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Letter to PCPS: 20 April 2010
Parkland Community Planning Services
404-4808 Ross Street
Red Deer, AB T4N 1X5
20 April 2010
Dear Mr. Lindhout,
As the board for of the Waskasoo Community Association we have requested a Neighbourhood Area Redevelopment Plan and a related Mature Neighbourhood Overlay District , similar to that which was done for Parkvale. In your correspondence to us of June 2, 2009 you indicate that PCPS is doing an analysis, in the fourth quarter, of all mature neighbourhoods within the City to determine criteria and priority for an ARP. You also indicate that we will be contacted as a part of this analysis. As it is already November we would like to know what timeline you anticipate for this work to be done. Our neighbourhood is one of the oldest in the city and as such we feel strongly that it should be prioritized as a part of your analysis.
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REVISED DRAFT PROPOSAL: November 17, 2009
Because of the pressures being placed on the Waskasoo neighbourhood with respect to subdivision applications, infill developments, and the possible redevelopment of the Riverglen School property, and after consulting with the City of Red Deer and their planning body, the Community Association has put together the following draft of a Mature Neighbourhood Overlay District. This overlay district is a set of proposed bylaws, borrowed in large part from similar overlays for the communities of Parkvale and Riverside Meadows. This overlay district would guide future development in Waskasoo to ensure that the character of the neighbourhood is preserved.
Please note that this is a draft document, for discussion purposes only. The Community Association Executive members are not planning experts and we have merely put in writing those measures we think will best protect our neighbourhood. There is no intent to pass the document in its present form at the AGM. At best, we hope merely to secure membership support to proceed with the process of filing a draft plan with the City.
As mentioned, there are already effective overlays in force in Parkvale and Riverside Meadows from which much of this draft proposal has been taken as noted below:
The majority of the following was adapted from the Mature Neighbourhood Parkvale Overlay District (See City of Red Deer Land Use Bylaw 3357/2006 Part 7.7 City of Red Deer Land Use Bylaws Section 7)Sections 3(i), (r), (t), (x) and 4 (a) are adapted from the Riverside Meadows Overlay District (See City of Red Deer Land Use Bylaw 3357/2006 Part 7.11 City of Red Deer Land Use Bylaws Section 7)
Section 5(a) and (b) has been adapted from the Residential Estate District (See City of Red Deer Land Use Bylaw 3357/2006 Part 4.6.1 City of Red Deer Land Use Bylaws Section 4)
Sections 2(b)iv, 3(b), (c), (h), (q), (s), (u), (v), and 5(c) would be unique to the area.
7.7 Mature Neighborhood Waskasoo Overlay District
General Purpose
The purpose of this District is to ensure that new and infill residential development in the Waskasoo Neighbourhood is sensitive in scale to existing development, maintains the traditional character and pedestrian-friendly design of the streetscape and ensures privacy and sun penetration on adjacent properties. This District provides a means to regulate unique design attributes of the mature Waskasoo neighbourhood in a manner which cannot be satisfactorily addressed through conventional land use zoning.
This District is comprised of additional development regulations for the Waskasoo neighbourhood, which add to the regulations of the underlying use districts.
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