The Planning Commission held a public hearing to gather community feedback on the proposed comprehensive plan and zoning code updates before voting on their recommendation to the City Council. During public testimony, residents expressed mixed views; some praised the plan's focus on affordable middle housing and transit-oriented density, while others requested a delay and raised concerns about the impact of multi-family developments on existing single-family neighborhoods. Following the public comments and brief deliberation, the Commission voted unanimously to recommend the adoption of the comprehensive plan and zoning code.
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Vancouver Planning Commission · Apr 28, 2026 · 1:16:45–1:17:20 · Watch on CVTV ↗
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What was said
1:15:41 mark person planner with cdd uh yes vice chair pile thank you for that question uh we're looking for incremental change and not looking to scale up immediately so our draft indicates similar to our existing code is that those minimum densities only kick in on complete redevelopment and you know if you take that house down if it's a medium scale you'll have three years to build you know to build one two whatever it is and not meet the minimum density but beyond that we would be looking for site you know if you're doing complete redevelopment to meet the minimum density but yes adding one or two or three units over time i think is is the the hope that happens in the community as folks slowly um change and with the with this new development code great thank you thank you okay there being
1:16:39 no further questions for this portion i believe that takes us into the public testimony thank you do we have anyone signed up for public testimony this evening yes we do we have one person online and several members in the audience let's go online first and then we'll call those two people okay so tom paulu thank you can you hear me yes we can hear you okay yeah sorry i had a problem with the uh the video here but you can hear me that's great so anyway uh my name is tom paul i live in the lincoln neighborhood and uh i certainly appreciate all the hard work that's gone into this plan i became aware of this about a year ago and
1:17:35 i was frankly quite surprised to learn that a five-story apartment building would be allowed next to my house and um with all due respect i think a lot of other people in this community uh would also be surprised and despite all your outreach a lot of people are not aware of this um it obviously this this is you're about to pass this so it's kind of too late to uh change anyone's mind um i'll note that you're going above what the state law requires for density um you know just personally you know there's a lot of people like me who've spent a lot of years living in apartments uh finally got a house that we like we fix
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munity as folks slowly um change and with the with this new development code great thank you thank you okay there being no further questions for this portion i believe that takes us into the public testimony thank you do we have anyone signed up for public testimony this evening yes we do we have one person online and several members in the audience let's go online first and then we'll call those two people okay so tom paulu thank you can you hear me yes we can hear you okay yeah sorry i had a p