Port Moody folded the new rules into its existing zones. Here is what that means for your lot.
Port Moody applies small-scale housing across all its single detached zones and specific multi-residential properties. The unit thresholds are clean. What the city publishes about parking away from transit is not.
Trent Praski · October 25, 2026 · 8 min
Maple Ridge added a use instead of a zone, and set the region's highest parking rate
You cannot read a Maple Ridge zoning label and know what a lot allows, because the permission was added as a use inside existing zones. And at 1.5 spaces per unit, parking will decide more projects there than elsewhere.
Trent Praski · October 24, 2026 · 8 min
Delta is drafting a houseplex zone. Here is what applies until it lands.
Delta added small-scale housing to its existing zones rather than building a new one. Staff reported in April 2026 that a standalone houseplex zone is coming. It is a Council consideration, not a rule you can design to.
Trent Praski · October 23, 2026 · 8 min
Two Langleys, two rulebooks, and one adopted a new zoning bylaw this year
The Township caps small-scale housing at four units and licenses non-stratified extra units as suites. The City adopted an entirely new zoning bylaw in March 2026. Same name on the map, different projects.
Trent Praski · October 22, 2026 · 8 min
Pitt Meadows put the unit count in the zone name
Most cities buried their small-scale rules inside existing zones. Pitt Meadows eliminated three zones and built three new ones whose names tell you the unit count, then tied parking to unit size.
Trent Praski · October 13, 2026 · 8 min
Coquitlam's four small-scale zones, and why R-4 sets a floor instead of a cap
Coquitlam rebuilt its residential zoning into four new zones rather than bolting rules onto the old ones. One of them requires a minimum of three units. That is a different kind of rule than anywhere else nearby.
Trent Praski · October 11, 2026 · 9 min
Parking is where Metro Vancouver cities disagree most
The provinces set the unit counts. The cities kept control of parking, and they used it differently. Maple Ridge asks 1.5 spaces per unit. The City of North Vancouver removed the requirement entirely in its transit areas.
Trent Praski · October 8, 2026 · 9 min
The six-unit transit rule is narrower than it sounds. Here is where it actually applies.
Every summary of BC's housing rules says six units near frequent transit. Read the cities' own pages and the picture changes. Coquitlam says no stop in the city currently qualifies. Delta ties it to one corridor.
Trent Praski · October 7, 2026 · 9 min
Multiplex vs multi-family: what's the difference?
A multiplex and a multi-family building both add homes to a neighbourhood, but they sit on the land, and in the zoning code, very differently. Here's what actually separates the two.
Trent Praski · August 30, 2026 · 7 min
How We Evaluate Whether a Multiplex Project Is Worth Doing
Before we commit to a development, we work through four questions: where is it, what does the zoning allow, what will it cost to build, and does the result justify the risk. Here is what that review looks like from the inside.
Trent Praski · August 23, 2026 · 9 min
Setbacks, height, and floor area: the rules that shape your multiplex
Three quiet numbers, setbacks, height, and floor area, decide more about your multiplex than almost anything else. Here's what each one means and how they combine into the box you get to build inside.
Trent Praski · July 31, 2026 · 11 min
Rezoning vs building under existing zoning: which path is yours?
One of the biggest changes from BC's housing rules is that many multiplexes no longer need a rezoning. Here is how to tell whether your project fits under existing zoning, and why that path is so much faster.
Trent Praski · July 23, 2026 · 7 min
Burnaby's small-scale multi-unit housing rules in 2026
Burnaby put its SSMUH zoning in force in 2024, and by 2026 there's enough built experience to see how it actually works. Here's what the R1 district permits, how the transit bonus reaches further here, and how it differs from Vancouver.
Trent Praski · July 7, 2026 · 7 min
Vancouver's R1-1 zoning: a plain-language guide for homeowners
Vancouver folded most of its single-family neighbourhoods into one zone: R1-1. Here's what it permits, what "Residential Inclusive" really means, and how the rental option changes the math.
Trent Praski · July 1, 2026 · 10 min
SSMUH explained: what Bill 44 means for your Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley lot
Bill 44 forced every Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley city to allow multiple homes on lots that used to permit one. Here's what the legislation actually requires, and where it stops short of a green light.
Trent Praski · June 29, 2026 · 10 min
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