https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/burnaby-small-scale-multi-unit-housing-policy-amendments
While a 2 floor house might be cosy, a four-floor house simply provides more living space.
Back in the day, an owner could build as big as they wanted to, within reason. Would the no 4th floor crowd like to remove all of the historical evidence and history of Burnaby houses with 4 levels?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/burnaby-multiplex-housing-changes-9.6944251
This might be more evidence of the the backwards BC mentality. Ignorant people don't seem to realize that over a century ago, many houses had 4 floors or levels.
So now there is a LETS GO BACKWARDS push to a time before the 4 floor houses.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark495 "Constructed in 1909, this house was built for Angus MacDonald (1857-1943) and his wife, Margaret Isabella Thompson MacDonald (1862-1939)."
So far, the anti 4th floor crowd hasn't been able to remove the historical evidence that a lot of older homes had 4 levels.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnaby_Art_Gallery , https://www.burnaby.ca/services-and-payments/venue-rentals/burnaby-art-gallery
Given today's land costs, a 3 floor house has less living area than a 4 floor house. You used to get more house for the money. There are plenty of 2 story jokes in Burnaby & the Greater Vancouver Region.
https://burnabybeacon.com/p/uncovering-burnaby-hart-house-restaurant Counting the attic and basement level, this house easily has 4 floors.
https://evelazarus.com/overlynn-burnabys-most-haunted-mansion Another nice, big 4 story house that todays NIMBYs might not allow, if built today.
https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=2355 , https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark858
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38429
https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=3799
https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/image-image.aspx?id=3799#i3
https://www.facebook.com/groups/6522750987837395/posts/9414677511978047 BIG and wide, something that todays NIMBYs don't want.
https://do604.com/venues/overlynn-manor , https://moviemaps.org/locations/10w
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/im-being-watched-paranormal-investigator-notes-presence-in-haunted-burnaby-mansion Unfortunatly, it's the NIMBYs that are watching to make sure that things are scaled back.
https://theprovince.com/life/the-stories-behind-10-magnificent-mansions-of-metro-vancouver
