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  "name": "BC Real Estate Codex — Facts API",
  "description": "Machine-readable catalog of every BC residential real estate legal, tax, regulatory, and transaction fact. Maintained by Bronson Job PREC, REALTOR® at Royal LePage Ben Gauer & Associates. Updated quarterly. CC BY 4.0 — cite us.",
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    "job_title": "REALTOR®"
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  "generated_at": "2026-06-23T05:36:37.415Z",
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    "id": "bc.lga.heritage_revitalization_agreement",
    "label": "BC Heritage Revitalization Agreement (Local Government Act s. 610)",
    "description": "A Heritage Revitalization Agreement (HRA) is a negotiated contract between a BC local government and the owner of a heritage property under Section 610 of the Local Government Act (RSBC 2015, c. 1). The HRA varies the otherwise-applicable zoning or subdivision bylaw for the specific parcel in exchange for binding heritage protection of identified features — typically the exterior building envelope, key character-defining elements, and sometimes interior features. HRAs are widely used in BC to balance heritage conservation with property-owner economic interests: an owner of a 1910 character home may negotiate added density (e.g., a duplex conversion or a coach house) in exchange for legal protection of the main heritage building. Each HRA is registered against title and binds successors in title — a buyer purchasing an HRA-protected property inherits both the use-rights and the heritage-protection obligations. Demolition or significant exterior alteration of the protected features typically requires a Heritage Alteration Permit (HAP) under Section 617.",
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      "statutory_basis": "Local Government Act, RSBC 2015, c. 1, s. 610",
      "instrument_type": "contract between local government and property owner",
      "registered_against": "title",
      "binds_successors": true,
      "typical_concessions_to_owner": [
        "variance to zoning bylaw",
        "added density",
        "subdivision rights",
        "parking relaxations",
        "setback relaxations"
      ],
      "typical_protections_to_municipality": [
        "exterior envelope protection",
        "character-defining elements protection",
        "demolition prohibition without HAP",
        "restoration / maintenance covenants"
      ],
      "permit_required_for_alteration": "Heritage Alteration Permit (HAP) under LGA s. 617",
      "common_use_cases": [
        "1900-1940 character homes in Vancouver",
        "mill-village stock in Hammond",
        "pre-1900 heritage in Steveston Village + Fort Langley"
      ]
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    "version": 1,
    "effective_iso": "2003-01-01",
    "expires_iso": "2027-05-22",
    "domain": "legal",
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      "hra",
      "heritage",
      "lga",
      "zoning",
      "bc"
    ],
    "citations": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/r15001_00",
        "org": "BC Government",
        "title": "Local Government Act, RSBC 2015, c. 1, s. 610",
        "retrieved_iso": "2026-05-22"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/local-governments/heritage-conservation",
        "org": "BC Government",
        "title": "Heritage Conservation — Province of BC",
        "retrieved_iso": "2026-05-22"
      }
    ],
    "history": [],
    "superseded_by": null,
    "relatedGuides": []
  }
}