Howard is based in Burnaby and covers real estate, housing policy, and the development industry.
A week after ending the largest public hearing in Calgary's history, Council approved city-wide rezoning on Tuesday with a 9-6 vote.On Tuesday, with a 9-6 vote, Calgary City Council approved city-wide rezoning, opening the door for missing middle housing across the city as housing affordability continues to become a bigger and bigger issue.
Property owners can begin submitting development permit applications effective immediately, but no decision on them will be made until after August 6, the City has said. That public hearing lasted 15 days, with 736 individuals voicing their feedback to Council and 6,101 individuals submitting written comments — marking theadding Contextual Single Detached Dwelling as a permitted use in R-CG districts, removing bicycle parking stall and mobility storage locker requirements for single-detached and semi-detached homes, removing backyard suite parking requirements, and allowing both a backyard suite and a secondary suite on one lot.
The approval likely also clears a point of contention between the City and the federal government. Last fall, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure, and Communities Sean Fraserthat the Government of Canada would not approve Calgary's Housing Accelerator Fund application until it ended exclusionary zoning.
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