Restore Edmonton's Democracy: Rescind. Rethink. Redo

Density without proper oversight has created a runaway train led by realtors and developers in our communities.

These 8 unit boxes in a single lot with zero neighbor consultations is a slap in the face to responsible property owners and tax payers. I now have 16 UNITS on two lots, directly across the street from our family home. The safety of our street has been compromised, the comfort of raising our children among known neighbours has been compromised, and my love for the city I used to be proud of is gone. This has gotten completely out of control in our mature neighborhoods.

STOP destroying our mature neighborhoods . The people need a say in what YOU think is OK for our communities. We are ALL very angry with City decisions made without neighborhood consent.

So many cars in our neighbourhood road. Many park right up against alley roads and intersections regularly, cutting off visibility of oncoming traffic and children on bikes and on sidewalks. Bylaw is never around to ticket the relentless offenders. This must come to an end.

City council is not putting any thought into acceptable solutions for housing in existing neighbourhoods. They want to raise taxes and pound out housing starts as a measure of success without regard to impact on long time tax payers . I am a resident in a block where an eight plex was approved without any notice to anyone. It towers over a historical home and has balconies that overhang into a backyard of a newly developed single family home. There is only parking on one side of the street due to the age of the neighborhood and no consideration was given on scope or design. When we moved to highlands it was to get away from these kinds of large buildings that block the sun and where garbage is thrown off of balconies into back yards. Neighbourhoods do need renewal but residents need to be apart of approvals and design. Now the city wants to rezone all over older neighborhoods for three story structures. They are destroying the character and reason people invested their hard earned money into these neighbourhoods in the first place. I can’t wait for the municipal election Ashley Salvador will not be getting my vote.

They should also stop putting housing into “surplus school sites”. They are ruining already established neighbourhoods green space with this and densifying areas that cannot support anymore students in their schools. Their planning is all backwards. All developments should align with the existing community.

Infill is totally wrong. Our side streets aee not built to handle the extra traffic. The sewer drainage is out of date for a long time. The treatment plant also needs to be upgraded prior to the influx of people. One way streets are removing our place to park on the street. Bicycle lanes a aee a waste of our taxpayers money. There are hardly any bicycles using them and they should pay more tax too to use them as we do with driving a car.

I thought the idea behind lot splitting was to provide more affordable housing . This really doesn’t appear to be working as units seem to be sell from 600-800K in our area. We also support a maximum of 4 units being built per lot.

I am pro infill but the policy is too loose, too big, too fast and privelages developers … and maybe infill residents … too excessively over existing residents. It feels predatory right now. Lets not do the wild west and manage locations and design in Crestwood better so its better infill … not a high regret, shor lived, failed experiment that is hard to recover from.

This will ruin neighborhoods. 6 or 8 plex is too many people on one lot. Traffic congestion in neighborhoods and nowhere to park

No multi unit infills in already densely populated neighborhoods.

We have diverse neighborhoods in our city, and there are places where blanket approvals certain elements is very much against the neighborhoods esthetic.

With a huge push from federal government to increase density across our county I understand that as a council you would like to take advantage of grant dollars. As our elected officials, the stewards of our city, it is your job and responsibility to make sure this development is well planned and improves our communities. These new build should be here for next 100 or more years. Many developers are swooping in to take advantage of this fast track permitting and rezoning building cheap disposable homes. As our council you need to look at each permit based on its location ensuring architectural controls and integrity of the communities being filled. Each build should enhance not mar our neighborhoods and each neighborhood is unique. Please take your time and set rules that will hold developers accountable and provide incentives to create long lasting quality structures that are aesthetically pleasing. I would love if our city was a city with showcase architecture that people desired to live in rather than a dirty winter city that people have to live in.

I do not feel that the current City Council did enough public consultation before changing infill policies. My property has been impacted not only by transportation corridor policy but also by infill policy that is allowing 8 plexes to be built in mature neighbourhoods.

This is not a beneficial idea for established neighborhoods. Being across the street from an elementary school, there is already an issue with parking.

This is not right

i have voiced my concerns and disapproval of how city council keeps making decisions without our consultation. We have a 3 story 8plus in middle of our block. enough already!

We already have problems with parking due to NAIT students and single home residents that live around us. There’s no room to park in front of our house. My street is already congested , and there’s a duplex, and a 4 plex being built right now. Plus cars aren’t getting ticketed, or towed when snow removal or cleaning comes around. I have to clean the street in front of my house when cars aren’t parked there late in the day. No one obeys the signs because of limited space.

I am concerned with parking issues. In most new build neibourhood where the houses are smashed together there is no parking. I am finding the current model of Infill has the same issue and older neibourhood roads are narrower. Itbis hard for service personnel to do there work.I also worry about this infill not having the proper infrastructure in place.

Zoning Bylaw 20001 needs to be repealed! 8 unit buildings should not be replacing single family dwellings in mature neighborhoods. These buildings tower above their neighbors, are an invasion to their neighbor’s privacy, limit sunlight to surrounding areas, and cause parking congestion. Is the current infrastructure of the neighborhood able to handle the increased demands an increased population will require (water, sewer)? Who will want to buy a single family dwelling next to these huge infills when the current owner sells? That owner will likely have to accept a lower price when selling. Some infill is acceptable but it must be smaller (2 - 4 unit buildings), in keeping with the neighborhood character, and provide off street parking (underground parking is an option). The city mayor, city councillors, and city planners have shown no respect for the residents of older neighborhoods by using this bylaw to allow large redevelopments to be built on single family lots.