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Originally Posted by Slava
I think that there is one guy (Evan Spencer) who has a decision to make. Aside from him though, I think that most of the positions are entrenched. My councilor definitely is. And, in light of that, and the fact that I don't feel that strongly about this, it's not worth it.
I do think that we need more density, I just think it should not be carte-blanche.
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The thing is, re-zoning can currently happen in close to all city neighbourhoods now (Mt. Royal being a prominent exception) but because the process is done on an individual parcel of land basis, it is expensive and takes somewhere between 8 and 20 months to get the approval. Which, in most cases, is approved anyway. All the city-wide rezoning is effectively doing is reducing the hurdles - ie. bureaucracy - of an existing process. A development permit will still be required.