Comment 114223

By fmurray (registered) | Posted October 11, 2015 at 10:47:07

Great article, Nicholas. You hit the nail on the head with:

"Lower city residents have become nervous that zoning changes for new businesses will be rejected out of hand unless there is strong and active community support!"

The support for the cafe at Charlton and Caroline was way over the top because, although neighbouring residents could see it's a perfect location for a cafe, the zoning was out-of-date, so we felt we had to be loud and clear with the COA.

In most cases, lower city residents tend to be more engaged because we know the consequences of bad decisions.

If mountain councillors proposed calming Mohawk, Fennell and Garth and turning them into more pedestrian and cycle-friendly streets, I would cheer them on. Unfortunately, the reverse is not true.

We do need some kind of urban/suburban split off on voting in council.

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