{"id":21730,"date":"2023-05-01T11:11:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T18:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/?p=21730"},"modified":"2023-05-01T11:17:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T18:17:26","slug":"metro-vancouver-is-embarking-on-a-study-that-will-look-at-neighbourhood-densification-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/2023\/05\/metro-vancouver-is-embarking-on-a-study-that-will-look-at-neighbourhood-densification-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro Vancouver is Embarking on A Study That will Look at Neighbourhood Densification Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the BC government prepared to impose provincewide zoning regulations to densify single-family detached home neighbourhoods, Metro Vancouver is launching a study that may help answer the cost of doing so.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Eric Aderneck, Metro Vancouver\u2019s senior planner in the regional planning and housing services division, will help shed light on the costs of providing infrastructure and services to different forms of housing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The study will look at costs associated with three general types of development, each at different densities: construction in existing urban areas; development of new suburban housing on so-called \u201cgreenfields\u201d and infill development of existing neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Infill housing \u2014 where one detached home is rebuilt into a structure with multiple units, or when homes are re-developed into townhouses (via a \u201cland assembly\u201d) \u2014 is the goal of the provincial government where municipalities have failed to implement it already.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When a neighbourhood densifies it must factor in sewer and road maintenance and expanded needs of a larger population, such as police, fire and community services.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The question, according to some mayors, is, who will pay for this and how feasible is such a plan?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aderneck\u2019s study, according to his his report to Metro Vancouver\u2019s regional planning board April 14, \u201cwill explore the \u2018hard\u2019 and \u2018soft\u2019 municipal and regional infrastructure\/servicing capital and operating costs (i.e. roads, water, sanitary, sewerage, park, as well as other local government services such as recreation, policing, fire, etc.) for different residential forms, densities, and locations of housing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aderneck will compare how the different development models impact property taxation, utility fees and other revenues, on a per unit or per capita basis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Urban planner Andy Yan, program director for the City Program at Simon Fraser University, said it is more likely than not the study will provide some baseline data on how much development and community amenity cost charges will be required.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cYou can imagine the physical transportation and social aspects that are going to be implicated in terms of expanding density in these neighborhoods across the region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI think some [cities] are going to be much more able to adapt than others. But it also comes at a time when you want to see this type of infrastructure deal with a growing population \u2026as well as, frankly, climate change and earthquakes,\u201d said Yan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt&#8217;s better to do these studies than guessing,\u201d summarized Yan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This month, members of the Union of BC Municipalities heard from BC cities already embarking on so-called \u201cgentle density\u201d or \u201cmissing middle\u201d housing, whereby traditional detached homes can be re-developed to incorporate multiple stratified units \u2014 think duplexes, triplexes and quadplexes \u2014 or simple secondary suites.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aderneck has provided some links to studies and media reports from other jurisdictions handling the same issues.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A City of Saskatoon report found \u201cinfill development is very cost effective if existing infrastructure has unused capacity and can lead to improved transit usage;\u201d however, it warned that developers may find fewer impediments to developing new tracts of land.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An Australian study, reported by ABC News in 2016, asserted \u201cthe cost to government to provide infrastructure including roads, water, communications, power, health, education and emergency services in greenfield sites was $150,390 compared to $55,830 in infill sites.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Metro Vancouver, however, has an urban containment boundary that strictly limits such \u201cgreenfield\u201d development, unless a significant majority of board directors (made up of local council members) approves amendments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The study will not compare costs and revenues of services by municipality within the region; rather, that will have to be done by each city hall, should the provincial regulations impact them, as is expected. Nor will the study recommend development cost charges (DCC) and community amenity charges (CAC).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kelowna.ca\/homes-building\/property-development\/infill-housing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City of Kelowna&#8217;s webpage<\/a> for its infill housing program hints at scale of costs for such a city, noting each new unit may cost between $20,000 and $50,000 for DCC. Additionally, new homes would have to pay for upgrading sewer and water lines, sidewalks and street lighting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biv.com\/article\/2023\/04\/what-will-densifying-your-single-family-home-neighbourhood-cost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What will Densifying Your Single-Family Home Neighbourhood Cost?<\/a> by Graeme Wood | Glacier Media | BIV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the BC government prepared to impose provincewide zoning regulations to densify single-family detached home neighbourhoods, Metro Vancouver is launching a study that may help answer the cost of doing &hellip; [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/2023\/05\/metro-vancouver-is-embarking-on-a-study-that-will-look-at-neighbourhood-densification-costs\/\">read more<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-real-estate"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Metro Vancouver is Embarking on A Study That will Look at Neighbourhood Densification Costs &#8226; 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