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Volume 66, No. 21

263/2023

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

December 31, 2023

B.C. Reg. 263/2023 , deposited December 7, 2023, under the HOUSING STATUTES (TRANSIT-ORIENTED AREAS) AMENDMENT ACT, 2023 [section 25] and LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT [sections 585.51 and 783]. Order in Council 674/2023, approved and ordered December 7, 2023.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that, effective December 7, 2023,

(

a) sections 1 to 7, 9, 11, 23 and 24 of the Housing Statutes (Transit-Oriented Areas) Amendment Act, 2023 , S.B.C. 2023, c. 48, are brought into force, and

(

b) the attached Local Government Transit-Oriented Areas Regulation is made.

— R. KAHLON, Minister of Housing ; R. SINGH, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

LOCAL GOVERNMENT TRANSIT-ORIENTED AREAS REGULATION

Definitions

1 In this regulation:

"Act" means the Local Government Act ;

"West Coast Express station" means a passenger rail station or a planned passenger rail station for the West Coast Express.

Prescribed distances for transit-oriented areas

(1) For the purposes of the definition of "transit-oriented area" in

section 455 [definitions in relation to

Part 14] of the Act, the following distances are prescribed:

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

(b) 800 m, in relation to a transit station that is a passenger rail station or a planned passenger rail station other than a West Coast Express station.

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

Prescribed transit stations

(1) The transit stations located at the longitudes set out in column 2 of the

Schedule and the latitudes set out opposite in column 3 of the

Schedule are prescribed for the purposes of the definition of "transit station" in

section 455 of the Act.

(2) The name of the transit station set out in column 1 of the

Schedule and the type of transit station set out in column 4 of the

Schedule are listed for ease of reference only.

Classes of land within transit-oriented areas

(1) The following classes of land within a transit-oriented area in relation to a passenger rail station or a planned passenger rail station, other than a West Coast Express station, are established:

(

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

(

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

(

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

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

(

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

(

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

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

section 5, applies.

Density and height requirements

(1) For the purposes of

section 481.01 [restrictions on zoning authority in relation to transit-oriented areas] of the Act, the density set out in column 2 of table 1 and the height set out opposite in column 3 of table 1 are prescribed for tier 1 land in each municipality set out opposite in column 1 of table 1.

Table 1

(tier 1 land)

Item

Column 1

Municipality

Column 2

Density

(Floor area ratio)

Column 3

Height

(Storeys)

Burnaby, City

Coquitlam, City

Langley, City

Langley, Township

New Westminster, City

Port Moody, City

Richmond, City

Surrey, City

5.0

(2) For the purposes of

section 481.01 of the Act, the density set out in column 2 of table 2 and the height set out opposite in column 3 of table 2 are prescribed for tier 2 land in each municipality set out opposite in column 1 of table 2.

Table 2

(tier 2 land)

Item

Column 1

Municipality

Column 2

Density

(Floor area ratio)

Column 3

Height

(Storeys)

Burnaby, City

Coquitlam, City

Langley, City

Langley, Township

New Westminster, City

Port Moody, City

Richmond, City

Surrey, City

4.0

(3) For the purposes of

section 481.01 of the Act, the density set out in column 2 of table 3 and the height set out opposite in column 3 of table 3 are prescribed for tier 3 land in each municipality set out opposite in column 1 of table 3.

Table 3

(tier 3 land)

Item

Column 1

Municipality

Column 2

Density

(Floor area ratio)

Column 3

Height

(Storeys)

Burnaby, City

Coquitlam, City

Langley, City

Langley, Township

New Westminster, City

Port Moody, City

Richmond, City

Surrey, City

3.0

(4) For the purposes of

section 481.01 of the Act, the density set out in column 2 of table 4 and the height set out opposite in column 3 of table 4 are prescribed for tier 4 land in each municipality set out opposite in column 1 of table 4.

Table 4

(tier 4 land)

Item

Column 1

Municipality

Column 2

Density

(Floor area ratio)

Column 3

Height

(Storeys)

Delta, City

Langley, City

Maple Ridge, City

North Vancouver, City

North Vancouver, District

Pitt Meadows, City

Port Coquitlam, City

Surrey, City

4.0

Abbotsford, City

Chilliwack, City

Colwood, City

Kamloops, City

Kelowna, City

Langford, City

Mission, City

Nanaimo, City

Prince George, City

Saanich, District

Vernon, City

Victoria, City

View Royal, Town

3.5

Lantzville, District

Penticton, City

Whistler, Resort Municipality

2.5

(5) For the purposes of

section 481.01 of the Act, the density set out in column 2 of table 5 and the height set out opposite in column 3 of table 5 are prescribed for tier 5 land in each municipality set out opposite in column 1 of table 5.

Table 5

(tier 5 land)

Item

Column 1

Municipality

Column 2

Density

(Floor area ratio)

Column 3

Height

(Storeys)

Delta, City

Langley, City

Maple Ridge, City

North Vancouver, City

North Vancouver, District

Pitt Meadows, City

Port Coquitlam, City

Surrey, City

3.0

Abbotsford, City

Chilliwack, City

Colwood, City

Kamloops, City

Kelowna, City

Langford, City

Mission, City

Nanaimo, City

Prince George, City

Saanich, District

Vernon, City

Victoria, City

View Royal, Town

2.5

Lantzville, District

Penticton, City

Whistler, Resort Municipality

1.5

Exemption related to transit-oriented areas

Section 481.01 of the Act does not apply in relation to land in a transit-oriented area that is zoned to permit residential use if the only residential use permitted is residential use that is ancillary or secondary to an industrial or agricultural use permitted by the zoning bylaw.

Consistency with official community plan

7 For the purposes of

section 794 [transition – effect of official community plan] of the Act, December 31, 2025 is prescribed.

Off-street parking

8 For the purposes of

section 796 (1) [transition – off-street parking] of the Act, June 30, 2024 is prescribed.

Schedule

Item

Column 1

Transit Station

Name

Column 2

Location

(Longitude in

Degrees)

Column 3

Location

(Latitude in

Degrees)

Column 4

Type of Transit

Station

152 Street Station

-122.802435

49.166782

passenger rail station

160 Street Station

-122.778125

49.157360

passenger rail station

166 Street Station

-122.762505

49.151244

passenger rail station

184 Street Station

-122.713811

49.129551

passenger rail station

190 Street Station

-122.696905

49.121946

passenger rail station

Aberdeen Station

-123.136271

49.184442

passenger rail station

Brentwood Town Centre Station

-123.001649

49.266378

passenger rail station

Bridgeport Station

-123.125889

49.195529

passenger rail station

Burquitlam Station

-122.889853

49.261420

passenger rail station

Capstan Station

-123.131952

49.189102

passenger rail station

Columbia Station

-122.906368

49.204666

passenger rail station

Coquitlam Central Station

-122.800582

49.274823

passenger rail station

Downtown Chilliwack Exchange

-121.955722

49.168686

bus exchange

Inlet Centre Station

-122.828164

49.277293

passenger rail station

Joyce – Collingwood Station

-123.031791

49.238399

passenger rail station

Lafarge Lake – Douglas Station

-122.791623

49.285742

passenger rail station

Lansdowne Exchange

-120.326105

50.676796

bus exchange

Lansdowne Station

-123.136475

49.174665

passenger rail station

Legislature Exchange

-123.368939

48.418889

bus exchange

Lincoln Station

-122.793805

49.280410

passenger rail station

Lougheed Town Centre Station

-122.896870

49.248542

passenger rail station

Marine Drive Station

-123.117058

49.209779

passenger rail station

Metrotown Station

-123.003792

49.225763

passenger rail station

Mission City Station

-122.303959

49.133689

West Coast Express station

Moody Centre Station

-122.845593

49.277954

passenger rail station

New Westminster Station

-122.912608

49.201412

passenger rail station

North Shore Exchange

-120.359841

50.697916

bus exchange

Okanagan College Exchange

-119.479999

49.861109

bus exchange

Patterson Station

-123.012429

49.229670

passenger rail station

Phibbs Exchange

-123.028777

49.305479

bus exchange

Port Haney Station

-122.606006

49.212329

West Coast Express station

Richmond – Brighouse Station

-123.136330

49.168289

passenger rail station

Rupert Station

-123.032850

49.260754

passenger rail station

Rutland Exchange

-119.392045

49.890582

bus exchange

Sperling – Burnaby Lake Station

-122.963843

49.259157

passenger rail station

Uptown Exchange

-123.377227

48.455942

bus exchange

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