Restore Edmonton's Democracy: Rescind. Rethink. Redo

I have seen many neighbours very distraught over their treatment by developers and lack of support from our city. So far it has been left to us to fend for ourselves. But many of us don't have the time, energy or knowledge to prepare for or avoid the negative consequences of a giant construction next to us. I suggest that developers require introducing themselves to adjacent neighbours (early on like when they apply for a developing permit) and what their intentions are. This is common curtesy. It is a steep learning curve finding out about our rights, and what we can do or not do to protect our selves from these disturbing and life changing constructions. I would like to see the city do a lot more to protect us, not only as much as possible with building requirements, but by providing resources and a city adviser. I think it would be helpfu for the city could provide an information pamphlet for adjacent homeowners with advice and tips about what we need to do to protect ourselves, such as having experts check our foundation and home for pre-existing cracks, and who must pay for this. And useful questions to ask the developer, like where will the doorways be. And what trees would be taken down, about how to find plans for the new building. And what to do if our rights have been violated.

Please educate our elected officials to honour the rights of property owners. They are misbehaving and should be scolded

I believe the City bylaw for infills was never thought through properly before its enactment. They went with the approach "One size fits all" with the hope that zoning restrictions would take care of the rest. There is no consideration given to the type and maturity of the neighbourhood and the impact it will have on neighboring properties. There is no requirement for the developer to provide parking. On one hand, the City is promoting to go "Solar", which is a sizeable investment, and on the other hand, it does not consider whether the sunlight will reach the solar panels with the infill. The bylaw should be amended to allow infills to blend in with the neighbourhood's current conditions without creating a mess.

While I acknowledge the benefits of densification for the city, we must avoid a situation where developers continuously seek to maximize their profits by pushing for ever-increasing density, regardless of the impact on established neighbourhoods. Developers are asking for up zoning all over the place when current zoning is already allowing for 8 plexes etc.

Redevelopment must occur over the years, but a 3 story, 8 unit building is being proposed where a 1200 sq ft single family bungalow sat for over 50 years. This will truly be an eyesore!

Putting so much cement the second most polluting material in the world and ruining our neighborhoods with sidewalks larger than streets making streets inaccessible to emergency vehicles and taking parking away from the elderly and handicapped all huge issues

I approve of densification but It needs to be done with respect to residents in surrounding areas and with respect to parking/traffic and many many other factors. Not just up zoning anywhere that is in certain radius to transit with little other impacts taken into account. Many great ways to build in low rise developments within neighborhoods within reason and with proper planning.

There was no thought put into this and what could and is happening to mature neighborhoods. City has gone too far. An example is construction of a 16 plex on a pie shaped lot in a key hole crescent.

Please empty more thought into these mature neighbourhoods. The charm is being taken away, and Belgravia specifically already has major traffic problems— multi unit plexes are the opposite of what we should be doing here.

Community leagues are about having a say in matters about their communities. Where we live is long established community No say in what and how our community is being affected is wrong. We LIVE here

Irresponsible rezoning changes neighborhoods without consultation with those living there. Calgary developers are buying up lots in Edmonton because Edmonton's zoning laws are way too lax. This must change. Residents must be consulted prior to new builds and listened to by council. New builds must be in character with existing properties.

It is ridiculous in a home-filled neighborhood that an apartment type building can be built where no parking is available and the voices of the people in the neighborhood are not heard. Absolutely ridiculous

I would like city to prevent apartment bui8dlings and residential complexes from being built in our neighborhood. It has becoming increasingly dangerous to find a safe neighborhood to live in. Additionally this will devalue our property in the future.

Bylaw 20001 was very cleverly designed. Once you apply all the 400m from X, and 100m from Y, from nodes, corridors, connectors, zones, regions,..the whole city can be upzoned. This makes it impossible to defeat any upzone proposal. And note that every lot falls in the "Urban Mix" giving upzoning further permission. Creating the RS zone was just a distraction, a trojan horse. Well played Council, well played. Now there are several rental compounds going in next door.

Enough

Please change the absolute free-for-all that has become infill development. We need responsible infill that will not ruin our beautiful neighborhoods.

Agreed! City wants “increased density” but with no ceiling. No identified specific goal. This is irresponsible. I agree with responsible and accountable development, not with the current “take the lid off and let the developers run with it” approach.

Stop all of the 8 plexes

in new neighbourhoods there is planning of how housing will be built and now the city unilaterally decided to take mature neighbourhoods and let anything be built on single family lots. Spoke with a builder who said he has 40 8-plexes in the works for 2026 and mostly in the westend here, because developers can get the most rent from them. We know this is about developers and keeping them happy, once they realized there was no money in the skinny infills. For our city council to completely ignore the people & try to shame us for wanting to protect traffic flows, infrastructure, nature in mature neighbourhoods

Attractive and sensible development with some densification makes sense - 2 units on a former single dwelling +/- a garage suite. However, extreme shifts - developments of 8-10 units on a former single dwelling lot - with no consideration of parking, access, drainage, and aesthetics are problematic.