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Originally Posted by #-3
Not exactly sure what the unit of measure on this heat map was shown, and the URL indicates it was created by googles AI, so I am not sure if the accuracy is 100%.
But anecdotally I live in the northern part of ward 2, and 4/29 house on my block have been suited within the last year. Maybe in the view of development permits that's only development to accommodate 5% population growth, while going into Bowness or Bridgeland where they tear down 5 houses to put up a 20 unit condo building looks like 200-300% growth. But I guess the differences are important. A 20 unit condo building comes with a parking plan, is often sold for walkability or proximity to transit. While the basement suites trigger a very lively conversation about people boxing in driveways, leaving their cars parked on snow routes, street sweeping routes...
I think this heat map should the issues concentrated in specific areas, but the effect of blanket rezoning was certainly felt city wide.
For me the solution might be a clear set of rules that has more detailed scenarios than people are thinking. I really believe a ton of the problem here comes down to parking, at least for the suburbanites. In ward 2, I suspect if you were to setup a rule that required unobstructed parking stalls, For single detached homes, 1.5 stalls/unit, or 1/2 stalls/bedroom most of the complaints would go away (I don't think you can count 2 in the driveway / 2 in the garage, because they block eachother in, that's not how parking access works with 2 separate households). On my block again for example all of the houses have a 2 car front drive and alley access. I suspect if the 4 suites were made to put a parking pad in the back while they are developing, people wouldn't even notice that they were suited. Rules could be different for areas with different transit access, or proximity to city center, or different for Condos / Townhouses.... People just need a clear set of rules that takes peoples concerns into account, rather than saying anythings allowed as long as you throw a public engagement billboard up for a couple of weeks.
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Heatmap is from a city report from last month. I just used AI to change the applicable ward titles to red.
Sounds like you are in an R-G zone (pretty much identical to RCG, just that RCG is for established areas while RG is for developing areas). I believe all communities approved in the last ~10 years or so have had R-G as the base zoning. And that won't be changing if the repeal goes through (though there are some places that went from R-1 to R-G that will change back).