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\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\nAnother day, another infill debate at Edmonton City Hall.<\/p>\n
Councillors voted Monday to restrict the height of infill, moving the maximum height from 10.5 metres to 9.5.<\/p>\n
It comes as others living in Edmonton\u2019s older neighbourhoods are trying to stop councillors from opening up more infill development in their communities.<\/p>\n
\u201cNobody minds a new single-family home coming into the community, or even a good duplex, tastefully done,\u201d said Parkdale resident Nita Jalkanen. \u201cBut we have no architectural controls. We have what I call predatory infill, because it\u2019s robbing us of our sunlight, it\u2019s destroying our quality of life. I have five windows looking into my bedroom now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jalkanen says while she\u2019s happy to see city councillors pass new rules restricting the height of new infill builds by a metre, she says it doesn\u2019t go far enough.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, city leaders are looking at expanding where infill can be built in the city, potentially if the location is near good transit routes or roadways.<\/p>\n
\u201cBasically what I\u2019m saying is, as a homeowner, it will no longer be safe to live anywhere in the city of Edmonton because your equity can be wiped out without you having any recourse.\u201d<\/p>\n
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But Edmonton\u2019s mayor says the height restrictions, along with rules around the size of infill builds passed last year, will make an impact on the types of homes people see in their neighbourhoods. He\u2019s asking residents to be patient.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we don\u2019t want to be doing is changing the rules every six months without giving that stability, because then you actually don\u2019t get to see how that\u2019s playing out,\u201d said Mayor Andrew Knack. \u201cBut I think this was a thoughtful change to respond to very real feedback.\u201d<\/p>\n
New councillor Mike Elliott says infill bylaws passed by previous city council didn\u2019t provide enough control on the types of new builds. He\u2019s hopeful Monday\u2019s bylaw strikes a balance.<\/p>\n
\u201cLike I said about bringing the pendulum back, let\u2019s try to get back somewhere in the middle on this,\u201d said the Ward pih\u00easiwin coucnillor.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose who want more can say, \u2018OK maybe it\u2019s not appropriate per se but I can live with it,\u2019 and just like people on the other side who say it\u2019s gone too far, they can say, \u2018well maybe we can look at this and this is more reasonable as well.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
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