04-07-2018, 01:03 PM
(04-06-2018, 03:40 PM)rangersfan Wrote: In my comments above I don't mean to push aside residents concerns.
I can see shadow impacts having a significant impact on a property in general especially if the people impacted intend on gardening for example. Also traffic impacts, if you live on a quiet 2 Lane street and it becomes a 4 lane thoroughfare I'd be significantly concerned, especially if previously my children played in the street.
Now having said that we need to balance the needs of residents with the needs of the city. If you make it too restrictive to build in your city's core or make it hard to build desirable developments you loose the opportunity to bring more people, jobs and amenities to the area where it makes most sense. In those cases the developments either don't happen or go somewhere where they are wanted, losing the city the tax dollars and other associated benefits.
In this case, we're not talking about quiet two lane streets, and not talking about any streets turning into four lane thoroughfares. I agree that such a change would be significant. There are no children playing in the street on either Wellington or Moore.
I can see the arguments about the impacts of shadow, and I'm glad that shadow analysis is undertaken for developments like this. For sure the residents on Wellington are justified in their concern about shading, but I think the changes have addressed those concerns quite well.