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timun · 06-08-2023, 02:58 PM

You should read the full recommendations report (PDF). They elaborate on the measures to take to meet the recommendations. E.g., to "make it easier to build housing across the city":

a. Include policy in the Municipal Development Plan immediately that every Local Area Plan should enable a minimum of 15% of the total housing units to be non-market Affordable Housing (as defined by The City) to provide equal distribution across the city.

b. Rescind the Single Detached Special Policy Area in the Guide to Local Area Planning, immediately.

c. Enable diverse housing types by incorporating the full spectrum of Neighbourhood Urban Form categories in each Local Area Plan.

d. Prepare the necessary bylaws to immediately:

I. Make the base residential district Residential - Grade-Oriented (R-CG) with guidance for single, semi-detached, row and townhouses into a single land use district.

II. Enable secondary suites and backyard suites on one parcel of land.
e. In the new Land Use Bylaw:

I. Remove minimum parking requirements in all residential districts.

II. Make dwelling units in all multi-residential land use districts Permitted Use to enable simplified approvals processes.
f. Complete City-initiated land use redesignations by Q2 2024 to:

I. Implement R-CG as the base residential district across Calgary.

II. Implement Housing-Ground Oriented (H-GO) in residential areas within proximity to transit, main streets and other corridors.
g. Create incentives for more affordable non-market and market units:

I. Establish an incentive program of at least $10,000 per unit for secondary suites, to produce at least 400 net new secondary suites each year.

II. Amend city-wide, local area and land use regulation to exempt non-market affordable housing from multi-residential and mixed-use density
calculations, in particular non-market units with three or more bedrooms to accommodate large or multi-generational family units.
h. Advocate to the Government of Alberta for legislative change to the Municipal Government Act to allow affordable housing to be defined in a manner that exempts it from certain planning process requirements such as public hearing, which increases certainty and reduces timelines for developers and providers.

i. Develop and implement a new program by Q4 2024 to facilitate a private/public partnership where The City would provide City-owned land to the private sector and others to build affordable housing. Housing would be managed by qualified partners to operate and maintain for no less than 40 years.

j. Support co-op housing, co-housing and other alternative housing forms that create cooperative living options to be included in the City of Calgary’s existing programs to support non-market housing.

The bolded are going to be very contentious, and presumably why so many of the councillors voted the recommendations down in the first place. Now that they've had clarification that they vote wasn't to implement any of this (yet), they voted it through on the re-vote. When it comes time to make these changes actually happen, don't be surprised if they get voted down again.

06-08-2023, 02:58 PM	#1399
timun First Line Centre Join Date: May 2012 Exp:	You should read the full recommendations report (PDF). They elaborate on the measures to take to meet the recommendations. E.g., to "make it easier to build housing across the city": a. Include policy in the Municipal Development Plan immediately that every Local Area Plan should enable a minimum of 15% of the total housing units to be non-market Affordable Housing (as defined by The City) to provide equal distribution across the city. b. Rescind the Single Detached Special Policy Area in the Guide to Local Area Planning, immediately. c. Enable diverse housing types by incorporating the full spectrum of Neighbourhood Urban Form categories in each Local Area Plan. d. Prepare the necessary bylaws to immediately: I. Make the base residential district Residential - Grade-Oriented (R-CG) with guidance for single, semi-detached, row and townhouses into a single land use district. II. Enable secondary suites and backyard suites on one parcel of land. e. In the new Land Use Bylaw: I. Remove minimum parking requirements in all residential districts. II. Make dwelling units in all multi-residential land use districts Permitted Use to enable simplified approvals processes. f. Complete City-initiated land use redesignations by Q2 2024 to: I. Implement R-CG as the base residential district across Calgary. II. Implement Housing-Ground Oriented (H-GO) in residential areas within proximity to transit, main streets and other corridors. g. Create incentives for more affordable non-market and market units: I. Establish an incentive program of at least $10,000 per unit for secondary suites, to produce at least 400 net new secondary suites each year. II. Amend city-wide, local area and land use regulation to exempt non-market affordable housing from multi-residential and mixed-use density calculations, in particular non-market units with three or more bedrooms to accommodate large or multi-generational family units. h. Advocate to the Government of Alberta for legislative change to the Municipal Government Act to allow affordable housing to be defined in a manner that exempts it from certain planning process requirements such as public hearing, which increases certainty and reduces timelines for developers and providers. i. Develop and implement a new program by Q4 2024 to facilitate a private/public partnership where The City would provide City-owned land to the private sector and others to build affordable housing. Housing would be managed by qualified partners to operate and maintain for no less than 40 years. j. Support co-op housing, co-housing and other alternative housing forms that create cooperative living options to be included in the City of Calgary’s existing programs to support non-market housing. The bolded are going to be very contentious, and presumably why so many of the councillors voted the recommendations down in the first place. Now that they've had clarification that they vote wasn't to implement any of this (yet), they voted it through on the re-vote. When it comes time to make these changes actually happen, don't be surprised if they get voted down again.