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Climate Emergency Bylaw and Policy Amendments February 10, 2020 Presentation Outline 1. Background 2. Bylaw and Policy Amendments a. Align Official Community Plan b. Zone to facilitate transportation options c. Green new buildings d.

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February 10, 2020

Climate Emergency

Bylaw and Policy Amendments

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1. Background 2. Bylaw and Policy Amendments

  • a. Align Official Community Plan
  • b. Zone to facilitate transportation options
  • c. Green new buildings
  • d. Remove redundancies

3. Partnership Opportunities 4. Staff Recommendation

Presentation Outline

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Background

CLIMATE EMERGENCY – BYLAW AND POLICY AMENDMENTS

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Previous decision – October 28, 2019

THAT: (1) The approach to a comprehensive climate mitigation strategy to reduce community greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, presented in the report dated October 8, 2019 titled Climate Emergency – Community Approach to Meet IPCC Climate Change Targets, be received for information; (2) Staff commence preparation of the proposed bylaws and policy amendments listed in Table 2

  • f this report; and

(3) Staff report back with further information and analysis

  • f the studies listed in Table 3 of this report.

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CLIMATE EMERGENCY – BYLAW AND POLICY AMENDMENTS

JULY 8, 2019 Council declares climate emergency JULY 22, 2019 Verbal update on actions and metrics OCT 28, 2019 Report on approach to meet IPCC targets FEB 10, 2020 Bylaw and policy amendments

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More action is required sooner…

2018 report identified:

45% reduction by 2030 …and 100% by 2050

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...and across all sectors

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Continue to implement our CEE Plan; and maintain Council’s leadership on GHG mitigation

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Bylaw and Policy Amendments

CLIMATE EMERGENCY – BYLAW AND POLICY AMENDMENTS

  • a. Align Official Community Plan
  • b. Zone to facilitate transportation options
  • c. Green new buildings
  • d. Remove redundancies
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  • 2a. Align Official Community Plan

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Baseline / targets

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2.1.7 Consider proposals within neighbourhoods that connect the active transportation network 2.4.21 Prioritize low-carbon transportation

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2.1.15 Consider proposal within local area plan areas that advance low-carbon construction

  • 2a. Align Official Community Plan

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2.1.23 Consider incentives to convert existing systems to low- carbon energy sources 2.2.4 Ensure Upper Lands environment plans consider GHG emissions reductions 2.3.16 Support low-carbon building economic opportunities 2.6.23 Seek to incorporate low-carbon energy sources in public and private projects

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  • 2b. Zone to facilitate transportation options

Require EV parking

image courtesy of 3cdc

Single-family / Duplex: Multifamily: Commercial: One per dwelling All spaces (except visitor) No requirement

Minimum EV parking (energized outlet cable of L2)

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Multifamily: Commercial: 1.5 per dwelling 0.3 per 100 m2

  • 2b. Zone to facilitate transportation options

Require bicycle parking

Minimum secure bicycle parking

Multifamily: Commercial: 0.2 per dwelling 0.4 per 100 m2

Minimum short-term bicycle parking

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Single-family / duplex / secondary suite / detached secondary suite

Minimum vehicle parking

  • ne space for each dwelling

District-wide and irrespective of location on lot

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  • 2b. Zone to facilitate transportation options

Reconcile parking inconsistencies

image courtesy of Dan Goluboff PREC*

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  • 2b. Zone to facilitate transportation options

Offset new multifamily requirements

Minimum vehicle parking Lesser of one space for each dwelling or per 84 m2; and Reduce 0.17 space per required secure bicycle parking space

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  • 2c. Green new buildings

Provide Step Code options in the Building Bylaw

  • Enable builders options to meet

community objectives

  • Provide Low Carbon Energy

System option

  • Support market transformation to

lower community GHG emissions

image courtesy of pzpheating

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  • 2c. Green new buildings

Provide Step Code options in the Building Bylaw

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Low carbon energy system option Part 9: smaller, simpler buildings No GHGI limit option

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bylaw amendment effective 2018

Part 3: larger, complex buildings

image courtesy of Dan Goluboff PREC*

Proposed effective Nov 2020

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Should the proposed bylaws be adopted, policy provisions that are no longer required would be removed

  • 2d. Remove redundancies

Rescind and replace Sustainable Buildings Policy

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Partnership Opportunities

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Partner with BC on leading initiatives

Province of BC programs

  • support reductions that Council directed

staff to report back on

  • require accelerated consideration due to

upcoming deadlines Recommendation is to request inclusion as a municipal partner in:

  • CleanBC Better Homes Program; and
  • Tall Wood Early Adoption Initiative

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CleanBC Better Homes municipal partner

  • $41M Province of BC program
  • municipal partners can offer top-up
  • $5,000 incentive ($3,000 BC + $2,000 West Vancouver)

to convert fossil fuel heating to heat pump

  • marketing directed to West Vancouver residents
  • staff administrative costs minimal
  • $30,000 previously identified to accelerate retrofits
  • March 1 deadline for program offer starting April 1

Retrofit homes

Fuel switching incentive

image courtesy of cleanBC

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Tall Wood Early Adoption Initiative (7-12 storeys)

  • proposed for National Building Code 2020 and BCBC 2022
  • initiative allows early adoption
  • equivalent safety, structural resilience and fire protection
  • reduced construction times and impacts
  • supported by Planning, Building and Fire
  • Province of BC consideration expected Spring 2020

Improve construction

Embodied emissions reduction

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Recommendation

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Summary

  • Comprehensive approach
  • For consideration is an omnibus amendment to:
  • a. Align Official Community Plan
  • b. Zone to facilitate transportation options
  • c. Green new buildings
  • d. Remove redundancies
  • Consistent with Council’s October direction and July

declaration of a climate emergency

  • Continues Council’s leadership on GHG mitigation

and advances implementation of the CEE Plan

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That the proposed amendment bylaws be read a first time:

  • Official Community Plan
  • Zoning Bylaw
  • Building Bylaw

That the proposed be presented at a public hearing/meeting on February 24:

  • Official Community Plan
  • Zoning Bylaw
  • Building Bylaw
  • Sustainable Buildings Policy 0014

That the Province of BC be requested to include West Vancouver in:

  • CleanBC Better Homes Program as a municipal partner
  • Tall Wood Early Adoption Initiative as a participating local authority

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Recommendations

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Part 9: smaller, simpler buildings Part 3: larger, complex buildings

Average GHGI kg CO2e / m2/ yr

2 4 6 8 10 12

Electric Heat Pump Electric Resistance Gas Hybrid

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 LCES LCES

Integral Group. Implications of the BC Energy Step Code on GHG emissions. Prepared for the Building and Safety Standards Branch, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (June 2019)

No GHGI No GHGI

  • 2c. Green new buildings

Provide Step Code options in the Building Bylaw