列治文市居民迎来了重大消息：市议会批准了一项新政策，允许约2.5万套独立屋改建为最多六个单元的小型住宅。这项政策旨在响应省府的“一改多”立法，要求各城市修改法规以增加独立屋区域的住房密度。
根据新政策，具体实施将依据地块大小进行调整。较小的独立屋地块可以改建为三到四个单元，而靠近公交站的较大地块甚至可以改建为六个单元。此举旨在提升土地利用率，缓解住房压力。
尽管政策最终通过，市议会内部对此议题存在不小争议。议员卡罗尔（Carol Day）建议采取部分分割方式，例如在允许建三套房的地块上只建两套，以鼓励部分单元用于出租。市长马保定最初支持卡罗尔的提议，担心开发商可能不愿在独立屋地块上建超过三套房，并担忧如果所有独立屋地块都允许改建，将来就没有回头路。然而，在省政府的压力下，支持者占多数，最终政策得以通过。
省级立法要求，面积为3,012平方英尺（约280平方米）的住宅地块必须允许至少建三套单元，面积大于3,012平方英尺的住宅地块将允许建四套单元。
面积大于3,024平方英尺且距离频繁公交服务的公交站400米以内的住宅地块必须允许建六套住房单元。
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Richmond residents have received major news: the city council has approved a new policy allowing approximately 25,000 single-family homes to be converted into small residences of up to six units. This policy aims to respond to the provincial government’s “one-to-many” legislation, which requires cities to amend their bylaws to increase housing density in single-family home areas.
According to the new policy, implementation will be adjusted based on lot size. Smaller single-family lots can be converted into three to four units, while larger lots near transit stations can even be converted into six units. This move aims to enhance land use efficiency and alleviate housing pressure.
Despite the policy’s passage, there was significant debate within the city council on this issue. Councillor Carol Day suggested partial stratification, such as allowing only two units on lots where three are permitted, to encourage some units to be used as rentals. Mayor Malcolm Brodie initially supported Day’s proposal, fearing that developers might not be willing to build more than three units on single-family lots and worrying that if all single-family lots were allowed to be converted, there would be no turning back. However, under pressure from the provincial government, the majority supported the policy, and it was ultimately passed.
Provincial legislation requires residential lots of 3,012 square feet (approximately 280 square meters) to allow at least three units, and lots larger than 3,012 square feet will be permitted to have four units.
Residential lots larger than 3,024 square feet and within 400 meters of a bus stop with frequent transit service must be permitted to have six housing units.
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