03-05-2021, 05:45 PM
(03-04-2021, 03:59 PM)Bytor Wrote: 8 stores offers a lot of densification, though. Look at how many European cities have few buildings above that 6-8 storey height and are much more dense than we are.
We don't need to simply blindly hand out deviances to every developer that wants it. Kitchener already upped things with the 8 storey zoning targets along important corridors like Belmont, and there's no good reason to just push things down people's throats without reason to allow a 12 storey building here. The locals need to not be NIMBYs, but we also need to not be assholes.
As I understand it, they can do 24m with residential only, or 36m with the existing mixed-use bonusing scheme, without the need for zoning changes or variances. The developer is proposing 12 floors/45m which means quite high floors: they could do 10-12 floors (depending on what floor height they want) at 36m and not need a variance.
The parking variance is small and most people here would certainly support it, even if neighbours generally want buildings to max out their parking spaces.