01-28-2016, 10:53 PM
(01-27-2016, 10:37 PM)Canard Wrote: Well, I guess to me it really comes off as "I'm walking by your house and I don't like the flowers in your flowerbed". It's my flowerbed...
(01-27-2016, 06:55 PM)taylortbb Wrote: Canard, if that's true then what's the point of zoning? It's my lot, I can build what I want on it. Zoned for retail and I want to put in an office? Good luck with saying "too bad, it's my lot" at city council.
But that's not what's being said here. Scotiabank = Commercial, yes? So is it not allowed to be there? I read the previous few posts as no, it should not be there. What would you prefer?
Quote:As citizens we get to have an opinion on how things should be zoned, as they are zoned by our democratically elected government.
How they are ZONED, yes, sure. But not exactly what business goes there - that's what I have a bit of a beef with.
If you want to see what a city looks like before zoning happens, go to Hamilton. Drive across Hamilton on any significant or major street in the area below the mountain and you will see messed up and in my opiinion no hope to fix the mess that exists (house, dentist office, car service in a back garage, house, bank, bakery, used auto parts ... SHAKE and mix and reapply) There you have Hamilton's significant streetscape below the mountain.