03-01-2022, 01:17 PM
(03-01-2022, 10:04 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: I think it's better than an outright rejection.
But I'm so tired of this "fake compromise" that politicians do. Nobody who opposes this will be satisfied with 10 stories, but there'll be a dozen or more families or individuals who won't be able to find housing in the neighbourhood.
Zehr Group did make the floor plate larger during the first cut from 13 to 11, and I think made the top level utility re-arranged, so one would have to look at the revised proposal to know how many units were lost overall.
That said, I also agree that the substantiation of the changes there to height as much less consequential that so much other time that could have been spent reviewing and delegating about what else to do about making Belmont better and more accessible to new residents than this.
I appreciated the delegate last night at least calling out that the "its our only Village" statement really myth making. The other arguing the by-law language noted the "wide road" in a positive light, as if that was reason to keep the low height and space inefficient "village feel". Flattening it all for new condos is not the answer, but the opponents really need a reality check on how much about their quaint and 'walkable' village could be miles better with good street engaging refreshes like 660 and eliminating more of the car/road area.