kcantor
Senior Member
Well there’s a pretty easy fix for that isn’t there?
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Municipal Politics
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fromyeg
Active Member
David A
Senior Member
The cynical side of me wonders if Cartmell's not showing up/voting on changes to the contentious zoning bylaw was because he calculated it would be better for him politically to keep the controversy going rather than support a solution that would have eased much of the concern.
Oilguy
Active Member
I don’t think it’s all that cynical to wonder that..
yeggator
Active Member
Relax bro. As a guy who plans on voting for Cartmell anyway, these memes are hilarious
policyenthusiast
Senior Member
Not sure where you would have heard this, but it's not true. It's the first thing listed in the Land Use section.
640(1) Every municipality must pass a land use bylaw.
(1.1) A land use bylaw may prohibit or regulate and control the use and development of land and buildings in a municipality, including, without limitation, by
(a) imposing design standards,
(b) determining population density,
(c) regulating the development of buildings,
(d) providing for the protection of agricultural land, and
(e) providing for any other matter council considers necessary to regulate land use within the municipality.
trevorhayden
Active Member
Then why do developers continuously say cities can't regulate site plans?
kcantor
Senior Member
policyenthusiast
Senior Member
Developers want Alberta government to intervene on Canmore vacancy tax
It seems like the ask here is for the GoA to amend the Municipal Government Act to ban municipalities from creating property tax subclasses based on occupancy of a residence. Regardless of whether or not you agree with this policy's effects in Canmore, it would have ripple effects in Edmonton because of the City's Derelict Residential Property Subclass. It's only a pilot project for now, but it has shown extremely promising results and municipalities across Alberta have been contacting the City's FCS department to ask about how they can implement a similar initiative.
Derelict property remediation is in everyone's best interest, including developers. Hopefully the UCP don't squeeze out a half-baked policy that kills a great program.
TAS
Senior Member
'I was stuck': Coun. Tim Cartmell apologizes for missing key infill vote
The Edmonton mayoral candidate said he was travelling in an area with no internet access.
edmontonjournal.com
“I’m sorry that I’ve let down people that were counting on me to be there, including the Better Edmonton team members. I really wish it had been a different set of circumstances,” said Cartmell, adding, “I just pledge that I won’t let myself get into a similar set of circumstances again.”
trevorhayden
Active Member
Bs
Barnaby
Senior Member
He was stuck on idiot island with Janz.
trevorhayden
Active Member
Janz is on genius Island
kcantor
Senior Member
So, according to one of the hopefuls on the Better Edmonton Slate, he was in support of allowing the market to control infill, rather than council. Still, he said the party wasn’t meant to all share the same perspective on issues.
“The formation of the party was always on the basis of allowing for disagreement, allowing for a variety of opinions when it comes to different issues. There’s no whipping the vote,” said Kandola.
Which begs the question - if all thirteen of the candidates forming the slate don’t share the same perspective and disagree on different issues, WTF is the point of forming a party and running a slate or asking voters to support a slate in the first place?
“The formation of the party was always on the basis of allowing for disagreement, allowing for a variety of opinions when it comes to different issues. There’s no whipping the vote,” said Kandola.
Which begs the question - if all thirteen of the candidates forming the slate don’t share the same perspective and disagree on different issues, WTF is the point of forming a party and running a slate or asking voters to support a slate in the first place?
constance_chlore
Active Member
Apparently, changing from at-large to ward-based systems is associated with a 20% drop in housing permits because municipal politicians are compelled to switch from advocating what's best for the city as a whole to addressing the demands of their local constituents. It's remarkable that Edmonton is so pro-housing despite having a ward-based system.