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Habitat proposes 14 back-to-back townhouses on Plains at Glendor
Habitat for Humanity is proposing to build 14 back-to-back townhouses on three assembled properties at the north-east corner of Plains Road East and Glendor Avenue. Seven townhouses will have access onto Glendor and the other seven will have a shared access onto Plains. The proposal requires both an Official Plan amendment and rezoning. The area is currently zoned mixed-use and allows townhouses only when combined with commercial uses. The project does not exceed permitted height or density.
Like residents, I'm supportive of the project but want the back-to-back townhomes changed to standard townhomes. That will increase greenspace on-site and provide a yard for families.
Residents suggest two homes for 508 Hager
Residents expressed concern about the precedent-setting nature of rezoning applications. Each time a rezoning is permitted, others who want similar provisions can point to that approval, and over time this chips away at the zoning and can fundamentally alter the character of the neighbourhood. Residents encouraged Mattwood to develop a plan that respected existing zoning.
Community benefits at risk for development complex on Caroline
The way this project is unfolding reinforces my concerns about the use of Section 37 of the Planning Act to exchange increases in height and density for community benefits. These very community benefits are now at risk. If they're not upheld, the public will be shortchanged of the commitments made to offset the impact of more height and density. As this situation reveals, changing circumstances and economics put community benefits at risk over time, and developers will come back and seek exemptions.
Rezoning to allow semis suggested for St. Luke's neighbourhood
I support retaining the existing single-family zoning in St. Luke's precinct. Any change to the zoning will threaten the long-term vision for the area as an oasis of single family homes in a sea of downtown intensification. Rezoning would set a precedent and encourage for future assemblies and conversions to semis or other non-detached forms of housing.
Google maps tells the story. If Council approves the 58 towns on Ghent, we'll lose our largest stand of trees in Ward 2. Some 100 trees and bushes and 4 city trees will be removed with 60 saplings as replacement: net loss of 40.
No need to pit Burlington's urban communities against the rural
The job of protecting the rural area has already been done on our behalf by decree from the province, under the Places to Grow Act. We can’t take the credit for that, nor is that within our control. The rural area is protected, period. Our job, and what city council and staff do control, is how we will intensify the urban area in response.