Public outrage over the size of new multiplex homes popping up all over Burnaby, B.C., has convinced city councillors to rein in the rules around what can be built.
Multiplex homes in the city will be smaller — and have more on-site parking — as a result.
Burnaby, a city of about 250,000 residents just east of Vancouver, introduced multiplex housing in July last year, when the province mandated most B.C. municipalities to allow between four and six homes on single-family lots.
In a city known for its suburban sprawl, punctuated by pockets of highrise towers, multiplex homes are now allowed on any of Burnaby's 31,000 previously single-family residential lots.
Under Burnaby’s multiplex bylaw, which allows laneway homes, triplexes, quadplexes and cottage courts, builders could have constructed homes up to four storeys.
But after a council vote on Tuesday, future multiplexes will be reduced to three storeys, and floor areas will be reduced by
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