Zoning Bylaw Update

Welcome

City staff are currently reviewing the City of White Rock's Zoning Bylaw, which was adopted in 2013 (see current Bylaw via "Important Links"). A Zoning Bylaw sets rules that determine how land can be used and how much of that land can be developed with buildings and structures. Zoning helps to support compatibility by, for example, separating industry from housing. Zoning can also be used to set limits that help to maintain the overall character of development in a neighbourhood. The on-going zoning review will address general housekeeping matters, such as the clarity of standards and ease of interpretation, while also allowing us to explore opportunities to provide:

• More opportunities for secondary suites and coach homes;
  
• Improved functionality of loading space design;
• Increased supply requirements for electric vehicles in multi-family developments;
• New requirements for multi-unit residential parking and short term bicycle parking;
• Additional spaces for tree-planting and natural landscaping;
• New requirements for supplying private amenity space in multi-family development;
• A more compatible scale of housing in mature neighbourhoods; and
• Alignment of the Zoning Bylaw with recent changes to building heights in the CR-3 and CR-4 zones in the Official Community Plan.

Our Process & Ways to Engage

In reviewing these opportunities staff have started to prepare draft amendments to the Zoning Bylaw. These drafts will be shared through this webpage as a series of "key issue" summaries (see "Documents" to the right). A Questions tool has also been added to provide you with an opportunity to ask planning staff questions about the zoning bylaw update and draft amendments. We will also be seeking your Ideas as themes emerge through an on-going dialogue.

Digital Open House

The digital "public open house," part of the Zoning Bylaw Review, presented proposed draft changes for topics such as landscaping, the scale of housing in residential neighbourhoods, and accessory residential uses.

Click the link below to watch the Open House hosted virtually on Wednesday, October 27, 2021 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.:

Click here to view a recording of the Open House or visit our City of White Rock YouTube Channel

Staff have compiled comments and feedback received from residents during the Open House event into an Engagement Summary (see "Documents" to the right). This Engagement Summary will be part of a report that is submitted to White Rock City Council and helps staff determine if additional engagement opportunities are needed as it relates to the Zoning Bylaw Review. The input received by staff will also help determine which draft changes are supported by residents and which topics residents would like to learn more about.

Stay Tuned

Please monitor this page for more information and new opportunities to engage as they become available.