01-23-2019, 10:10 AM
(01-22-2019, 06:02 PM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: A bit weird to design it for 10, given it's forbidden to go above 3-4 depending on height, with the proposal at King and Bridgeport being the only one to get an exception (to go to 6, I think?).
(01-23-2019, 06:56 AM)clasher Wrote: Maybe it was designed thinking that uptown Waterloo would logically embrace a bit of density along the main street.
(01-23-2019, 09:59 AM)ac3r Wrote:(01-23-2019, 08:01 AM)ijmorlan Wrote: What was the mood around 1990 when I understand that building to have been built? I know it was already there in 1993.
In the 90s there was no desire to build anything with height/density in the uptown core. Waterloo has always had this attitude for some reason. I never understood it, because it's not like there is anything uptown on the main street. There are a few blocks of shops, then nothing.
Yeah, they didn't expect those rules to be around forever, and I don't think they will be. Over time, more developments will ask for exceptions, then the rule will be increased to 6 storeys instead of 4, and then maybe scrapped altogether. As long as developments provide decent stepbacks that promote human scale (at anything from 3 to 7 storeys) it should be fine.