Cedar Village is the City of North Vancouver's smallest and easternmost neighbourhood, a quiet residential pocket tucked east of Grand Boulevard against the Highway 1 corridor, Keith Road, and Lynn Creek, right up on the boundary with the District. It is a compact, low-key area of detached houses, duplexes, and townhouses, physically set apart from the rest of the City by the highway. Under the City's Ground-Oriented Zone, adopted December 8, 2025, most Cedar Village lots can now hold three to four homes instead of one. Venture Pacific partners with Cedar Village owners as a general partner: you contribute the land, and we carry design, permitting, construction financing, and the construction risk, so a single house on a long-held lot becomes a small multiplex without you funding or managing the work.
- Zone
- Ground-Oriented (CNV)
- Units
- Typically 3 to 4
- Transit
- 228 (Grand Boulevard)
- In effect
- December 8, 2025 (Bylaw 9137)
In short, Cedar Village is the City of North Vancouver's small easternmost neighbourhood, east of Grand Boulevard by Highway 1 and Lynn Creek. Under the Ground-Oriented Zone adopted December 8, 2025 (Bylaw 9137), most Cedar Village lots allow three to four homes. Venture Pacific partners with Cedar Village homeowners through a GP/LP structure, the owner contributes the land; Venture Pacific carries design, permits, financing, and construction.
What the Ground-Oriented Zone allows in Cedar Village
The City of North Vancouver's Ground-Oriented Zone sets unit counts by lot size and distance to frequent transit. Lots of 280 m² or smaller allow up to three homes; larger lots allow four; and lots within 400 metres of a frequent-transit stop can reach six. Cedar Village is a small pocket on the far east edge of the City, served mainly by the 228 Grand Boulevard bus along Keith Road and Grand Boulevard rather than a high-frequency rapid route, so most of the neighbourhood realistically sits in the three-to-four-home range rather than the six-home tier.
That is still a real change. A four-home project on a standard Cedar Village lot is a significant step up from a single house, at a low three-storey scale that suits the quiet setting. Floor-space ratio is 0.85 on standard lots, and the zone is by-right, so a compliant design does not need a rezoning or a council hearing. Because Cedar Village's exact unit potential depends on where each lot falls relative to transit and its size, a site-specific review matters more here than any general rule of thumb.
What this means for a Cedar Village homeowner
Cedar Village is small and settled, so the opportunity here is quieter than in the transit-rich Lonsdale corridor, but for an owner sitting on an older detached lot, the Ground-Oriented Zone has still changed what the land can carry. The right question is whether a three- or four-home project pencils out on your specific lot.
Venture Pacific answers that before you commit. A feasibility review confirms your unit count, checks for the site constraints that come with an edge-of-city location, slope, trees, and proximity to the highway and Lynn Creek, and models the numbers so the decision is grounded in facts.
- Free feasibility review: site analysis, unit-count confirmation, and a preliminary pro forma
- Design to CNV Ground-Oriented standards, an envelope that fits Cedar Village's quiet, treed streets
- Permit management through the roughly three-to-five-month CNV review
- Construction financing arranged and carried by Venture Pacific, you bring the land, not capital
- Construction and quality control end to end, with the construction risk on us
Where multiplex projects fit in Cedar Village
Cedar Village is the City's easternmost residential pocket, wedged between the Highway 1 and Keith Road interchange and the Lynn Creek ravine, just east of the historic Grand Boulevard park corridor and its Ridgeway Elementary catchment. It is one of the smaller and more self-contained neighbourhoods in the City, which is part of its appeal, a redevelopment here fits into a low-key, green, family setting rather than a busy corridor.
The most workable sites are the older detached lots on the interior streets that are large enough for a three- or four-home building. Cedar Village is not among the Grand Boulevard, East 10th, and East 19th Street blocks the City held out for heritage review, so it sits in the by-right Ground-Oriented Zone, but the edge-of-city location means site conditions like slope, mature trees, and setbacks from the creek and highway can shape a project more than zoning does. That is exactly what a feasibility review is for.
Questions about Cedar Village
How many homes can I build on my Cedar Village lot?
Under the City of North Vancouver's Ground-Oriented Zone, lots of 280 m² or smaller allow up to three homes and larger lots allow four; six is possible only within 400 metres of a frequent-transit stop. Cedar Village is served mainly by the 228 Grand Boulevard bus rather than a rapid route, so most lots fall in the three-to-four-home range. We confirm the exact number for your lot in a feasibility review.
Cedar Village feels small and out of the way, is a multiplex really worth it here?
It depends entirely on your lot and the numbers, which is why we start with a free feasibility review rather than a sales pitch. A four-home project on a suitable Cedar Village lot can make good sense, but the neighbourhood's quieter transit and edge-of-city location mean the math and the site constraints matter more than a headline unit count. We will tell you honestly whether your lot pencils out.
Does the highway and Lynn Creek location cause problems for building?
It can shape a project, which is why we check it early. Being on the eastern edge of the City near Highway 1 and Lynn Creek can mean slope, mature trees, and setbacks that reduce the buildable area, and those affect layout and cost more than they affect the unit allowance. A feasibility review models those site conditions before you commit, so there are no surprises later.
Is Cedar Village affected by the City's heritage hold-outs?
The heritage lots the City held out for further study are concentrated in Grand Boulevard and parts of East 10th and East 19th Street, just west of Cedar Village, not in Cedar Village itself, based on the areas the City has named. Cedar Village sits in the by-right Ground-Oriented Zone. We still confirm your specific address during feasibility, since individual properties can carry their own constraints.
What is the first step for a Cedar Village homeowner?
A free feasibility review. We measure your lot, confirm its unit count under the Ground-Oriented Zone, check for slope, trees, and setbacks from the creek and highway, and run a preliminary pro forma, before you commit to anything. That review tells you whether a small multiplex makes sense on your Cedar Village lot.
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