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Originally Posted by GGG
Also eliminate zoning restrictions for basement suites, high rises, and multiplexes that will increase density. Look at the towers they built in brentwood. They were supposed to be taller but community associations protested and eventually were given into. Decisions like these force sprawl. To me it is hypocritical whenever soemone in the inner city complains about projects that increase density at the same time as complaining about buidling overpasses for the burbs.
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Not true. The whole site had an as of right density of 13 storeys. What the plan did (which I wrote in 2008 as a planning consultant) was to redistribute that density by increasing the height close to the station (to the height they are built to now in reality) but then lower the height closer the community to provide a transition. There were some strongly opposed to the whole thing, but the Community Association actually supported it.