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This initiative will force people out of the neighbourhood. Parking will be a huge problem. This is an underhanded way to get more property tax.

City mayor and councillors need to revive bylaws for new infills. More thoughtful and functional plans need to be developed for infills.

I'm currently dealing with an 8 Plex going up next door to me. I live on the north side of it, so I will now live in the shadow of basically an apartment building. I am all for responsibile development and density,this is not it. My property has been ruined, I can no long use the garden I made to feed my family. I'm pretty disgusted the lack of thought on what this does to the community.

So disappointed with our city mayor and councillors for voting to approve the infills which are being built.

Infill needs parking.

My experience with the developer and the owner of a 8-apartment building on a tiny lot is bad. There was no room for his machinery on the tiny lot during the construction, so the machinery used my driveway several times, and broke it. The developer first pretended that I broke my driveway myself with my car. Eventually, he put a concrete patch on the biggest crack, leaving others. An interesting moment was when my garbage and organic waste bins disappeared. I found them on his property next day, and emailed him, asking not to haul my bins away. His reply was polite and insolent, implying that I have stolen his two missing bins. But because each bin has a serial number, I could check that those bins were registered to my address. The police said that unless I have hard evidence, they cannot do anything. Next week, my neighbour's bins disappeared. The city replaced them with new bins, and the following week they disappeared again. They were found on his property. I understand that not every developer is as grabbing as this. However, the city has nothing to do with these problems, things can only be solved through court or via personal communication with the developer. Another issue is that few developers (maybe none) live on such a property, they rather run it like Airbnb. The neighbourhood becomes a purely rental area, without real neighbours. The absence of neighbours changes social life very noticeably, and uncomfortably.

It's the lack of parking that is more of a concern. I live in a street with a fourplex and three duplexes and it is often difficult to find parking for myself let alone if I happen to want to have any visitors. I can only imagine what 8 units with no parking would be like.

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5 infills within seven house distant. One asking for increased height zoning. It only meets one of the four requirements. One house completed three under construction

Explain to me how having two rental eight plexes across the street from each other in an area that formerly had only TWO houses is a good idea. Do you want to live by that? WHY are there more and more rentals being built in Jasper Park? This neighbourhood already has a lot of apartments and transient people, who do nothing for the community league and schools.

No to irresponsible high-density infill and 8-plexes on single home interior lots. No to intrusive infill designs with windows overlooking neighbouring backyards

Need better planning. Parking requirements need to be planned for with the increase in parking requirements. Currently parking is an issue without this mass increase to come.

First signing any petition. It saddens me to see that this city council is working against communities favouring their personal interests and not those who actually live there. No parking? Seriously? Densification? I do not live in these areas but I remember a poem that ends with "Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me" . I am listening.

We are pro densification but this project turns our neighbourhood into a commercial area. It is irresponsible to add a 6 story building in the middle of a residential street with 0 parking like they want to do on 81st ave. They should reconsider and do multiple family townhouses or something that is reasonable for a residential neighborhood. 4 units per lot is great for mature neighborhoods is a great solution to increase population without disturbing the population

Irresponsible

We are pro densification but this project turns our neighborhood into a commercial area. Which is irresponsible.

The current zoning scenario demonstrates an absolute disconnect in terms of what is intriguing conceptually vs what works on a practical basis. Blanket approaches simply demonstrate a lack of effort or desire to put in the time and effort to design a nuanced approach. While densification is required, it needs to be done in a manner that does not destroy neighborhoods and cause preventable friction amongst neighbors.

Stop it please

The zoning permit requested according to the McKernan Messenger was for 2 "Skinny" houses. The posting on the lot went up today -- for a fourplex!! I feel bullied -- that as a Senior citizen and original home resident at my address that the City of Edmonton is attempting to push me out of my family home. I am concerned and upset to be treated so disrespectfully in my senior years.

I agree