Calgarians concerned over permit approvals ahead of citywide rezoning debate
Global News
The policy changed Calgary’s land-use bylaw to make residential grade-oriented infill (R-CG) the default residential zoning district across the city.
Calgary city council will consider a repeal of citywide rezoning during a public hearing next month, but some Calgarians are concerned about development permit applications related to the policy being processed ahead of a decision.
The policy, which has been in effect since August 2024, changed Calgary’s land-use bylaw to make residential grade-oriented infill (R-CG) the default residential zoning district across the city, which allows for a more housing types, including single-detached, semi-detached, duplexes and rowhouses on a single property.
In December, city council voted in favour of kickstarting the process to repeal the policy after many councillors and the mayor ran on a platform to scrap it during the October civic election.
The move requires a public hearing, which is scheduled for March 23.
“They’re just trying to push this stuff through because of the hearing,” said Steve Zacher, who lives in Mount Pleasant. “The last time we had the hearing, 75 per cent of the people spoke against it.”
Between October and January, the City of Calgary has received 375 development permit applications related to citywide rezoning, a 27 per cent increase over the same time period last year.
One of those applications is on Zacher’s street, which proposes a new four-unit rowhouse with four secondary suites and a garage.
Accoring to Zacher, neighbours are concerned with the proposal’s potential impacts on parking and traffic to a nearby park and pool facility frequented by daycares, as well as laneway access and privacy issues.
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