All topics Housing Getting Around Climate Food Growth & Planning Budget & Taxes

North Dumfries — Ward 1

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All topics Housing Getting Around Climate Food Growth & Planning Budget & Taxes
Kishan Patel See responses
How should councils weigh the long-term cost of maintaining existing infrastructure when making decisions about outward growth and expansion?ranked from highest to lowest importance
  1. Limit outward growth unless full lifecycle infrastructure
  2. Require detailed cost and risk analysis before approving
  3. Use development phasing tied to infrastructure capacity
  4. Prioritize infill and intensification where infrastructure
  5. Proceed with outward growth to address housing supply
How should councils balance provincial and regional mandates for increased housing density with neighbourhood opposition and local infrastructure constraints?select up to 4 per part
A. Planning & zoning tools
  • Focus incremental density near transit, schools, and commercial areas
  • Require area-specific planning studies before permitting additional density
B. Managing neighbourhood opposition
  • Use public engagement to inform design, not to veto density
  • Phase or adjust density in response to neighbourhood concerns about design or servicing capacity
  • Require demonstrated city-wide benefits to justify local impacts
C. Infrastructure & servicing
  • Use development charges or conditions to fund needed upgrades
  • Delay density until infrastructure is expanded

Describe one concrete zoning, planning, or development decision you would support (or oppose) that reflects how you would balance these priorities.candidate's own words

allowing ground-floor commercial near a transit stop

Please describe one concrete example of a growth or infrastructure decision you would support or oppose using this approach.candidate's own words

prioritizing state-of-good-repair over new expansion

What can the municipality/region do, if anything, about land which sits vacant for years because it is being used as an investment (land banking)?candidate's own words

holding charges, servicing agreements with construction timelines, phased approval conditions.

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