Big fan of this over-all except this part:
Since then, city staff have worked with the applicant to reduce the size of the replacement duplex, Rideau-Rockcliffe Coun. Rawlson King told council last week. King is also chair of the city’s heritage committee. City council signed off on a new plan that reduces the building’s footprint to cover about one-third of the lot, increasing the “soft landscaping” on the property.
Sounds to me like this property was mismanaged for a long time and tearing it down is the only option. Also sounds like they could have gone a lot bigger with the replacement.
Yeah a small duplex? They are legally allowed up to a triplex with current rule changes. We are in a housing crisis, but you wouldn’t know it from stories like this
Yeah I mean it’s only one property, but the fact that the neighborhood fought to reduce the footprint of the replacement speaks to a systemic problem of NIMBYism