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Originally Posted by IanWatson
The better way is to get Centre Plan passed. Then these things can be done as-of-right or with streamlined design review like they are downtown.
When you go through a planning application--any development agreement or rezoning--that bureaucratic bafflegab is absolutely necessary. These are legal processes and open to appeal to the UARB. That detailed analysis is necessary to defend against appeals.
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Originally Posted by Keith P.
But the Centre Plan is hugely flawed. It should not be passed in its present form.
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I agree with both of these comments.
One thing that I would like to see in the Centre Plan are areas set aside in commercial/industrial type areas where signature buildings of up to say 100 meters (32 - 33 residential storeys, or 25 office storeys) are permitted. In order for a project to qualify, then it would have to be an outstanding project, otherwise the limit may be 20 storeys (60 meters).