Restore Edmonton's Democracy: Rescind. Rethink. Redo

Two developers have bought up at least seven properties before they went to market, to build mini-apartment blocks of six-eight units on a single residential lot. Developers first is a slippery slope.

No input from community, agenda and plans from city to carry out their plans.

They are putting 5 eight plex in my block bought up my rental I lived in for 50 years and putting in Apex in it

All of the concerns that Edmonton residential home and property owners sent into the request for input on the new residential zoning bylaw have come to fruition. Our concerns were for the most part largely ignored by the collective City of Edmonton. The vast majority of our concerns and input are part of this petition. Our voice, individually and collectively was ignored! The input we received back from the various departments and or elected officials was don’t worry we have your backs ‘on the concerns you have shared with us!’ Not! Obviously this has turned out to be false and/or misleading. If I were to revisit the various input I provided I know I could check off many of my expressed concerns that the City of Edmonton is failing on thatare part this petition and comments. In a note I recently sent to my City Councillor —Andrew Knack, I stated I was extremely dissatisfied with the new Residental Development taking place in Edmonton’s long time traditional single family dwelling communities. I also expressed concern over the lack of check & balances on new residential development and the irresponsible and possibly illegal actions of some developers when purchasing residential homes that are listed for sale. Some home owners that have listed their homes for sales are trying to protect the traditional neighbourhood family living character of residential communities throughout Edmonton. But some Developers are using the new residential zoning bylaws as an opportunity for a land grab to suit their purposes which are based on financial greed and ‘less about the living quality’ of our neighbourhoods. The City is allowing multiplex single-family-homes and/or apartment buildings/complexes of varying sizes to be built on any single or packaged group of lots without consideration of the long term home and property owners who have resided in local neighbourhoods for 10, 20, 30 to 50 years. Currently there are no development check & balances

City Council is apparently selling the park for development. NO! You will destroy the neighbourhood and leave children and teens no place ro play or walk!!

We are very concerned about the City’s approval of four plexes with basement suites on our very narrow street. The city has not factored in the effect of the bylaw(s) on the existing residents. There is a big difference between a bungalow with a two car garage and essentially an eight plex with a garage only big enough for 4 vehicles. The city’s belief that people will get rid of their cars and only use transit is unrealistic.

As I have been active in the planning development and the building industry, I fully understand the impacts of who are planning further to that as there is a lack of consultation and properly working with the communities and people this bylaw should be rescinded, if not rewritten to take into account mature neighborhoods And especially when you’re dealing with neighborhoods where there’s Cul desac involved those homes should be exempt from the. Regardless city Council must do something about what has happened and what will happen if this is not stopped studied and then rewritten.

Very disappointed in the City!

Absolutely no to an 8 plex going up in my hood!

We all understand the need for densification but it needs to be done with some common sense. It only works when infill is respectful of its surroundings and neighbourhoods have input. Zoning Bylaw 20001 was created by city planners and infill developers. Absent from the table, were the citizens of Edmonton

It’s just awful how people who have a home in a mature neighborhood suddenly have a tear down & a 6 or 8 plex rental unit goes up right next door without adequate parking, destroying property both the value of the home & privacy for the tax paying home owner. Edmonton development & zoning needs more community input!

It’s a shame what developers do to beautiful neighborhoods. Skinny houses destroy the housing market for first time buyers and multi family units on 50ft lots are abhorrent.

No respect for the people who have lived here for years and worked hard for their homes. Calling me selfish when we appealed the 4 skinny homes took the beautiful older homes out.

We have a 6 unit rental building going up next to our home in a mature neighborhood. One bedroom rental units with zero parking allotted other than street parking. Zero consultation was available to the neighbours. Two of the rental units front doors face the alley which is horrible and I then wonder where are all the mandatory garbage bins going for all 6 units????? That’s 12 bins on a regular home sized lot and these all go in front of two units front doors!!!!! It’s horrible. There have been many times there have been trades garbage in our yard, the builder is an absolute jerk and the most unprofessional “builder” I have ever come across. There should be a website that shows what kind of builder is burping next to an existing home as well. The one next to us is infill.ca and will forever be black listed in my books.

Urban densification is destroying neighborhoods. People want to live in houses not boxes.