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Originally Posted by flamesfever
The way I see it, densification is fine as long as it is targeted and carefully planned, and the residents have a clear understanding where multi-plex dwellings like rowhouses or townhouses are going to be allowed e.g. main streets or at street corners where streets intersect.
I have no objection to replacing a single detached house with semi-detached or duplex, as long as it fits in with the houses on either side, and there is sufficient provision for parking.
The fact that it is going to affect every homeowner in Calgary and was not on any platform in the last election, is more than sufficient justification for having a plebiscite on the matter.
We all know that this latest round of public input, on and following April 22, is just a large public relations exercise that will have no real impact on the made-up minds of the Mayor and Council, even though they may say otherwise.
l believe the best approach to densification would be to use the Local Area Plans, rather than the blanket rezoning being proposed.
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What you describe is the approach - higher density planned through LAPs along corridors, transit locations - that continues. That is true for every level of density H-GO and up. What this rezoning is suggesting is that (and reasonable people can disagree), single, semis and lower scale rowhouses than H-GO under R-CG are more fundamentally similar than they are different and are compatible in any context.
The public input did change Admin’s recommendation so that rowhouse and townhouse is a discretionary use, rather than a permitted use, which demands a different level of scrutiny on design including from the public than permitted. That might sound technical, but it is a substantially different process.