3 of the Schedule are prescribed for the purposes of the definition of "transit station" in section 2 of the Act.

(2) The name of the transit station set out in column 1 of the Schedule and the type of transit station set out in column 4 of the Schedule are listed for ease of reference only.

Classes of land within transit-oriented areas

4   (1) The following classes of land within a transit-oriented area in relation to a passenger rail station or a planned passenger rail station are established:

(a) tier 1 land, comprised of parcels of land that are 200 m or less from the passenger rail station;

(b) tier 2 land, comprised of parcels of land that are 400 m or less from the passenger rail station but further than 200 m from the passenger rail station;

(c) tier 3 land, comprised of parcels of land that are 800 m or less from the passenger rail station but further than 400 m from the passenger rail station.

(2) The following classes of land within a transit-oriented area in relation to a bus stop or bus exchange or a planned bus stop or bus exchange are established:

(a) tier 4 land, comprised of parcels of land that are 200 m or less from the bus stop or bus exchange;

(b) tier 5 land, comprised of parcels of land that are 400 m or less from the bus stop or bus exchange but further than 200 m from the bus stop or bus exchange.

(3) A parcel of land that is partly within more than one class of land established under subsection (1) or (2) is deemed to be wholly within the class of land to which the highest density, as set out in section 5, applies.

Density and height requirements

5   For the purposes of section 565.001 [restrictions on zoning authority in relation to transit-oriented areas] of the Act, the density set out in column 2 of the following table and the height set out opposite in column 3 of the table are prescribed for the class of land, in the City of Vancouver, set out opposite in column 1 of the table:

Table

Item Column 1
Class of Land
Column 2
Density (Floor-space ratio)
Column 3
Height (Storeys)
1Tier 15.020
2Tier 24.012
3Tier 33.08
4Tier 44.012
5Tier 53.08

Exemption related to transit-oriented areas

6   Section 565.001 of the Act does not apply in relation to land in a transit-oriented area that is zoned to permit residential use if the only residential use permitted is residential use that is ancillary or secondary to an industrial or agricultural use permitted by the zoning bylaw.

Off-street parking

7   For the purposes of section 633 (1) [transition — off-street parking] of the Act, June 30, 2024 is prescribed.

Schedule

[en. B.C. Reg. 267/2023, App. 2.]

Item Column 1
Station Name
Column 2
Location (Longitude in Degrees)
Column 3
Location (Latitude in Degrees)
Column 4
Type of Transit Station
129th Avenue Station-123.04592949.244197passenger rail station
2Arbutus Station-123.15282449.263830passenger rail station
3Broadway — City Hall Station-123.11446749.263080passenger rail station
4Bridgeport Station-123.12588949.195529passenger rail station
5Burrard Station-123.11933149.285622passenger rail station
6Commercial — Broadway Station-123.06844449.262940passenger rail station
7Dunbar Loop Exchange-123.18559249.234479bus exchange
8Gilmore Station-123.01349249.264950passenger rail station
9Granville Station-123.11566049.283164passenger rail station
10Great Northern Way — Emily Carr Station-123.09509449.267081passenger rail station
11Joyce — Collingwood Station-123.03179149.238399passenger rail station
12King Edward Station-123.11545049.249175passenger rail station
13Kootenay Loop Exchange-123.02626049.281284bus exchange
14Langara — 49th Avenue Station-123.11655449.225731passenger rail station
15Main Street — Science World Station-123.10032949.273146passenger rail station
16Marine Drive Station-123.11705849.209779passenger rail station
17Mount Pleasant Station-123.10113949.262920passenger rail station
18Nanaimo Station-123.05570549.248237passenger rail station
19Oakridge — 41st Avenue Station-123.11629549.233739passenger rail station
20Oak — VGH Station-123.12448849.263387passenger rail station
21Olympic Village Station-123.11478649.266564passenger rail station
22Renfrew Station-123.04527149.258924passenger rail station
23Rupert Station-123.03285049.260754passenger rail station
24South Granville Station-123.13844049.263594passenger rail station
25Stadium — Chinatown Station-123.10915649.279287passenger rail station
26Vancouver City Centre Station-123.11817749.282413passenger rail station
27VCC — Clark Station-123.07878349.265761passenger rail station
28Waterfront Station-123.11153249.285929passenger rail station
29Yaletown — Roundhouse Station-123.12199949.274571passenger rail station

[Provisions relevant to the enactment of this regulation: Vancouver Charter, S.B.C. 1953, c. 55, ss. 2.2, 574.62 and 633.]