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bizaro86 · 02-25-2013, 10:30 AM

I'm all for restricting suburban development, but then the city needs to upzone enough land within the developed area to provide a similar capacity for new residences every single year.

I would be very interested to see how much land has had it's residential zoning increased every year for the last few. There's been a few good increases (TOD at westbrook, East village) but to make that theory work you need wholesale zoning increases.

It's currently BS that no new ARP exists for areas with adjacent train stations like Houndsfield Heights adjacent to Lions Park or the area just east of Banff Trail station. The fact that lots 50 ft from a CTrain station are zoned R1 makes a mockery of the planning process.

Bunk once said (http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?p=3988883) the community association is the group needing to request an ARP/upzoning, but none of them ever will. That benefits the city as a whole, but the NIMBYs running the associations will never request it.

If we're going to restrict suburbs then we need to replace the growth in the developed area, or housing prices will increase unsustainably. (That benefits me as a real estate investor, but disproportionately hurts poor people, and reduces Calgary's competitiveness)

02-25-2013, 10:30 AM	#76
bizaro86 Franchise Player Join Date: Sep 2008 Exp:	I'm all for restricting suburban development, but then the city needs to upzone enough land within the developed area to provide a similar capacity for new residences every single year. I would be very interested to see how much land has had it's residential zoning increased every year for the last few. There's been a few good increases (TOD at westbrook, East village) but to make that theory work you need wholesale zoning increases. It's currently BS that no new ARP exists for areas with adjacent train stations like Houndsfield Heights adjacent to Lions Park or the area just east of Banff Trail station. The fact that lots 50 ft from a CTrain station are zoned R1 makes a mockery of the planning process. Bunk once said (http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?p=3988883) the community association is the group needing to request an ARP/upzoning, but none of them ever will. That benefits the city as a whole, but the NIMBYs running the associations will never request it. If we're going to restrict suburbs then we need to replace the growth in the developed area, or housing prices will increase unsustainably. (That benefits me as a real estate investor, but disproportionately hurts poor people, and reduces Calgary's competitiveness)