by D. Jeanne Kimber
As of May 13, 2024, Council is now in the last stages of considering the Zoning for Housing rezoning proposal. During the public hearing, which stretched over three weeks, Council heard hundreds of presenters and received thousands of written submissions.
Sifting through all that is a daunting task indeed. We should learn later this week what amendments to the bylaw have been proposed/approved and what the final decision of Council will be. Videos of the Council hearing and documents can be accessed from https://www.calgary.ca/council/meetings/agenda-minutes.html.
Another significant planning initiative currently underway is the City Building Program. The program has three components: Integrating the Municipal Development Plan (MDP) and the Calgary Transportation Plan, developing a new Zoning Bylaw to replace the current Land Use Bylaw, and creating a new Street Manual to provide updated guidance on how Calgary’s streets are designed. Information on the program can be found at https://www.calgary.ca/planning/city-building-program.html.
During the time of the public hearing, the number of applications for land use or for development permits seemed to have slowed down. Here is a brief listing of land use and development permit applications in Highland Park:
• LOCd2024-0083 440 32 Ave NW for a land use change to R-CG will be heard by the Calgary Planning Commission (CPC) on May 23.
• LOC2024-0069 3910 Centre B St NW for a land use change to R-CG goes to the CPC on June 6 for a preliminary hearing.
• LOC2024-0006 3520 Centre St NE for a land use change from M-C1 to M-U2 to enable construction of a six-storey multi-residential building with ground floor commercial potential. The application still has a status of “Submitted” and does not appear to have progressed since March.
• LOC2024-0034 4020 1 St NW for H-GO to allow for five units with suites. The application will be going to the CPC for a non-public hearing, but the date has not been set.
• LOC2023-0259 3820 and 3824 Centre A St NE. The application is for M-C1 zoning which allows a max density of 148 units per hectare and a building height of 14 m. Our response was that M-CG would be more appropriate. The application is still under review.
• LOC2023-0290 3308 2 St NE. The application for R-CG has not progressed since March.
The following DP applications are all under review:
• DP2024-01385 212 32 Ave NE for two three-unit rowhouses with six suites. We have noted that the building plans do not conform to R-CG land use.
• DP2024-00453 4023 Centre B St NW for a five-unit rowhouse with suites.
• DP2024-01681 204 33 Ave NE for a four-unit rowhouse with suites. Some discrepancies in the surveyed parcel width might impact setbacks.
• DP2023-08976 3404 3 St NW. The application is for two buildings containing five units and four suites in a stacked townhouse style.
• DP2023-07472 116 43 Ave NE for two semi-detached with suites.
• DP2024-00614 3704 Centre St NE for a Chinese Buddhist Temple.
• DP2024-00720 458 33 Ave NW for a five-unit rowhouse with suites.
• DP2024-01027 3307 2 St NE for a four-unit rowhouse with suites.
• DP2023-01343 covering #204 – #212 40 Ave NW for three rowhouse buildings with sixteen units and sixteen suites.
• DP2024-02100 119 42 Ave NE is a new application for a semi-detached with suites.
• DP2024-02991 4004 Centre A St NE for two single-detached homes each with a suite.
To learn more about any of the land use change or development permit applications in Highland Park, please visit the City’s Development Map at https://developmentmap.calgary.ca/.
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