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Originally Posted by Scarface
On a separate note: Still facing downtown there is a woman (possibly with a group behind her) wanting to lobby for the city of Moncton to ban any project that would be larger then 6 stories, and no wider then X in height Y in width, and Z in depth unless the people vote for an amendment for a specific project. Apparently this woman was watching Youtubers who hold a certain view on what would make a nice city, and she has taken it as "This is what a city must be" versus "In my opinion this is what I consider to be a a beautiful city". She was downtown with a petition yesterday, and din't seem to have very many signatures.
So I'm going to ask this here Since we talk about city projects 99.99% of the time
Do people just want larger projects, or do people who see these people calling for a more compact city assume this "Smaller buildings, and less space" seem to want to expand on that once they get what they want?
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I'm not sure exactly what you're asking, but there is sound reasoning to have reasonable height restrictions.
There are optimal dimensions for what makes pedestrians comfortable, for example. Building tall buildings also increases the price of land in the area, which makes smaller developments less viable despite the fact that they could nicely fill in gaps and increase density. And in a smaller city, a tall building can significantly add to office space inventory and stifle development for the next few years.
Thus I don't think it's unreasonable to impose a height "limit" but at the same time be open to going beyond that when appropriate.