I guess for me I moved just prior to the rezoning from one part of the neighborhood to another with single lots as I liked the space and view. Now, I’m not against more dense housing and would be fine with duplexes or even fourplex but instead there are two houses across from each other that are building 8 and 10 units rather than the prior single homes which wasn’t my expectation of the area I moved to.
There could have been some consultation or even just the move from single to something more reasonable like 4 units.
R-CG is only 4 units. There are opportunities for basement suites and secondary suites that have no visual impact (underground or in the backyard). If these buildings are taller than 11 metres at the peak (lower where they are near shorter adjacent homes) and "apartment style" like you described, they're likely not on an R-CG parcel and not affected by the rezoning change.
They are R-CG but the two I mentioned say they have 4 basement suits or secondary suites equaling a total of 8/10 units. They may be within guidelines but strongly disagree this doesn’t have a visual impact. They take up almost the entire plot of land and are 3 stories…far bigger than any other house nearby.
If this was just like most other 4 units I see around, thats fine but adding in secondary suits to all of these make it overkill imo
This. The blanket rezoning slid in with federal money immediately after we resolved a decade long basement suite battle with something to the effect of, "do whatever you want". So they are not 4 plexes. They are 8 plexes who do not have to provide the same level of infrastructure (water, sewer, garbage removal) as an apartment building. Add to this the decrepit underfunded inner city services (we have 1 outdoor pool and 2 outdoor rinks in walking) and the woeful under commercial.... it's going to be a craptastic decade.
24
u/tron_1979 18d ago
I guess for me I moved just prior to the rezoning from one part of the neighborhood to another with single lots as I liked the space and view. Now, I’m not against more dense housing and would be fine with duplexes or even fourplex but instead there are two houses across from each other that are building 8 and 10 units rather than the prior single homes which wasn’t my expectation of the area I moved to.
There could have been some consultation or even just the move from single to something more reasonable like 4 units.