We moved into this mature neighborhood because of trees and front lawns AND the absence of "parking lots" full of cars on the streets. On the west side of 149 st just a couple of blocks away is an empty lot where an apartment building was. PUT UP ANOTHER BUILDING THERE!!!
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Erin McCoy
6 months ago
Big trees NOT Big developments!!
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christopher birk
6 months ago
Stop the Knack Attack! Multiplexes do not belong on small thoroughfares. I am regretting giving Knack a chance all those years ago as a first time councillor!
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Mark Taylor
6 months ago
Infill is great. Necessary. But the current process is broken. Developers are getting permits for 7-8 unit buildings on single family lots. Skinny homes, duplexes, and other responsible development is great for adding density and more homes. Allowing a development permit for a 24 unit building with no/limited parking on 2 single family lots is not.
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OSCAR D STRELKOV
6 months ago
Please Limit densification to four units per lot in established neighbourhoods, and
Reduce building heights to reflect community scale. Consider parking requirements for infill
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Carol Watson
6 months ago
Let’s keep Edmonton neighborhoods - friendly and reasonable!
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Brenda Lee Kohut
6 months ago
I have no issues with infill with the exception of infill of overcrowding with more than two homes ona single lot. There are some very nice tall infill homes in our neighbourhood and there are hideously grotesque homes with six dwelling where only one used to stand. It lowers neighbouring homes worth and make once quaint blocks ugly.
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Seamus Gallivan
6 months ago
I genuinely believe densification will help alleviate the strain on the housing crisis. But it needs to be done wisely. Developers racing to create overpriced rental properties in areas insufficiently prepared to handle the strains on the community isn’t the solution. Allowing developers to build with impunity in areas already lacking access to public transportation and amenities is irresponsible. We have a shortage of housing and options, that’s no doubt. But these developers are not making door knocking offers out of some sense of altruism. Instead they are creating a predatory environment in which people in some of Edmontons heritage neighborhoods are forced to decide between selling out to beat the rush, or watch the fabric that made up their community unravel.
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Corisandra Leyton-High
6 months ago
3 multi-plex units are being constructed within a 25M radius of our existing mature street. This would bring a possible of at least 22 new units, the necessary garbage collection bins required, traffic congestion, street parking issues, destruction of green canopy, etc.
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Susan Hallett
6 months ago
Councellors are representing people that want to move to Edmonton over the people that already live here.
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James Baccari
6 months ago
Enough - the potential to have my retirement value shrink thanks to an infill is not right. The neighborhood is starting to look like a slum with torn down houses, and empty fenced yards. This could be grounds for class action law suit.
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Anonymous
6 months ago
This is becoming a reckless venture in Edmonton
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Michael Stevenson
6 months ago
I am disappointed to see that we have lost some critical guidelines for responsible infill. MNO loss is truly tragic, and densification appears to have no limits to the amount of distress it causes in neighbourhoods.
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Jennifer Blowers
6 months ago
Very concerned about how infill impacts the character of our neighbourhoods and the impact of Airbnb/short term rentals.
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Melanie Noel
7 months ago
Many of us chose to live in established neighbourhoods because of the larger lots, mature trees, and the unique character these communities offer. These areas were designed as low-density neighbourhoods.
Allowing large multi-unit developments like 8-plexes beside single-family homes dramatically changes the feel and function of these communities. Residents should have a voice in changes that impact their streets, homes, and property values.
Bylaw #20001 removes that voice. Please consider signing the petition to ensure homeowners and residents continue to have a say in the future of our neighbourhoods.
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Linda Godwin
7 months ago
The bylaw on infill projects needs to be reviewed. As it stands, the infill projects will add noise, traffic and garbage to any neighbourhoods they go into.
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Susan Fitzsimmons
7 months ago
Thank you for this important work.
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William scott sherman
7 months ago
What a way to wreak a neighborhood
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Narda Brooks
7 months ago
I'm old enough to remember when people on City Council used to bemoan the 'urban sprawl' and wanted the city to grow Up, instead of Out. Good times, those.
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James Lyslie Rowland
7 months ago
We will have: reduced parking, access to our mailboxes, garbage collection. The owner isn't even shovelling the sidewalk, and that makes it difficult to get to the mailboxes. We'll have drainage issues too. I thought this area was zoned single family?
The builder has a questionable history too!
We moved into this mature neighborhood because of trees and front lawns AND the absence of "parking lots" full of cars on the streets. On the west side of 149 st just a couple of blocks away is an empty lot where an apartment building was. PUT UP ANOTHER BUILDING THERE!!!
Big trees NOT Big developments!!
Stop the Knack Attack! Multiplexes do not belong on small thoroughfares. I am regretting giving Knack a chance all those years ago as a first time councillor!
Infill is great. Necessary. But the current process is broken. Developers are getting permits for 7-8 unit buildings on single family lots. Skinny homes, duplexes, and other responsible development is great for adding density and more homes. Allowing a development permit for a 24 unit building with no/limited parking on 2 single family lots is not.
Please Limit densification to four units per lot in established neighbourhoods, and Reduce building heights to reflect community scale. Consider parking requirements for infill
Let’s keep Edmonton neighborhoods - friendly and reasonable!
I have no issues with infill with the exception of infill of overcrowding with more than two homes ona single lot. There are some very nice tall infill homes in our neighbourhood and there are hideously grotesque homes with six dwelling where only one used to stand. It lowers neighbouring homes worth and make once quaint blocks ugly.
I genuinely believe densification will help alleviate the strain on the housing crisis. But it needs to be done wisely. Developers racing to create overpriced rental properties in areas insufficiently prepared to handle the strains on the community isn’t the solution. Allowing developers to build with impunity in areas already lacking access to public transportation and amenities is irresponsible. We have a shortage of housing and options, that’s no doubt. But these developers are not making door knocking offers out of some sense of altruism. Instead they are creating a predatory environment in which people in some of Edmontons heritage neighborhoods are forced to decide between selling out to beat the rush, or watch the fabric that made up their community unravel.
3 multi-plex units are being constructed within a 25M radius of our existing mature street. This would bring a possible of at least 22 new units, the necessary garbage collection bins required, traffic congestion, street parking issues, destruction of green canopy, etc.
Councellors are representing people that want to move to Edmonton over the people that already live here.
Enough - the potential to have my retirement value shrink thanks to an infill is not right. The neighborhood is starting to look like a slum with torn down houses, and empty fenced yards. This could be grounds for class action law suit.
This is becoming a reckless venture in Edmonton
I am disappointed to see that we have lost some critical guidelines for responsible infill. MNO loss is truly tragic, and densification appears to have no limits to the amount of distress it causes in neighbourhoods.
Very concerned about how infill impacts the character of our neighbourhoods and the impact of Airbnb/short term rentals.
Many of us chose to live in established neighbourhoods because of the larger lots, mature trees, and the unique character these communities offer. These areas were designed as low-density neighbourhoods. Allowing large multi-unit developments like 8-plexes beside single-family homes dramatically changes the feel and function of these communities. Residents should have a voice in changes that impact their streets, homes, and property values. Bylaw #20001 removes that voice. Please consider signing the petition to ensure homeowners and residents continue to have a say in the future of our neighbourhoods.
The bylaw on infill projects needs to be reviewed. As it stands, the infill projects will add noise, traffic and garbage to any neighbourhoods they go into.
Thank you for this important work.
What a way to wreak a neighborhood
I'm old enough to remember when people on City Council used to bemoan the 'urban sprawl' and wanted the city to grow Up, instead of Out. Good times, those.
We will have: reduced parking, access to our mailboxes, garbage collection. The owner isn't even shovelling the sidewalk, and that makes it difficult to get to the mailboxes. We'll have drainage issues too. I thought this area was zoned single family? The builder has a questionable history too!