Restore Edmonton's Democracy: Rescind. Rethink. Redo

No more mid block 8plexes please. They are disruptive and ugly.

I have trouble understanding why these multi unit builds are considered affordable housing. I also don't believe that all of the residents will be car free. There are not enough street spaces to accommodate all of the vehicles. Contractors whining about their bottom line is old news.

As much as I understand augmenting the density, some projects do not make sense in residential areas. The infrastructures can sustain some pression, but only to an extent. Circulations and street parking are becoming a real issue.

We have a TEN unit mid block development with only 4 parking spots being built and 8 units across the street. No parking is available. This is unacceptable.

I don’t live in a mature neighborhood so I am not directly impacted by the current zoning laws. However I am saddened to see what is becoming of these great older neighborhoods. Foreign and local investors are not good for the economy or for keeping home ownership attainable for first time homebuyers. Have we learned nothing from what happened in Vancouver and the entire lower mainland of BC? Not to mention the impact on our property taxes with the removal of the investor tax. None of this is in the best interest of the people of Edmonton. City Council should be ashamed of what they are doing to our city.

It is difficult to afford to live alone, especially as I am fighting disabilities and having to work anyway. If this continues, I will be homeless.

This is getting out of control and the vehicle congestion these multiplexes are creating on already narrow streets is becoming safety hazards.

Doubles are fine, possibly a three plex. Anything beyond that creates parking and traffic problems in a quiet neighborhood

Zoning without local input should be illegal and punished as a home invasion.

Overpopulation is occurring in the beautiful and ecologically sensitive Hawks Ridge neighbourhood. We have two single lane roads in and out and are already feeling the negative effects of population growth. When we moved in, the NSP did not reflect accurately what we are now experiencing. Rezoning has taken place and I worry about traffic, parking, and most importantly the impacts to the natural area surrounding us. We have only lived here 1.5 years and we have seen so many trees fall and so many animals displaced from their natural habitat. We are losing such a beautiful and natural landscape and impacting so many animals. The rezoning is really the issue here. I know development was always part of the plan, it’s the overdevelopment that concerns me most.

There's a 7 unit apartment going up across the street one ONE city lot with NO PARKING.

This is important to stop and stupid that they call this affordable living!

Further to the proposed rezoning in the west end neighborhood of Grovenor. The application to change from Small Scale Residential Zone (RS) to Direct Control Zone (DC) , allowing health service uses, comes at a troubling time for this area. In the last 18 months, since the bylaw amendment , there have been several, eight-unit developments, on lots formally occupied by single family dwellings. This area has parking issues currently, that arise from a commercial office complex at 146 Street and 103 Ave (currently used by the Terra Centre) and two existing four suite apartment complexes. Our understanding is, the rezoning pertaining to File#LDA25-0248, would allow for pregnancy consulting and on-site delivery, provided by registered midwives. We have no immediate concerns with the proposal of this form of health care, but do have reservations about future occupants, if the midwifery practice relocates. If the demand for the midwives as so great that they outgrow the proposed development , who determines what other type of health care may be delivered in the DC approved building? Would such a facility be allowed for drug or alcohol counselling, or addiction recovery treatment or safe injection sites?

I completely understand the motivation behind this grassroots initiative. There needs to be balance and forethought with mature neighbourhood development. Right now it seems like there is neither. One of the largest concerns for me personally is the complete and utter disregard for the mature trees that are on the lots. These trees have taken decades, if not generations, to grow and they are wiped out completely and unceremoniously as if they have no value to the neighbourhood or our city. In my opinion, every mature tree on a city lot should have a monetary value, and if the developers want to cut them down, they have to pay that price. The money made from this initiative would go towards planting new trees in the city or increasing park land.

What this administration is doing is criminal.

Bylaw 20001 has silenced the voices of those who face direct, immediate, and enduring effects from development. People who face such effects should have an opportunity to provide input and have their concerns heard for a development.

Even in new neighborhoods, changes have been made in re-zoning without notifying residents. We bought in Edgemont and we were told townhomes would be built. Changed into 140 unit apartments in a dense area.

Single family homes have adult kids still living at home and are already having fights with neighbors over street parking. There will be violence over this I know it! It needs to stop.

I disagree with the current zoning allotment. 8 and 6 plex housing units do not belong in mature neighbourhoods. Grow downtown! There are many vacant plots of land that are currently used for parking, most of which are typically at 1/4 capacity.

Be responsible about densifying the city. 20001 is not it