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District of West Vancouver councillors have reluctantly passed a bylaw rezoning single-family lots to allow the building of multiple housing units.
The vote, which passed by a narrow 4-3 margin, Monday, came after B.C.’s Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon gave the municipality an ultimatum last month requiring that it comply with provincial requirements to rezone outstanding properties to allow multiple units within 30 days. The vote also came after a public war of words between Kahlon and West Vancouver Mayor Mark Sager about the province’s demand to allow more density on single-family properties to help with the provincial housing crisis. Municipalities were supposed to approve new housing regulations by June 30. The housing dust-up with the province began in May when council voted to reject passing bylaw amendments that would have had the municipality fall in line with provincial housing density rules. Then in July, council sought an extension to the end of September to deal with the issue. But Kahlon quickly made it clear he wasn’t going to consider that. On Monday, Sager said he wasn’t happy about being Continued on A16
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