approved by City Council November 1, 2005 City Council Action

On November 1, 2005 City Council APPROVED the Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/ Shaughnessy Community Vision Directions that are shown in the following pages as “Approved”.

Council also approved the following:

THAT Council and departments use the Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Vision Directions to help guide policy decisions, corporate work, priorities, budgets, and capital plans in the community.

THAT Council direct the Director of City Plans to report back on an action plan to implement and monitor the Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Vision.

City Council 2002 - 2005 Mayor Larry W. Campbell Fred Bass David Cadman Jim Green Peter Ladner Raymond Louie Tim Louis Anne Roberts Tim Stevenson Sam Sullivan Ellen Woodsworth Table of Contents

VISION HIGHLIGHTS 2

VISION BACKGROUND 4

VISION DIRECTIONS 5

TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION 1 Primary Arterials 7 2 SecondaryArterials 9 3 Redesignateto Collectors 9 4 Traffic Calming on Local Streets 10 5 PublicTransit 11 6 Greenwaysand Bikeways 13

COMMUNITY SAFETY AND SERVICES 7 CommunitySafety 17 8 RecreationFacilities and Services 19 9 LibraryFacilities and Services 22 10 Servicesfor Newcomers andImmigrants 22

EXISTING RESIDENTIAL AREAS 11 SingleFamily Houses 25 12 NewHouse Design 25 13 RetainingHeritage 26 14 Changesin CD-1 Zones 28

NEW HOUSING 15 NewHousing Types 30 16 NewHousing Locations 38 17 HousingAffordability 42

NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRES 18 Kerrisdale Shoppping Area 44 19 ArbutusShopping Centre 48 20 SmallLocal Shopping Areas 51 21 ‘BigBox’ Stores and Shopping Malls 54 22 BusinessAssociations or BIAs 54 23 OtherSmall Shopping Areas Zoned C-1 55

PARKS, STREETS, LANES, AND PUBLICPLACES 24 Parks, Streets, Lanes, and Views 57 25 PublicBuildings 61

ENVIRONMENT 26 Environment 63

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN DECISIONMAKING 27 CommunityInvolvement in Decision Making 68

REZONING POLICY 69

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 74

MAP OF ARKS inside back cover Vision Highlights

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Today ARKS residents value the area’s single family neighbourhoods, views from public places, and shopping areas. The area’s parks offer a variety of open spaces and many are heavily used, as are community facilities like the com- munity centre, pool, library, and ice rink. The Vision seeks to maintain and upgrade these community assets.

The ARKS Vision also seeks to retain the historic and mature character of the area and to further improve the community. Key Vision messages include:

Make Streets Safer Arterial streets in ARKS should be easier to cross, safer to walk and drive along, more livable and attractive, while continuing to carry commuters through the area. Several secondary arterial streets should be reclassified to neighbourhood collectors and more local streets should have traffic calm- ing. Buses should be more frequent, comfortable, and convenient and they should be given more priority on streets. Shuttle buses should be used to provide more flexible local service between key destinations. There should be extensive public consultation with ARKS residents on the future of the Arbutus Corridor.

Improve Walking and Biking Routes Encourage greater use of pedestrian and cyclist routes in ARKS and im- prove safety at intersections. Residents should initiate Neighbourhood Greenways on popular walking and biking routes. The speed limit should be reduced to 40km/hr on local streets.

Improve the Environment The community and the City should work together to keep the area clean, reduce waste, expand recycling, and improve water and energy conserva- tion. All new development should adopt more sustainable building prac- tices, there should be more food grown and distributed locally, along with a ban on smoking in public places.

Enhance Community Safety Individuals, the community, and the police should all increase their efforts to create a safer community. The Community Policing Centre should be further strengthened and supported by the community. There should be more actions taken to reduce youth crime and patrols by police on foot and bicycle.

2 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision Expand Recreation Facilities and Services Recreation and library facilities in Kerrisdale should be expanded and upgraded and there should be more public recreation facilities in Arbutus Ridge and Shaughnessy. Maple Grove Pool should be retained and upgrad- ed. Programs and services for seniors and youth should be expanded.

Enhance Parks, Streets, Lanes, and Public Places Parks and school grounds should be improved to allow for more diverse activities and more parks should be provided in poorly-served areas. Incor- porate Ravine Park into a new greenway connecting Kerrisdale Village and Arbutus shopping areas. There should be more opportunities for commu- nity gardens and the community should have greater involvement in the design and stewardship of parks.

Maintain and Enhance Single Family Neighbourhoods Most single family areas should be kept to retain the basic character of ARKS. Design review for new houses should be introduced in areas without design control zoning, and there should be more public involvement in the review of new single family house design. Character housing should be retained by allowing multiple conversion dwellings on large lots and incen- tives should be developed to encourage retention of character and heritage buildings.

Add New Housing Opportunities Locate new housing types on large lots, on or near arterial roads, and around shopping areas. Some small developments designed for seniors should be considered near parks, shopping, transit, and services to allow seniors to stay in the community as their housing needs change.

Create Neighbourhood Centres and Enhance Local Shopping Areas Kerrisdale Village, 33rd and MacKenzie, and Macdonald and Alamein should be enhanced to serve as the heart of their surrounding neighbour- hoods. The commercial area at 16th and Macdonald should be considered for limited expansion on the south side of 16th Avenue. A new neighbour- hood centre should be created at the Arbutus Shopping Centre with stores located closer to Arbutus Street. Commercial streets should be improved to make them more convenient, safe and comfortable. There should be a range of shops and services, improved pedestrian safety, additional conve- nient parking, more street trees, more attractive store fronts, and cleaner streets and lanes. Kerrisdale Village should add a supermarket and a public plaza.

Improve Community Involvement in Decision making Residents should have more and timelier input into decision making about changes in their community, ranging from major initiatives like the planning of the Arbutus Corridor, to recurring decisions relating to street or traffic changes.

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 3 The Following CityPlan Directions Provide a Checklist for Community Visions: Vision Background Strengthen neighbourhood centres An Overview of the Community Vision Program Provide shops, jobs, and services close to home, and create safe, The Vision is based on CityPlan: Directions for Vancouver which was adopted by City inviting public places to meet and Council in 1995 as an overall vision for the city. In July 1996 City Council approved the socialize. Community Visions Program as a way of bringing CityPlan’s city-wide directions to the community level. The program Terms of Reference describe the ground rules and pro- Improve safety and better target cess for creating a Community Vision. The program asks each community to implement community services CityPlan Directions in a way and at a scale and pace that suits the community. Identify ways to increase safety, to better provide community services, What is This Vision? and to use arts and cultural activi- ties to support community identity This Vision describes the kind of community that people who live and work in Arbutus and participation. Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy (ARKS) want it to become over the next 10 to 20 years, and how CityPlan Directions should be implemented in ARKS. It identifies what people Reduce reliance on the car value and want to preserve, what improvements are needed, and how change should Make it easier to get around on occur. It will be used at City Hall to help set priorities for capital projects, direct City foot, by bike, and by transit. programs and services, and make decisions affecting this community. It also provides an Improve the environment opportunity for community organizations and individuals to act on directions that the community has endorsed. Suggest ways to improve air qual- ity, conserve water and energy, and reduce waste. How was this Vision Created? The Vision Directions were developed by people who live and work in ARKS. The Increase the variety and afford- ability of housing program began in October 2003 with community outreach and a weekend Visions Fair in February 2004. The heart of the process was a series of intensive public workshops Find ways to help meet the hous- from April to June 2004, where over 400 people spent many hours developing ideas and ing needs of community residents of all ages and incomes. options on a variety of topics. From these sessions, Vision Directions were created and published in the Community Vision Choices Survey which was distributed to all house- 'H¿QHQHLJKERXUKRRG holds, businesses, and property owners in May 2005. In addition, a random sample of character households was given the same survey. Over 2600 people responded to the survey to 'H¿QHZKDWDVSHFWVRIQHLJKERXU- create a shared Vision for the future. In November 2005 the Vision Directions that were hood character, heritage, and ap- supported by survey respondents were approved by City Council. pearance to retain, and decide the character of new development. A Community Liaison Group, which was composed of a wide range of community volun- teers, provided continuity throughout the process, served as a ‘watchdog’ to ensure that Diversify parks and public community input was carried through, and advised staff on community outreach and places other matters. Meet park needs, and identify a variety of designs, activities and Making the Vision Happen locations for all kinds of public places, from play areas to green- The Community Vision sets broad Directions for the future. Some of these Directions ways and gathering places. will happen almost immediately, others over many years. Some Directions will help to set priorities and to direct funds within the wide variety of existing of tools and programs Involve people and redirect like capital plans, zoning, traffic calming, business improvement area assistance, bike- resources ways, and greenways. The Vision will help to set priorities and to direct funds to pro- Find new ways to involve people grams which achieve the Vision over time. and to redirect resources to bring CityPlan Directions and the Com- Some Vision Directions are translated into actions and projects through more detailed munity Vision to life. planning — for example: to identify the specific location and design of new types of housing, and to design improvements to community shopping areas. The Vision also provides the community with a framework for action and volunteer initiatives. Contin- ued community involvement will be necessary to set priorities and provide leadership over the life of the Vision. Combined action by the City and the community is the key to making the Vision happen.

4 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision Topics Not Included in the Vision Directions Vision Directions The Vision Directions cover the WRSLFVWKDWZHUHLGHQWL¿HGDWWKH community workshops and public Introduction meetings as important for the community. This section presents the Vision Directions grouped into eight themes, with directions for 27 specific topics. Different types of information are provided: For some topics that were not addressed at the workshops, there Background Information are city-wide policies already in place that will continue to apply in Introductory material for each theme and topic provides information on the existing situ- Arbutus Ridge/Kerridale/Shaugh- ation and on existing City policies and practices which are not changed by the Vision. nessy. Examples are policies on non-market housing for lower Vision Directions income households, special needs residential facilities, and heritage The ARKS Choices Survey asked people to respond to draft Directions on a range from preservation. These are described ‘Strongly Agree’ to ‘Strongly Disagree’. Each Direction has been classified as Approved, in ‘sidebars’ within this document. Not Approved (Uncertain), or Not Supported based on community response in the Where rezoning is required, com- Choices Survey. This classification is shown above each Vision Direction. Noted below munity consultation will take place each Vision Direction is the percentage agreement it received in the general and random RQDSURMHFWVSHFL¿FEDVLV surveys (complete statistics and survey methodology are available in a separate publica- For any other topics not included tion, “Report on the General and Random Surveys: Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaugh- in the Vision Directions, the City nessy”). will still need to consult before major changes are made in the Approved Directions: Most Directions received enough agreement to be classified as community. ‘Approved’. These Directions were supported not only by 50% or more of the general survey respondents but also by at least 55% of the random survey respondents (a level that ensures support for the Direction by a majority of these respondents, taking into account the plus or minus 5% sampling error of the random survey). These Directions have been adopted by City Council and are official City policy.

Not Approved (Uncertain) Directions: When a Direction did not receive enough support to be classified as ‘Approved’ but the agree votes outweighed disagree votes in either the general or random surveys, the Direction is listed as ‘Not Approved (Un- certain)’. Many of these Directions were supported by a majority of the general survey respondents and a majority of votes in the random survey (but below the 55% required to ensure community support given the sampling error of the random survey). These Directions were not adopted by City Council and although they are not City policy they remain on the table for further community discussion in subsequent planning processes. For these Directions, comments on their future role follows the ‘Peoples Ideas’.

Not Supported Directions: When a Direction received more disagree than agree votes in either the general or the random survey it is classified as ‘Not Supported’. These Directions were not adopted by City Council and they will not be brought forward for consideration in future planning processes.

People’s Ideas For most Directions, specific ideas generated at the community meetings and workshops are listed here. They are for information and future reference but are not part of the City Council approved Directions.

Note: Percentages shown in this document have been are rounded-up when the detailed number is .5 or greater (e.g., 54.5% is rounded-up to 55%). However, this rounding-up has not changed the classification of a Direction (e.g., from ‘Not Approved’ to ‘Approved’).

Also note that the ‘Percent Agree’ figures refer to the share of the respondents who ‘agreed’ divided by the total number who provided an ‘ agree’, ‘disagree’, or ‘neutral’ response on the Direction. ‘Neutral’ indicates the respondent did not have an opinion based the information provided. Most Vision Directions had at least 10% of the total respondents checking the ‘neutral’ box.

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 5 TRAFFIC and TRANSPORTATION

raffic and its impacts are major issues in Arbutus Ridge/ Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy. The area has two of the city’s busi- T est streets in terms of both car and truck traffic. Granville and Oak carry between 40,000 to just over 50,000 vehicles per 24-hour period. Many of ARKS arterial streets are used for truck travel: Vancouver’s Transportation Plan estimated that Marine Drive carries over 400 trucks per day; Oak, Granville, Arbutus/West Bou- levard, Macdonald/MacKenzie, and 41st each carry 200 trucks per day. In 2003, Oak and 41st had the highest number of motor vehicle collisions in ARKS (185), followed by Granville and 41st (132), and Granville and King Edward (119).

The Vision addresses a number of transportation issues in ARKS including traffic volumes and congestion; truck traffic, particularly trucks servicing redevelopment at UBC; specific intersections; and Streets improvements for pedestrians, cyclists, and transit users. Many of these Directions are described below, others are in the D NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRES or PARKS, STREETS, 16th ou g l a LANES, AND PUBLIC PLACES sections. s

Arbutus The streets included here are those identified as pri- King Edward orities at the ARKS Vision Fair and community work- Macdonald shops. These are: • primary arterials: the busiest streets in ARKS — King Edward, 41st, Marine Drive, Arbutus/West Boulevard 33rd (16th to 41st), Granville, and Oak • secondary arterials: less-busy streets where pedestri- ans, bikes, and transit should be encouraged — 16th, th st

Larch Marpole/15 /Wolfe/Douglas, West Boulevard (41 to MacKenzie

Granville 41st Oak 51st), 49th, and Macdonald (16th to King Edward) • streets proposed to be removed from the arterial Blenheim network: Quesnel (King Edward to 27th) and MacK- th st st st

Macdonald 49th enzie (27 to 41 ), West Boulevard (51 to 61 ) and Angus (61st to Marine Drive), Puget (King Edward to rd rd st st

W. Boulevard W. 33 ) and Larch (33 to 41 ), Macdonald (41 to Ma- rine Drive), 33rd (Oak to MacKenzie), and 57th (Oak to 57th Marine Drive).

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Angus N Primary arterial Secondary arterial Proposed change to collector (from City Transportation Plan) Pedestrian, cycling, and transit improvements (from City Transportation Plan)

6 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision Types of Streets 1.1 Improve Conditions and Safety Primary st Primary arterials: serve through on King Edward, 41 , Marine Drive, WUDI¿FDQGSURYLGHDFFHVVWRWKH 1 Arterials Arbutus/West Boulevard (16th to 41st), region’s major roads. They gener- Granville, and Oak st ally have two or more moving (King Edward, 41 , Marine Drive, ODQHVRIWUDI¿FLQHDFKGLUHFWLRQ Arbutus/West Boulevard (16th to 41st), Approved KLJKWUDI¿FYROXPHVWUDI¿FVLJQDOV Granville, and Oak) The conditions and safety for residents and rush hour parking or turning and pedestrians on King Edward, 41st, restrictions. Most are truck and transit routes. King Edward, 41st, Marine Drive, Arbu- Marine Drive, Arbutus/West Boulevard th st tus/West Boulevard (16th to 41st), Gran- (16 to 41 ), Granville, and Oak should Secondary arterials: also ville, and Oak will continue to be pri- be substantially improved by: VHUYHWKURXJKWUDI¿FEXWWKH\DUH • adding and upgrading pedestrian generally narrower and less busy mary arterials used by traffic travelling than primary arterials (although across the city and region. All except crossings and sidewalks some, like 12thKDYHKLJKWUDI¿F King Edward are truck routes. All are • reducing traffic speed and noise volumes). They may be bus or transit routes (including a small portion • providing more education about and truck routes. of Marine Drive). King Edward, 41st,Ar- enforcement of traffic rules and regu- butus/West Boulevard (16th to 41st), and Neighbourhood collectors: are lations Granville have been designated in the LQWHQGHGWRJLYHORFDOWUDI¿FDF- • pursuing design solutions to reduce cess to the arterial road network Transportation Plan as having potential traffic impacts, and and are not intended to act as for ‘increased priority for pedestrians, • reducing the adverse impacts of trucks DUWHULDOVE\VHUYLQJWKURXJKWUDI¿F bicycles, and transit’. Traffic volumes, on neighbourhoods. 7UDI¿FYROXPHVVKRXOGEHORZHU speeds, truck traffic, and noise can make than on most secondary arterials Percent Agree 75%/78% and should not increase except these streets difficult to walk along, live on, or to cross. 41st is the ‘Main Street’ when new trips are generated in People’s Ideas... the local neighbourhood. for Kerrisdale Village and has special • improve pedestrian crossing op- needs for pedestrians crossing to reach portunities: more pedestrian-acti- Local streets: provide access its many retail stores. Both Marine Drive vated signals, median refuges, curb to homes. They are generally and 41st play a significant role in provid- bordered by residential uses and bulges, grade separated crossings, ing access to UBC for both car and truck used primarily by residents of the employ crossing guards to shorten traffic, with the accompanying problems QHLJKERXUKRRG7UDI¿FYROXPHV waiting times are low. regarding safety and amenity for pedes- trians and homeowners who live along • reduce maximum size of trucks Streets with increased priority these arterials (also see Directions in the permitted to use residential truck for pedestrians, cyclists, and NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRES section routes transit-users: are arterials identi- of the Vision). • use noise absorbent material ¿HGLQWKH7UDQVSRUWDWLRQ3ODQDV having the potential for increased when resurfacing noisy streets use by pedestrians (e.g. improving • make Kerrisdale Village a ‘pedes- pedestrian crossings, or creating trian priority area’, especially at East ‘pedestrian priority areas’ with and West Boulevards corner bulges, public art, and land- scaping), cyclists (e.g. Bikelanes), • restrict hours of truck use, restrict and transit users (e.g. bus bulges, their use to inside lanes, and limit EXVODQHVEXVSULRULW\DWWUDI¿F use of engine brakes along Marine signals). Drive and 41st

Truck routes: provide through • add crosswalks or median refuges routes for large trucks (generally Marine Drive: primary arterial needs more and on Marine Drive (e.g. at Larch, Yew, trucks with three or more axles) on safer pedestrian crossings 45th,49th, and the Arbutus Corridor), designated primary and second- and set minimum distances between ary arterial streets. These trucks crosswalks must travel on truck routes except when their origin or destination is • assess the impact of street widen- not on a truck route — then they ing of Marine Drive on local resi- must take the shortest route to the dents and on area traffic congestion closest truck route.

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 7 City Transportation Plan Secondary The City’s Transportation Plan was approved by City Council in May 2 Arterials 1997. The Plan’s most important Directions include: (16th, Marpole/15th/Wolfe/Douglas, • not expanding the existing net- West Boulevard (41st to 51st), 49th, work of arterial roads in the city and Macdonald (16th to King • improved transit and expanded cycling Edward) • better conditions for pedestri- 16th, Marpole/15th/Wolfe/Douglas, ans, especially in important West Boulevard (41st to 51st), 49th, and shopping areas Macdonald (16th to King Edward) are ‡ WUDI¿FFDOPLQJWRSURWHFWQHLJK- 49th: secondary arterial needs increased priority ERXUKRRGVIURPWKURXJKWUDI¿F secondary arterials. Macdonald is a truck for pedestrians, bicycles, and transit • improved truck access for mov- and transit route, West Boulevard and ing goods 49th are transit routes. West Boulevard, 2.1 Improve Conditions and Safety • future growth in commuter trips 49th, and Macdonald are designated on 16th, Marpole/15th/Wolfe/Douglas, to the downtown to be served in the Transportation Plan as having West Boulevard (41st to 51st), 49th, primarily by transit, instead of and Macdonald (16th to King Edward) creating more car trips. potential for ‘increased priority for pedestrians, bicycles, and transit’. Vision Approved participants noted problems with traffic The conditions and safety for residents speed and pedestrian safety, especially and pedestrians on 16th, Marpole/15th/ along West Boulevard. Wolfe/Douglas, West Boulevard (41st to 51st), 49th, and Macdonald (16th to King Edward) should be substantially im- Truck Routes proved by:

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s • reducing traffic speed and noise, and Arbutus • providing more education about, and King Edward enforcement of, traffic rules and regu- Macdonald lations. Percent Agree 73%/74%

33rd People’s Ideas... • need pedestrian crossings on East and West Boulevard at 47th (near

Magee High School), along 49th

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Granville 41st Oak from Arbutus to Marine, and on 49th at Balsam (to improve access to Maple Grove Park)

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W. Boulevard W. 3 Collectors Quesnel (King Edward to 27th) and 57th MacKenzie (27th to 41st), West Boule- st st st S.W. Marine vard (51 to 61 ) and Angus (61 to Marine Drive), Puget (King Edward to 33rd) and Larch (33rd to 41st), Mac- Angus N donald (41st to Marine Drive), 33rd (Oak to MacKenzie), and 57th (Oak to Truck routes Marine Drive)

These streets are now secondary arte- rials which carry relatively low traffic volumes and pass through predomi-

8 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision UBC Strategic nantly residential neighbourhoods. Approved Transportation Plan Quesnel and MacKenzie serve as both e) 33rd (Oak to MacKenzie) The UBC Strategic Transporta- truck and transit routes, West Boulevard Percent Agree 51%/59% tion Plan provides guidelines and and Angus as bus routes within ARKS. recommendations for managing changes to UBC’s transporta- Quesnel and MacKenzie are located on Not Approved (Uncertain) th tion systems. The Plan contains the boundary between ARKS and Dun- f) 57 (Oak to Marine Drive). 55 strategies to reduce Single bar, and Angus and 57th on the bound- Percent Agree 48%/52% Occupancy Vehicle (SOV) reli- ary with Marpole. ance. These strategies include Comment: Direction 3.1(f) did not the ‘U-pass’ Program which provides mandatory unlimited The Transportation Plan proposes, and receive majority support in the general transit access to students, van/car Vision participants supported, their survey, and did not receive high enough pool programs, comfortable and reclassification to neighbourhood col- agreement in the random survey to be secure bicycle/pedestrian facilities, lectors. As a neighbourhood collector, classified as Approved. In both surveys, FDPSXVVKXWWOHV\VWHPVDQGÀH[- a street would continue to give local the Direction received more agree votes ible work/study programs. Another aspect of the Plan seeks to miti- traffic access to arterial roads but it than disagree votes (general survey: gate the impacts of heavy trucks would not be widened to increase the 1.7 to 1, random survey: 1.9 to 1). As a in Vancouver’s residential areas number of traffic lanes or the amount of result, this Direction is classified as Not through a Truck Management car or truck traffic it carries. To achieve Approved (Uncertain) and remains on Program. The Program includes reclassification requires neighbourhood the table for consideration and pub- promoting on-site storage and re- use of materials, consolidation of support, so streets which are located on lic discussion in further planning. An truck deliveries, and scheduling of the boundary between ARKS and other examination of the distribution of votes construction activities to ‘even out’ neighbourhoods will require further for both surveys found that respon- KHDY\WUXFNWUDI¿F discussion with residents living outside dents in the neighbourhood adjacent to of ARKS. The results of this Survey and the street (bounded by 49th, Oak, 57th, of any further discussions with residents Angus and Marine Drive) supported the will be reported to City Council for a Direction: 64% agree, 28% disagree. final decision on reclassification.

3.1 Change Designation of Some Secondary Arterials The City should change the designation of the following streets from secondary arterial to neighbourhood collector to ensure these streets are not widened to increase the number of traffic lanes or the amount of car or truck traffic they carry: 33rd: change designation to neighbourhood collector Approved th 3.2 Improve Conditions and Safety a) Quesnel (King Edward to 27 ) and on Streets with the Potential to be th st MacKenzie (27 to 41 ) Redesignated to Neighbourhood Percent Agree 54%/61% Collectors

Approved Approved b) West Boulevard (51st to 61st) and The conditions and safety for residents Angus (61st to Marine Drive) and pedestrians on Quesnel (King Percent Agree 57%/57% Edward to 27th) and MacKenzie (27th to 41st), West Boulevard (51st to 61st) Approved and Angus (61st to Marine Drive), Puget c) Puget (King Edward to 33rd) and (King Edward to 33rd) and Larch (33rd to Larch (33rd to 41st) 41st), Macdonald (41st to Marine Drive), Percent Agree 56%/58% 33rd (Oak to MacKenzie), and 57th (Oak to Marine Drive) should be substantially Approved improved by: d) Macdonald (41st to Marine Drive) • adding and upgrading pedestrian Percent Agree 53%/58% crossings and sidewalks

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 9 /HVV:LGHO\8VHG7UDI¿F&DOP- • reducing traffic speed and noise People’s Ideas... ing Measures • providing more education about, and • need comprehensive traffic calm- 7KHUHDUHRWKHUWUDI¿FFDOPLQJ enforcement of, traffic rules and regu- ing plan for area south of 41st measures that the City has tried in a few trial locations. These lations, and • slow traffic around York House, methods are less widely used and • reducing the adverse impacts of trucks Little Flower Academy, and Shaugh- sometimes must be paid for either on neighbourhoods. nessy School wholly or partially by residents. Percent Agree 72%/72% • address traffic congestion around These include: • mid-block bulges or ‘pinches’ to schools, especially at Kerrisdale and narrow the street People’s Ideas... Point Grey Schools • public art/fountains, street trees, • use traffic circles and stop signs • enforce existing 50 km/h speed and planting/gardening on bou- when downgrading from arterial to limit levards to provide more visual collector nd FOXHVIRUWUDI¿FWRVORZGRZQ • address traffic issues on 42 just and to provide greater amenity • prohibit parking for ½ block on outside the Kerrisdale Community • street reclaiming with block Larch north of 41st Centre parties and street festivals organized by residents • need 4-way stop to slow traf- • rough pavement including the Traffic Calming fic and enhance pedestrian safety use of stamped pavement or around 45th and Yew, provide stop alternate paving materials to 4 on Local Streets signs at East Boulevard and 50th, create an uneven surface, and 52nd, and 54th • Woonerf (or ‘street for living’) Local streets should carry low volumes street layout: creating a com- of local traffic travelling at moderate mon space shared by pedestri- speeds. The Transportation Plan recom- ans, bicyclists, and low-speed mends lowering the speed limit on all motor vehicles – typically streets have no sidewalks or curbs, and local streets to 40 km/h. In some cases, WUDI¿FLVVORZHGE\SODFLQJWUHHV through and/or speeding traffic con- planters, parking areas, and sistently occurs on local streets. Traffic other ‘obstacles’ in the street calming reduces the speed or volume of (parts of Granville Island work traffic on these streets to increase safety this way). and amenity. Traffic calming may em- ploy traffic circles, speed humps, corner bulges, traffic diverters, stop signs or other types of signs, street closures, 5DLVHGFURVVZDONWUDI¿FFDOPLQJWRVORZFDUV street narrowing, raised crosswalks, and pedestrian islands/refuge areas (some- 40 km/h Speed Limit on Local Streets times planted). The City’s Transportation Plan has a Traffic calming can be put in place using policy to reduce speed limits on residen- one of three approaches: tial streets to 40 km/h. This will require an amendment to the province’s Motor • a neighbourhood-wide traffic calming Vehicle Act. plan • property owners pay for a non-diver- 4.2 Allow 40 km/h Speed Limit on sionary traffic calming device Local Streets • City funded traffic calming on streets Approved with problems confirmed by measur- The City should continue to encourage able criteria. the province to move quickly to amend The Vision supports more traffic the Motor Vehicle Act to allow the calming. City to reduce the speed limit on local streets to 40 km/h. 4.1 Use Traffic Calming Programs Percent Agree 54%/58% Approved Residents should ensure they contact the City about any traffic problems experienced on local streets so that the City’s traffic calming programs can be initiated. Percent Agree 65%/68%

10 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision Neighbourhood Traffic Calming Measures Public Transit

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u tion. Instead, its approach is to real- C Speed " Bumps locate road space and accommodate (in lane) more trips on transit. More people must Raised Median Traffic be attracted to transit in order to keep "Skinny Street" Stop Signs on Arterial Circle future traffic congestion from becoming one sided two sided narrowing narrowing unbearable. On-Street Speed Parking Hump

Note: street trees ( ) should be included as part of these measures, wherever appropriate. Control of transit has passed from the province to a regional body named 4.3 Pursue Traffic Demand Reduction TransLink which plans, finances, and Measures operates the transit system. Within Vancouver, the City owns the roads that Not Approved (Uncertain) buses operate on and is responsible for More should be done to reduce auto- bus shelters, whether traffic signals give trips taken by residents of ARKS. Create priority to buses, and how the streets and/or adopt from other areas programs are designed for buses. The Transpor- and measures that get people walking, tation Plan recommends that the City biking, or taking transit to local destina- work with TransLink to create: tions, and link trips that would usually be taken individually. • better bus stops, bus shelters, and Percent Agree 52%/52% boarding areas (e.g. with timetables and maps) People’s Ideas... • more frequent buses • organize walking or biking school • bus priority measures to increase bus to discourage drop-off by car efficiency and reliability of buses • limit parking around schools, (e.g. bus bulges) provide parking only for car-pools • community mini-buses at UBC, use family trip-reduction • a city-wide network of express bus plans, and adopt more user-pay routes (including 41st) and rapid measures for car drivers transit.

Comment: This Direction did receive The Vision Directions address how to majority support in the general survey, make transit use more attractive. but did not receive high enough agree- ment in the random survey to be classi- 5.1 Use Bus Priority Measures fied as Approved. In the random survey, Approved the Direction received substantially The efficiency and reliability of buses more agree votes than disagree votes (2 should be improved through the use to 1). As a result, this Direction is clas- of bus priority measures, such as bus sified as Not Approved (Uncertain) and bulges, bus signal priority, and bus remains on the table for consideration only lanes. and public discussion in further plan- Percent Agree 65%/64% ning.

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 11 People’s Ideas... • use express lanes during peak • dedicate bus lanes through com- hours to serve schools mercial areas to reduce delays • address problem of UBC cross- • allow signal priority for buses at town buses being filled to capacity intersections before they reach Kerrisdale • provide bus bulges and boarding • need bus route on Oak to link to spaces on transit-oriented streets Richmond City Centre Bus bulge: helps bus priority, where road space is available more boarding space 5.3 Provide Shuttle Buses 5.2 Increase Frequency of Bus Service Approved TransLink should use shuttle buses Approved to provide more flexible local service The City should consult with TransLink to and from key destinations like Ker- to increase bus frequency — including risdale Village, Kerrisdale Community adding more express routes — to quick- Centre and Library, and Arbutus Shop- en service. Attention should be paid to ping Centre. north-south connections in ARKS. Percent Agree 57%/60% Percent Agree 70%/74% People’s Ideas... People’s Ideas... • use taxi-buses with flexible, de- • reduce number of bus stops dur- mand-responsive routes to connect ing rush hour to increase frequency to regular city bus system and reduce transit times, and add • use smaller buses in off-peak express routes (especially along hours (especially on 49th) Arbutus, and Macdonald/MacKenzie) • provide shuttles between shop- • alternate express and regular ping areas buses 5.4 Improve Taxi Service Bus Routes Not Approved (Uncertain) D The number of taxis permitted in the 16th ou g l a city should be increased to improve lo- s cal service, and further broaden trans-

Arbutus portation alternatives to the private King Edward

Macdonald automobile. Percent Agree 36%/42%

People’s Ideas... 33rd • increase the city’s taxi fleet (num- ber of licenses) and incorporate into

overall transit plan

Larch MacKenzie

Granville 41st Oak • provide more taxis/private shuttles

Blenheim Comment: This Direction did not re- ceive majority support in either the gen- Macdonald 49th eral survey or random surveys. In both

W. BoulevardW. surveys, the Direction received more agree votes than disagree votes (general 57th survey: 1.3 to 1, random survey: 1.8 to

S.W. Marine 1). As a result, this Direction is classi- fied as Not Approved (Uncertain) and remains on the table for consideration

Angus N and public discussion in further plan- Bus routes ning. Possible express bus routes (from Transportation Plan)

12 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision Arbutus Corridor 5.5 Improve the ‘Transit Experience’ 5.8 Local Involvement in Transit The Arbutus Corridor is an 11 km Decisions stretch of land, running from False Approved Creek in the north to the Fraser The ‘transit experience’ (the comfort, Approved River in the south. The Corridor convenience, and sense of safety experi- There should be more local involvement includes more than 20 hectares enced by users as they walk to, wait for, in transit decisions. of land along its length. Canadian or ride the system) should be improved Percent Agree 72%/66% 3DFL¿F5DLOZD\ &35 LVWKHOHJDO owner of the Arbutus Corridor in order to attract riders, for example, south of First Avenue. with better weather protection, transit People’s Ideas... schedules and route maps, and trash cans. • make those most affected by In 1999, the CPR announced Percent Agree 66%/71% TransLink decisions part of the deci- its intention to discontinue rail sion making process services on the line. The CPR People’s Ideas... proposed the development of the • provide quiet transit through Arbutus Corridor for commercial Greenways and and residential use. In 2000, after Kerrisdale (trolley bus/street car), a public hearing process, the City cleaner buses, mail boxes, and news 6 Bikeways of Vancouver enacted the Arbutus vending machines at bus stops &RUULGRU2I¿FLDO'HYHORSPHQW3ODQ Greenways, Bikeways, and Bikelanes are (ODP). The Plan designates the • post timetables and route maps networks of routes designed to provide land in the Arbutus Corridor for and provide garbage cans at bus active and alternative ways to move transportation, including rail and stops through the city, while enhancing the transit, and for greenways. • provide washrooms at major tran- experience of nature, community, and sit stops The CPR subsequently chal- city life. Work is underway through vari- lenged the Arbutus Corridor ODP ous City programs: in BC Supreme Court. In the initial 5.6 Extensive Public Consultation • Greenways to provide enhanced walk- decision in 2002, the Court ruled when Planning for the Arbutus ing and cycling routes that the Arbutus Corridor ODP was Corridor invalid and set it aside. The City • Bikeways and Bikelanes to provide appealed that decision and the BC Approved more functional routes specifically for &RXUWRI$SSHDODI¿UPHGWKH&LW\¶V Assuming the Supreme Court of Canada bikes authority to enact the Arbutus Cor- ridor ODP. The CPR appealed the decides that the City has the authority to decision of the BC Court of Appeal regulate the development of the Arbutus Greenways are streets and routes en- to the Supreme Court of Canada Corridor, there should be extensive pub- hanced to create an interesting and safe which upheld the Arbutus Corridor lic consultation with ARKS residents on environment for walking and ODP which designates it for trans- the future of the Arbutus Corridor. recreational cycling. The Vancouver portation and greenways uses. Percent Agree 80%/81% Greenways Plan was developed with public consultation and approved in 5.7 Review Transit Fares and Promote 1995. It identifies two kinds of Green- Ridership ways: City Greenways which have been planned to create a city-wide network of Approved 14 routes (the Ridgeway route is near- TransLink should consider ways to ing completion); and Neighbourhood encourage greater ridership including Greenways which create pleasant local special promotions and a reduction in connections, are smaller in scale, and the fare schedule. are initiated by neighbourhood groups, Percent Agree 70%/68% who receive technical and funding sup- port from the City. People’s Ideas... • provide free rides on Canada Day Bikeways are bike routes which cross • provide ‘U-pass’ for Vancouver the city on local streets which parallel residents — add cost to property arterials. These streets have features that taxes — and run ‘U-passes’ all year make them ‘bicycle-friendly’. For ex- round ample, traffic circles can be installed to • decrease bus fares for seniors and slow cars but not bikes, and cyclist-push youth buttons can be provided where a • extend time limits for transfers Bikeway crosses a busy street. • provide a ‘family rate’ for families travelling together on transit

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 13 Bikelanes are marked lanes (minimum town, and Marine Bikeways are impor- 1.5m wide) for bikes on some arterial tant community assets, improvements streets. This idea was introduced by the must still be made to encourage greater Transportation Plan. Often space for use of pedestrian and cyclist routes and Bikelanes needs to be allocated from facilities, and improve safety at intersec- space reserved for other street uses. tions. This can have impacts on parking, the Percent Agree 72%/72% City-wide Greenway: number of travel lanes, and street and Ridgeway median curb-to-curb width. People’s Ideas... • narrow traffic lanes on Marine Exact routes and designs of future Drive to expand Bikelane and side- city-wide Greenways, Bikeways, and walk Bikelanes are determined partly through • provide better signage directing input from the Community Vision but cyclists to Bikeways are usually followed by further, more • provide buffer between vehicles detailed consultation with local resi- and bicycles on Marine Drive – re- Neighbourhood Greenway dents and businesses. move cars parking in bikelane 6.1 Improve Greenway and Bikeway • provide more traffic calming on th Routes bike routes especially on 37 to deal with school traffic Approved • show alternative routes to avoid Greenways should link major walking steep hills and other barriers (e.g. destinations within and outside of ARKS 45th instead of 37th for steep sec- and provide safe crossings at major tions) streets. While the existing Ridgeway • provide an east-west Greenway Greenway, and the Angus/Cypress, Mid- along King Edward or 16th rd th Greenways and Bikeways • consider 43 or 45 as a good biking and walking route D 16th ou st g • add a route for cyclists near 41 l a th nd s (e.g. 40 or 42 )

Arbutus 6.2 Initiate Neighbourhood King Edward

Macdonald Greenways Approved ARKS residents should initiate Neigh- 33rd bourhood Greenways on frequently used walking and biking routes within

Larch the area (shown on the map). A Neigh-

bourhood Greenway running between MacKenzie

Granville 41st Oak Kerrisdale Village and Arbutus Shopping Centre and incorporating Ravine Park

Blenheim should be investigated. Percent Agree 68%/74% Macdonald 49th People’s Ideas... W. Boulevard W. • extend trail along Ravine Park to 41st shopping area 57th

S.W. Marine 6.3 Provide General Walking and Biking Improvements N

Angus Approved City Greenway (existing and proposed) The frequently used walking and biking City Bikeway routes within ARKS shown on the map City proposed bike corridor should have additional greening and other types of improvements, including:

14 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision Funding Sidewalks • installation of sidewalks on streets People’s Ideas... In 2004, City Council committed to without sidewalks and improved • fix sidewalks on west side of 5900 completing the sidewalk network maintenance of existing streets and block Balsam on all streets in Vancouver. A sidewalks, priority list of sidewalk/street types • improve condition of sidewalk rd was established: transit routes, • better pedestrian and bike crossings and pavement on Elm, Larch, 43 , arterial streets, pedestrian collec- of arterials, and Balsam, Angus, and Connaught tor routes, higher zoned streets, • beautification of streets and sidewalks • pave and calm MacKenzie and local residential streets. rd st Construction and reconstruction (e.g. tree-lined streets, landscaping, between 33 and 41 of sidewalks and improvements flowers, benches, special paving, and • provide sidewalks on East Boule- to residential streets and lanes is lighting). vard between 52nd and 57th generally cost shared by the City Percent Agree 72%/73% and the adjacent property owner. • fix the pavement along MacKenzie, th In order facilitate the completion of Blenheim, and East Boulevard (49 People’s Ideas... the sidewalk network, the City to 57th) decreased the property owner • install signals at major intersec- share for new sidewalks and tions on well-used but non-desig- 6.5 Provide Bike Parking and Racks increased the owner’s share for nated routes street and lane improvements. Approved 6.4 Provide and Repair Streets and Bike parking and racks should be more Heavily utilized sidewalks that are seriously in need of repair, Sidewalks readily available in ARKS, particularly at like sidewalks in neighbourhood major destinations like Kerrisdale Approved shopping areas, now may be Village. Streets and sidewalks in ARKS should be reconstructed by the City (without Percent Agree 64%/67% the approval of property owners) provided or repaired where necessary. when the full costs of reconstruc- Percent Agree 77%/82% tion is borne by the City. People’s Ideas... • provide bike racks in visible areas – easy to access and monitor – in Frequently Used Walking and Biking Routes areas around Kerrisdale Village, on buses, and in schools, parks and Do 16th ug commercial areas la s

Valley 6.6 Develop Bikelanes along 33rd and

Arbutus MacKenzie King Edward Macdonald Approved Nanton Maple Cres Bikelanes along 33rd and MacKenzie n to g should be considered as part of a city- n

i Granville Edd wide commuter network (this would be

MacKenzie 33rd considered as part of a more detailed plan, to ensure that it was safe and that

Trafalgar 37th it fits in with the City’s overall network of biking routes).

Oak Larch 41st Percent Agree 59%/57% 43rd 45th Blenheim People’s Ideas...

• provide Bikelanes on secondary

Yew Macdonald Maple 49th arterials with bike parking • dedicate land for Bikelanes

W. BoulevardW. Balsam • install Bikelanes near all elemen- Angus tary and secondary schools 57th • separate Bikelanes from car lanes Walking and S.W. Marine biking routes for improvment N Parks

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 15 COMMUNITY SAFETY and SERVICES

rbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy (ARKS) has a diverse population with many languages, ethnic backgrounds, A income levels, and ages. These demographic factors create challenges to understanding and meeting people’s safety, recre- ational, and social service needs. Out of the broad range of services and service providers within ARKS, the Vision Directions concen- trate on services which are either provided directly, or partly funded, by the City.

2001 Population Paying for Services and Facilities Vancouver 546,000 The City pays for many of the services and facilities involved in ARKS 40,430 policing, recreation, libraries, and so forth, through property taxes, development cost charges, and user fees. 1981 - 2001 Population Growth

Vancouver 32% The CityPlan Direction on City finances is to continue to be cautious about increasing spending. Generally, new services would need to ARKS 19% be paid for by redirecting funds now spent on other items or in other areas, or through user pay funding sources (see MORE INFO English Mother Tongue – Development Cost Levies and Community Amenity Contributions Vancouver 49% in the NEW HOUSING section). There are usually more requests for new facilities than can be funded in any one period, so there is of- ARKS 52% ten a waiting period of years before a facility is expanded or rebuilt.

Chinese Mother Tongue Non-City Services Most health and social services are funded by the province and pro- Vancouver 26% vided either directly by ministries or through various agencies. The ARKS 34% Vancouver Coastal Health Authority is responsible for health and community care services, including many for seniors. ARKS is served by the Pacific Spirit Community Health Centre which is situated at Median Household Income 2110 West 43rd. Vancouver $42,026 ARKS $60,901

Percent Low Income Households

Vancouver 27% ARKS 19%

Single Parent Families

Vancouver 17% ARKS 10%

Source: Census 2001

16 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision Community Policing Centres Community 7.2 Support the Community Policing Community Policing Centres Centre and Community Policing (CPCs) are places where the 7 Safety police and community volunteers Approved engage in the delivery of crime In 2001, both the rate of property The Community Policing Centre (CPC) prevention programs. When pro- crimes and the rate of crimes against serving ARKS should be further strength- vincial funding for CPCs was with- people in ARKS were lower than most ened and supported by the community. drawn in 2003, a new model for of the city’s local areas. Within ARKS, community policing was adopted The CPC should expand the Block Shaughnessy’s property crime rate was E\WKH&LW\WRDGGUHVVWKH¿QDQFLDO Watch Program, recruit more volunteers, shortfall. The revised model con- slightly higher than in Arbutus Ridge and do more outreach in the community sists of 7 neighbourhood-based and Kerrisdale. (especially to newcomers). CPCs and 1 CPC designated for Percent Agree 80%/80% Vancouver’s Chinese population. Vision Directions focus on key compo- (YHU\RI¿FHKDVDQHLJKERXUKRRG nents in a strategy to prevent crime: in- SROLFHRI¿FHUDVVLJQHGWRZRUNZLWK People’s Ideas… the local population. The centres dividual actions, community initiatives, • publish newsletter about safety rely on support and cooperation and policing approaches. In addition, issues from local residents, businesses, there are Directions which look at par- • conduct meetings with local resi- the police, and the City. The Ker- ticular issues like youth crime and illegal risdale Oakridge Marpole (KOM) dents and newcomers about crime drug activities. CPC at 5655 Cambie services prevention in community centres, ARKS, along with Riley Park, schools, and businesses South Cambie, Oakridge, and 7.1 Individual Actions to Marpole. Improve Safety • hold regular safety fairs in the community centre Approved • recruit a Chinese speaking coordi- Individuals should take responsibil- nator to get the Chinese involved as ity for reducing the likelihood they or volunteers their property will be affected by crime. • encourage Block Watch captains Possible actions include making their to connect better with newcomers homes and vehicles more burglar and theft resistant, and getting to know their • locate a satellite station of the CPC neighbours. at the community centre or major Percent Agree 84%/87% commercial areas to distribute infor- mation and recruit volunteers People’s Ideas… • do not bring valuables to the com- munity centre or library • remove valuables when leaving the car and display ‘no valuables’ sign on vehicles • install security cameras, motion sensor lighting, and gates to protect your home • report suspicious behaviour to the police, especially in the back lanes

• get a ‘vacation’ buddy to check on Kerrisdale Oakridge Marpole Community your home when away Policing Centre • hold more block parties to pro- 7.3 Community Actions to mote communication between Reduce Crime neighbours Approved The CPC, the City, the Police Depart- ment, the community centre, business groups, schools, and local neighbour- hood groups should strengthen crime prevention efforts. These efforts should include improved lighting in low-visibil- ity areas, strengthening community con-

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 17 Neighbourhood Integrated nections and partnerships, and wider 7.5 Prevent Youth Crime Service Teams use of crime prevention and education City Council created Neighbour- programs. Approved hood Integrated Service Teams Percent Agree 85%/80% Youth crime should be prevented (NISTs) in 1994. Each neighbour- through the co-ordinated efforts of hood-based team is made up People’s Ideas… schools, police, community organiza- of representatives from several tions, and other groups working with departments and agencies (Police, • get neighbourhood associations to Health, Engineering, Licenses organize more crime prevention ac- youth. Initiatives could include addition- and Inspections, Fire and Rescue, tivities (e.g. volunteer night patrols) al facilities and programs in parks, com- Planning, etc). These multi-depart- munity centres, and schools to provide • post signs in the community cen- mental teams work to help com- alternatives for youth. munities solve problems such as tre reminding people to take care of Percent Agree 83%/79% unsafe buildings, garbage, noise, their own belongings or designate a and illegal activity in a more co- ‘safe’ area for depositing valuables ordinated and collaborative way. People’s Ideas... • provide better lighting on the • offer more free drop-in recreation streets and lanes (e.g. prevent lights activities and after school clubs to from being overshadowed by tree reduce crimes of opportunity and limbs), install emergency phones vandalism by teens • extend opening hours of Ker- • develop sense of ‘community’ risdale stores into the evening (to responsibility in youth make streets brighter and safer and • integrate new students into the provide support when there is dan- student body (i.e. have a ‘buddy ger) system’) • encourage dog owners to be in- • have high schools sponsor an volved in the pooch patrol program evening event about the problem of bullying 7.4 Enhance Police Services Approved The City’s Drug Prevention Policy There should be more patrols by police The City has adopted a comprehensive on foot and bicycle, particularly in areas approach to the drug problem. Despite of the community with higher crime enforcement efforts, a large share of rates, to enable the police to be more crime in the city continues to be related responsive to local safety concerns and to drug use and the drug trade. The City needs. is implementing a four pillar approach Percent Agree 85%/85% which supplements enforcement with prevention programs to reduce the People’s Ideas… number of new users, harm reduction • improve response to ‘break and enter’ to decrease the damage suffered by drug 911 calls users, and enhanced treatment to help • need to provide bilingual Chinese users to address their dependency. The police to help the residents of ARKS approach recognizes that drug issues are not restricted to one area of the city and Youth Crime recommends community-based facilities Very few youth are engaged in crime. for treatment and needle exchange. Full Youth already make an important con- implementation is being pursued with tribution to improving the community. the federal and provincial governments However, a range of youth crime and and their agencies, particularly the Van- youth activities made residents feel couver Coastal Health Authority. Over unsafe: loitering, bullying, feeling threat- time, there should be more prevention ened by groups of teens, vandalism, programs and treatment facilities in the graffiti, and open drug use, etc. The city. Vision Directions support more youth- based activities and initiatives.

18 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision Special Needs Residential Alcohol and Drug Services in ARKS KCC occurred in 1986 (which included Facilities In ARKS, alcohol and drug services are the Kerrisdale Seniors’ Centre), and The term ‘Special Needs Resi- provided through Westside Addiction significant renovations have occurred dential Facilities’ (SNRFs) refers over the last 5 years. A seismic rebuild of to various types of group housing Services Centre, located at the Pacific for people who need some form Spirit Community Health Centre (2110 the centre gymnasium is listed as a high of support or assistance in their West 43rd). It offers counselling, public priority in the Park Board Community OLYLQJSODFH3HRSOHZKREHQH¿W education, home detox and methadone Centre Renewal Plan. The KCC is one of from this housing include the frail maintenance, needle exchange, and the City’s largest at 52,000 square feet, elderly, people with severe physi- and includes an indoor pool, gymna- cal disabilities, battered women, support groups for alcohol and drug children in care, people who have addiction. A counsellor from this centre sium, public library, and the seniors’ a mental illness, people with works with students and staff at Point wing. Kerrisdale’s Cyclone Taylor Skat- developmental delays, people in Grey, Prince of Wales, and Magee Sec- ing Arena is located two blocks away need of emergency shelter, people ondary Schools, delivering alcohol and from the community centre. The Arbu- under the supervision of Correc- tus Club and Arbutus Village Recreation tions, and the terminally ill. The drug education and prevention pro- City’s zoning permits SNRFs in all grams. Centre are private recreation facilities residential zones. Within ARKS for members only. there are 8 SNRFs with 454 beds. Many Vision participants recognized This represents 9.4% of the SNRF that illegal drug use does occur in ARKS, The Vision identifies several opportuni- beds in the city, higher than ARKS ties to enhance the area’s recreation share of the city’s population often out of sight in the home or at (7.4%). However, the mix of school, and requested that residents be services. SNRFs within ARKS is uneven consulted when facilities are proposed 8.1 Expand Space for Programming in and does not correspond to the to address this important problem. City’s overall needs. Kerrisdale Kerrisdale Community Centre has no SNRFs, and Arbutus Ridge has two, both serving seniors. 7.6 Community Consultation on the Approved Shaughnessy is the only area Location of Treatment Centres Kerrisdale Community Centre should that has a mix, serving seniors, be expanded to provide more space for Approved children and youth, and adults. programs and activities including a bet- When the City and the Vancouver Coast- ter equipped gym or exercise room. al Health Authority or other institutions Percent Agree 63%/63% begin to implement the City’s Drug Prevention Policy (e.g. needle exchang- People’s Ideas... es, local treatment centres, and other • add more floors to existing build- facilities), they must include extensive ing to increase space consultation with the local community. Percent Agree 76%/76% • provide bikes, treadmill, and Kaiser weight equipment for people over 55 Recreation • build bigger gym and update gym 8 Facilities and equipment (better spacing of equip- Services ment) • organize early morning fitness Community centres are built and main- walking group tained by the Park Board but program- • hold workshops on community Kerrisdale Community Centre ming at each centre is determined by history and heritage, and provide a locally elected ‘community centre tours and explanatory pamphlets association’. These facilities provide • add advanced sewing class to the sports, recreation, art, and social pro- program schedule gramming for a wide range of residents from infants to seniors. 8.2 Provide More Public Recreation Facilities in Arbutus Ridge and The Kerrisdale Community Centre Shaughnessy (KCC) is the only public community centre serving the local residents of Approved ARKS. Located at 5851 West Boulevard More public recreation facilities should and constructed in 1952, it was one of be provided in Arbutus Ridge and the earliest community centres to be Shaughnessy by building new facilities built in Vancouver. A major expansion of

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 19 Neighbourhood Houses or extending the use of existing facilities People’s Ideas… Neighbourhood Houses are for recreational purposes. • build a new pool with waterslide volunteer driven and operated Percent Agree 55%/57% next to existing pool community service agencies. They work with the local community to • need a larger pool with a hot tub develop innovative programs and People’s Ideas… and cleaner changing room services to meet the changing • locate a community centre or • need a sauna, spa, and whirlpool needs of a diverse population. neighbourhood house in or near (could help people with arthritis Nine neighbourhood houses are Arbutus Shopping Centre located in the City but there are and the disabled) • need a community centre in the none in ARKS. Although neigh- • need warm enough water for bourhood houses are partially Shaughnessy area with a swimming young children (at least 31C) funded by the City, most of their pool near Quilchena Park • incorporate new filtering technol- funding is from other levels of • encourage sharing facilities with government, and is directed to ogy in new pool facilities disadvantaged or at-risk residents. churches City capital and operating funding 8.5 Retain and Upgrade Maple for such facilities is directed to 8.3 Establish a Neighbourhood House Grove Pool neighbourhoods most in need. in ARKS Approved Vision participants considered that Not Approved (Uncertain) Maple Grove Pool should be retained the addition of a neighbourhood A neighbourhood house should be and upgraded as a valuable recreational house would increase the level established in ARKS to help meet the community resource. of social and cultural services in changing social and cultural needs of ARKS. It could promote more op- Percent Agree 64%/68% portunities for different groups in the community. the community to meet and initiate Percent Agree 38%/38% FUHDWLYHSURJUDPVVSHFL¿FWRWKH changing needs of the community. People’s Ideas... • bring people of different back- Aquatic Facilities Review grounds to work together and build The current Park Board policy is stronger connections to provide an indoor pool for ap- • offer more multicultural pro- proximately every 50,000 people. grams, and welcome newcomers There are currently nine indoor pools to serve the city’s popula- • create a year round neighbour- tion of about 550,000 people. hood house facility in the lawn Maple Grove Pool Most pools are rapidly reaching bowling building in Elm Park the end of their practical service 8.6 Retain and Upgrade Kerrisdale life and a decision is required Arena about their replacement. The Park Comment: This Direction did not re- Board has completed a major ceive majority support in either the gen- Approved study of existing pool facilities and eral survey or random surveys. In both Kerrisdale Arena should be retained and future options. It recommended surveys, the Direction received more upgraded to better meet the needs of a renewal plan including one agree votes than disagree votes (general large-scale ‘city-wide’ destination the community in ARKS. survey: 1.4 to 1, random survey: 1.5 to pool, two expanded community Percent Agree 69%/72% pools providing features such as 1). As a result, this Direction is classi- therapy, longer length, or outdoor fied as Not Approved (Uncertain) and People’s Ideas... swimming, and four neighbour- remains on the table for consideration • rebuild the rink, and keep open hood pools focusing on swim and public discussion in further plan- throughout the year OHVVRQV¿WQHVVDQGWUDLQLQJ7KH ning. recommended location for the • serves many youth living along the City’s new destination pool is at Boulevard Riley/Hillcrest Park in Riley Park/ 8.4 Upgrade and Expand Kerrisdale South Cambie. The plan includes Pool • is a valuable resource in ARKS for redeveloping the Kerrisdale Pool possible future development as a ‘neighbourhood pool’ (serving Approved the immediate neighbourhood), Kerrisdale Pool should be upgraded and and maintaining Maple Grove Pool expanded to better meet the needs of for long-term operation. the community. Percent Agree 63%/65%

20 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision Child Care 8.7 Provide More Child Care Services • need tables and games in youth The City partners with senior room at Kerrisdale Community Centre Not Approved (Uncertain) governments, the private sector, • find out opinions of shy and ESL the community, and parents to de- More child care services such as daycare kids velop and maintain an affordable, should be provided in the community high quality, and comprehensive centre and by other local organizations • use area from 37th to 38th along child care system in Vancouver. to meet the needs of families and chil- West Boulevard as a youth activity The City helps support child care centre to serve Point Grey Second- by: dren in the community. • providing grants to support non- Percent Agree 52%/52% ary students SUR¿WFKLOGFDUHVHUYLFHV • need tennis and basketball courts • working with community centres People’s Ideas... at Maple Grove Park and schools to support child • need more public daycares in care services ARKS 8.9 Expand Programs and Services • leasing land at reduced rates to for Seniors QRQSUR¿WFKLOGFDUHVRFLHWLHV • support more local licensed day- • using development cost levies care centres Approved on new development to support child care • add child care facilities in commu- Expand programs and services for • negotiating for child care in nity centre during school vacations seniors, especially at Kerrisdale Seniors’ larger projects as part of their • start a group like US Moms (single Centre. These programs and services rezoning moms collaborating for services) should be available to people with a • creating City-owned child care variety of cultural and linguistic back- IDFLOLWLHVRSHUDWHGE\QRQSUR¿W agencies Comment: This Direction did receive grounds. majority support in the general sur- Percent Agree 67%/66% vey, but did not receive high enough People’s Ideas... agreement in the random survey to be • organize programs such as hik- classified as Approved. In the random ing, chess and singing, and provide survey, the Direction received substan- services such as raking leaves tially more agree votes than disagree votes (3 to 1). As a result, this Direction • consider a senior drop-in area is classed as Not Approved (Uncertain) with Mandarin-speaking staff and remains on the table for consider- • find an effective way to attract Improve programs and ation and public discussion in further multilingual volunteers for seniors’ facilities for youth planning. centre

8.8 Improve Programs and Facilities 8.10 Celebrate Multiculturalism for Youth Not Approved (Uncertain) Approved Create opportunities for neighbours to Improve and create more programs and meet and celebrate cultural diversity in facilities for youth, with special attention ARKS. to interaction and partnerships between Percent Agree 54%/55% youth and seniors. Kerrisdale Seniors’ Centre Percent Agree 66%/68% People’s Ideas... • hold cultural dances, block par- People’s Ideas... ties, and an international food fair • organize programs to integrate se- in the community centre niors and youth by partnering with other government agencies such as Comment: This Direction did receive the Ministry of Human Resources majority support in the general sur- • introduce youth activities to vey, but was .3% short of the required promote diversity and awareness support in the random survey to be between different cultures classified as Approved (54.7%). In the random survey, the Direction received • canvas youth for activity ideas that substantially more agree votes than dis- will serve them in their adult lives agree votes (3.5 to 1). As a result, this (e.g. job search skills, on the job Direction is classified as Not Approved training) (Uncertain) and remains on the table • need organized volunteer activi- for consideration and public discussion ties for youth in further planning.

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 21 People’s Ideas... Library Facilities • open Kerrisdale Library on 9 and Services Wednesdays The Vancouver Public Library operates • enhance website to highlight new the Kerrisdale Branch Library at 2121 and popular books West 42nd. It is located in the lower level • order more Chinese newspapers, of the Kerrisdale Community Centre. books, and magazines Established in 1943, it was rebuilt in 1963 and renovated again in 1991 and 2001. Currently the Library Board has no plan to renew or re-locate this Services for library. 10 Newcomers and Immigrants The City and other service providers in ARKS deliver a wide range of services. Participants felt more programs and information about programs should be provided to newcomers and immigrants to better meet their needs and increase their participation.

10.1 Provide More Programs and Services for Newcomers and Kerrisdale Branch Library Immigrants

9.1 Kerrisdale Branch Library Not Approved (Uncertain) More programs and services should Approved be provided for newcomers and immi- The Kerrisdale Branch Library should be grants in ARKS. upgraded and expanded at or near its Percent Agree 50%/47% current location. Percent Agree 76%/77% People’s Ideas... • provide programs or services People’s Ideas... through partnership between com- • increase library size because of munity centres, churches, ISS, SUC- high usage CESS and MOSAIC • relocate library so it can be at • help immigrants/newcomers ground level but locate close to including the Chinese, Koreans, and community centre Japanese to know more about the • need a children/youth area and a community including opportunities reading room to volunteer • provide Mandarin workshops on 9.2 Improve Kerrisdale Branch computer skills and ‘Canadian liv- Library Services ing’ for newcomers Approved • locate suggestion box to encour- The services of Kerrisdale Branch Library age newcomers to express what they should be modified to better serve the need public based on a review of factors such • create opportunities to practice as collections, installation of a book English in social settings (not just drop, availability of Internet access, having ESL classes) programming, service to non-English • provide more Chinese programs speakers, and opening hours. (e.g. singing programs in Canton- Percent Agree 73%/74% ese/Mandarin in Kerrisdale Commu- nity Centre)

22 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision Comment: This Direction did not receive majority support in the general survey, and did not receive high enough agreement in the random survey to be classified as Approved. It was .3% short of a majority in the general survey, and Programs and services for in both surveys, the Direction received newcomers and immigrants substantially more agree votes than disagree votes (general survey: 2.3 to 1, random survey: 2.0 to 1). As a result, this Direction is classified as Not Ap- proved (Uncertain) and remains on the table for consideration and public discussion in further planning.

10.2 More Information about Programs and Services Approved More information about services provid- ed by the City and other service provid- ers should be readily available, especial- ly to newcomers to the community. Percent Agree 59%/59%

People’s Ideas... • provide an information centre for newcomers in community centre to raise awareness of available services • provide a notice board with infor- mation about community groups • create multi-language information materials on garbage, clean up, and conservation issues • create list of phone numbers for city services so that citizens know where to go for information (e.g. fridge magnets, telephone books) • provide Chinese translation at community events • have an online multilingual (Chi- nese) community webpage

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 23 EXISTING RESIDENTIAL AREAS

rbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy (ARKS) has a mix of ma- ture, residential neighbourhoods. Ranging from the estates A of First Shaughnessy, to the character areas of Kerrisdale, to the post-war suburb of Arbutus-Ridge, most of the community is made up of neighbourhoods of single family homes. Higher density housing is clustered around Kerrisdale Village with its mix of four storey and twelve storey apartments, and around Arbutus Shopping Centre with its townhouses and four to six storey apartments. Apart- ments can also be found along Oak between 16th and King Edward (with some housing units above stores), and at 41st and Oak (which includes some specialized housing for seniors). Existing Single Family Areas The Vision identifies aspects of existing hous- D ou ing which should be maintained in the future 16th g l a s while supporting some initiatives to help accommodate the existing population in ARKS as their housing needs change over time.

Arbutus King Edward

Macdonald Vancouver’s Zoning By-law Vancouver’s Zoning By-law determines what land uses and building characteristics are permitted on each lot in the city. The single 33rd family areas of ARKS are zoned RS-1, RS-3, RS-3A, RS-5, RS-6, and FSD (First Shaughnessy District). In March 2004, Council made a rental

secondary suite a conditional use in all areas

Larch MacKenzie

Oak 41st Granville of the city which allow single family dwellings. Changes to zoning and building regulations re- duced the hurdles applicants face when legal-

Blenheim izing a secondary suite, including elimination

Macdonald 49th of the need for sprinklers in existing homes, reduction of the minimum ceiling height, and

W. BoulevardW. requiring new construction to be ‘suite-ready’. It is important to note that the new regulations 57th still require City permits to make a suite legal.

S.W. Marine

N Angus

Single family - suites allowed Single family with design review - suites allowed First Shaughnessy District Other zones or parks

24 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision Design Review in Single Single Family bourhood, and supported some level of Family Zones design review for those neighbourhoods The RS-1 zone in the single family 11 Houses currently without it. areas of ARKS only controls the Residents of ARKS value their single fam- use, size, and placement of a 12.1 Design Review for New Single building, with no review of its de- ily neighbourhoods. Many were attract- Family Houses sign. The RS-3, RS-3A, and RS-5 ed to the area by the combination of single family zones provide the housing and neighbourhood which met Approved option of no design review or full design review. Full design review their needs. Vision participants wanted Most areas in ARKS have zoning with is based on design guidelines to maintain the single family character some level of design review of new that address style or character, of much of the community. single family houses. Those single family massing, entry design, materials, areas that currently do not have zon- details, and landscaping. Projects 11.1 Maintain Most Single Family ing with design review should be able agreeing to design review get Areas WREXLOGVOLJKWO\PRUHÀRRUVSDFH to obtain it with sufficient community than a non-design review project. Approved support. The RS-6 and RS-7 single family In order to retain the basic character of Percent Agree 80%/76% zones include regulations on some ARKS, most of the area that is now single basic design aspects such as limit- People’s Ideas… ing some types of exterior building family (with suites allowed) should be materials or requiring trim around kept that way (exceptions would only be • build new houses in traditional windows. They also have some considered where the community sup- styles basic guidelines for landscaping. A ports new housing choices as described • require all houses to go through development application undergo- design review ing design review in RS-3, RS-3A, in Directions 13.4, 15.1 – 15.9, 15.11, RS-5, RS-6, and RS-7 takes lon- 16.1 – 16.6, 18.17, and 20.13). • fit houses into the overall ger to approve and has a higher Percent Agree 86%/84% streetscape processing fee than in RS-1. Also • allow more modern looking hous- see MORE INFO - First Shaugh- People’s Ideas... nessy District in this section. ing and encourage imagination in • retain single family houses as they design

More Planning and Consultation are attractive to all types of house- • allow for diversity where everyone Before Changes holds builds what they want Vision Direction 12.1 would require • keep single family houses because • need better design rather than a rezoning. Given the support for they can be affordable rental hous- just ‘fitting in’ design review, residents of smaller ing for small families neighbourhoods would need to ap- proach and work with the Planning Department to initiate a process leading to rezoning. Additional New House community involvement and sur- 12 Design veys would be required to ensure broad community support before New houses frequently replace older City Council considers changing to ones. Currently about two-thirds of the a zoning with design guidelines. single family zoning in ARKS has review of external design elements which affect visual appearance, character, and landscaping. The other one-third of the New house: example with no design review single family area (located mainly in the north-west and south-east of ARKS) has zoning with no design review. Here, the zoning only regulates the height, yard sizes, total floorspace, and garage size of new houses. Design review is intended to encourage new housing to ‘fit into’ the existing character of the neighbourhood. Without design review, new houses may have a more innova- tive design. Vision participants felt that design of new houses is important to New house: example with full design review maintaining the character of their neigh-

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 25 First Shaughnessy District 12.2 Public Involvement in the Review Heritage ‘parks and landscapes’ are also First Shaughnessy District is of New Single Family House Design listed including King Edward Boulevard, generally bordered by 16th, Oak, Maple Grove Park, and along West 16th Approved King Edward, and East Boule- in Shaughnessy Heights. vard. In 1982, the First Shaugh- In areas with design review of new QHVV\2I¿FLDO'HYHORSPHQW3ODQ single family homes, the City should ex- Vision participants spoke of their ap- (FSODP) was enacted and Design plore alternative methods for improving Guidelines approved by Council. preciation of First Shaughnessy as an im- public involvement in the review of new The FSODP and Design Guide- portant heritage area, and their support or substantially renovated single family lines seek to strengthen First for the Official Development Plan (or Shaughnessy District as a unique houses, including some form of commu- ODP) as a means to protect its character architectural and historical area, nity-based design panel or advisory com- (see MORE INFO - First Shaughnessy promoting the conservation and mittee (e.g. First Shaughnessy Advisory restoration of pre-1940s houses District in this section). They also identi- Design Panel). and maintenance of its estate-like fied the need to find additional means Percent Agree 66%/66% image. The FSODP and Design to retain heritage and character build- Guidelines offer opportunities to ings in other parts of ARKS, including EXLOGLQ¿OOGZHOOLQJV HJ9LVLRQ People’s Ideas… allowing the conversion of existing char- Direction 15.1) or convert existing • use Shaughnessy’s Design Panel as single family houses to multiple acter single family homes into multiple a model for other areas conversion dwellings (e.g. Vision conversion dwellings. Direction 13.4) in order to retain • need neighbourhood input on character buildings and preserve house design neighbourhood character. • have mandatory consultation with First Shaughnessy Advisory neighbours who sign-off on design Design Panel • have feedback meetings between The First Shaughnessy Advisory neighbourhood groups and the City Design Panel is an advisory body about recent approvals to City Council made up of four- teen members, mostly residents • do not give veto power to neigh- but including professionals from bours when approving designs the design, heritage, and develop- ment communities. Its primary pur- pose is to preserve and protect the heritage and special character of Retaining the First Shaughnessy District. It 13 Heritage First Shaughnessy heritage house is authorized to make recommen- dations regarding development ARKS contains many significant areas of 13.1 Support for First Shaughnessy matters within First Shaughnessy heritage and character buildings. From Official Development Plan (ODP) District to the City. It does not have its inception in the early part the of last the authority to approve or refuse Approved projects or make policy decisions. century, First Shaughnessy has held a special place in Vancouver as the home The First Shaughnessy ODP should be for many of its grandest homes and gar- retained and supported as an important dens. Kerrisdale also began its develop- policy to encourage the retention of the ment at the turn of the 20th Century, heritage buildings, landscaping, and the while Arbutus Ridge was built largely estate-like image of the area. during and after WWII. Percent Agree 78%/78% 13.2 Retain Buildings on the The Vancouver Heritage Register (VHR) Vancouver Heritage Register (VHR) lists pre-1940 buildings that have par- ticular historical or architectural signifi- Approved cance. Their owners can take advantage For buildings listed in the VHR, the City of some zoning relaxations which may should encourage retention by imple- make it easier to keep and renovate menting additional incentives which are them. ARKS has 120 buildings on the suitable in ARKS. VHR, 60% of them located in First Percent Agree 78%/77% Shaughnessy District. The VHR also lists 3 heritage ‘streetscapes’ (groupings of People’s Ideas… buildings of heritage merit) in ARKS: the • need incentives to save smaller 2000 block of West 36th, the 6100 block heritage houses (e.g. allow infill of Macdonald – east side, and the 2600 housing) block of Marine Crescent – west side.

26 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision Multiple Conversion Dwellings • create incentives for retention 13.4 Multiple Conversion Dwellings (MCDs) including allowing infill, giving tax (MCDs) A Multiple Conversion Dwelling, or breaks, and selling development Approved MCD, allows an existing dwelling rights to be converted to two or more Character housing should be retained, individual units. MCDs have been • add extra floors to increase floor- and housing variety increased, by allow- used to promote the retention of space (rather than building infill) ing more MCDs on large lots. The MCDs existing neighbourhood character. • undertake a more comprehensive Since each new housing unit uses should be designed to retain the look of less land and is smaller than a inventory of heritage buildings and the original building, and have adequate new single family house, they are houses parking. Adequate community facilities also generally more affordable. • keep all heritage buildings and (parks, schools, etc.) and services for the The units may be side-by-side, add to the VHR list additional population should be pro- front-to-back, or up-and-down. Each housing unit can be individu- vided. ally owned. Percent Agree 61%/63%

MCDs provide many of the fea- People’s Ideas… tures of a single family house in- • should be developed on 50’ lots, cluding access to yards, individual with adequate parking, or on corner entrances, garages, and enough ÀRRUVSDFHWRPHHWWKHQHHGVRID lots family. They are currently permit- • preserve character of existing ted in First Shaughnessy District houses and neighbourhoods by al- and on a few lots in other parts of lowing MCDs ARKS. They are also common in Kitsilano (north of Broadway) and • appropriate for large lots with Mount Pleasant (south and east of large houses, good heritage preser- City Hall). Vancouver Heritage Register house vation tool 13.3 Retaining Other Character Buildings Approved In order to encourage retention of ‘character’ buildings not on the Vancouver Heritage Register, there should be incentives to renovate and disincentives to demolish these build- ings. Percent Agree 74%/71%

People’s Ideas… • provide seed money for upgrad- Muliple conversion dwelling ing and give tax relief • need incentives to keep some older houses (e.g. allow infill hous- ing, give tax breaks, sell develop- ment rights) • need special incentives to retain smaller buildings

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 27 Changes in The City has generally required changes to developments on CD-1 sites to un- 14 CD-1 Zones dergo a rezoning process, culminating Some developments in ARKS are on in a Public Hearing. However, in some large parcels zoned CD-1, or Compre- cases, redevelopment of older CD-1s hensive Development District. CD-1s are was treated as a change in regulations ‘tailor-made’ zonings used by the City which did not require a rezoning. While where standard zoning isn’t suitable decisions on these sites have included for the proposed uses or building form. community consultation, Vision partici- Since the ‘80s CD-1 By-laws have in- pants felt residents’ interests would be cluded a lot of detailed regulations, but better protected, and the City’s powers earlier CD-1 By-laws were often quite over the development would be greater, vague and general. In addition, older if all significant changes to a CD-1 zone CD-1 sites were often built to densi- were treated as a rezoning. ties lower than those common today. Across the city, these older parcels are being redeveloped to higher densities. Examples include Arbutus Gardens (at Arbutus and 33rd) and Champlain Mall in Killarney.

CD-1 Zones

D 16th ou g l a s Multi-family housing: Arbutus Village area

Arbutus 14.1 Process for CD-1 Zoned Sites

King Edward Anywhere in ARKS Macdonald Approved When anything other than a small change is proposed to a development 33rd on a site zoned CD-1 — whether in its buildings or uses — the City should un- dertake a rezoning process in order to

ensure appropriate community consul-

Mackenzie Larch

41st Granville tation and to provide the City with the ability to deny or impose conditions on the proposed development.

Blenheim Percent Agree 72%/72%

Oak

Macdonald 49th W. Boulevard W.

57th

S.W. Marine

Angus N CD-1 zoning

28 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision NEW HOUSING

ision participants looked at the future housing needs of ARKS residents including young singles and couples, V families with kids, and seniors. Some, like singles and couples, prefer apartments or rental suites in houses. Fami- lies with children want the features of single family homes like bigger units, private yards, basements, and individual front doors – but at an affordable price. Many couples whose children have left home also want these features and contin- ue to stay in their single family homes.

Demand for New Housing By 2021 ARKS existing residents will create about 1,250 (8%) more households – today’s children will grow-up and maintain their own households, some couples will separate and become two house- holds. Most importantly, there will be a significant increase in the number of mature households as the baby boomers age. All of this would take place without any migration into ARKS. Of course, peo- ple will continue to move to Vancouver from elsewhere and some will move into ARKS, causing additional demand for housing.

Mismatch Between Supply and Demand Today there is capacity for only a few types of additional housing units in the community. Very few additional single family lots are available and only 3-5% of single family houses have suites. With the recent changes to single family zoning, additional rental suites are allowed in all of the single family areas in the community. Some apartments can also be built along the major arterial streets and above stores in the commercial areas. In total, the capacity under existing zoning stands at over 3,200 more housing units, meeting the overall future housing demand. However, about two thirds of those housing units are rental suites in single family houses (usually in the basement) and one third in additional apartments (mostly above shops). Most future demand is from mature house-holds who typically prefer ‘ground-oriented’ units (e.g. with ready access to a front or rear yard) but not in the form of a basement suite – so there is a mismatch between demand and supply under existing zoning.

Vision participants suggested some additional types of housing needed by residents in the future – infill, duplexes, cottages, four- plexes/six unit villas, traditional and courtyard rowhouses, along with apartments (four storey, six storey, and twelve storey). All these housing types would typically provide units at a lower cost than a new single family house. Excluding apartments, all would offer features similar to those of a single family house (e.g. ‘ground-ori- entation’). In addition to meeting the changing housing needs of existing residents, it was felt that regional sprawl would be reduced by providing additional housing opportunities in Vancouver.

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 29 Development Cost Levies and Addressing Possible Impacts of New above. Size and height are regulated Community Amenity Contribu- Housing by zoning but they usually look like a tions Vision participants generally felt that small one and a half or two-storey house Development Cost Levies (or located at the rear lane. On wider lots DCLs) are charged on most new there was a need for new types of development, including residential housing that are better suited to meet- (50’ or more) it is possible to build projects. The revenue collected ing future housing demands within the infill while keeping the existing home. KHOSVWR¿QDQFHSDUNVGD\FDUH community. However, residents were However, on smaller lots, the side yards transportation, and replacement concerned about possible impacts of of existing houses are often not wide VRFLDOQRQSUR¿W KRXVLQJQHHGHG enough to provide the required fire- to serve the growing number of additional housing such as increased residents and employees. traffic and parking demands, loss of fighting access. As a result, small lot neighbourhood character, and the need infill is most feasible when built with a Community Amenity Contributions for more transit service. Impacts on new main house. (or CACs) refer to contributions community facilities and amenities were from private rezonings which also a concern. As a result, each pro- Status: Infill is already allowed in parts help address growth costs, area of ARKS such as the First Shaughnessy VHUYLFHGH¿FLHQFLHVDQGRURWKHU posal for a new housing type has been community needs, on top of DCLs. made conditional on an assurance that District. It has also been permitted for On larger sites CACs are typically potential impacts would be addressed over 20 years on lots 50’ or wider in negotiated as part of the rezoning prior to changes in zoning to allow new Kitsilano (north of West Broadway), and process and on smaller sites they housing. in Mount Pleasant (east and south of DUHFDOFXODWHGRQDµÀDWUDWH¶ LH City Hall). dollars per square foot) basis. The Directions on new housing options which follow have been divided into two Attractive to: Young people, small sections. The Directions first focus on families, older singles and couples, and several housing types. Then a variety of seniors who want access to a yard and possible locations are described. Com- are comfortable with stairs. bining various options for new housing types and locations results in the poten- 15.1 Allow More Infill tial for different numbers of new units. Not Approved (Uncertain) Housing variety should be increased in New Housing ARKS by allowing more infill housing than is currently permitted, provided it 15 Types is: • designed to fit into the single family Infill area, with good landscaping • provided with adequate community Description: A smaller second home facilities (parks, schools, etc.) and on a lot, usually behind the main house. services for the additional population Also called a ‘coach house’ or ‘granny flat’. Units are usually strata-titled but • accompanied by a plan to address any may be rental. Usually the garage is on parking and traffic impacts. the main floor with the infill dwelling Percent Agree 56%/55% People’s Ideas… • prefer fee simple (individual own- ership) to strata title (with common property and strata council)) • desirable for keeping heritage buildings • can allow extended families to live close together

Comment: This Direction did receive majority support in the general survey, but was .3% short of the required sup- port in the random survey to be classi- fied as Approved. In the random survey, 6PDOOORWLQ¿OOH[DPSOH

30 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision More Planning and Consultation the Direction received substantially • provided with adequate community Before Changes more agree votes than disagree votes (2 facilities (parks, schools, etc.) and For Vision Directions proposing to 1). As a result, this Direction is clas- services for the additional population a new housing type or location, sified as Not Approved (Uncertain) and a rezoning would be required • accompanied by a plan to address any before the new housing could be remains on the table for consideration parking and traffic impacts. built. More detailed planning with and public discussion when additional Percent Agree 56%/54% community involvement would housing planning occurs in the com- take place before the rezoning munity. People’s Ideas. occurred. This planning would deal • allow duplexes as they exist now with precise boundaries where Duplexes new housing types would be per- in single family areas and do not mitted, phasing development over Description: A duplex provides two disturb character WLPHWUDI¿FDQGSDUNLQJLPSDFWV • need more single family houses ¿UH¿JKWLQJDFFHVVWKHQHHGIRU units on a parcel of land. Each unit can additional services and facilities be individually owned. Since each half and duplexes (including parks), developer contri- of a duplex uses less land and is smaller butions, etc. than a new single family house, they are Comment: This Direction did receive more affordable than a new single family majority support in the general survey, An example of how more planning and consultation about housing home. The units may be side-by-side, but did not receive high enough agree- would take place is provided by front-to-back, or up-and-down. Du- ment in the random survey to be classi- the Kensington – Cedar Cot- plexes provide many of the features of a fied as Approved. In the random survey, tage (KCC) Community Vision. single family home including yards, in- the Direction received substantially The KCC Community Vision dividual entrances, garages, and enough more agree votes than disagree votes contains Directions supporting duplexes, fourplexes, sixplexes, floorspace to meet the needs of a family. (1.9 to 1). As a result, this Direction is and rowhouses to address future classified as Not Approved (Uncertain) housing needs. After the Vision Status: Duplexes are currently permit- and remains on the table for consid- was approved by Council, City ted on a few lots in ARKS and are com- eration and public discussion when VWDIIUH¿QHGWKHVHKRXVLQJW\SHV mon in other areas like Kitsilano (north additional housing planning occurs in with advice from a Housing Area Working Group (made up of local of West Broadway). the community. residents and property own- ers). Locations for new housing, Attractive to: Families, couples, and Cottages or Small Houses on zoning, design guidelines, and parents whose children have left home. Shared Lots improvements to community connections and greening were Description: Two or three 33’ lots also dealt with. In a subsequent developed together to accommodate community survey, residents and between four and eight free-stand- property owners supported build- ing duplexes, ‘small houses’, and ing homes. Units could be individu- rowhouses near Kingsway and ally owned. The units facing the street Knight. Based on this, a Kingsway would have shorter front yards (16’ and Knight ‘Housing Area Plan’ versus the usual 24’) than for a typical was drafted and later approved single family house. A walkway between by City Council. The zoning to allow the housing types has been the front units would provide fire-fight- approved by Council. ing access to the rear units. Rear units would be constructed over the area typically used for a garage and extend into the rear yard. A driveway from the Duplex example lane could go between the rear units to a central ‘carriage court’ and a park- 15.2 Allow More Duplexes ing space for each unit. Each cottage or small house would have an individual Not Approved (Uncertain) entrance, front porch, private outdoor Housing variety should be increased in space, and could range in size from ARKS by allowing more duplexes than about 1,000 to 1,700 square feet. They are currently permitted, provided they would provide many of the features of are: a single family home, including being • designed to fit into the single family free-standing and having a size suitable area, with good landscaping for families.

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 31 Status: A new housing type in the city, People’s Ideas... recently approved in the Kingsway and • redevelop large sites into cottages Knight ‘Housing Area Plan’. with green courtyard • increases affordable/low cost Attractive to: Especially attractive to housing opportunities families with children, two income • gain some advantages of single couples, parents whose children have family housing (e.g. good design left home, and seniors who are comfort- features) with some loss of privacy able with stairs.

15.3 Allow Some Cottages or Small Comment: This Direction did receive Houses on Shared Lots majority support in the general survey, but was .9% short of the required sup- Not Approved (Uncertain) port in the random survey to be classi- Housing variety should be increased in fied as Approved. In the random survey, ARKS by allowing some cottages or small the Direction received substantially houses on shared lots, provided they more agree votes than disagree votes are: (1.9 to 1). As a result, this Direction is • designed to fit into the single family classified as Not Approved (Uncertain) area, with good landscaping and remains on the table for consid- • provided with adequate community eration and public discussion when facilities (parks, schools, etc.) and additional housing planning occurs in services for the additional population the community. • accompanied by a plan to address any Fourplex and Villas (six units) parking and traffic impacts. Percent Agree 53%/54% Description: Four to six strata-titled units on one 50’ lot or six units on two 33’ lots. A fourplex is a pair of front-to- back duplexes and would occupy the space usually filled by a single family home (e.g. same 24’ front yard depth). A path for fire-fighting access would connect from the street to the rear-facing units. A villa (with 6 units) would be similar, although two upper units (with roof decks/balconies) could be added. All units would feature sepa- rate ground access, and ground-level units all provide private outdoor space. All parking would be at the lane. Units Small houses on shared lots example would typically range from 1,100 to 1,200 square feet.

Status: A new type of housing in the city.

Attractive to: Smaller families, couples, parents whose children have left home, and seniors comfortable with stairs.

Fourplex example (see Direction 15.4

32 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 15.4 Allow Some Fourplexes and Status: ARKS has no traditional row- Villas (six units) housing. Not Supported Attractive to: Families with children, Housing variety should be increased in established couples, and seniors com- ARKS by allowing some fourplexes and fortable with stairs. villas (six units), provided they are: • designed to fit into the single family 15.5 Allow Some Traditional area, with good landscaping Rowhouses • provided with adequate community Not Approved (Uncertain) facilities (parks, schools, etc.) and Housing variety should be increased in services for the additional population ARKS by allowing some traditional row- • accompanied by a plan to address any houses provided they are: parking and traffic impacts. • designed to fit into the single family Percent Agree 40%/42% area, with good landscaping People’s Ideas... • located in select areas and built as • must be complimentary to exist- small projects rather than as a wide- ing neighbourhood character spread replacement for existing hous- ing types Comment: This Direction is Not Sup- • provided with adequate community ported because disagree votes out num- facilities (parks, schools, etc.) and bered agree votes in the general survey. services for the additional population Fourplexes and Villas (six units) will • accompanied by a plan to address any not be brought forward for consider- parking and traffic impacts. ation when additional housing plan- Percent Agree 45%/49% ning occurs in the community. People’s Ideas… Traditional Rowhouses • allow no more than 4 to 6 dwell- ings in one rowhouse complex and Description: A single row of attached only one complex per block housing units with separate front and • vary setbacks for light, views, gar- rear entrances. The homes may be dens, and parking individually owned or strata-titled. They usually have individual garages or parking areas on the lane. Front yards Comment: This Direction did not would have the same depth as a new receive majority support in either the single family house, building depth general or random surveys. In both could be slightly longer. Each rowhouse surveys, the Direction received substan- unit would be about 15’ wide so that six tially more agree votes than disagree would fit on an assembly of three 33’ votes (general survey: 2.3 to 1, random lots. Each unit would have about 1,200 survey: 2.0 to 1). As a result, this Di- to 2,400 square feet of floorspace. rection is classified as Not Approved (Uncertain) and remains on the table for consideration and public discussion when additional housing planning oc- curs in the community.

Traditional rowhouse example

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 33 Courtyard or Carriage Court 15.6 Allow Some Courtyard or Rowhouses Carriage Court Rowhouses Description: Two rows of attached Not Approved (Uncertain) units, one row near the street and Housing variety should be increased in the other row near the lane, grouped ARKS by allowing some courtyard or around a common open space. The carriage court rowhouses, provided they units would likely be strata-titled. Court- are: yard rowhouses would have parking • designed to fit into single family areas for all units in a single row that backs with good landscaping directly onto the lane. Carriage court • located in select areas and built as rowhouses have their parking integrated small projects rather than as a wide- with each unit, requiring part of the spread replacement for existing courtyard for car movement. An assem- housing types bly of three 33’ lots could accommodate • provided with adequate community up to nine units. Both types would have facilities (parks, schools, etc.) and a pathway providing pedestrian/fire- services for the additional population fighter access to the rear units from the street. • accompanied by a plan to address any parking and traffic impacts. Courtyard rowhouses would each fea- Percent Agree 46%/46% ture about 1,000 to 1,600 square feet of floorspace. The front yard would be People’s Ideas... shorter than for a typical single family • shared courtyard very attractive house, varying from 12’ to 16’ (ver- for kids to play in safely sus 24’). Building depth of front units • preferred by older singles and would be less than for a new single fam- couples who spend more time at ily home. The courtyard would typically home and place a higher value on be about 30’ deep. Rear units would be outdoor space built partly above the garage and partly in the area required for a rear yard in Comment: This Direction did not new single family homes. Carriage court receive majority support in either the rowhouses would be similar except the general or random surveys. In both courtyard would be divided into private surveys, the Direction received more open space and maneuvering space for agree votes than disagree votes (general cars (which could be finished in pavers survey: 1.4 to 1, random survey: 1.4 to to make it more attractive). 1). As a result, this Direction is classi- fied as Not Approved (Uncertain) and Status: Both types would be new to the remains on the table for consideration city. and public discussion when additional housing planning occurs in the com- Attractive to: Families with children, munity. established couples, and seniors who are comfortable with stairs.

Courtyard rowhouse example

34 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision Four Storey Apartments Comment: This Direction did not receive majority support in either the Description: Four storey apartments general or random surveys. In both generally feature smaller, lower cost surveys, the Direction received more units (than apartments of more than agree votes than disagree votes (general four storeys). Units may be rental or survey: 1.1 to 1, random survey: 1.1 to strata-titled. Each unit is usually on a 1). As a result, this Direction is classi- single level and accessible by elevator. fied as Not Approved (Uncertain) and remains on the table for consideration Status: ARKS has existing four storey and public discussion when additional th apartments along Oak (between 16 housing planning occurs in the com- st and King Edward) and near 41 , and munity. around Kerrisdale Village and the Arbu- tus Shopping Centre. Six Storey Apartments

Attractive to: People just entering the Description: Six storey apartments housing market, singles, small families, offer a range of unit sizes and costs. and seniors who are no longer willing Because of their increased height, some or able to maintain a single family home units enjoy views. Units may be rental and are uncomfortable with stairs. or strata-titled. Each unit is usually on a single-level and accessible by elevator. 15.7 Allow More Four Storey Apartments Status: ARKS has some six storey apart- ments around Arbutus Shopping Centre Not Approved (Uncertain) and the RM-3 zoning around Kerrisdale Some additional four storey apartments Village permits this type of apartment. should be permitted in ARKS, provided they are: Attractive to: People just entering the • designed to be compatible with adja- housing market, singles, small families, cent residential and commercial build- and seniors who are no longer willing ings, with good landscaping or able to maintain a single family home • located in select areas and built as and are uncomfortable with stairs. small projects rather than a wide- spread replacement for existing hous- 15.8 Allow More Six Storey ing types Apartments • provided with adequate community Not Supported facilities (parks, schools, etc.) and Some additional six storey apartments services for the additional population should be permitted in ARKS provided • accompanied by a plan to address any they are: parking and traffic impacts. • designed to be compatible with adja- Percent Agree 42%/41% cent residential and commercial build- ings, with good landscaping People’s Ideas… • located in select areas and built as • redevelop apartments in areas small projects rather than as a wide- where current housing has no re- spread replacement for existing hous- deeming features (i.e. lack of green ing types. space, poor design, poor construc- tion) • provided with adequate community facilities (parks, schools, etc.) and • good for seniors-supported liv- services for the additional population ing (e.g. with daily meal program, an emergency monitoring and • accompanied by a plan to address any response system, help with house- parking and traffic impacts. keeping and laundry, and social and Percent Agree 28%/29% recreation activities)

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 35 People’s Ideas… People’s Ideas… • good for seniors’ housing in areas • need lots of surrounding green near neighbourhood centres space • can lead to increased accessibil- • allow with some public benefit ity (with the provision of elevators) (e.g. daycare centre, social services, with increased density or seniors daycare centre) • increase the amount of green • concern about blocking views and space with increased density shadowing

Comment: This Direction is Not Sup- Comment: This Direction is Not Sup- ported because disagree votes out ported because disagree votes out num- numbered agree votes in both the bered agree votes in both the general general and the random surveys. Six and the random surveys. Twelve storey storey apartments will not be brought apartments will not brought forward forward for consideration when addi- for consideration when additional tional housing planning occurs in the housing planning occurs in the com- community. munity.

Twelve Storey Apartments Any New Housing Types Description: Twelve storey apartments This section described the housing types could offer a range of unit sizes and which Vision participants felt would cost. Because of their increased height, be attractive to existing ARKS residents many units enjoy views. Units may be as they age and their housing needs rental or strata-titled. Each unit is usu- change. In order to get a clear read- ally on a single level and accessible by ing of the number of people who are elevator. interested in some type of new housing in the community, this Direction asked Status: ARKS has ten to twelve storey if the respondent supported (somewhat apartments around Kerrisdale Village. or strongly) at least one of the housing This type of housing is also found in types in Directions 15.1 – 15.9 parts of South Granville (north of 16th). 15.10 Any New Housing Types Attractive to: People just entering the Several new housing types have been housing market, singles, small families, described in this section. Did you sup- and seniors who are no longer willing port any of the new housing types (In- or able to maintain single family homes fill, Duplexes, Small Houses or Cottages and are uncomfortable with stairs. on Shared Lots, Fourplexes and Villas, 15.9 Allow More Twelve Storey Traditional Rowhouses, Courtyard or Apartments Carriage Court Rowhouses, Four storey Apartments, Six storey Apartments, and Not Supported Twelve storey Apartments) in the Direc- Some additional twelve storey apart- tions listed above? ments should be permitted in ARKS Percent supporting at least one new provided they are: housing type 47%/54% • located in select areas, and generally part of a major rezoning Comment: This Direction is not clas- • designed to be compatible with adja- sified as Not Approved (Uncertain) be- cent residential and commercial build- cause it refers to the previous Directions ings, with good landscaping rather than asking a specific policy question. It is interesting that respon- • provided with adequate community dents under-reported their support for facilities (parks, schools, etc.) and at least one housing type since 56%/55% services for the additional population supported Infill (15.1). • accompanied by a plan to address any parking and traffic impacts. Percent Agree 26%/27%

36 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision Independent Living BC (ILBC) Seniors’ Housing Seniors’ Housing Rezonings Program The strong community support for The province, through BC Hous- Long term community residents fre- Vision Direction 15.11 will likely lead ing, facilitates the Independent quently want to stay in their neighbour- Living BC program in partnership hood as they age. They know the local to individual ‘site specific’ rezonings. with the federal government, shops and services, have friends nearby, That means when a group organizing regional health authorities, and and want to stay near their doctors and housing for seniors finds a site, they WKHSULYDWHDQGQRQSUR¿WVHFWRUV would apply for rezoning to permit their Seniors with lower incomes and dentists. Vision participants suggested project. Each rezoning would require people with disabilities are able to housing options which would allow rent the ILBC units for 70 per cent older residents to stay in the community consultation with neighbours prior to of their after-tax income. This cov- when they are no longer able or willing being considered by City Council. ers their accommodation, meals, to look after a single family home. In ad- personal care and hospitality services, such as housekeeping, dition to the types housing outlined in laundry, recreational opportunities, the previous Directions, options include and a 24-hour response system. additional traditional apartments and BC Housing provides housing smaller scale seniors’ homes (includ- subsidies to those who qualify for ing conversion of larger older homes). the ILBC program and the health authorities fund the personal care These projects would be purpose-built services. for seniors and some would provide for different levels of care.

Louis Briar seniors’ housing

15.11 Seniors’ Housing Approved Some small developments designed for seniors should be considered near parks, shopping, transit, and services to allow seniors to stay in the community as their housing needs change. Percent Agree 78%/82%

People’s Ideas... • need seniors’ assisted living and extended care in close proximity to services • locate near shops, coffee houses, etc. • need more seniors’ accommoda- tion: low-income, rental

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 37 Boundaries Approximate New Housing 16.1 Allow New Housing Types on The boundaries of the areas set Large Lots out on the maps as possible loca- 16 Locations tions for new housing types are Approved approximate. For locations Vision participants also looked at the New housing types should be permitted supported by the broad com- locations which were important for dif- in ARKS on large lots, subject to detailed munity in the Survey, there would ferent types of households. planning and impact mitigation. be a planning process involving Percent Agree 55%/60% VLJQL¿FDQWSXEOLFFRQVXOWDWLRQWR The response to this Survey will be the GHWHUPLQHVSHFL¿FERXQGDULHV first step in determining if and where where new housing types may be New Housing Types Around Schools permitted. new housing options should be consid- ered in ARKS. For the general locations Schools can be an important focal point supported by the community, there will for a community. Younger children are be a subsequent planning process with generally escorted to school and parents significant public consultation before tend to be involved in school events. asking City Council to consider any High schools can be an important loca- broad rezoning from what is currently tion for teen activities. Vision partici- permitted in the area. The planning pro- pants developed the option of locating cess would work with residents to look new or additional housing types within at the specific types of housing which a few blocks of schools. This option may be permitted, the demands for would: community facilities and services gener- • provide more housing suitable for ated by any additional population, the families with children in locations plans to address any parking or traffic with direct access to schools impacts generated by a possible change, • make walking to school a more viable and the more detailed design and siting option aspects of new forms of housing. • meet the needs of single parents In each of the Directions listed below, • leave large areas of single family hous- the reasons Vision participants sup- ing unchanged. ported the location are given before the 16.2 Allow New Housing Types choice. Participants tended to support Around Schools low scale ‘ground oriented’ housing when located in the midst of single Not Approved (Uncertain) family housing, and higher scale, higher New housing types should be permit- density housing on or near arterial ted around schools in ARKS, subject to roads or near shopping areas/neigh- detailed planning and impact mitigation. bourhood centres. Percent Agree 51%/53%

New Housing Types on Comment: This Direction did receive Large Lots majority support in the general survey, Some Vision participants felt that new but did not receive the required support housing types should be permitted on in the random survey to be classified large lots. This option would: as Approved. In the random survey, the Direction received substantially more • allow change to take place gradually, agree votes than disagree votes (2.1 to and on lots which would otherwise 1). As a result, this Direction is classi- likely redevelop to larger single family fied as Not Approved (Uncertain) and homes under existing zoning remains on the table for consideration • provide housing in locations that and public discussion when additional would be attractive to families with housing planning occurs in the com- children, working couples, and se- munity. niors • allow more courtyard or yard space for new housing types which place some units near the lane • leave large areas of single family hous- ing unchanged.

38 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision Around Schools New Housing Types Around Larger Parks D 16th ou g l a s Parks are attractive to most people. Vision participants felt new housing

Arbutus around larger parks would be appropri- King Edward

Macdonald ate when the amount of private open space associated with the new housing type is limited. This option would:

33rd • allow ready access to places where exercise is possible for those living in small dwelling units

Granville

Larch • be useful for children’s play which MacKenzie 41st Oak cannot be accommodated in smaller yards Blenheim • potentially make community gardens

Macdonald 49th available through conversion from

park W. Boulevard W. • leave large areas of single family hous-

57th ing unchanged.

S.W. Marine 16.3 Allow New Housing Types Around Larger Parks

Angus N Not Approved (Uncertain) Around schools New housing types should be permitted Commercial/mixed use zones around larger parks in ARKS, subject to Parks detailed planning and impact mitigation. Percent Agree 49%/54% Around Larger Parks Comment: This Direction did not D 16th ou g receive majority support in the general l a s survey and did not receive high enough agreement in the random survey to be Arbutus considered approved. In both surveys, King Edward Macdonald the Direction received more agree votes than disagree votes (general survey: 1.6 to 1, random survey: 2 to 1). As a 33rd result, this Direction is classified as Not Approved (Uncertain) and remains on the table for consideration and public

Granville discussion when additional housing

Larch MacKenzie 41st Oak planning occurs in the community.

Blenheim New Housing Types Scattered Throughout the Single Family Areas Macdonald 49th Another location proposed by Vision W. Boulevard W. participants was a broad option: per- mitting new housing types throughout 57th the single family areas, provided that S.W. Marine the new housing was designed to be compatible with adjacent single family homes. The new housing could be limit- Angus N ed to ‘clumps’ as small as one half block Around larger parks or to corner locations. Neighbourhoods Commercial/mixed use zones Schools

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 39 would determine the types of housing Comment: This Direction is Not Sup- which are suitable for their area. This ported because disagree votes out option would: numbered agree votes in both the • allow housing which is more afford- general and random surveys. New able than single family housing in a Housing Types Scattered Throughout the wide variety of locations Single Family Areas will not be brought • permit more existing owners to rede- forward for consideration when addi- velop their properties with a housing tional housing planning occurs in the form which would allow them to stay community. in their community as they age New Housing Types On or Near • provide housing in locations attrac- Arterial Roads tive to families with children, working couples, and seniors Most of the arterials in ARKS (Oak, st • allow people with different housing Granville, Arbutus, 41 , Marine Drive, needs to live close together (e.g. par- King Edward, and West Boulevard) are ents and their grown-up children). lined with single family homes. Some exceptions exist where residential and 16.4 Allow New Housing Types to commercial (mixed-use) zoning is in be Scattered Throughout the Single place along Oak and West Boulevard. Family Areas Vision participants identified arterials as a location for other housing types to be Not Supported located on or near. This location would: New housing types should be permitted • provide convenient access to transit in scattered locations throughout the for residents without cars single family areas of ARKS, subject to detailed planning and impact mitigation. • provide convenient access by walking, Percent Agree 36%/37% biking, or taking transit to shops and services, especially near the shopping areas Scattered Thoughout the Single Family Areas • support local shops and services with additional population D 16th ou g l • shield, to some extent, adjacent single a s family homes from the noise of arte- rial traffic as the new housing types Arbutus King Edward (with good construction practices like Macdonald double-glazed windows) and their landscaping act as a buffer • leave large areas of single family hous- 33rd ing unchanged.

16.5 Allow New Housing Types On or

Larch Near Arterial Roads

Granville MacKenzie 41st Oak Approved

Blenheim New housing types should be permit- ted on or near arterial roads in ARKS, Macdonald 49th subject to detailed planning and impact mitigation.

W. Boulevard W. Percent Agree 51%/61% 57th

S.W. Marine

Angus N Single family areas Other zones, parks or schools

40 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision On or Near Arterial Roads New Housing Types Near D Shopping Areas 16th ou g l as A variation of new housing on or near arterial roads is to allow some additional

Arbutus King Edward housing near the shopping areas in Macdonald ARKS. These locations would: • provide convenient access to transit for residents without cars 33rd • provide convenient access by walking, biking, or taking transit to shops and services

Granville Larch

Oak MacKenzie 41st • support local shops and services with additional population

Blenheim • shield to some extent, adjacent single family homes from the noise of traffic Macdonald 49th

W. Boulevard W. as the new housing types (with good construction practices like double- glazed windows) and landscaping act 57th as a buffer

S.W. Marine • leave large areas of single family hous- ing unchanged.

Angus N 16.6 Allow New Housing Near Shopping Areas On or near arterial roads Commercial/mixed use zones Approved Parks New housing types should be permitted Transit route near shopping areas in ARKS, subject to detailed planning and impact mitigation. Near Shopping Areas Percent Agree 66%/68% D 16th ou g l Support for New Housing in at least a s One Location

Arbutus The Directions above identify locations King Edward Macdonald which Vision participants felt made sense for new housing types to accom- modate the changing needs of ARKS 33rd residents as they age. In order to get a clear picture of how many people support new housing in any of the Oak locations, this Direction asked if respon-

Granville Larch MacKenzie 41st dents supported any of the locations in Directions 16.1 – 16.6.

Blenheim 16.7 Support for New Housing in at Macdonald 49th least One Location

W. Boulevard W. Did you support consideration of new housing in any of the locations identi- 57th fied in the Directions above (On Large S.W. Marine Lots, Around Schools, Around Parks, Scattered Throughout the Single Family Area, On or Near Arterial Roads, or Near

Angus N Shopping Areas)? Near shopping areas Percent support at least one housing Shopping areas location 42%/52% Apartment zone

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 41 Housing Affordability Comment: This Direction is not given 17.2 Integrating Market with Non- Housing affordability was a a classification because it refers to the Market Housing VLJQL¿FDQWFRQFHUQRI9LVLRQSDU- previous Directions rather than asking Not Approved (Uncertain) ticipants. They developed Vision a specific policy question. It is interest- Directions that include proposals Projects or proposals that provide non- ing that respondents under-reported IRUDGGLWLRQDOFRQYHUVLRQVLQ¿OO market housing should also include a their support for at least one housing cottages, duplexes, fourplexes, share of market housing. sixplex villas, traditional and location (55%/60% supported New Percent Agree 43%/40% courtyard rowhouses, and apart- Housing Types on Large Lots, Direction ments (of various heights). These 16.1). Directions would allow housing People’s Ideas… that meets the changing housing • ensure no exclusive social hous- needs of existing residents as they ing complexes age: the children who grow-up Housing and maintain their own household, 17 Affordability and the couples who separate Comment: This Direction did not and become two households. The Housing affordability is a major con- receive majority support in either the additional units should be more cern in ARKS. Vision participants were general or random surveys. In both affordable than new single family concerned that housing is becoming homes because they use the land surveys, the Direction received more more intensively and they are unreachable for many in the community. agree votes than disagree votes (general usually smaller. Increasing the This applies to all housing from rental survey: 1.3 to 1, random survey: 1.2 to supply of housing may also help apartments to single family housing. Par- 1). As a result, this Direction is classi- moderate price increases. ticipants felt that people should be able fied as Not Approved (Uncertain) and to stay in the community as they age New housing that is built in the remains on the table for consideration normal development market and that a range of housing is needed and public discussion in future plan- — ‘market housing’ — is usually to meet the needs of a community of ning. not affordable in ARKS except to diverse ages, incomes, backgrounds, and those with high incomes, regard- occupations. less of the type of housing it is. The City assists in providing more affordable ‘non-market housing’ 17.1 Housing Affordability for lower income households in a Not Approved (Uncertain) number of ways: • directly funding affordable The City should urge senior govern- housing with money approved in ments to reinstate programs that fund Capital Plan plebiscites non-market housing and to develop new • leasing City land, in some initiatives that will increase non-market cases at substantial discounts, housing in ARKS, including co-ops. WRQRQSUR¿WKRXVLQJVSRQVRUV who build housing funded by the Percent Agree 47%/45% B.C. government • using housing agreements with People’s Ideas… developers, where they include • need larger variety of units, rental lower cost or guaranteed rental and co-ops suites in their market projects in return for additional density • provide more opportunities for • using funds from Development families with kids Cost Levies to assist in buying land or paying for housing units • need safe, social housing, espe- directly. These non-market cially for women and children projects generally require a site VSHFL¿FUH]RQLQJZLWKFRP- Comment: This Direction did not munity consultation taking place in each case. receive majority support in the general survey, and did not receive high enough New non-market housing direc- agreement in the random survey to be tions did not emerge from the classified as Approved. In both surveys, workshops but participants did the Direction received more agree votes want to reinstate senior govern- than disagree votes (general survey: ment funding for non-market housing. 1.3 to 1, random survey: 1.2 to 1). As a result, this Direction is classified as Not Approved (Uncertain) and remains on the table for consideration and public discussion in future planning.

42 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRES

ancouver’s CityPlan contains some key directions to develop ‘neighbourhood centres’ which can serve as the ‘heart’ of a V community. Neighbourhood centres are places where people can find shops, jobs, neighbourhood-based services, public places that are safe and inviting, and places to meet with neighbours and join in community life. Centres also contain new housing for vari- ous ages and incomes. All this helps the environment by reducing the need to travel long distances from home to jobs and services.

Previous Community Visions have sought to create these neighbour- hood centres in and around key shopping areas while improving the shopping areas, making them more convenient, safe, comfort- able, and enjoyable places to visit and to shop. Shopping Areas ARKS Vision participants developed some ideas D 16th ou g to strengthen an area they felt was already a l a s neighbourhood centre – the Kerrisdale Shopping Area or ‘Kerrisdale Village’. They also suggested

Arbutus making some significant changes to the Arbutus

Macdonald King Edward Shopping Centre so that it becomes more of a neighbourhood centre for ARKS residents. They also looked at some of the small local shopping areas that dot ARKS: 33rd and MacKenzie, 16th and Macdonald, and Macdonald and Alamein. 33rd They suggested ways to make these areas more convenient, safe, comfortable, and enjoyable places to shop, with some limited opportunities for additional housing.

Larch Granville Oak MacKenzie 41st Participants also proposed limiting additional ‘big Kerrisdale box’ stores, supporting business associations, and

Blenheim Village retaining the existing C-1 zoning for the other

Macdonald 49th small shopping areas in ARKS.

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Angus N Shopping areas Other commercial/mixed use zones Possible neighbourhood centre (Boundaries approximate)

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 43 C-2 Zoning Kerrisdale driveways, drive-throughs, parking lots, C-2 zoning occurs along arterial or building fronts that are not ‘pedes- streets throughout the city, includ- 18 Shopping Area trian friendly’. ing along 41st and East and West Percent Agree 82%/83% Boulevard in Kerrisdale Village. (‘Kerrisdale Village’) Generally speaking, the zoning allows four- storey residential/ People’s Ideas… commercial ‘mixed-use’ projects • need more shops along East Bou- or all commercial projects. Among levard from 41st to 45th the commercial uses permitted are grocery store, drug store, restaurant, furniture store, liquor 18.3 Provide a Range of Shops and store, recycling depot, motor Services vehicle dealer and repair shop, KHDOWKFDUHRI¿FHDQGVRFLDO Approved service centre. The C-2 zoning There should continue to be a wide has recently been reviewed and range of local-serving shops and services changed to improve the look of Kerrisdale Village in the shopping area. the lanes, reduce overlook of and Percent Agree 81%/86% improve privacy for neighbouring Kerrisdale Village encompasses the properties, and improve the design commercial areas along 41st from Larch of the street front. The height People’s Ideas… nd requirements were also changed to Maple, 42 from Yew to Maple, and • use the area from 37th to 38th th in part to facilitate higher ceilings along East and West Boulevard from 37 along West Boulevard as a youth th IRU¿UVWÀRRUFRPPHUFLDOVSDFHV to 49 , plus the surrounding apartment activity centre to serve Point Grey (and possibly higher ceilings for st area. Participants saw 41 Avenue as the Secondary students WKHUHVLGHQWLDOÀRRUVDERYH  heart of the Village, especially the inter- • encourage stores that appeal to section of 41st and Yew. Assets include younger people the small scale stores in the area, a Lon- don Drugs as an anchor store, as well as • add additional services or a the trees, banners, and other improve- theatre to the area adjacent to the ments sponsored by the Kerrisdale Busi- community centre and Kerrisdale ness Improvement Area (BIA). Problems Centennial Park included traffic speed and congestion • need an Office Depot type of store (especially at 41st and West Boulevard), to support home businesses truck traffic along 41st, and the lack of a • encourage wine bars, more out- public square or gathering place. side patio seating, and/or a jazz club • consider tax burden on small busi- 18.1 Enhance Kerrisdale Village as an ness when pursuing policy to have Important Shopping Area a wide range of shops in neighbour- Approved hood centres Kerrisdale Village should be enhanced as a major neighbourhood shopping area and important community place. Percent Agree 78%/80%

People’s Ideas… • retain the size and shape of the shopping area

18.2 Ensure Continuity of Shops and Services Approved Local shops and services In the shopping area, shops and ser- vices should be continuous along the ground floor of buildings. Ground floor frontage should not be interrupted by

44 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 18.4 Discourage Additional Auto- 18.7 Improve Bike Access for oriented Services Kerrisdale Village Approved Approved Additional auto-oriented services (e.g. Bike access to and within Kerrisdale gas stations, repair shops, etc.) should Village should be improved. be discouraged in the shopping area. Percent Agree 54%/56% Percent Agree 63%/66% People’s Ideas… People’s Ideas… • need better bike access to centres • do not allow gas stations any- like Kerrisdale Village where in Kerrisdale Village • have a route for cyclists off 41st – perhaps 40th or 42nd 18.5 Add a Supermarket • need a separate lane for cyclists Approved along 41st The City, in consultation with the neigh- bourhood, should work with super- 18.8 Control Sidewalk Merchandise market owners to identify, assemble, Approved and rezone a site for a moderately sized Merchandise displays and sandwich supermarket with adequate parking boards on the sidewalk add interest and provided. vitality on the street, but the amount of Percent Agree 65%/66% sidewalk they take up should be limited. They should leave enough room for People’s Ideas… pedestrians (including wheelchairs and • provide a supermarket to ‘anchor’ strollers) to pass each other, and should the neighbourhood shopping area leave more sidewalk space at bus stops • need a supermarket in the area and crosswalks where more people st (IGAat41 and Dunbar is too far gather. The limit should be enforced. away) Percent Agree 70%/64% • use the area south of 43rd along West Boulevard as a potential gro- People’s Ideas… cery store site • retain current limits, leaving 5’ • put the supermarket in an under- clear pathway for pedestrians utilized area (e.g. north or south of • create more energy by keeping 41st along West Boulevard) narrow sidewalks • need a medium-sized supermar- • remove signs from sidewalks ket like ‘Urban Fare’ or ‘Choices’ - closer to 15,000 sq. ft. 18.9 Provide Weather Protection

18.6 Improve Pedestrian Safety Approved There should be continuous weather Approved protection for shoppers in the form of Safer crossings for pedestrians in the canopies or awnings. business area should be provided, espe- Percent Agree 57%/57% cially at 41st and West and East Boule- vard. People’s Ideas… Percent Agree 75%/76% • put awnings in front of busy areas like bus stops People’s Ideas… • provide a mid-block crossing be- 18.10 Protect and Enhance Street tween Yew and West Boulevard on Trees 41st • construct raised crosswalks at East Approved and West Boulevard on 41st The existing street trees contribute to the pleasant character of the street. • provide a crossing on West Boule- These trees should be kept and main- vard at 39th

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 45 Building Lines tained wherever possible. Their impact ings (e.g. Bill Chow Jewellers), and Building lines are an additional should be enhanced by adding trees lower heights of buildings setback used to preserve future where they are missing as well as in new • allow people to retain the siting of road and boulevard widening or corner bulges and along side streets. to preserve open space. In many their shop on the street if they rede- cases, building lines can be traced Percent Agree 84%/87% velop (i.e. ignore the building line) back to the 1929 ‘Plan for the City • apply building lines to allow for of Vancouver’ which included a People’s Ideas… sidewalk boulevards, benches, and µ0DMRU6WUHHW3ODQ¶WKDWLGHQWL¿HG • provide more trees on both sides plantings major streets and their capacities, of Yew near 41st and established building lines. • increase plantings, baskets of 7KHVHZHUHPRGL¿HGLQWKH • plant taller, bigger trees around flowers on boulevards on 41st 1940s, and have remained largely community centre on 42nd unchanged since the 1950s. When • provide more benches on West • ensure that trees and other green- nd a development site is subject to Boulevard and on 42 outside of ery do not block business signs/ad- a building line, building set-backs London Drugs vertising are measured from this line rather • create a pedestrian mews between than from the property line. These Vine and the west end of 40th include the width and depth of 18.11 Improve Design of Awnings required yards, and building depth. • beautify and make more func- This explains why some newer Approved tional the London Drugs mews with buildings on 41st have been ‘set- The design of awnings should be im- more plantings, benches, and tables back’ from adjacent, older build- ings resulting in wider sidewalks proved. A set of awning guidelines (to have lunch), and redesign the on portions of the street. should be considered for Kerrisdale back lane Village. • provide more attractive sidewalk Percent Agree 56%/57% treatment and landscaping when side streets intersect with shopping People’s Ideas… streets • have the Kerrisdale BIA adopt • use the intersection of 41st and some guidelines for the design of the Boulevards, and 41st and Yew, the awnings and have them en- to increase the character of this area forced by the City. with increased sidewalk width, cor- • give awnings a consistent look ner bulges, brick pavers, landscap- ing, and other treatments 18.12 Create a More Attractive Area Approved Local merchants and owners, through the Kerrisdale BIA, have significantly im- proved the area’s appearance with ban- ners, colourful lightpoles, a landmark clock, decorative trash receptacles and newspaper box screens, a signature Ker- risdale sign, bus shelters, and decorative pedestrian lighting. The appearance of Kerrisdale Village should be improved through efforts of private businesses London Drugs mews and the City (e.g. create outdoor patios, attractive landscaping, banners, spe- 18.13 Create a Public Plaza or cial lighting, bike racks, public notice Gathering Space boards/directory, public art, special paving, drinking fountains), retaining its Approved ‘village’ character. A public plaza or gathering space should Percent Agree 78%/78% be created in Kerrisdale Village for people to ‘meet and greet’, perform, People’s Ideas… and relax; with community arts, commu- • retain character of Kerrisdale Vil- nity services, and extensive landscaping lage: ‘villagy’ with specialty shops, and trees. small storefronts, character build- Percent Agree 57%/58%

46 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision People’s Ideas... 18.16 Address Crime and Nuisance • create a town square with live Behavior music Approved • find a place for the community to Crime and nuisance behavior such as st gather (e.g. Yew and 41 ) graffiti and aggressive panhandling • design and build a water feature, should be addressed through commu- public art, and/or public seating nity-based prevention and more enforce- areas in Kerrisdale ment by police and security people. The • provide more courtyard areas on Kerrisdale BIA should assist in doing 41st between stores this. Percent Agree 82%/82% 18.14 Provide A Cleaner Place People’s Ideas… Approved • provide more police presence or Sidewalks, gutters, lanes, parking lots, liaison with BIA or residents to deal storefronts, garbage areas, and loading with safety issues, using a bilingual bays should be kept cleaner and main- officer/volunteer who can speak tained better by both private businesses Chinese and the City. Percent Agree 81%/80% 18.17 Provide Additional Housing on Edges of Kerrisdale Village People’s Ideas… • clean up lane south of 41st at Lon- Not Approved (Uncertain) don Drugs Provide additional housing in Kerrisdale • clean up area around McDonald’s Village along the edges of the existing at 41st and East Boulevard shopping and apartment areas to sup- port the shopping area and to allow • need bigger garbage cans on 41st more people to live close to where they • deal with garbage spill around work or shop. Housing types to con- dumpsters in back lanes sider would be small scale (including • get high school kids to help clean fourplexes and rowhouses), and would up areas in Kerrisdale replace the less affordable single family housing. Any housing redevelopment 18.15 Provide Convenient Parking should be designed to ‘fit in’ with the single family area, and have good land- Approved scaping. Short-term customer parking, including Percent Agree 48%/50% curbside parking, should be available to support local businesses and reduce im- People’s Ideas… pacts of parking on local streets adjacent • allow triplexes, row houses to to the shopping area. be built around the Kerrisdale area Percent Agree 78%/78% (e.g. around Larch Street and 41st and ensure that they are affordable) People’s Ideas… • provide more underground park- • address increased traffic and ing for shoppers and community congestion problems with increased centre users density • encourage side angled parking • provide more diversity of housing with landscaping forms and more landscaping • provide more parking off of 41st Comment: This Direction did not • provide more signage for free receive majority support in the general public parking survey, and did not receive high enough agreement in the random survey to be classified as Approved. In both surveys, the Direction received more agree votes than disagree votes (general survey:

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 47 1.7 to 1, random survey: 1.9 to 1). As a 19.1 Create a New Neighbourhood result, this Direction is classified as Not Centre (Arbutus Village) Approved (Uncertain) and remains on Approved the table for consideration and public The creation of a neighbourhood centre discussion when additional housing (Arbutus Village) should be considered planning occurs in the community. at the Arbutus Shopping Centre. In future, stores should be relocated closer Arbutus to Arbutus Street, incorporating shops, 19 Shopping cafes, and services on the ground floor. A new internal shopping ‘street’ with Centre benches, trees, and greenery should (‘Arbutus Village’) replace the existing surface parking Arbutus Shopping Centre is located off lot, with parking largely placed under- of Arbutus north of Nanton. There is ground. Pedestrian and bike pathways multi-family residential housing in the would connect parks, schools, and Ker- area immediately to the north and west risdale Village with the new neighbour- of the centre. Vision participants saw hood centre. the opportunity to create a possible Percent Agree 57%/64% future neighbourhood centre (Arbutus Village) in place of the existing shop- People’s Ideas… ping centre. Shops would be relocated • redevelop Arbutus Shopping Cen- closer to Arbutus Street, and a new tre with more urban, street-oriented internal shopping ‘street’ would replace development the existing surface parking lot (with • convert parking lot space into parking largely placed underground). new internal shopping street and Apartments would be built above those bring commercial area out to Arbu- shops (‘mixed-use development’), and tus new apartment buildings would be built • could be developed more like a in place of the existing mall, overlooking market place with a farmers’ market, Arbutus Village Linear Park. Pedestrian artist displays, cafés, etc. and bike pathways would connect parks, • serve the growing Asian popula- schools, and Kerrisdale Village with the tion with stores open later, a night new neighbourhood centre. market, etc.

Should redevelopment occur further 19.2 Provide Additional Housing at south of the shopping centre, Vision Arbutus Village participants suggested extending mixed use developments down the west side of Not Approved (Uncertain) Arbutus as far as the existing small com- The new neighbourhood centre at Ar- mercial area at Arbutus and Valley. butus Village should include additional housing types, complemented by ad- ditional community services and ameni- ties. Apartments would be located above shops on Arbutus Street and on the new internal shopping street to add housing diversity and support the shops in the new centre. New apartment buildings would be built in place of the existing mall, overlooking Arbutus Village Linear Park. Percent Agree 47%/49%

People’s Ideas… • bring commercial area out to Ar- Internal shopping street butus with residential above, court- yard space in behind

48 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision • increase density provided that the 19.4 Create a Public Plaza or shopping centre is improved Gathering Space • allow mixed use development to Not Approved (Uncertain) increase density and improve com- A public plaza or gathering space should mercial activity be created in Arbutus Village for people to ‘meet and greet’, perform, and relax; Comment: This Direction did not with community arts, community servic- receive majority support in the general es, and extensive landscaping and trees. survey, and did not receive high enough Percent Agree 49%/53% agreement in the random survey to be classified as Approved. In both surveys, People’s Ideas... the Direction received more agree votes • should incorporate some sort of than disagree votes (general survey: community meeting place like an 1.5 to 1, random survey: 1.8 to 1). As a outdoor bandstand in the new de- result, this Direction is classified as Not velopment Approved (Uncertain) and remains on the table for consideration and public Comment: This Direction did not discussion when additional planning receive majority support in the general occurs on the shopping centre site. survey, and did not receive high enough agreement in the random survey to be 19.3 Extend Shopping Area South of classified as Approved. In both surveys, Arbutus Shopping Centre the Direction received more agree votes Not Approved (Uncertain) than disagree votes (general survey: Should redevelopment occur south of 1.8 to 1, random survey: 2.9 to 1). As a the shopping centre, consider extend- result, this Direction is classified as Not ing residential/commercial ‘mixed use’ Approved (Uncertain) and remains on developments down the west side of the table for consideration and public Arbutus as far as the existing small com- discussion when additional planning mercial area at Arbutus and Valley. occurs on the site. Percent Agree 47%/50% 19.5 Ensure Continuity of Shops and People’s Ideas… Services • extend ‘mixed use’ residential/ Approved commercial south along Arbutus to In any redevelopment of the shopping connect Arbutus Shopping Centre centre, shops and services should be with commercial area at Arbutus continuous along the ground floor of and Valley buildings. Ground floor frontage should • redevelop retail at Arbutus and not be interrupted by drive-throughs, Valley as mixed use residential/com- parking lots, or building fronts and uses mercial that are not ‘pedestrian friendly’. Percent Agree 69%/69% Comment: This Direction did not receive majority support in the general 19.6 Provide a Range of Shops and survey, and did not receive high enough Services agreement in the random survey to be Approved classified as Approved. In both surveys, There should be a wide range of local the Direction received more agree votes serving shops and services in the shop- than disagree votes (general survey: ping area. 1.6 to 1, random survey: 1.9 to 1). As a Percent Agree 72%/76% result, this Direction is classified as Not Approved (Uncertain) and remains on People’s Ideas… the table for consideration and public • lower the rents to attract more discussion when additional planning small shops and more diversity of occurs on the shopping centre site. stores

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 49 • retain a liquor store and a post office in any new development • consider a farmer’s market, pub/ restaurant, barbershop, or men’s clothing store on the site • add a T and T supermarket and other Chinese stores • need a community centre or neighbourhood house, and provide children’s programs and tutoring Safeway supermarket • need to have more interactive seniors’ activities in the mall 19.9 Improve Pedestrian Comfort and • restrict financial or real estate Safety institutions because they tend to decrease commercial activity in an Approved area It should be easier and safer for pedes- trians to cross Arbutus and it should be 19.7 Discourage Additional Auto- more enjoyable to walk and bike along oriented Services routes to and from the shopping centre. Percent Agree 77%/80% Not Approved (Uncertain) Additional auto-oriented services (e.g. People’s Ideas… gas stations, repair shops, etc.) should • enhance Yew as the north/south be discouraged in the shopping centre. pedestrian corridor connecting the Percent Agree 48%/54% shopping centre with Ravine Park, Prince of Wales Park, and Prince of Comment: This Direction did not Wales Secondary receive majority support in the general • install a pedestrian signal at Arbu- survey, and did not receive high enough tus and the internal east/west street agreement in the random survey to be envisioned for Arbutus Village classified as Approved. In both surveys, the Direction received substantially • focus on walkways and Bikeways more agree votes than disagree votes to the shopping centre – there are (general survey: 2.6 to 1, random sur- many great quiet ways to walk to the vey: 3.1 to 1). As a result, this Direction centre is classified as Not Approved (Uncer- • create a Bikeway from Kitsilano tain) and remains on the table for con- to Kerrisdale linking shopping areas sideration and public discussion when including Arbutus Village additional planning occurs on the site. • co-ordinate all push lights to have the same timing (e.g. pedestrian 19.8 Retain a Supermarket lights take too long to change at Approved Arbutus and Nanton) – if not it leads The supermarket is an important anchor to unsafe jay walking for the shopping area. Any redevelop- ment plans for Arbutus Shopping Centre 19.10 Street Trees and Greening should include a supermarket. Approved Percent Agree 86%/89% Street trees should be planted on Arbu- tus and along any newly created internal People’s Ideas... shopping street in Arbutus Village. • must keep a supermarket in order Percent Agree 82%/84% for the shopping area to be success- ful People’s Ideas… • create and maintain green space with cooperation between

50 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision merchants, business associations, 19.14 Address Crime and Nuisance and residents Behavior • keep and/or create green space in Approved any new development Crime and nuisance behaviour such as graffiti and break-ins at the shopping 19.11 Provide Weather Protection centre should be addressed through Approved community-based prevention and more There should be continuous weather enforcement by police and security protection at the shopping centre in the people. form of canopies or awnings. Percent Agree 83%/85% Percent Agree 61%/58% People’s Ideas… People’s Ideas... • involve artists on an art wall – like st • awnings should be aesthetically the IGA wall at Dunbar and 41 pleasing and should extend over the • increase community effort in deal- sidewalk, so as to not drip on pedes- ing with vandalism and theft (there trians are a lot of break-ins in the mall area) 19.12 Create a More Attractive Area • need more police patrols and regular police presence in the area Approved • address safety concerns in Arbutus The appearance of the shopping area Village Linear Park (e.g. drug deal- should be improved through the efforts ing, etc.) of the developer, tenants, private busi- ness, and the City (e.g. create outdoor patios, attractive landscaping, banners, special lighting, bike racks, public notice Small Local boards, public art, special paving, drink- 20 Shopping Areas ing fountains). Percent Agree 74%/73% Participants recognized the importance of three smaller commercial areas in People’s Ideas... ARKS: 33rd and MacKenzie, 16th and • create an old town feel to the new Macdonald, and Macdonald and Alam- development ein. These small local shopping areas • should look something like the could be enhanced by making improve- Ambleside Shopping Street in West ments to the public realm and encourag- Vancouver ing increased commercial activity within the boundaries of the existing shopping 19.13 Provide Convenient Parking areas. The existing commercial zoning (C-1) in these shopping areas already Approved permits the mixed-use developments Short-term customer parking, including proposed by many Vision participants. curbside parking, should continue to Very limited opportunities for more be available to support local businesses housing were proposed on a few lots and reduce impacts of parking on local immediately adjacent to the shopping streets adjacent to the shopping centre. areas. Participants also called for a lim- Percent Agree 82%/81% ited expansion (roughly one block) of the 16th and Macdonald shopping area, People’s Ideas… suggesting that commercial activity be • address concerns about under- allowed to take place on the south side ground parking – theft, seniors of 16th as far east as Trafalgar. safety, discouraging shoppers • ensure that there is still ample above ground parking

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 51 20.1 Enhance Important Local 20.4 Provide a Range of Shops and Shopping Areas Services Approved Approved 33rd and MacKenzie, 16th and Macdon- There should continue to be a wide ald, and Macdonald and Alamein should range of local-serving shops and services be enhanced as local shopping areas in the local shopping areas. and important community places. Im- Percent Agree 73%/76% provements should be made to the pub- lic realm (e.g. more street trees, planted 20.5 Discourage Additional Auto- corner bulges, decorative pavers), and oriented Services more commercial activity encouraged Not Approved (Uncertain) within the boundaries of the existing Additional auto-oriented services (e.g. local shopping area (e.g. on commer- Macdonald and Alamein gas stations, repair shops, etc.) should shopping area cially-zoned lots flanking the arterial be discouraged in the local shopping street, or within ‘live/work’ types of areas. housing units). Percent Agree 53%/49% Percent Agree 70%/74% Comment: This Direction did receive People’s Ideas… majority support in the general survey, • retain small scale of shops at but did not receive high enough agree- MacKenzie and 33rd ment in the random survey to be classi- • improve the look of the shopping fied as Approved. In the random survey, th area at 16 and Macdonald the Direction received more agree votes than disagree votes (1.9 to 1). As a 20.2 Expand 16th and Macdonald result, this Direction is classified as Not Local Shopping Area Approved (Uncertain) and remains on Approved the table for consideration and public Consider a limited expansion (roughly discussion in further planning. one block) of the 16th and Macdonald 20.6 Improve Pedestrian Safety local shopping area, allowing commer- cial activity to take place on the south Approved side of 16th as far east as Trafalgar. It should be easier and safer for pedes- Percent Agree 59%/55% trians to cross major streets within the local shopping areas. People’s Ideas… Percent Agree 77%/78% • extend 16th and Macdonald com- mercial area 1 or 2 blocks People’s Ideas… • need commercial activity to fill in • improve pedestrian and cyclist gaps at 16th and Macdonald safety at 16th and Trafalgar by install- ing a pedestrian/cyclist signal 20.3 Ensure Continuity of Shops and Services 20.7 Control Sidewalk Merchandise Approved Approved In the local shopping areas, shops and Merchandise displays and sandwich services should be continuous along the boards on the sidewalk add vitality and ground floor of buildings. Ground floor interest to the street, but the amount of frontage should not be interrupted by sidewalk they take up should be limited. driveways, drive-throughs, parking lots, They should leave enough room for or building fronts and uses that are not pedestrians (including wheelchairs and ‘pedestrian friendly’. strollers) to pass each other, and should Percent Agree 71%/72% leave more sidewalk space at bus stops and crosswalks where more people gather. The limit should be enforced. Percent Agree 66%/66%

52 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 20.8 Provide Weather Protection • need more pedestrian friendly landscaping, outdoor seating/patios Not Approved (Uncertain) in commercial areas There should be continuous weather • retain the street market atmo- protection for shoppers in the form of sphere outside of Choices Market canopies or awnings. with the attractive merchandise Percent Agree 55%/50% display, hanging baskets, and seating benches Comment: This Direction did receive majority support in the general survey, • retain the effective, handsome but did not receive high enough agree- signage and awnings of Choices ment in the random survey to be classi- fied as Approved. In the random survey, 20.11 Provide a Cleaner Place the Direction received substantially Approved more agree votes than disagree votes Sidewalks, gutters, lanes, parking lots, (3.5 to 1). As a result, this Direction is storefronts, garbage areas, and loading classified as Not Approved (Uncertain) bays should be kept cleaner and main- and remains on the table for consider- tained better by both private businesses ation and public discussion in further and the City. planning. Percent Agree 83%/77% 20.9 Protect and Enhance 20.12 Provide Convenient Parking Street Trees Approved Approved Short-term customer parking, including The existing street trees contribute to curbside parking, should be available to the pleasant character of the street. support local businesses and reduce im- These trees should be kept and main- pacts of parking on local streets adjacent tained wherever possible. Their impact to the local shopping areas. should be enhanced by adding trees Percent Agree 79%/79% where they are missing as well as in new corner bulges and on side streets. 20.13 Add Some New Housing Percent Agree 80%/83% at MacKenzie and 33rd, 16th and Macdonald, and Macdonald and People’s Ideas… Alamein • plant street trees on the boule- vards along Macdonald at Alamein Not Approved (Uncertain) Very limited opportunities for more 20.10 Create a More Attractive Area housing should be considered on a few lots immediately adjacent to the local Approved shopping areas at MacKenzie and 33rd, The appearance of the shopping areas 16th and Macdonald, and Macdonald should be improved through efforts of and Alamein. Housing types could in- private businesses and the City (e.g. cre- clude row houses and duplexes. ate outdoor patios, attractive landscap- Percent Agree 51%/55% ing, banners, special lighting, bike racks, public notice boards, public art, special Comment: This Direction did receive paving, drinking fountains). majority support in the general sur- Percent Agree 76%/75% vey, but was .5% short of the required support in the random survey to be People’s Ideas… classified as Approved (54.5%). In the • ‘connect’ the small local shopping random survey, the Direction received areas via similar public realm treat- substantially more agree votes than dis- ments (e.g. highlight entry to local agree votes (2.9 to 1). As a result, this shopping area with large corner Direction is classified as Not Approved bulges and decorative pavers creat- (Uncertain) and remains on the table ing a ‘square’) for consideration and public discussion in further planning.

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 53 ‘Big Box’ Stores 21.2 Permit Specialty ‘Big Box’ Stores 21 and Shopping Not Approved (Uncertain) Some smaller specialty ‘big box’ outlets Malls (e.g. electronics, toys, pets) might act Shopping malls are clusters of stores in as positive anchors or attractions if they one development where the stores face are located in existing shopping areas in inside instead of onto a public street. The ARKS. They should be considered if they bigger the shopping mall, the larger its are designed to fit in properly. ‘trade area’ (the distance from which it Percent Agree 46%/47% draws customers). Under current zon- ing, internal malls can theoretically locate Comment: This Direction did not Specialty big box retail: Future Shop anywhere in the C-2 zoning that lines receive majority support in either the the city’s arterial streets. Although few general or random surveys. In both sites are large enough, some of the old surveys, the Direction received more supermarket sites could see proposals for agree votes than disagree votes (general internal malls. survey: 1.2 to 1, random survey: 1.2 to 1). As a result, this Direction is classi- There are also different types and sizes of fied as Not Approved (Uncertain) and ‘big box’ store. Some are very large and remains on the table for consideration sell a wide range of goods; some spe- and public discussion in further plan- cialize in particular types of goods and ning. are smaller. All these stores draw their customers from a very large trade area. The City has permitted some big box Business stores (usually through rezonings), but 22 Associations has recently adopted policies that restrict or BIAs these rezonings to portions of Grandview Highway and the Marine Drive frontages. Business associations are formed by If the stores are to sell food or clothing, business and property owners in shop- a retail impact study is required. Some ping areas. They can also apply to the smaller specialty ‘big box’ stores have City to become a Business Improvement Banners help to beautify recently located on C-zoned strips: Fu- Area (BIA). Through a BIA, each com- neighbourhood shopping ture Shop, Office Depot, Toys R Us, and mercial property owner pays into a fund areas Mountain Equipment Co-op are all on that is administered by the BIA and used central Broadway. to benefit the shopping area through promotion, crime prevention, beautifi- Participants in the Vision process, while cation, etc. The City has a staff person to acknowledging that existing malls and assist in forming associations and BIAs. ‘big box’ stores provide shopping choices Kerrisdale has a very active and success- for consumers, were concerned that ful BIA. additional projects would work against keeping strong neighbourhood shopping 22.1 Encourage Business at Kerrisdale Village, Arbutus Shopping Associations or BIAs Centre, and other local shopping areas in Approved ARKS. Business Associations and BIAs should be encouraged, with organizational 21.1 Restrict Additional Major Malls assistance from the City. They should or ‘Big Box’ Stores be involved, together with residents, in Approved promoting shopping in their areas and Additional major shopping malls, and organizing services and activities to at- ‘big box’ stores which sell groceries, tract shoppers. clothing, and other daily needs, should Percent Agree 69%/70% not be permitted to locate where they will harm the economic health of exist- ing shopping areas in ARKS. Percent Agree 61%/61%

54 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 23.2 Retain Commercial Uses on C-1 Other Small Zoned Sites 23 Shopping Areas Approved Zoned C-1 The City should retain commercial uses There are a few other small commer- on C-1 zoned sites — and not permit all- cially-zoned sites which serve as local residential development — at 16th and shopping areas for ARKS residents. They Arbutus, 41st and Carnarvon, 41st and were not extensively examined by Vision Granville, 41st and Oak, 49th and Oak, participants. They are located at 16th and 57th and East Boulevard. and Arbutus, 41st and Carnarvon, 41st Percent Agree 63%/62% and Granville, 41st and Oak, 49th and 41st and Granville shopping Oak, and 57th and East Boulevard. The area C-1 zoning on these parcels allow resi- dential/commercial ‘mixed-use’ projects. Some participants felt that these sites should also be enhanced as local shop- ping areas within the boundaries of the existing commercial areas. Alternatively, these sites could be made available for all-residential redevelopment if they no longer were valued as local shopping areas.

23.1 Enhance Local Shopping Areas Approved The C-1 zoned shopping areas at 16th and Arbutus, 41st and Carnarvon, 41st and Granville, 41st and Oak, 49th and Oak, and 57th and East Boulevard should be enhanced as local shopping areas. Percent Agree 64%/63%

People’s Ideas... • need a beautification program for 41st and Granville

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 55 PARKS, STREETS, LANES, AND PUBLIC PLACES

ision participants noted that the well maintained parks, mature street trees, planted traffic circles, private gar- V dens and landscaping around homes, and the design of public buildings all contribute to the overall character of Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy (ARKS). The Vision Directions in this section deal with parks, school grounds, gardens, streets, lanes, views, and public buildings.

Parks

GRANVILLE PARK D 16th ou g CARNARVON l PARK a SHAUGHNESSY s ANGUS PARK PARK

Arbutus TRAFALGAR PARK King Edward

Macdonald ARBUTUS VILLAGE PARK

PRINCE DEVONSHIRE OF WALES QUILCHENA PARK PARK PARK 33rd RAVINE PARK VAN DUSEN BOTANICAL GARDENS

KERRISDALE

MacKenzie Larch

PARK Oak 41st Granville KERRISDALE ELM CENTENNIAL MALKIN PARK PARK PARK MONTGOMERY

Blenheim PARK

Macdonald 49th

MAPLE

GROVE BoulevardW. PARK

57th

S.W. ARBUTUSMarine PARK

Angus N Parks and public open space Old streams

56 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision Parks, Streets, 24.1 Develop More Usable Parks and 24 Lanes, and School Grounds Approved Views Park design, appearance and uses Parks are very important for recreation, should be more varied in order to serve beauty, and refreshment. ARKS is for- a variety of ages and a more diverse tunate to have a variety of parks and population. School grounds should also public spaces. These include historic be attractive, usable community spaces. Shaughnessy streetscapes, a number of Percent Agree 77%/78% heritage trees, the King Edward Heritage Boulevard, Ravine Park, VanDusen Gar- People’s Ideas... dens, and more conventional parks, play • build a playground feature in Dev- Maple Grove Park: play area grounds, and play fields. In total, ARKS onshire Park in Shaughnessy has 21 parks (not including VanDusen • provide a designated skateboard Gardens due to its city-serving nature), park space (locate it in Prince of totalling 44 hectares (109 acres) of park. Wales Park) ARKS has 1.1 hectares of ‘neighbour- • locate an arboretum/info kiosk hood’ park per thousand residents. This identifying all the trees in Crescent is the City standard. School grounds Park; promote certain trees associ- totalling 28 hectares (69 acres) are also ated with certain parks important public spaces. • provide a special area in parks to allow activities for children or Streets and lanes typically take up about neighbours to gather and meet: rain 30% of a community’s land area and shelters, ‘pagodas’, or picnic areas make an important contribution to the image of an area. The Park Board • provide more non-commercial ac- provides and maintains street trees, tivities including chess, trails, skate and has a program to plant them in all park, public art and history markers, suitable locations. The City also has a water fountains, walking paths with ‘Green Streets’ Program which encour- places to sit ages residents to landscape traffic circles • encourage greening and beautifi- and corner bulges that are installed for cation of parks with plantings, more traffic calming. trees, and arboretums • provide play structures for young- In 1989, the City began to protect se- er and older kids in parks (e.g. taller lected public views which development monkey bars and bigger rings) threatened to block. The protected • provide playground amenities like views are mainly from within the down- they had in old playgrounds (e.g. town looking outward, and from the trolleys, tire swings, teeter totters, Central Broadway and False Creek area etc.) looking over the downtown. Except for limited views from Queen Elizabeth, Clark, and John Hendry Parks, public views are not protected elsewhere in the city.

Other Directions related to Parks, Streets, Lanes, and Public Places are in the TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORATION and NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRES sections.

Prince of Wales school grounds

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 57 Community Gardens 24.2 Provide More Park and Public 24.5 Create More Community Community gardens are public Open Space in Poorly-served Areas Gardens lands where neighbours come WRJHWKHUWRJURZIUXLWÀRZHUVDQG Approved Approved vegetables. Typically, community There should be more parks and other Provide more opportunities for the gardens have many small plots open spaces available to the public in creation of community gardens. Existing tended by individuals or families. poorly-served areas of ARKS. community gardens should be pre- These plots are often supported by common facilities for the use of Percent Agree 68%/66% served and enhanced. everybody: compost, water, some- Percent Agree 70%/72% times storage sheds for garden People’s Ideas... tools, and even gathering places, • provide more green space or play People’s Ideas... greenhouses, and shared garden areas for children between 41st and • encourage community gardens on areas such as a fruit orchard or a th berry patch. They are often fenced 57 , Arbutus and Granville school grounds for educational and to keep out dogs, but the public is • have one day a month where the aesthetic purposes welcome to enter and visit com- golf course is open to the public as • provide more grants for creating munity gardens. a park and maintaining community gar- dens The Park Board supports the de- • have free admission to VanDusen velopment of community gardens Gardens one day a month • negotiate with all major devel- by giving assistance in searching opments for park and community for land, formalizing user agree- 24.3 Incorporate Ravine Park into a garden space ments, developing environmental Neighbourhood Greenway educational programs, and gather- ing basic information on garden Approved development and operation. Ravine Park should be incorporated into a new Neighbourhood Greenway con- necting Kerrisdale Village with Arbutus Shopping Centre. Percent Agree 69%/68%

People’s Ideas... • improve the lighting in Ravine Park to make it safe at night • allow for a Greenway/walkway between Kerrisdale Village and Community garden Arbutus Shopping Centre using the Ravine Park trail 24.6 Encourage Community Involvement in Parks 24.4 Improve Safety in and Approved around Parks Community involvement in the design Approved and stewardship of parks should be Safety in and around parks should be encouraged. improved. Park use, design, and main- Percent Agree 71%/74% tenance should take safety further into account. People’s Ideas... Percent Agree 81%/82% • provide planting opportunities with community management People’s Ideas... • encourage garden clubs for com- • set back play areas further from munity gardens street • provide more police monitoring 24.7 Improve Maintenance of Parks for parks and school grounds Approved • provide more lighting for sports Park grounds, structures, and facilities fields should be better maintained. • fill in all the holes in parks for Percent Agree 67%/64% safety of children (e.g. Maple Grove and Trafalgar Parks)

58 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision ParkPartners Program People’s Ideas… 24.11 Provide More Public Art ParkPartners is a Vancouver Park • need to better maintain commu- Board program which encourages nity gardens (e.g. fix broken fences Not Approved (Uncertain) citizens to volunteer and become and dilapidated buildings) There should be more public art in involved in the stewardship of their parks, schools, and other public spaces • restore the old water fountain in local parks. The program seeks to: like the community centre. • foster community pride and Crescent Park Percent Agree 56%/52% leadership • provide support to those who 24.8 Ban Smoking in Public Places want to make ideas, projects, People’s Ideas... and events happen Approved • create a bronze sculpture at the • encourage neighbours to get to community centre know each other School grounds, playgrounds and some • promote the cultural and ethnic public places within neighbourhood • promote art work that reflects the diversity of the City, and centres should be designated as non- history and heritage of the commu- • help to keep our parks cleaner, smoking areas. nity greener, and safer Percent Agree 73%/71% • provide public art on 41st • have public art competitions with People’s Ideas… schools, ethnic groups, etc. • stop kids from smoking in front of • encourage murals on blank build- Magee ing walls in locations like parking • make Kerrisdale shopping area a areas, schools, and the Kerrisdale ‘no smoking’ area Community Centre • create two public art display 24.9 Share Parks and Public Places spaces by bulging East Boulevard at Public art fence with Dogs 41st Approved • position public art to mask con- Parks should be shared between people struction sites with dogs and those without dogs, pro- • use public art in commercial lanes vided that parks remain safe and tidy for to hide unsightly garbage areas all park users. Percent Agree 58%/62% Comment: This Direction did receive majority support in the general survey, People’s Ideas... but did not receive high enough agree- • strictly observe regulations regard- ment in the random survey to be classi- ing control over dogs fied as Approved. In the random survey, • require all dogs to be licensed and the Direction received substantially dog owners trained more agree votes than disagree votes • provide a training program for (3.2 to 1). As a result, this Direction is owners about tidiness and safety classified as Not Approved (Uncertain) and remains on the table for consider- 24.10 Remove Dog Waste ation and public discussion in further planning. Approved More should be done to ensure dog 24.12 Greening and Beautifying owners clean up after their dogs and Public Streets keep their pets under control. Percent Agree 85%/89% Approved Streets should continue to be pleasant People’s Ideas... green links that connect the neighbour- • have the dog owners’ association hood by: produce educational material on • protecting existing boulevards and responsible removal of dog waste street trees, and planting new trees • provide bags for dog owners in wherever possible parks • encouraging residents to extend pri- vate gardening into the space between the sidewalk and the curb • encouraging residents to landscape

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 59 traffic calming devices (i.e. traffic reduces peak flows into rivers. The circles and corner bulges) through the increased vegetation in this lane design ‘Green Streets’ program filters storm water, improves air quality, • providing amenities like benches for and helps combat the ‘heat island effect’ people to socialize and rest before that can raise temperatures in heavily walking further. developed areas. Percent Agree 84%/87% The country lane design was approved People’s Ideas... by Council in 2004 as an option for the • locate benches and planted areas Local Improvement Program. on King Edward Boulevard and other boulevards and medians • have a ‘Welcome to Kerrisdale’ sign instead of the billboard on Arbutus at 37th Encourage greening of • provide more education about op- boulevards portunities to plant gardens, boule- vards, traffic circles, etc. • have public displays highlighting the winners of traffic circle/bulge garden competitions in public areas • get rid of overhead wires ‘Country Lane’ - an alternative to a paved lane 24.13 Greening Lanes Country Lanes Program Approved The City of Vancouver has developed Lanes in ARKS can be unattractive and an alternative to the traditional asphalt not environmentally friendly. There lane. A ‘Country Lane’ uses materials should be alternatives such as country that allow rainwater to infiltrate into lanes, gravel lanes, etc. that allow for the ground while providing a durable more greenery and more permeability surface for vehicles to drive on. The for rain water. A range of alternatives first lane in this pilot project was con- should be offered to homeowners when structed in the fall of 2002 providing they vote on lane improvements. residents with a space that slows traffic, Percent Agree 74%/76% is aesthetically pleasing, and is more environmentally responsible. People’s Ideas... • publicize the country lanes The lane features two narrow strips of program and have the City provide concrete that provide a smooth driving incentives for country lanes surface. The area around these strips • provide planted areas around is planted with grass that is supported parking and garbage areas below the surface by a hidden grid. This ‘structural grass’ supports vehicles while • design lanes to encourage foot preventing rutting and soil compaction traffic that would damage grass roots. Under • look at alternatives for lane this hidden grid is a gravel and soil mix- maintenance (e.g. have local groups ture that allows for drainage while pro- volunteer) viding the nutrients and water required for grass growth. 24.14 Preserve Public Views

Allowing precipitation to percolate Approved into the ground helps reduce and slow Views from public places of the water, the water that would have otherwise North Shore mountains, downtown Van- quickly entered the sewers and in some couver, and other panoramas should be instances flowed in to adjacent creeks. protected. Viewpoints should be made This helps recharge groundwater and more enjoyable. Percent Agree 88%/90%

60 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision People’s Ideas... People’s Ideas... • preserve the view from Quilchena • complete seismic upgrades of Park and along the Ridge existing schools • maintain views to the water and • replace portables with good addi- mountains tions • take into account public views and • create a strong building identity topography when subdividing land for the Kerrisdale Community Cen- Scenic view from King Edward • promote and build public ‘view tre and prominent entrance spots’ 25.2 Develop Well-designed Public Buildings Public Approved 25 Buildings New public buildings should be well In ARKS, many existing public buildings designed and well maintained. Land- like schools and the Hellenic Centre scaping should be included in all public (at Arbutus and Nanton) are landmarks buildings and site designs. and provide many fond memories for Percent Agree 87%/90% residents. People’s Ideas... Vision participants felt public buildings • make schools less institutional in and especially schools should meet par- design ticularly high design and construction • have new buildings ‘fit in’ with standards because they are heavily used surrounding residential character and symbolically important. All designs should be welcoming, easy to access, and have significant landscaping. Resi- dents should also have opportunities to provide input in the development of these public buildings.

Hellenic Centre

25.1 Retain Existing Public Buildings Approved Existing major public buildings with her- itage character should be retained and well maintained, with renovations and additions compatible with the existing building’s style. Percent Agree 82%/79%

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 61 ENVIRONMENT

ision participants discussed a wide range of topics related to the environment, including transportation, gardening, waste, V water and energy, noise, air quality, recycling, and compost- ing. They went on to identify Directions to improve environmental practices in Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy (ARKS). The Directions are grouped into three categories — actions that can be taken by individuals and businesses (with City support), actions that require a joint community/City effort, and broad actions that require co-ordination with other levels of government.

Directions which would enhance the environment can also be found in the PARKS, STREETS, LANES, AND PUBLIC PLACES and the TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION sections.

Automatic Garbage Collection, Recycling & Composting The City collects garbage and yard compost from ‘single family’ resi- dences and most properties with up to four units. Large items such as old fridges and hot water tanks can be recycled at the Vancouver South Transfer Station and Recycling Depot on West Kent Avenue North.

The City also provides recycling services to all residential properties in Vancouver. Materials collected for recycling include paper, plas- tic, metal, and glass. The City also subsidizes backyard composters and apartment worm composter bins. In the last decade recycling and composting programs, combined with others in the region, have helped reduce the amount of residential garbage sent to the landfill by approximately 50%.

Automated garbage and yard trimming collection was implemented by late 2006. City-supplied garbage containers are emptied using a mechanical arm on the truck, instead of workers lifting and empty- ing cans by hand. This system has a number of advantages: no need to buy replacement garbage cans or plastic yard trimmings bags; containers are more animal resistant than conventional garbage bags and cans; and fees increase with container size thereby encouraging waste reduction and recycling.

62 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision Energy and Water Conservation Environment People’s Ideas... The City has adopted several • obey water restrictions, reduce policies and initiatives aimed at 26 sprinkling and car washing, limit reducing energy use and conserv- daily shower times ing water. At Home and at Work • use landscaping that doesn’t need CityPlan and the City’s land use Vision participants discussed many a lot of water policies promote complete com- different measures to improve envi- • divert and collect rainwater and munities with jobs close to home ronmental practices by both individu- thereby reducing fuel consumption recycle used domestic water for travelling to work. The City’s als as well as businesses. These ideas • install energy efficient lights, Transportation Plan gives priority included increasing personal efforts to water conserving taps and ½ flush to pedestrians, bicyclists, and reduce waste, increasing recycling and toilets transit-users over those driving an composting of waste products, using • reduce the use of electricity by automobile. By-laws and building environmentally friendly products (i.e. code regulations require buildings using less air conditioning, electric products that are less damaging to the to be more energy and water fans or by using screen doors, hang- environment than competing main- HI¿FLHQW ing clothes to dry, turning off the stream products), as well as measures to computer when not in use City initiatives also include: sup- conserve water and energy. porting the work of the Leadership • buy small, light, and fuel efficient in Energy and Environmental cars, and get rid of any second car Design (LEED) BC Steering Com- 26.1 Take Action to Reduce Waste mittee to establish a green building and Increase Recycling and rating system directly applicable to Composting In the Community WKH9DQFRXYHUUHJLRQUHWUR¿W- Vision participants discussed a number ting over 24,000 street lights and Approved LQGRRUOLJKWLQJ¿[WXUHVZLWKPRUH Individuals and businesses (with City of ways the community and the City can HQHUJ\HI¿FLHQWODPSVSLORWLQJWKH support) should work to decrease the work together to improve the environ- FROOHFWLRQDQGXVHRIODQG¿OOJDVHV amount of waste going into the landfill. ment. These areas of collaboration to generate heat and electricity; These efforts should include: include keeping the community clean, conducting trials with emerging expanding recycling and composting, technologies such as alternative • purchasing or manufacturing products collecting and recycling of hard-to-dis- fuels, electric cars, and hybrid- with minimal packaging and made electric vehicles; and investigating from recycled materials pose-of items, supporting local/organic alternative technologies such as food production, reducing storm water fuel cells. • recycling and reusing more products runoff, and improving noise control • composting. measures. The City also supports public Percent Agree 89%/88% and school education programs on energy and water conserva- 26.3 Clean Up the Community tion including promoting com- People’s Ideas... munity water-wise conservation • use fewer disposal items (e.g. Approved measures, recycling options, and bring your own dishes, chopsticks The community and the City should natural gardening practices. and mugs to restaurants for take work together to keep ARKS clean and out, use recyclable lunch boxes, litter free. These efforts should include: use cloth shopping bags instead of • encouraging and supporting co-opera- plastic bags) tive community clean-up efforts • enforcing by-laws and penalties when 26.2 Take Action to Conserve Water people and businesses fail to comply and Energy with City maintenance standards Approved • adding more waste disposal/recycling/ Individuals and businesses (with City dog waste units that are more secure support) should act to conserve water and visually appealing in strategic and energy. These efforts should in- locations clude: • improving access to information about • upgrading energy and water fixtures the services and programs offered by the City. • planting drought tolerant plants Percent Agree 94%/94% • reducing daily water and energy use. Percent Agree 87%/87%

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 63 *UDI¿WL0DQDJHPHQW3URJUDP People’s Ideas... People’s Ideas... and ‘Keep Vancouver Spec- • encourage the community to • pickup apartment yard waste tacular’ work together to monitor problem • use recyclable lunch boxes, less *UDI¿WLDQGLOOHJDOSRVWHULQJFUH- areas and participate in community ates visual blight and negatively wrapping, and provide composting impacts the value of community upkeep initiatives opportunities in school cafeterias space and community property. • enforce fines on people who pol- The City’s Engineering Depart- lute in public places (e.g. people 26.5 Collect and Recycle Hard-to- PHQWKDVD*UDI¿WL0DQDJHPHQW who don’t pick up after their pets) dispose-of Items Program which works with busi- nesses, community members, and penalize businesses and store owners that don’t keep their side- Approved and local artists to deal with The community and the City should JUDI¿WLLVVXHV7KH3URJUDPPDNHV walks and storefronts clean and resources available to individuals maintain their garbage bins properly explore opportunities for residents to WRKHOSZLSHDZD\JUDI¿WLVKRXOGLW safely and easily discard and/or recycle • provide additional and/or larger appear on their building or in their hard-to-dispose-of items such as house- garbage containers at bus shelters area. It also creates new avenues hold hazardous wastes and bulky house- IRUJUDI¿WLZULWHUVDQGRWKHUDUWLVWV at 49th and Arbutus, at 41st and West hold items. to display their work. The City also Boulevard, along East Boulevard, Percent Agree 90%/90% provides poster cylinders, commu- and on school grounds nity postering boards, and takes RWKHUDQWLJUDI¿WLLQLWLDWLYHV • need more recycling containers at People’s Ideas... schools and in shopping areas • have community sites that deal ‘Keep Vancouver Spectacular’ • provide multi-language environ- with compost, hazardous materials, is an annual city-wide, clean-up campaign supported by the City. mental educational material, recy- and renovation materials It brings together individuals, cling, and garbage information • pick up and recycle medium/large businesses, and neighbourhood items twice a year and alert the groups to clean-up their com- munity. public to the potential for reuse

26.6 Promote Good Environmental Practices Approved The community and the City should work together to promote good envi- ronmental practices through education and awareness. These efforts should ‘Keep Vancouver Spectacular’ - community clean-up include: • encouraging publicity campaigns 26.4 Expand Recycling and and demonstration displays Composting • promoting environmental awards Approved and workshops The community and the City should • establishing an education centre continue to identify ways to expand promoting sustainable practices. recycling and composting programs, tak- Percent Agree 81%/79% ing care that containers are pest resis- tant. These efforts should include: People’s Ideas... • initiating partnerships with other • have the City prepare promotional agencies and businesses to increase materials such as signs and news- recycling and composting letters, and work with the media, Recycling and yard waste • expanding the recycling program to schools, and community centres to collection include all plastics, wax boxes, elec- promote good environmental prac- tronic materials, batteries, tires, and tices other materials • talk to, and promote awareness • encouraging composting by business- among, younger kids to conserve es like grocery stores and restaurants. water and resources (e.g. encour- Percent Agree 88%/84% age school field trips to the landfill and make environmental classes in schools mandatory)

64 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision Pesticide Use on Public and • have the City host a city-wide com- school kitchen programs, and special Private Land petition for the best environmen- projects such as Southeast False Creek’s In 2004, City Council adopted the tally friendly gardens and lanes Urban Agriculture Strategy. Pesticide Reduction Education Program, an expansion of Van- 26.8 Grow More Food Locally couver’s Grow Natural campaign. 26.7 Encourage Sustainable Development As of January 1, 2006, the use of Approved outdoor pesticides on lawns and in gardens was regulated by section Approved The community and the City should 5.17 of the Health By-law. The The community and the City should encourage more food to be grown and application of these pesticides, encourage all new development, includ- distributed locally, including the devel- including insecticides, herbicides, ing renovations and additions, to adopt opment of more individual and com- and fungicides is restricted. The more sustainable practices and ‘green munity gardens, and the planting of fruit City’s Engineering Services provide tips on environmental yard strategies’ such as storm water manage- trees. and garden care techniques, from ment, energy and water use reduction, Percent Agree 62%/61% building healthy soils to ‘Water alternative energy sources, and water Wise’ gardening methods. recycling. People’s Ideas... Percent Agree 73%/77% • support locally grown foods Sustainable Development through school lunch programs The City of Vancouver is frequent- People’s Ideas... • organize students to participate in ly cited as one of the most livable • promote and develop incentives, cities in the world. The challenge community gardens, establish com- facing the City is how to sustain subsidies, tax cuts, or loans for munity gardens along streets and on that livability as Vancouver grows. individuals who use energy saving school property In 2002, City Council adopted a products and developers who use • choose local products and encour- set of ‘principles for sustainability’ sustainable development practices age people to eat organic products to evaluate City programs, poli- such as integrating solar power, cies, and practices. In such a city, sustainability is achieved through dual flush toilets, green roofs individual and community par- • insulate houses and windows, and ticipation and requires integrated use building materials that retain decision making that takes into heat in the winter and keep cool in account economic, ecological, and social impacts as a whole. City the summer initiatives include the establish- • ban the use of herbicides and pes- PHQWRIWKH2I¿FHRI6XVWDLQDELOLW\ ticides on lawns and gardens the City’s Cool Vancouver Task Force, Vancouver’s Food Policy Council, as well as providing Vancouver’s Food Policy leadership in developing green In 2003, City Council directed staff to building guidelines and piloting the Farmers’ Market development of South East False develop a just and sustainable food sys- Creek and the 2010 Olympic Vil- tem for the City. This means integrating Improving Water Quality and lage as a sustainable community. food production, processing, distribu- Conservation tion, and consumption with the environ- The Park Board and Engineering have mental, economic, social and nutritional cooperated to create biofiltration sys- health of the City and its citizens. tems to cleanse stormwater at Hastings Park Pond and Lost Lagoon in Stanley In July 2004 the Vancouver Food Policy Park. Both systems collect run-off water Council was elected and has begun to and clean it using plants and soil sys- work in partnership with community tems before discharging it. Both facili- organizations and the City to act as an ties offer aesthetic and environmental advocacy, advisory, and policy develop- benefits. Also the City’s sewer system ment body. Projects such as the creation is being converted from a combined of local food purchasing policies, assess- system (storm and sanitary sewer flow ment of grocery store accessibility, and together in one pipe) to separate pipes reviewing the potential for distribution for each. This reduces mixed overflows of unconsumed food were identified. where sanitary waste discharges into Work also began to reshape urban food surrounding water bodies. policy which includes supporting local initiatives such as farmers’ markets, community gardens, community and

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 65 Air Quality 26.9 Stormwater Runoff Working with other Levels of In recent years, the City of Government Vancouver has taken on initiatives Approved While the City can play an important to improve the air quality for its The community and the City should residents. In 1990, the Task Force work together to reduce stormwater role in building a healthier environment on Atmospheric Change was runoff. These efforts should include: for its citizens, Vision participants recog- created by City Council to study nized that other levels of governments • promoting ‘green lanes’ (porous pav- climate change as it relates to must work together to enact laws that global warming and ozone deple- ers, gravel, or grass instead of asphalt) would improve the environment. The WLRQ,WUHFRPPHQGHGVSHFL¿F • removing restrictions on gray water City advocates and supports regional, actions that the City could take to reuse reduce its contribution to factors provincial, and international environ- causing climate change, including • limiting the amount of impervious mental policy initiatives. the burning of major fossil fuels. surfaces in new development. Council has adopted several Percent Agree 77%/80% 26.11 Working With Other Levels transportation plans which set of Government RXWORQJWHUPVWUDWHJLHVWR¿QG People’s Ideas... transportation alternatives to the Approved single occupant vehicle, including • provide neighbourhood rain wa- The City should provide leadership and the development of Greenways ter reservoirs and roof catchments and Bikeways, and partnering with to cistern water for gardening partner with the regional, provincial, regional transit and transportation and federal government to enhance the authorities to improve commuting • allow less paving of front lawns environment, including efforts such as: options. • create gardens on curbside areas • adopting additional measures to in- to filter storm water before it goes Work from the recent Vancouver crease water and energy conservation into the sewage system Cool Task Force has resulted in • adopting measures to improve air the establishment of the Corporate • design lanes to be both porous quality including tougher emissions Climate Change Action Plan and allow for pick-up of broken standards (2003). The Action Plan provides glass further leadership and co-ordina- • encouraging the development and use tion of corporate and community of alternative energy sources emission reduction initiatives in 26.10 Reduce Urban Noise the City. • working with the Airport Authority to Approved uphold its noise control and air qual- The community and the City should ity commitments. explore ways to further reduce urban Percent Agree 81%/78% noise from sources like loud music, leaf blowers, and lawnmowers, etc. This People’s Ideas... could include a review of existing by- • tax companies that pollute the laws and more enforcement. environment or create environmen- Percent Agree 77%/78% tally unfriendly products • ban non-recyclable containers or Smart car - fewer emissions People’s Ideas... impose a surcharge on all non-recy- • require sound reduction measures clable plastics for all buses and heavy equipment • have the City continue to work • encourage the use of manual with other agencies such as BC Hy- mowers dro and Translink to improve energy • enforce Noise By-law on people consumption and transit options who play stereos too loud • increase funding and establish tax cuts and incentives to develop and use alternative environmental tech- nologies such as electric vehicles • monitor and work with govern- ment authorities to reduce airplane noise

66 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT in DECISION MAKING

he City regularly provides information to, and consults with, residents and groups on many different types of decisions, in T many different ways. Examples of current processes include: • local improvement petitions for new curbs and sidewalks • referendums on the three year Capital Plans • public processes for planning programs and rezonings • advisory committees to City Council like the Bicycle Advisory Committee and the Advisory Committee on Seniors’ Issues • on-going outreach to youth as part of the Civic Youth Strategy • notification letters on development proposals • the City’s homepage on the Internet • some park planning processes.

Public input is important to the City. Its recent initiative to improve public involvement (i.e. the Public Involvement Review) has resulted in: • Publications such as a Newcomers Guide to City Services and a Civics Manual for high school students • Community Web Pages — an expansion of the City’s website to give the public more information (www.vancouver.ca/community_ profiles) • improvements to various City processes (such as notifications concerning development/rezoning proposals, and/or traffic man- agement initiatives) • improved structures for City Council’s advisory committees • multicultural outreach and translation guidelines.

Vision participants considered public involvement to be very im- portant when dealing with a number of community issues, and it was referenced in a number of Directions in the Vision including 4.1 Traffic Calming Programs, 5.6 Extensive Community Consulta- tion When Planning for the Arbutus Corridor, 5.8 Local Involvement in Transit Decisions, 7.3 Community Actions to Reduce Crime, 7.5 Prevent Youth Crime, 7.6 Community Consultation on the Location of Treatment Centres, 12.2 Public Involvement in Review of New Single Family House Design, 18.5 Add a Supermarket, and 24.6 En- courage Community Involvement in Parks. Beyond these references regarding specific issues, public consultation should be the rule respecting all important City decisions affecting residents of ARKS.

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 67 Community 27 Involvement in Decision Making

27.1 Community Involvement in Decision Making Approved ARKS residents should have greater, and more timely, input into decision making about changes in their community on matters ranging from major initiatives ARKS Community Vision Fair like the planning of the Arbutus Corri- dor or the provision of facilities and ser- vices, to recurring decisions relating to street and traffic changes or the review of development proposals. Percent Agree 89%/85%

68 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision Rezoning Policy Following the Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision

1. About Zoning in General 1.1 How Zoning Works The Zoning and Development Bylaw is the main way the City controls development – new buildings, additions to existing buildings, or changes in the use of buildings and land.

There are different zoning districts, labelled by letters and numbers. For example RS-1 covers most of Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy’s single family areas and C-2 zones cover the larger shopping streets. Every lot in a zoning district is gov- erned by the same regulations and guidelines. The regulations are contained in a District Schedule. They control the kind of activities (uses) that may take place, such as office, retail, dwelling, or manufacturing. District Schedules also control various quantitative aspects of the development including the maximum height of buildings, the position of building on the lot (yards and setbacks), the amount of total devel- opment (floorspace or density), and the amount of parking required.

In addition to the District Schedule with its regulations, some zones also have de- sign review, using Design Guidelines. Design review looks at the more qualitative factors such as style or character, the materials used, or the landscaping. Legally, dis- tricts with design review are structured to have two types of projects: those that may go ahead without design review (often called ‘outright’) and those that are subject to design review (often called ‘conditional’ or ‘discretionary’) because they receive additional density, or approval of a conditional use, in return for meeting the design guidelines.

Another type of district is the CD-1 or Comprehensive Development district. Many of these are tailored to a specific site, such as Arbutus Village. Other CD zones cover a broad area, such as First Shaughnessy or the Downtown. This tool is used where a typical District Schedule and Guidelines approach is not suitable.

1.2 How Zoning is Changed Anyone may apply to alter the zoning – property owner, resident, or the Director of Planning. However, only City Council may actually adopt or change zoning or guide- lines. Staff analyze and process applications and then make recommendations to City Council. During processing there is always public notification and some consul- tation. A formal Public Hearing is always required at the end of the rezoning process before City Council decides if the zoning will change.

Because rezoning is time-consuming and expensive, City staff usually advise poten- tial applicants before they make an application whether or not staff would ‘consider’ the rezoning (that is, fully process it), rather than quickly reporting it to Council with a recommendation to refuse the application. Staff give this advice based on existing City plans and policies, including Community Visions.

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 69 2. Rezoning Under the Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision Making some of the Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Vision Directions happen will require rezoning or amendments to zoning. For most, additional area planning will be required before any zoning changes would be considered, and individual rezonings would not be considered prior to this planning (section 2.2 below). How- ever, there are some cases where individual rezoning could be considered without additional area planning (section 2.1 below). Note that ‘considered’ refers to being taken into the system for processing, it does not necessarily mean that the applica- tions will receive support from staff or approval from City Council.

2.1 Additional Area Planning Not Required Before Rezoning Rezoning applications for the types of projects listed below could be considered without additional area planning because they further adopted city-wide policies, would further an adopted Vision Direction, or are normal practice in the public interest. Most are ‘site specific’ rezonings on individual sites. There would be com- munity consultation in each case. In considering these rezonings, staff would look at not only the needs of the project but also how it relates to its existing surroundings, and to the future of the area as described in the Community Vision.

Table 2.1 Additional Area Planning Not Required Before Rezoning Type of Projects that Could be Considered for Site Comments 6SHFL¿F5H]RQLQJ Heritage Retention Projects City-wide policy to - involving retention of buildings on the Vancouver Heritage encourage retention Register (also Vision Direction 13.1) of heritage resources Social or Affordable Housing Projects City-wide policy to QRQSUR¿WSURMHFWVKRXVLQJDJUHHPHQWSURMHFWVVSHFLDOQHHGV encourage housing residential facilities (SNRFs) for lower income and special needs 1RWHRQGH¿QLWLRQV residents Housing agreement: a contract between the City and developer to guarantee some of the housing units as rental or low income, etc. SNRFs: housing and support services for people with special needs including the elderly, children in care, the mentally or physically handicapped, people with substance abuse problems, etc. Housing Demonstration Projects (HDP) City-wide policy to -in order to be considered as an HDP, a project ‘must demonstrate permit demonstration a new housing form in the neighbourhood, improved affordability, of new housing types and a degree of neighbourhood support; any increase in land value EH\RQGWKHQRUPDOSUR¿WDOORZHGE\WKH&LW\¶VVWDQGDUGERQXVVLQJ process, must be converted into improved affordability’ (January 3, 1996 City Council report)

-in addition, in Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy, any HDP proposals would need to conform to Vision Directions about type, location, scale, etc. Institutional uses Normal City practice Projects focusing on expansion, downsizing, or reuse of publicly RZQHGRUQRQSUR¿WLQVWLWXWLRQDOFXOWXUDOUHFUHDWLRQDOXWLOLW\RU public authority uses

+RXVHNHHSLQJDPHQGPHQWV]RQLQJWH[WDPHQGPHQWV Normal City practice - initiated by the Director of Planning to update, correct, or make minor revisions to District Schedules or Guidelines

70 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision Table 2.1 Additional Area Planning Not Required Before Rezoning (continued)

Type of Projects that Could be Considered for Site Comments 6SHFL¿F5H]RQLQJ In Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy: Arbutus Ridge/ Change to Existing CD-1 Zones Kerrisdale/ - as per Vision Direction 14.1 Shaughnessy Seniors Housing Community Vision - as per Vision Direction 15.11 Add a Supermarket Within Kerrisdale Village - as per Vision Direction 18.5 Create a New Neighbourhood Centre at Arbutus Village - as per Vision Direction 19.1 Retain a Supermarket at Arbutus Village - as per Vision Direction 19.8

Oakridge/Langara Policy Statement (1995) Oakridge/Langara Sites within Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy that are not Policy Statement addressed in the Vision because the Oakridge/Langara Policy 6WDWHPHQWDOORZVIRUVLWHVSHFL¿FUH]RQLQJVRIWKHVHVLWHVLHWKH Louis Brier Site (Oak & 41st), properties along the west side of Oak from 37th to 38th and from 43rd to 46th.

2.2 Additional Planning Required Before Rezoning The Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Vision Directions listed on page 72 require additional planning study before rezoning occurs. For some Directions, the study would cover a portion Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy; others might be city-wide in scope. The types of things that would be studied could include the size, height, locations, and design of developments, traffic and parking, parks and green space, service needs, developer contributions to costs, phasing, and so forth. Plan- ning studies would be initiated by the City, but might be undertaken by City staff, consultants, community members, or a combination. In all cases, there would be community consultation throughout the study.

Timing and priorities for these studies, as well as other aspects of implementing the Visions, will be determined with community input, as well as through City Council consideration of available resources and competing work priorities. Individual site rezonings will not be considered in advance of the planning, other than as noted in Section 2.1 (above).

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 71 Table 2.2: Additional Planning Required Before Rezoning Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Vision Possible types of Direction additional planning study Design of New Single Family Homes Mini-program to make design 12.1 Design of New Single Family Houses review available in interested areas

12.2 Public Involvement in the Review of New Single More detailed planning and Family House Design consultation involving single family zoning

Older Character Buildings and Heritage 6SHFL¿FSODQQLQJVWXG\RQ 13.3 Retaining Other Character Buildings feasibility of this in ARKS and other Vision areas supporting similar Directions

13.4 Multiple Conversion Dwellings (MCDs) More detailed planning IRUVSHFL¿FDUHDVRI Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/ Shaughnessy

Possible New Housing Locations More detailed planning 16.1 New Housing Types on Large Lots IRUVSHFL¿FDUHDVRI 16.5 New Housing Types On or Near Arterial Roads Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/ 16.6 New Housing Types Near Shopping Areas Shaughnessy

6HYHUDO'LUHFWLRQVFODVVL¿HGDVµ8QFHUWDLQ¶LGHQWLI\KRXVLQJ Detailed local planning and locations (16.2 & 16.3) or housing types (15.1, 15.2, 15.3, consultation of housing 15.5, 15.6, 15.7) which had more community support than options in a City initiated opposition and could be the subject of more community process discussion

Shopping Areas Expand commercial/mixed- 20.2 Expand 16th and Macdonald Local Shopping Area use zoning between Macdonald and Trafalgar (south side)

1RWHWKDW'LUHFWLRQFODVVL¿HGDVµ8QFHUWDLQ¶FRQVLGHUV More detailed planning for a shopping area expansion within Arbutus Village. As it had the Arbutus Village area in more community support than opposition it could be the Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/ subject of more community discussion. Shaughnessy

16.6 New Housing Types Near Shopping Areas More detailed planning IRUVSHFL¿FDUHDVLQ Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/ Shaughnessy

6HYHUDO'LUHFWLRQVFODVVL¿HGDVµ8QFHUWDLQ¶LGHQWLI\KRXVLQJ Detailed local planning and locations near shopping areas (18.7, 19.2, 20.13) which consultation of housing had more community support than opposition and could be options in a City initiated the subject of more community discussion process, or for 19.2 linked to DVLWHVSHFL¿FUH]RQLQJIRU Arbutus Village (see Table 2.1 – New Neighbourhood Centre at Arbutus Village)

72 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 2.3 Other The sections above provide guidance for most rezoning inquiries. However, there may be rare sites for which development under the existing zoning would involve the loss of features which the community, in its Vision, views as assets. The prime example is trees and landscaping, but in some cases buildings or structures may also be valued (but not qualify as heritage). In these cases, rezoning that would maintain the assets may be considered. Further, this will apply only to large sites that were in single ownership at the time of the Vision adoption. Finally, achieving Vision Direc- tions would remain the focus while considering the rezoning.

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 73 Acknowledgements

The Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Vision Team thanks the residents, work- ers, volunteers, students, and business people in Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaugh- nessy who attended the many meetings, workshops, and other events in the Vision process. We appreciate the time and energy you contributed to considering the future of your community.

The team would particularly like to thank the Community Liaison Group and City Perspectives Panel for their dedication, creativity, and positive help throughout the program including advising staff, participating in workshops, and reviewing drafts.

The Community Liaison Group Betty Andersen Vanessa Lam Chris Anderson Lilian Lam Rosemary Anderson Leo Lam Suzanne Anton Max Lin Marie Armstrong Kyra Lubell Brent Beattie Lois MacDonlad Constantine Bonnis Virginia McDade Joy Bradbury Margaret McPhee Audrey Cheesman Isabel Minty Isobel Chen Jeff Moore Albert Chin Michael Mullin Eva Cheung Andrea Mullin Joanne Cheung Joan Nesbitt Thomas Cheung Brenda Norman Art Cowie Mark Norman Leon Cui Eleanor O’Donnell Denise deChamplain Julie Pau, Neil Emms Jo Pleshalen Larry Fast Hindy Ratner Diane Fletcher Constantine Razis Sylvia Fong Moji Taleghani Kenneth B. Friesen Aileen Hong Tai Alex Fu Elizabeth Thomas Ben Gelfant Megan Vanden Bosch Maya Grayson David Wright Wendy Graham Susan Young Margaret Haile Wei Dong Yu Margie Knox Teresa Zhang Julia Lai

City Perspectives Panel John Buckberrough Darren Chung Bonnie Fenton Nick Istruffy James Lee Andrea Rolls Louise Seto

74 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision Full and Part-time Support from Planning Department Staff ARKS Team Kirsten Baillie Peter Burch Angela Ko Michelle McGuire

Community Visions Support Bonnie Allen (Bridge Communications) Andy Coupland Ingrid Hwang Ann McAfee Paul Nowlan Marlie Oden (Bridge Communications) Randy Pecarscki Ted Sebastian Nancy Wormald

Support from Other Departments, Agencies, and Consultants Scott Edwards (Engineering) Jim Hall (Engineering) Don Myler (Engineering) David Rawsthorne (Engineering) Patrick Ryan (Engineering) Sandy James (Greenways) Paul Raynor (Housing) Michel Desrochers (Parks) Mark Vulliamy (Parks) Stew Jordan and the staff at Kerrisdale Community Centre Brent Beattie and the Kerrisdale BIA Ian Carter (VPD) and the Kerrisdale Oakridge Marpole Community Policing Centre staff Magee Secondary School students and staff Prince of Wales Secondary School students and staff Point Grey High School students and staff Tzu Chi Youth Group

Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Community Vision 75 Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale/Shaughnessy Vision Highlights

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Vision Area Boundary Arterial streets: improve for pedestrians, cyclists, and residents Single family areas: maintain most areas; consider design Secondary arterials: reclassified as review; retain heritage and neighbourhood collectors character buildings Shopping areas: create a new New housing types near neighbourhood centre at Arbutus shopping areas, and on or near Village; strengthen Kerrisdale arterial roads Village, 33rd and MacKenzie, 16th and Macdonald, and Macdonald ALSO: and Alamein as shopping areas - Housing: new housing types and multiple more attractive, cleaner and conversion dwellings on large lots greener

Community Services and Facilities: more Parks and school grounds: improve programs for seniors and youth; expand for more diverse activities and and upgrade recreation and library enhanced safety; incorporate facilities Ravine Park into a Neighbourhood Greenway Safety & Crime Prevention: more Other zones individual, community and City effort; address youth crime and expand Note: boundaries approximate Community Policing Centre