09-18-2014, 03:09 PM
I really wonder, when someone has an issue with a development like 100-108 Walter or 100 Victoria, whether that person can be mollified. The owner of the properties on Arthur Place, for instance, is there a setback at which he would be happy? Would five meters satisfy him, or six-point-five?
It seems problematic to me for councillors to tweak specific projects after planning staff have recommended them (taking into account public comments). The Region and the municipalities have committed to encouraging intensification, and we are collectively investing hundreds of millions of dollars in a transit system to allow for that- and then we’re going to disallow midrise development within walking distance of that transit system because it is not (in some people’s opinion) in tune with a hundred-year-old neighbourhood?
It seems problematic to me for councillors to tweak specific projects after planning staff have recommended them (taking into account public comments). The Region and the municipalities have committed to encouraging intensification, and we are collectively investing hundreds of millions of dollars in a transit system to allow for that- and then we’re going to disallow midrise development within walking distance of that transit system because it is not (in some people’s opinion) in tune with a hundred-year-old neighbourhood?