Homeowners protested against the proposed Calgary-wide rezoning of residential homes to permit more duplexes and townhouses on the first day of a lengthy public hearing at City Hall.
Of the 700-plus speakers at the hearings for blanket rezoning in Calgary, the city’s general manager of planning and development told council that 227 spoke in support of the proposed changes, while 458 were opposed and 51 were neutral. Over 12 days of public hearings, 736 Calgarians presented their thoughts to city council about its proposed citywide rezoning proposal.
In a presentation by Tim Keane, the city's general manager of planning and development, council members were told that — of the 700-plus speakers at the hearings — 227 spoke in support of the proposed zoning changes, while 458 were opposed and 51 were neutral. About 88 per cent of the written submissions were opposed the changes, according to Keane.
The marathon hearings centred on a proposal to redesignate virtually all residential areas to allow for duplexes and townhouses. People wanting to build these higher-density types of homes would still need to apply for a development permit and be subject to a variety of rules and regulations, but they would no longer need to go before city council to apply for a land-use change.
Following the presentation, Ward 10 Coun. Andre Chabot said there are clearly plenty of Calgarians who are concerned about how these changes will affect their property and their neighbourhoods. It's something that he says should give council pause before proceeding to debate this. "Ideally, personally, I think we should file and abandon this recommendation and start over," he said. "Developers will benefit from it. That's it. Calgarians won't."
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