Summary of Fall 2022 (Phase 1) Engagement Findings

Engagement for infill housing and townhouses for the Infill Housing Phase 1 Review took place from September to October 2022 through:

The below table provides a summary of what we heard:

Infill Housing Phase 1 Review (2022) – Key Findings
	Laneway and Carriage Houses	Infill Townhouses / Rowhouses
Support for:	relaxing regulations, streamlining process, reducing costs not restricting stratifications permitting larger, more livable laneway and carriage houses reducing the massing of principal dwellings easing Development Permit review process reducing servicing and tree-related requirements	allowing in all neighbourhoods making regulations and approvals processes less restrictive and shorter accounting in policy for the financial viability of projects relaxing zoning bylaw and design guidelines increasing maximum floor space ratio providing pre-approved designs and building plans allowing parking pads and carports in place of garages to increase cost-effectiveness
Concerns with:	overlooking/loss of privacy greenspace parking traffic	traffic, infrastructure, services, and amenities for more dense population similar look to adjacent single detached dwellings unit size, especially to make them sufficiently family oriented