On: Vancouver Zoning Map

[nickff]

Vancouver used to be the city with the highest proportion of single family dwelling zoning in North America. It was the example of SFH zoning in "Zoned in the USA", a very good book on the history of zoning in North America.

[seanmcdirmid → nickff]

Why would Vancouver be used as an example of “Zoned in the USA”? Unless that was meant to be tongue and cheek?

[nickff → seanmcdirmid]

Vancouver had the highest proportion of single-family house zoning in North America, and the book was really about Canada and the USA, not just the latter.

[seanmcdirmid → nickff]

If it is not meant as a joke, they might be referring to the other Vancouver next to that active volcano.

[nickff → seanmcdirmid]

I read the book, and that section was very clearly about Vancouver, British Columbia; Vancouver, Washington was not discussed.

[ripley12 → seanmcdirmid]

North American zoning shares a lot of the same origins in both Canada and the USA; Vancouver's first zoning code was drafted by Harland Bartholomew who did a lot of American cities' first zoning codes.