Pages tagged "Infill Moratorium"
CBC News: Councillor's motion to slow down infill development in Edmonton crushed at meeting
City coun.Tim Cartmell proposed an idea to pause some infill development temporarily. But Edmonton's legal team shut down his motion at a public hearing. CBC's Tristan Mottershead reports.
CBC News: Edmonton city councillor's infill moratorium attempt fails for legal reasons
Edmonton city council won't be putting a moratorium on infill, after the city's legal team advised that doing so would contravene provincial legislation.
Ward pihêsiwin Coun. Tim Cartmell, who's also a mayoral candidate in the upcoming election, put forward a motion Monday evening to pause development approvals for mid-block properties, in the small scale residential zone, until the city re-examines plans for groups of neighbourhoods.
CTV News: Frustration, confusion over city hall hearing on Edmonton infill
City councillor Tim Cartmell, who’s running for mayor this fall, called the hearing “an absolute mess.”
“We’ve split this thing into a discussion at the beginning of the meeting, and a discussion at the end of the meeting, and the meeting is two 12-hour-days long, and people don’t know if they should be here at the beginning, or here at the end,” Cartmell, who represents Ward pihêsiwin on Edmonton’s south side, told media on Monday.
CBC News: Should Edmonton put a pause on infill?
Mayoral candidate and Ward pihêsiwin Coun. Tim Cartmell is calling for a moratorium on infill development. He said it's not the smaller infill developments — like duplexes and skinny homes — that are angering people in older neighbourhoods, but the large, monolithic multi-unit buildings that have been popping up between single-family homes.
MSN: Cartmell to call for a moratorium on new infill in Edmonton
At a public hearing scheduled for next week, where Edmonton city council will discuss a motion to potentially put new limits on some infill development, one city councillor says he plans to suggest putting a moratorium on new infill development entirely.
City News: ‘Too much, too fast’: Edmonton mayoral candidate pushes for moratorium on some infill development
An Edmonton mayoral candidate wants a pause on infill development. Tim Cartmell says residents are concerned with multi-units being built on a lot previously meant for one.
CTV News: Tim Cartmell calling for pause on new infill development
CTV News: Tim Cartmell calling for pause on new infill development
Councillor and mayoral candidate Tim Cartmell is calling for a moratorium on all new infill development in Edmonton.
Global News: Cartmell to call for moratorium on new infill development in Edmonton
“I will be moving a motion to place a moratorium on all new infill development,” Cartmell said in a statement, saying he plans to move the motion at a public hearing on June 30. “Edmonton’s infill strategy has moved faster than our infrastructure, faster than our planning and faster than public trust.
CBC News: Edmonton city councillor and mayoral candidate calls for infill moratorium
Mayoral candidate and Ward pihêsiwin Coun. Tim Cartmell is calling for a moratorium on infill development and said he plans to move a motion at Edmonton city council's public hearing next week targeting large mid-block buildings.