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Originally Posted by kermitology
Check out the zoning map: http://www.calgary.ca/PDA/DBA/Pages/...aw-1P2007.aspx
All of West Hillhurst is RC-2, and appears to be 95% infilled. Meaning that most of the infrastructure has been upgraded. The city requires you to upgrade the section of sewer, electric, gas, etc when you redevelop. In areas like Renfrew (where I built) it wasn't as bad as it is in areas like Inglewood and Bridgeland, it's piecemeal and it paid upfront, but it does get upgraded.
As for general use infrastructure like schools, I'd love it if we could have more funding put into our schools in the inner city. There are two elementary and one Jr. High school in Renfrew, but the two elementary are special use (girls academy and special needs) so something is going to have to change there soon.
Changes to zoning will be fought against tooth and nail by community associations. I'm not looking forward to that fight. |
I did link to the zoning map for Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill in my original post. The fact that West Hillhurst is (apparently) already infilled and still has a lower density than Tuscany suggests to me that West Hillhurst probably isn't zoned densely enough. But if you tried to increase the zoning, you'd hear a hellish complaint of nimbyism.
That's all this whole argument is, really. "I want those damn suburbs to be more dense and pay more taxes, but I don't want any more density near me."
Also, the reason Renfrew has two specialty schools is the community fought tooth and nail against one of the original schools closing, so the CBE put specialty programs there to keep them utilized. The community could have supported one regular elementary, which would have been reasonable, but fought the closures and won. But they'll still fight increases in density that would increase population in the neighbourhood and keep the schools utilized.