{"id":288105,"date":"2026-09-17T12:24:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T12:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/288105\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T12:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T12:24:13","slug":"city-council-gives-initial-approval-to-zoning-bylaw-amendment-to-change-parking-requirements-for-non-market-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/288105\/","title":{"rendered":"City council gives initial approval to zoning bylaw amendment to change parking requirements for non-market housing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/567eff61-b9cc-47f6-889c-38c1fca28cc6.jpg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image Credit: rdnewsNOW file photo)<\/p>\n<p>By rdnewsNOW staff<\/p>\n<p>passed first reading<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tSep 16, 2026 | 2:15 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Red Deer city council passed first reading on a zoning bylaw amendment allowing the development authority to change parking requirements by up to 70 per cent for non-market housing developments and temporary care facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The motion, which was recommended by administration, was passed by an 8-1 vote, with councillor Dianne Wyntjes opposed.<\/p>\n<p>At the January 27 regular city council meeting, council passed a motion directing administration to bring forward a report that explores and provides options to grant the development authority discretion to vary parking requirements by up to 70 per cent for subsidized housing developments and temporary care facilities.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, council identified a need for subsidized housing in Red Deer and identified parking as a significant barrier to the development of subsidized housing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Image Credit: rdnewsNOW file photo) By rdnewsNOW staff passed first reading Sep 16, 2026 | 2:15 PM Red&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-288105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}