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Infill Development Discussion

New infill development in Mount Pleasant https://dmap.calgary.ca/?p=DP2024-07776

2 SFHs replaced with 6 units up and 6 basement units. I've already received a mailer from a concerned neighbour espousing the end of the neighbourhood. I don't think I've seen one of these mid block like this in Mount Pleasant, so I can understand the gripe about surface parking.

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Is there permit parking for Mt Pleasant? I can't recall if there is for Mt Pleasant, but if there's permit parking, it usually isn't a problem.
 
This is the new standard for sure, they're everywhere. I'm honestly not sure how I feel about this... On certain lots this design can actually fit and work quite nicely and have a courtyard but this seems overly dense. Older neighborhoods with established tree canopies that get taken down in order to fit another row of townhomes doesn't feel right (who am I? Are these words being typed by my fingers?). Parking is no issue for me, what I do not like is what would've been a walk-up apartment is now this, I don't think this is better.

It really didn't take long to go from duplexes to this style of townhome complex. The streets and neighborhoods that caught the wave of duplex development will be happy they were ahead of this boom.

I think when people see city-wide zoning this is what they're afraid of. It isn't small apartment buildings it is these.
 
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CalgaryTiger said:
This is the new standard for sure, they're everywhere. I'm honestly not sure how I feel about this... On certain lots this design can actually fit and work quite nicely and have courtyard but this seems overly dense. Older neighborhoods with established tree canopies that get taken down in order to fit another row of townhomes doesn't feel right (who am I? Are these words being typed by my fingers?). Parking is no issue for me, what I do not like is what would've been a walk-up apartment is now this, I don't think this is better.

It really didn't take long to go from duplexes to this style of townhome complex. The streets and neighborhoods that caught the wave of duplex development will be happy they were ahead of this boom.

I think when people see city-wide zoning this is what they're afraid of. It isn't small apartment buildings it is these.
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I'm not sure if the second row would've affected tree canopies. Even if they redeveloped a SFH or Duplex, most developers don't plant any trees or the minimum they can get away with. From a street interface perspective, I think this is fine, the second row is not really visible and it just looks like a townhouse. I don't think its great for the second row, but the same can be said for basement units.
 
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