I like the intent of this proposal. There are areas in the city that basements shouldn't be developed. I think the stilts idea is ridculous but buidling foundations 3 feet up and not developing basements in these areas is reasonable. I think if anyones main floor gets flooded they need to be covered. For future Condo delvelopment I think you just need to design the parkades to flood and be okay and start the main floor x feet up.
This legislation needs to be done in a way that gives the people in affected area a choice of what they want to do going forward and make them whole now. This may allow us to get rid of a lot of hundred year old houses and replace them with modern floodproofed Condos and town houses with garages as the main floors.
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