THE CASE FOR CONVERSIONS Guidebook

Some of the key elements of the Green Code include eliminating minimum parking requirements, increasing the maximum height of buildings to increase density, removing barriers to affordable housing, and removing regulatory barriers to adaptive reuse of vacant buildings and land. [...] An Office Policy should consider: A study and evaluation of the office space market to understand the scale of opportunity and demand of firms with stop-gap measures to prevent overcorrection Regulatory Overview 13 A suite of information tools to help building owners understand opportunities for and how to undertake office conversions Alignment with the municipality’s planning objectives and st. [...] The purpose of the next section is to provide a high-level summary of the potential challenges of conforming to the current edition of the Building Code when considering converting an existing office building to a residential use. [...] regulates the design and construction of buildings in the City of Vancouver Building Code 37 The Building Code is not written in a linear order and must be read holistically by a specialist to ensure the correct requirements are considered and applied. [...] The Joint Task Group (JTG) who developed the report “recommends a concept very comparable to the concepts used in Ontario’s building code (Ontario Building Code Part 11) and Quebec’s building code (Quebec Construction Code Part 10) on existing buildings.” Additionally, “the JTG also reviewed the Bylaw 10908 of the City of Vancouver and the International Code Council codes in more detail.” The foll.