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Originally Posted by flamesfever
The bolded is subjective, and without clearly defining where a row house or townhouse is allowed to be built, then theoretically a developer could build one wherever he could pick up a relatively cheap bungalow.
Blanket Rezoning (BZ) is a gift to developers. It allows them to acquire properties in desirable areas, and build a wide range of properties, where they were formerly restricted because of the zoning. They are the ones that are going to benefit the most from BZ.
As I see it, BZ is too abrupt of a change for most of the Calgary homeowners to accept willingly, even with the rapid pace of change in society, and the world. I believe a wiser and smarter way to go about it, would have been to rezone partial areas that are more acceptable to communities, leaving most of the RC1 areas intact, giving assurance to most homeowners that their living environment could not be suddenly disrupted at the stroke of a pen. From what I have learned, that would have been more than enough to satisfy the density requirements. It would also minimize a lot of the negative things that have come with the densification of the older inner core over the past decade.
just my humble opinion
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You know what else is subjective? The current zoning! And subjective to what some dudes thought in the 50s and 60s and 70s at that.
It amazes me how much people struggle to imagine how this will play out. It will be relatively slow/steady/sensible. The worst houses in more desirable areas will go first. So if you live beside a hillbilly estate you can celebrate the fact that it will be redeveloped sooner. If you lucked out with quiet Edith and Earl nextdoor for the last few decades then it's more likely their never-renovated house will be a knockdown when they go...what a horrific swing of the pendulum if it's a nice duplex and your new neighbours are accountants or something.
The only reason perfectly good homes are getting knocked down is if they are RC2 right now, because it makes no sense to replace the RC1 absolute ####hole across the street with another SFH.