City of North Vancouver Votes Down Draft OCP

North Vancouver isn’t getting a new plan.

The official community plan, which would have guided the city’s growth, transportation, environment and economy over the next 10 years, failed to make it out of council chambers Monday.

Despite nearly unprecedented outreach that included more than 100 community gatherings and input from approximately 4,600 concerned residents, consensus on council proved elusive. Coun. Pam Bookham trumpeted the draft OCP as “the democratic will of this community.”

“I would urge all members of council to support this draft OCP,” she said.

The OCP allows for either an in-house secondary suite or a coach house but not both, which amounts to a major loss, according to Coun. Linda Buchanan.

“We have taken away property owner’s rights to create revenue. We have taken away creative options for affordability, and we’ve put our heritage inventory of houses at risk,” she said.

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