“concerns were raised by the building community and other groups who said North Cowichan’s decision to move to EL-4 well before the province has increased the costs of construction; the belief that the amount of electricity available to keep up with the demand as builders switch from fossil fuels for mainly heating will not keep up with demand; and other concerns….’When the step code was introduced, the province provided municipalities with the discretion to set the standards in their own communities and this resulted in a fractured and inconsistent regulatory landscape across the province with 29 municipalities dotted across B.C. having adopted it at some level or another, with none of them at the same level’…it should come down to a choice of how people want to build, and they should able to make that choice themselves….’We shouldn’t be stepping forward on the step code, and we should stick to what the province has mandated'”
Here is the letter VRBA sent to North Cowichan council re: this issue. A rare victory for housing, affordability and common sense. Saanich, Victoria, Oak Bay etc take note.