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Ostap Fedynets

@ostap_yyc

Urban Planner | RPP MCIP researching housing, zoning #yycplan

Calgary, AB Katılım Temmuz 2018
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Patrick Condon
Patrick Condon@pmcondon2·
This needs to be posted from time to time. Bottom line, the more you build the more housing costs. Correlation is not causation but my god!
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Micah Springut
Micah Springut@mspringut·
Let me give you developers some free alpha: put statues on things.
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CMHC
CMHC@CMHC_ca·
🚨 New CMHC Insight: Tighter Land-Use Regulations Linked to 14% Jump in Home Prices Our new analysis shows restrictive regulations don’t just slow housing supply — they directly push prices higher. More evidence that process matters. 🔗 Full insight: ow.ly/U4n050YKoHA
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Courtney Walcott
Courtney Walcott@CWalcottYYC·
This doesn’t sound right… I don’t know what the percentages of properties in new vs Estab communities is today. Sounds like the idea is to let older communities either whither or become havens for wealth While sprawling so much that 51% of net properties are on the outskirts
Adam MacVicar@AdamMacVicar

To receive the final HAF payment, a majority of properties in Calgary will need to allow 4 units as a right. Farkas says this can be achieved as new Neighbourhoods on the outskirts are zoned to allow for this.

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Ostap Fedynets@ostap_yyc·
@AlexRMcColl @CWalcottYYC No, that would only count as one lot assuming it was consolidated. That's why using percentage of land area per land use district is more accurate than using number of parcels.
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Alex McColl
Alex McColl@AlexRMcColl·
@ostap_yyc @CWalcottYYC Another example: 4 detached houses are torn down and replaced with a single MU2 rental apartment building. Does that count as 4 lots that now allows density or as a single lot that allows density?
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Ostap Fedynets@ostap_yyc·
@CWalcottYYC By residential parcel count it's around 66% developed and 33% developing. But comparing it by land area would be better because so many R-G parcels are huge so number of parcels isn't a great metric. But even in developing areas, there's ~80'000 R-1/R-1s/R-1N parcels.
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Courtney Walcott
Courtney Walcott@CWalcottYYC·
I don’t know, maybe 50% of properties are in “developing” areas already. Time for research!
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Ostap Fedynets@ostap_yyc·
Good housing policy means that the amount and type of housing in a city can respond to constantly changing needs and preferences. There's no magic number of X type of units, in Y location that solves the need for housing. Supply can't be predetermined when demand is dynamic.
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Ostap Fedynets@ostap_yyc·
@RailAlberta ~40% of households in the Beltline don't own a vehicle. 7% of Calgarian households don't own a vehicle - 40'000 households. If the government mandates every house to build parking, then it forces them to pay for something they don't use.
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Rail For Alberta
Rail For Alberta@RailAlberta·
Using the average across the entire city is an often misguided approach when it comes to vehicles per unit. What is the the amount of vehicles per unit in areas near transit or that have high density, like the Beltline?
Mike Jamieson@MikeJamiesonYYC

Parking is a major concern for Ward 12 residents. I raised these concerns with Admin during the Blanket Rezoning debate. Our Ward 12 survey was clear: 93% want at least one parking space per unit, meanwhile Calgary averages  approximately 1.7 vehicles per household. What do you guys think is the right minimum of parking per unit? #yycpoli #yyccc #yyc #calgary

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Ostap Fedynets@ostap_yyc·
@peter_tulip This was the result of an unfortunate perfect storm. It allowed 8 units per parcel, a record housing boom resulted in widespread impacts from construction, and government incentives ensured the majority of the housing was rental only - not condo or freehold.
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Peter Tulip
Peter Tulip@peter_tulip·
Another disappointing reversal of zoning reform. It is not enough to convince policy makers. The general public also needs to understand the need for more housing. We need better public education. Overhaul AHURI and NHSAC. ctvnews.ca/calgary/articl…
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Ostap Fedynets@ostap_yyc·
This would be a good planning research paper. Get a large sample of people to rate proposed buildings aesthetically and find if that was more correlated to levels of support or opposition than height, density etc. Then codify preferences into a few simple, flexible zoning rules.
Peter Tulip@peter_tulip

In contrast to other YIMBYs, I’m persuaded by the research finding that aesthetics are important in planning decisions. Though I don't know how that could be practically implemented. osf.io/preprints/soca… 1/4

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YEG City Planning + Development
YEG City Planning + Development@PlanEdmonton·
How Edmonton grows matters. On April 7, City Council will consider proposed changes to the Zoning Bylaw and District Policy. Have something to say about these proposed changes? ⬇️
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Ostap Fedynets@ostap_yyc·
@monikafurtado If Council approves the proposed bylaw then 1) parcels will revert to the zoning they had prior to the upzoning, and 2) the rules of the R-CG district will be changed. Future redesignation applications to R-CG would have to be approved by Council and follow the new rules.
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monika
monika@monikafurtado·
@ostap_yyc Yes. But the general public would benefit from a clear explanation of changes and intended implementation. Even experienced community planning volunteers are not clear regarding this piece.
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monika
monika@monikafurtado·
Can the city of Calgary please publish more comprehensive information regarding the proposed r-cg changes and intended application if blanket rezoning is repealed?
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Peter McCaffrey
Peter McCaffrey@peteremcc·
Call me crazy, but we probably shouldn't let 50 activists who have nothing better to do in the middle of a workday decide who Edmonton's police chief is and which countries they are and aren't allowed to travel to.
Sarah Ryan@SarahRyanYEG

There are more than 50 people at the @edmontonpolice Commission meeting at @CityofEdmonton City Hall today. It’s standing room only. #yeg 1 speaker has already called for the Police Chief to step down following his trip to Israel, and comments since.

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Ostap Fedynets@ostap_yyc·
@jjhutton @jeff_marsh I don't think forcing other people to live in run down, decrepit homes - all because you're preventing new housing from being built - is the kind of "affordability" most people are looking for.
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Jeff Marsh
Jeff Marsh@jeff_marsh·
A little bit of housing affordability is eroded in Calgary every time a still habitable legacy home is pulled down to make way for redevelopment - regardless of the density or intensity of the new build!
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Ostap Fedynets@ostap_yyc·
@cajoe43 @calgaryherald The speed limit on the road where the child was killed is posted at 50km/h - so reducing the residential road speed limits didn't affect this road. But I know thinking is hard when you just want to be mad and troll twitter, and don't have the nerve to do it with your real name.
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joe smith
joe smith@cajoe43·
@ostap_yyc @calgaryherald Remember all the studies on how safe the streets would be when the speed limit was lowered to 40km/h? Well Mr. Urban Planner who works for the City it's not working!!!!
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