General Suburban Updates and Rumours

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ijmorlan

But what is it?  This forum has a bazillion pages for every single tree and mailbox and sidewalk tile being placed around the entire Region.    I can't believe nobody knows what is going here?

It’s amazing nobody seems to know!

I looked up the property on the City of Waterloo zoning map. Just to verify, we’re talking about the triangle bounded by Quiet Pl., Old Albert St., and the Waterloo Spur/LRT? The map says that is MR-12, where MR stands for Multiple Residential. So 36m apartment buildings would be permitted there — roughly speaking, the number gives the maximum number of floors allowed. I have no idea what if anything specific is planned however. I’m disappointed the whole lot seems to have been cleared — it seems unlikely that a strip around the outside couldn’t have been left in place. Whatever gets built is unlikely to use the entire space right to the edges.

Interesting, the parcel is actually on both sides of the tracks:
   

You'd think the regional tree removal by-law would apply here, as I measured the eastern portion at 12,000m2 (1.2 hectares), but for as many trees as there are (were) I don't think it meets the criteria as it did in this case:


"...no person shall destroy or injure a tree, or cause another person to destroy or injure a tree, of a protected species that is located in a woodland."

where woodland is defined as:
“woodland” means land that is located within the boundaries of The Regional Municipality of Waterloo that is at least one hectare or more in area with at least:
(i) 1,000 trees, of any size, per hectare;
(ii) 750 trees, measuring over five centimetres in diameter, per hectare;
(iii) 500 trees, measuring over 12 centimetres in diameter, per hectare; or
(iv) 250 trees, measuring over 20 centimetres in diameter, per hectare;

but does not include a cultivated fruit or nut orchard or a plantation established for the purpose of producing Christmas trees.