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Douglas Todd: Western Canadians aim to avoid upzoning through ‘private governments’

From Metro Vancouver to Edmonton, developers and homeowners are striving for different forms of 'private zoning' to stop governments forcing small apartment buildings into neighbourhoods. They're following a long tradition.

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Some British Columbians and Albertans aim to sidestep government upzoning mandates by starting what a legal specialist calls “private local governments.”

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From Metro Vancouver to Edmonton, property developers and homeowners are striving for different forms of “private zoning” to stop governments from pre-approving small apartment buildings — also called multiplexes — in single-detached neighbourhoods.

It’s long been a tradition among property owners to establish private associations, including in thousands of gated B.C. communities, as well as via strata complexes. Such practices allow homeowners to set some of their own rules.

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