Consistent with this earlier citizen opposition to development, in a referendum concomitant with the municipal election of 2002, 70% of the citizens of Anmore voted in favour of maintaining the existing RS-1 zoning (1 acre lot size), 70% in favour of the 1.0 acres zoning with further enhancements, another 77% voted against half acre zoning, and 67% against a half acre every five years.