The bulk of the time during Monday night’s Planning and Zoning (P&Z) Committee meeting was spent discussing Westhill’s new proposals, helped by the most controversial news of the night (Bear Mountain’s creation of gated communities) having been taken off the agenda at the last minute.
Ryan McKenzie of Westhills Land Corp. presented on behalf of the development, and explained that as Westhills had become more familiar with the principles of LEED ND (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Neighbourhood Development) they had realised that some changes to their plans would increase their LEED certification score.
The proposals are to add what Westhills calls “housing diversity”, to minimise standard lot size, and to reduce parking requirements, Mr. McKenzie explained to the committee. We will discuss Westhills parking proposals and the reaction from the committee towards basement suites in the coming days. Today’s post will look at the other elements of “housing diversity” that were discussed.
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