General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

[ijmorlan]

I think that's naive. "The developer should follow the zoning" argument is nothing more than a false pretext to claim a reasonable argument. If the developer was proposing an 8 story building, they'd still be there, disagreeing.  Plenty in the meeting were plenty honest about this, saying they'd oppose pretty much anything besides a tire shop.

And, I'll be fair, there would be fewer people opposing it in the meeting. But I don't believe it's because they don't oppose an 8 storey building, but because they would feel they had less chance of successfully obstructing it.

Especially since so much of the zoning is idiotic. I remember a townhouse complex that had to get a zoning amendment to allow one of the townhouse blocks to be just 2 units — in other words, officially a semi-detached, not a townhouse; only townhouses were allowed by the zoning.