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timun · 11-08-2022, 06:21 PM

Anybody want to see what real "wealthy white people" can make happen in their neighbourhood?

Spoiler!

That's a landuse map of Mount Royal. For reference, the intersection of 14th Street and 17th Ave SW is at the top left corner of the image.

That area in red is controlled by a Direct Control district. Bylaw 1Z98. You wanna know the gist of what 1Z98 says?

"The purpose of this district is to preserve the unique characteristics of a special area of the city."

In the Land Use Bylaw there already exists a land use for "large parcel" residential lots, R-C1L, which says maximum lot coverage (amount of the lot covered by buildings) is 40%. DC 1Z98 sets a maximum 35% up to a 1100 sq m lot, and for any portion over 1100 sq m the additional lot coverage is only 30% max. In effect (as the note in the image says) this makes it the least dense housing area in the entire city. The typical front setback—the distance between the house and front property line—in R-C1L is 6 metres. In DC 1Z98 the minimum is 6 m on some parcels, but 8-14 m on most, and upwards of 22 m (twenty-two!) on the east side of Amherst Street.

Banff Trail has City administration working with developers to overturn a restrictive covenant using Direct Control districts; Mount Royal has their restrictive covenant all but enshrined by a Direct Control district... That's real wealthy white people keeping the poors out.

11-08-2022, 06:21 PM	#909
timun First Line Centre Join Date: May 2012 Exp:	Anybody want to see what real "wealthy white people" can make happen in their neighbourhood? Spoiler! That's a landuse map of Mount Royal. For reference, the intersection of 14th Street and 17th Ave SW is at the top left corner of the image. That area in red is controlled by a Direct Control district. Bylaw 1Z98. You wanna know the gist of what 1Z98 says? "The purpose of this district is to preserve the unique characteristics of a special area of the city." In the Land Use Bylaw there already exists a land use for "large parcel" residential lots, R-C1L, which says maximum lot coverage (amount of the lot covered by buildings) is 40%. DC 1Z98 sets a maximum 35% up to a 1100 sq m lot, and for any portion over 1100 sq m the additional lot coverage is only 30% max. In effect (as the note in the image says) this makes it the least dense housing area in the entire city. The typical front setback—the distance between the house and front property line—in R-C1L is 6 metres. In DC 1Z98 the minimum is 6 m on some parcels, but 8-14 m on most, and upwards of 22 m (twenty-two!) on the east side of Amherst Street. Banff Trail has City administration working with developers to overturn a restrictive covenant using Direct Control districts; Mount Royal has their restrictive covenant all but enshrined by a Direct Control district... That's real wealthy white people keeping the poors out.