{"id":147393,"date":"2023-12-06T23:53:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T04:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/rwddev\/?p=147393"},"modified":"2023-12-06T23:53:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T04:53:25","slug":"town-staff-developing-policy-to-allow-higher-density-and-building-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/town-staff-developing-policy-to-allow-higher-density-and-building-heights\/","title":{"rendered":"Town staff developing policy to allow higher density and building heights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Housing shortages particularly rentals are pushing all levels of government to look at ways of incentivizing the housing sector and the Town of Huntsville is no exception. In fact, according to staff, Huntsville may be among the first municipalities of its size out of the gate to study how to go about allowing higher multi-residential buildings and more density in the urban area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last September, Planning Council directed staff to create criteria for evaluating five to six-storey, mid-rise, multiple-residential buildings, which would include, but not be limited to, rental apartments within the Town&#8217;s Urban Settlement Area. The policy would also be mindful of ensuring the buildings do not significantly impact vistas and the natural beauty of the surrounding area, noted staff in a presentation to Planning Council on December 6, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Staff were also directed to look for ways through by-law controls or other options, to ensure that any multiple residential buildings that are constructed on the premise of rental units remain as rental units. The direction for the criteria is to address housing availability and affordability concerns, as well as the increased demand for higher development densities and height within residential proposals,&#8221; states the planning report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Planning staff will analyze current standards, planning tools, compatibility between new and existing development, setbacks, massing, topography, community impact and other criteria to come up with suggested policies when considering applications for building heights greater than the general limit of 11 metres or three storeys. Likewise, policies will be established when considering greater density than the current highest density generally allowed in the municipality&#8217;s Urban Settlement Area of 60 units per hectare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Staff told council they&#8217;re at the preliminary stages and have been gathering background information, including information from more than 60 municipaities. They are expected to return to Planning Council in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;As you guys mentioned, we&#8217;re going to be attempting to do something that not many municiplities this size are doing,&#8221; said Councillor Cory Clarke, who thanked staff. &#8220;I&#8217;m most interesed in a policy that would deal with rental apartment buildings and buildings that aren&#8217;t going to affect our landscape and our vista. I&#8217;m less interested in a policy that&#8217;s going to allow developers to build higher condos but I understand that we have to start somewhere and that&#8217;s what we&#8217;re doing here.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Councillor Dione Schumacher also noted that she wanted the accessibility factor to be considered along with the affordability factor in any policy. <\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Housing shortages particularly rentals are pushing all levels of government to look at ways of incentivizing the housing sector and the Town of Huntsville is no exception. 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