Monday, Feb 23
City Council Meeting (5:30pm): Lots on the agenda this week including some rezonings, something to do with the Evraz Place lease, three condo conversions, appointments to the Regina Downtown Business Improvement District board, and various and sundry other reports. Don't be late or you'll miss the Municipal Heritage Awards presentations.
Wednesday, Feb 25
Regina Planning Commission (4pm): Only one agenda item, a proposed rezoning of a portion of the Greens on Gardiner development which is being built on Regina's east side. I've only skimmed the report, but seems to me the developer wants to reduce the density of the subdivision under consideration. From the looks of things, though, it isn't a huge reduction in density. Plus, the developer wants to rezone the area to "Suburban Neo-Traditional" -- which basically means they want to lay the area out in a fashion reminiscent of pre-1945 neighbourhoods with back alleys and smaller front yards.
Anyone can attend these meetings and you can still make presentations at the Planning Commission meeting if you wish. For more detailed agendas and to download all the relevant reports, go here.
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2 comments:
i won't make it to the planning commission meeing
anyone who's going could kindly ask the commission to find out from the developer about the "minimum lot frontage" of 7.5 metres, just over 24.5 feet
that's even less than the very narrow lots in cathedral - such narrow lots mean narrow houses, houses close together a possible fire risk
* how many lots will this 7.5 meter frontage apply to?
* what fire safety consideratison have been taken into account?
I can't make the meeting either -- 4pm is just a touch too early for me.
Interesting point about the frontage, though. I'd recommend emailing the councilors on RPC with your concern. I think it's Flegel, Browne and Fougere. (Might be another one on there, I can't keep them all straight.)
You can email all three of them in fell swoop at http://www.regina.ca/Page1105.aspx.
As for the frontage... I thought the fire problems that arose in older, more tightly packed neighbourhoods had more to do with how the individual houses were built than their distances apart. Am I out to lunch on that?
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