Fairways Rezoning Petition

This is absolutely not what was advertised when we purchased our lot and built our house - not in favour of rezoning after the fact - will lower existing house values and be a detriment in many respects to the area.

This is absolutely not what was advertised when we purchased our lot and built our house - not in favour of rezoning after the fact - will lower existing house values and be a detriment in many respects to the area.

Against this rezoning. Protect current taxpayers and not a Halifax development company.

COMMENTS ATTACHED TO PETITION AGAINST REZONING OF ROSEBANK CRESCENT TO R2 February 23, 2019 Many years before the sale of the lands owned by the Moncton Golf and Country Club (MGCC), I attended an information session at MGCC presented by Clayton Developments dealing with the construction of homes in the proposed subdivision, including Phase 2. At that meeting, Clayton assured those in attendance that upscale single family homes on generous lots would be built on said lands. Perhaps they think no one remembers that assurance, or perhaps they don’t care. But, WE CARE. I count 31 duplex lots on the Phase 2 plan, which means that 15 more dwellings could occupy the land than would be occupied by single family dwellings on lots of the same size. This density would allow for roughly twice as many residents, vehicles, and as a result, double the traffic and the likely potential for double the noise. We were also told at that meeting with Clayton that a generous buffer between existing homes and new construction would be allowed. I have not heard if that buffer will be provided; if so, how deep would it be? The fact that approximately 45’ of land is to be allowed between existing homeowners’ property lines and the back edge of the newly constructed dwellings is not to say that other things, e.g. trampolines, pools, kennels, baby barns etc. would not occupy said 45’. I would hope that Clayton Developments would not renege on their assurances given in the past. If the real estate climate has changed since those assurances were given, then it should not be existing homeowners who should suffer the consequences of rezoning. Call it duplicitous, bait and switch, or misleading, but rezoning Phase 2 to R2 was not mentioned in the original Clayton Developments meetings with residents of Riverview. I would hope that the Town of Riverview would protect its citizens from developers that propose to change the makeup of a neighborhood without regard to existing homeowners.

If approved, this rezoning will leave an island of single family homes and lots between two R2 zones. The obvious issue for those of us who purchased a lot and built a home in keeping with the original vision of the developers is a change in the nature of the neighborhood in which we live. Density will rise, increasing traffic which must pass over our streets. If the remaining R1 lots are sold and homes are built in keeping with the original vision, we face a probable decrease in the value of our homes. My biggest concern, however, is the unsold lots in the R1 section. If the developer has not been able to attract sufficient buyers with the expectation that the next phase will also be high end R1 housing, what will they need to do to sell the lots once the new section is zoned R2? The construction of lower end single family homes will definitely decrease the value of our homes. The developer needs to act in the best interests of the developer. The town needs to act in the best interests of the town. Is Riverview best served to eliminate this area as a location for higher end homes? Should the town support the short term economic interests of the developers over the long term economic interests of the residents? The developer is a Nova Scotia company who will no doubt leave once the lots are sold. The residents have chosen to live here and pay taxes here forever.

I don’t like this change

I strongly disagree with this proposed change. This is a neighbourhood of single dwelling homes - there is no good reason to change that.

I am against the rezoning of the duplexes

Not impressed....bought this lot and home to have a quiet street single family homes....not to mention property tax is ridiculously high....

This is a joke

This is very sneaky move by developers and rezoning should not be allowed.

For once, can the town of Riverview stick to a plan and protect the families who have invested in their new homes! A development should stay as planned, otherwise, people fell deceived and tricked. It also makes the neighbourhoods look cheap and messy.

This is very wrong

This is so wrong I so many levels!

This is really unfair to people that have already purchased in the area under the current zoning and decreases property values of those surrounding.

No changes should be made once people have bought into one image and focus without ALL of those already there agreeing to the changes

Please keep this zone a single family home area.

When purchasing our lot to build our home, we were shown and explained the future development plans and it did not include putting 2 unit dwellings on Rosebank and adjoining streets. This is unacceptable. The fact that Clayton handed out pamphlets to our homes that only shows a handful of 2 unit dwellings on the re-zoning, and then we find the actual re-zoning proposal and it shows the complete area to have 2 unit dwellings shows us how Clayton is underhanded and sneaky in their methods to get this passed. We were misled and this is wrong!

The proposed subdivision should not happen as the owners of the extremely high end homes on Rosebank will see their property values plummet if a subdivision as described is built

I would be very upset at this...it is NOT what the homeowners that are already there signed up for when they invested their money in their land and in building beautiful homes. No reason for them to take a cut in value of their homes to compensate for poor planning on the developers part.