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Actually, the DC bylaw has a simplified copy of the DP plans attached as a schedule and provides that a building that complies with that schedule: (1) qualifies for a 22m height limit (instead of 16m) and an FAR of 4.0 (instead of 2.5); and (2) is a permitted use. This approach was sold to...

Out of curiosity, how long do you have to be a member of Skyrise Cities, or how many messages do you have to post or likes do you have to receive, to no longer be described as a "New Member"?

The land use redesignation application was on the agenda for last Thursday's CPC meeting but we understand that the applicant withdrew it from the agenda at the last minute. We just heard today that it will be added to the agenda for the August 23 CPC meeting. Interestingly, a couple of months...

RKH's population peaked in 1968 at just over 5,000 and then slowly declined over the subsequent 20 years (as is typical for fully built-out residential communities, as children grow up and move out of their parents' homes), bottoming out in the late 1980s at around 3,700. Since then, the...

It is an interesting design that proposes a gamble -- a much more externally massive structure than contemplated in the new ARP in exchange for an internal courtyard and grand staircase that may or may not "work" as public gathering spaces. My sense is that the community would like the "stakes"...

The Courtyard33 site doesn’t really create much of a visual terminus opportunity, and although the building’s exterior looks pretty snazzy in the Vision Brief images, when you boil it down it is a 6-storey box with a slightly stepped back top floor and angled inset balconies. I am not sure...

I never said ML33 was a “shining example of compromise and contextual fit”, I merely included it as one of several examples of projects in the area that still expect to be profitable despite being less than 6 storeys tall and having an FAR of less than 4.0, and as one that has a courtyard

I keep hearing about the design quality of Courtyard33. Can someone explain in what respects the design quality of Courtyard33 is so much better than a typical mid-rise mixed use development? The angled walls on the inset balconies are certainly unusual, but will also make the balconies less...

As far as public amenities go, Garrison Corner, Odeon and Infinity all include MF retail, as Courtyard33 does, and ML33 includes a courtyard space, as Courtyard33 does, although ML33 chose to locate their courtyard at ground level and orient it to the rear, where it acts as a landscaped buffer...

If substantial non-compliance with the applicable statutory plan only amounts to “a teaspoon of negativity”, then what is the point of having statutory plans at all, or any planning policies for that matter? Is it your view that the City should leave the planning of the city entirely to developers?

I would describe our concern more generally as a substantial lack of compliance with the vision laid out in the recently enacted Marda Loop ARP, including with respect to its height and overall mass, of which one of the results is excessive overshadowing of the homes to the north. We also have...

It means that during that 22 week period the shadow line of a 22m tall building would remain at or above the top of the homes' MF south-facing windows even at mid-day, when the sun is at its highest point. The only possibility of receiving sun during that period would be if a home is close...

I am pretty confident that the Courtyard33 project would still be economically feasible with less units, whether they are sacrificed to open up the courtyard to the south and/or to reduce the development's height to a more ARP-compliant height. After all, the 3-storey Garrison Corner...

The courtyard is up on the 2nd level, so opening it up to the south would only require relocation of the elevators and removal of the residential units on the 2nd and higher levels of the development's south facade -- it would have no impact on the street frontage for the ground level retail...

The courtyard would have much better potential of being a great amenity if it was open to the south, instead of closed-in on all 4 sides (but for the front and rear staircases), as then both the courtyard and the suites that face onto it would benefit from year-round access to sunlight. For the...

Do you really want to restart that discussion?

I have heard Treo referred to as being 23m tall, but that may just be the height limit for its land use district. Courtyard33 is also proposing to be 21m (and change) tall.

Hmmm — suspect Ronmor gave up too soon on that issue, as we initially received that same response from the Main Streets group that has just begun work on a Streetscape Master Plan for the 33/34 AV SW Main Streets. We pushed back, taking the position that street trees were a must have, and the...

The way 20th Street SW jogs at 34th Avenue SW makes this a particularly prominent site in Marda Loop, as a building on this site will act as a “visual terminus” for anyone approaching Marda Loop from the North along 20th Street SW. For that reason we were okay with having the land use for this...

Sun is one of Calgary’s biggest assets, as my understanding is that Calgary receives more sunshine than any other major city in Canada. With the possible exception of hot summer days, of which Calgary tends to have relatively few, sunlight is welcomed into our homes to wake us in the morning...