11-18-2024, 09:47 AM
(11-15-2024, 09:42 PM)ac3r Wrote: Thinking that private developers should be responsible for providing public recreation space is lol...??? Public parks should be a public responsibility.
Private developers should not be responsible for providing public recreation space. The City of Kitchener should provide recreation space to its residents. The Planning Act allows it to require a developer to convey a portion of the land to the city to be used as recreation space, and that's what it should do, rather than accept cash in lieu.
In practice, that would mean we would have more parkettes, but these can be well-planned and potentially really valuable. With hundreds of new residents on Pine Street, why shouldn't there be a few benches and some greenspace, or even a small playground? But I agree that the private sector shouldn't be required or trusted to do it, the city should.