1198 Fischer Hallman Rd | 14 & 22 | Proposed

[cherrypark]

Being opposed to this while approving the tower at the corner boggles the mind.

[sluismcfc]

Being opposed to this while approving the tower at the corner boggles the mind.

The tower at the corner is a total anomaly. It required no public process other than a parking variance. It has legacy Convenience Commercial zoning with no height restrictions, no max FSR, no setbacks related to height. I'll be shocked if it ever gets built.

[ZEBuilder]

Being opposed to this while approving the tower at the corner boggles the mind.

Staff is not opposed to it it is solely Singh. He's opposed to it because its too close to the existing low rise yet he had no issues approving similarly tall buildings in the city close to existing low rise development. He supported Lancaster on the Grand with no problem which is across the street from low rise just like this so it's definitely a case of him wanting to appease his constituents. I truly hope Activa comes back to the next council meeting without changing anything because the development had support of staff. In the meeting you could tell staff was quite taken aback by the opposition considering they supported the development in its current form. Singh is also one of the people who consistently supports Davey's desire for more density so its surely peculiar to see.

One of Singh's suggestions to make the development "fit in" better is to decrease the 14 floor building to 8 floors, and add the removed floors onto the 22 floor building so it would then be 28 floors, I personally wouldn't mind that kind of height, but the rest of the neighbourhood would through a fit and a half. The only potentially nice thing is if that sets the height precedent for the Fischer Hallman corridor since a lot of it is zoned similarly to this property.

[cherrypark]

Being opposed to this while approving the tower at the corner boggles the mind.

The tower at the corner is a total anomaly. It required no public process other than a parking variance. It has legacy Convenience Commercial zoning with no height restrictions, no max FSR, no setbacks related to height. I'll be shocked if it ever gets built.

Ah, that's my ignorance. I assumed it as being reviewed for height/FSR as well. Regardless, I would rather see more 14 story towers in more places than relying on the extra tall condos in areas like this that need to grow into some mid-scale development with time.

[ZEBuilder]

This went back to council tonight, Councillor Singh was definitely hoping for changes to be made but Activa did not make any changes to the design, some of the issues that Singh had were related to the set up of phase 1 which is already site plan approved so it cannot be changed. Regardless of Councillor Singh's overall dislike in the project he did ultimately support it. So it has now been approved without any changes.

Ultimately I hope this starts to set the precedent for height outside of the core, while 22 floors obviously isn't suitable everywhere 14 certainly is more realistic. I also hope that this might be the new precedent along Fischer Hallman since much of the corridor in the Rosenburg Secondary Plan is zoned identical or very similar.

[neonjoe]

This was approved.
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