The City of North Vancouver is calling on residents to attend a public meeting to address changes to how housing can be built across its neighbourhoods. These changes will affect hundreds of properties, including those in heritage areas.
The City has announced an Alignment Town Hall, which is scheduled for Wednesday, April 1, from 5 pm to 7 pm at the John Braithwaite Community Centre’s Shoreline Room, located at 145 West 1st Street.
The event is described as a legislative requirement under which the City must inform residents of proposed changes to its Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw.
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The meeting centres on a new provincial housing law, formally known as Bill 25, which the Province enacted in November 2025. The legislation expanded the areas where Small-Scale Multi-Unit Housing is permitted, allowing more property owners across the city to add new housing over time, including in heritage areas.
To comply with the law, the City faces a June 30, 2026, deadline to update its planning tools. The changes include allowing up to six dwelling units per lot in Frequent Transit Areas and removing minimum on-site parking requirements within those same zones. All remaining single-detached and duplex zones must also be replaced with zoning that permits three, four, or six units of housing per lot.
While the province is driving these changes, the City says it still has a meaningful role to play in how new housing fits into existing communities. The press release noted that roughly 260 of the approximately 400 affected single-detached or duplex properties are located in the City’s Heritage Character and Conservation Areas, and that all must be rezoned under the new Ground-Oriented Zone framework. Buildings protected by a Heritage Designation Bylaw before June 30, 2024, are exempted.
Community engagement on heritage character began in February 2026, with public input intended to shape updates to the City’s design guidelines to ensure that future growth respects neighbourhood livability and character.
