Vancouver city council has voted to remove some of the city's 'view cones' in an effort to bring additional housing to the ...

Vancouver’s view cones, sometimes known as view corridors, are a unique protection created by the city back in 1989.. They are viewpoints that offer an unencumbered vista of the North Shore ...

The City of Vancouver has 26 “protected view corridors,” which are based on the view from 16 sites. Some view cones look south to north, others look west and east.

Since 1989, the City of Vancouver View Protection Guidelines has preserved more than two dozen views by limiting the location and design of new buildings, often resulting in developments that are ...

UPDATE — July 10, 2024: On Wednesday, Vancouver city council voted to approve the staff recommendations to change or alter many of the protected view cones in the city.

Major property owners in Vancouver are revising their plans to see how much taller they can build after city council relaxed view-protection policies last year. This doesn’t mean the sky’s the ...

Vancouver passed a motion with amendments on Oct. 4, 2023 to revise view cones that may be impacted housing, job space, hotel space, etc. The motion did not eliminate them.