{"id":28105,"date":"2016-01-20T15:27:15","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T23:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=28105"},"modified":"2016-01-20T15:27:15","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T23:27:15","slug":"monster-home-a-connective-community-approach-to-single-family-housing-districts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/01\/20\/monster-home-a-connective-community-approach-to-single-family-housing-districts\/","title":{"rendered":"Monster Home: A Connective Community Approach to Single Family Housing Districts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/01\/20\/monster-home-a-connective-community-approach-to-single-family-housing-districts\/cartographicallyspeaking_logo-3\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28113\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-28113 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/CartographicallySpeaking_logo-600x72.jpg\" alt=\"CartographicallySpeaking_logo\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/CartographicallySpeaking_logo.jpg 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/CartographicallySpeaking_logo-300x36.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is no question that Vancouver is a densifying city. Despite all the excitement and acrimony that comes with that prospective change, the majority of its land is still locked into single family housing zoning districts. On Wednesday January 20<sup>th<\/sup>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/urbanarium.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Urbanarium<\/a> will have presented a panel of players of the Region\u2019s development past and future to debate one of the most powerful and unasked questions surrounding Vancouver\u2019s future density: should we <a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/01\/06\/event-4\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cOpen All Neighbourhoods To Densification?\u201d<\/a> In advance of that debate, we wanted to visualize and analyze some of the impacts that single family housing districts have on the Vancouver\u2019s form and structure.<\/p>\n<p>The question of whether we can do better by this land, its owners, and the people who want to have the opportunity to live in these neighbouhoods is a serious one. The visual impact of the Single Family zoning parcels shown in the map Neal Abbott and I created with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.via-architecture.com\/ideas\/connective-communities\/#tab1\" target=\"_blank\">VIA Architecture<\/a> displays, rather quickly, how much of the city is still officially zoned as single family. Our map of the City of Vancouver breaks down the most common RS1 One Family Dwelling District in Orange and all other RS Single Family Zones in Green. This analysis also takes into account that many of these neighbourhoods are transit oriented, despite their official low density designation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RS-1 One_Family Dwelling District<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Single Family Housing became near ubiquitous in the interwar period. The city\u2019s farm land was divided out along the grid of streetcars and developed further and further southwards with new tracts of housing. The surveys that defined properties for this grid were similarly focused on a streetcar suburbia. Outside of the early City\u2019s Victorian core, and some of the Post-War ranch properties in the South of the city, most of this grid was divvied up into regular chain (66ft or ~20m) lots and blocks. Depending on configuration that meant that the most common type of lot in the city was a half chain (33ft or ~10m) wide. Lanes divided almost every block most were and were 20ft (or 6m) and most blocks were 4 chain deep. That meant that the most common development lot in the city had a shared scale of approximately 33ft x 122ft (~10m x ~37m). There are variations, but this lot type is almost ubiquitous.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28107\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28107\" style=\"width: 421px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/01\/20\/monster-home-a-connective-community-approach-to-single-family-housing-districts\/chain-subdivision-dream-city\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28107\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-28107\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/Chain-Subdivision-Dream-City-600x457.jpg\" alt=\"Typical lot surveying in Vancouver, from Lance Berelowitz's Dream City \" width=\"421\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/Chain-Subdivision-Dream-City-600x457.jpg 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/Chain-Subdivision-Dream-City-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/Chain-Subdivision-Dream-City-768x585.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/Chain-Subdivision-Dream-City.jpg 774w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Typical lot surveying in Vancouver, from Lance Berelowitz&#8217;s Dream City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The types of allowable housing on these subdivided lots changed drastically and some of the beloved forms we now protect as heritage have been made illegal \u2013 many times over \u2013 with new restrictions on those codes. The fast paced and concentrated development pressure spurred on by the streetcars quickly was released in the post war era with broader car oriented suburban development across the region. The most common zoning regulation on these lots was based on the singular faith that single-family zoning in lower densities was as a deterrent against slums and the negative elements of the then industrial city.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Connecting Transit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the last number of decades Vancouver has become a model of master planned density set along a connective transit system. Redevelopment and reinvigoration of the urban core and the creation of new neighbourhood and town centres along transit corridors has branded Vancouver as a city of density. However, the power and persistence of the Single Family zoning districts still has a vast impact to the shape of the city. Outside of specific core and study areas, Vancouver remains largely dominated by this typology.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28108\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28108\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/01\/20\/monster-home-a-connective-community-approach-to-single-family-housing-districts\/ftn-map\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28108\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-28108\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/ftn-map-600x453.png\" alt=\"Regional Frequent Transit Network Map. Image: Metro Vancouver\" width=\"600\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/ftn-map-600x453.png 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/ftn-map-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/ftn-map.png 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Regional Frequent Transit Network Map. Image: Metro Vancouver<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Vancouver is a transit oriented city that has a near complete grid of Frequent Transit Corridors \u2013 most of which were set into place in the Streetcar era. It is rare for properties to be more than 800m \u2013 about a ten minute walk \u2013 from one of these transit routes. Yet, it is easily observed that beyond some directly adjacent commercial districts, and a few neighbourhood planning study areas, much of the land base crisscrossed by this transit is still dominated by single family district regulations. Precincts around stations and transit are powerful places to increase densities and maximize transit use, but what about the rest of the City. As we look to a more connected and complete city, we chose to begin by analyzing how this relationship between single family housing and transit were interrelated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By the Numbers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our rough analysis in GIS calculated about 67,700 single family zoned dwelling parcels in the city. It will be noted that these numbers are rough but have been \u201ccorrected\u201d to remove large parcels \u2013 often city parks and schools remain RS1 even after their use change \u2013 and small parcels \u2013 that could be vestigial segments of subdivided properties and streets. The RS1 One Family zoning district presented in shades of orange represents approximately 51,900 parcels. While the remaining 15,800 parcels presented in varying greens represent the other RS2-RS7 Single Family Districts\u2019 properties.<\/p>\n<p>The map presents the network of Frequent Transit Routes expected in the city over the next few years and highlights the routes presented in both Translink and City of Vancouver transportation plans. Major rapid transit stations on the existing SkyTrain have been marked and 5 minute and 10 minute walking circles have been overlaid onto the map. It is striking to see how many lots of single family housing are present within these station areas. Areas outlined in Blue are either Frequent Transit Network development areas or Planning work currently underway and completed by the city to create new transit oriented multi family zoned urban centres.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28106\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28106\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/01\/20\/monster-home-a-connective-community-approach-to-single-family-housing-districts\/sf-ftn-mapping-20160109-01\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28106\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-28106\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/SF-FTN-Mapping-20160109-01-600x452.png\" alt=\"Map of Single Family Dwelling Districts + Transit in Vancouver developed by Brendan Hurley and Neal Abbott.\" width=\"600\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/SF-FTN-Mapping-20160109-01-600x452.png 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/SF-FTN-Mapping-20160109-01-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/SF-FTN-Mapping-20160109-01-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/01\/SF-FTN-Mapping-20160109-01-940x708.png 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map of Single Family Dwelling Districts + Transit in Vancouver developed by Brendan Hurley and Neal Abbott.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our analysis looked at the amount of properties within certain walking distances to frequent transit, to see how much of the \u2018Single Family; city is actually located within reach of transit oriented corridors.<\/p>\n<p>At 800m or a 10 minute walk we found that 67,600 or 99.8% of the single family lots were represented. This number suggests that almost all of the single family housing is within a reasonable distance from corridors to be considered transit oriented. Often this limiting distance is the outer edge of a transit area plan. Here we represent it in the lightest shades of orange and green on the map.<br \/>\nA 5 minute walk is considered to be the common distance from transit at which people are likely to consider it as part of their daily routine. With 65,100 parcels within this 400m distance we can consider 96.1% of the city to be within range to be considered oriented to a frequent transit route.<\/p>\n<p>In order to look at direct integration with transit we added sites within 200m of a transit corridor. In essence these are sites that are less than a block or two from a frequent transit corridor. They are presented in the darkest of our colour range and account for 44,800 parcels. We consider these single family lots to be directly oriented to transit. They represent 66.1% of the total set of RS Zoned lots in the City.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vancouver is a Connected City<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With the vast majority of lots within an attainable transit catchment, the City of Vancouver\u2019s single family zoned lands can be considered connected. The debate of how to treat and what to do with these lands seems appropriate. The connective tissue is there to have our city look at a more urbane future. How this moves forward will require tact and skillful balance, but we seem to be at a place of evidence that the long overdue debate about what kind of city we want to live in can begin.<\/p>\n<p>***<br \/>\n<em><strong>Brendan Hurley<\/strong>\u00a0is a Vancouver based urban design planner and frequent contributor to Spacing Vancouver. For the last three years he has been working with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.via-architecture.com\/ideas\/\">VIA Architecture<\/a>\u00a0on transit oriented development and design. You can follow him on twitter under <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/urbanecondition\" target=\"_blank\">@urbanecondition<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i><strong>Neal Abbott<\/strong> is a Intern Planner at VIA Architecture and is finishing his degree at UBC&#8217;s School of Community and Regional Planning.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>***<br \/>\n<\/em><em>This Post is also available on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.via-architecture.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">the VIA Blog<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is no question that Vancouver is a densifying city. Despite all the excitement and acrimony that comes with that prospective change, the majority of its land is still locked into single family housing zoning districts. 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