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COMMENTARY: Charlottetown residents can call for changes to official plan

Although the public meeting was some time ago, the process for approving Charlottetown’s official plan and bylaws is still in progress and there is still time contact your councillors individually. So perhaps to highlight the issues at the public meeting is still prudent.

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The meeting on Sept. 3 on the proposed city plan, showed that a large majority of the opinions expressed were in opposition to the “as of right and four units to a lot” changes to residential neighbourhoods.

Council cannot but be appreciative and impressed by the accurate and well thought out verbal presentations at the meeting.

First and foremost there was objection to the occurring breach of trust, when changing zoned residential areas to free-for-all development. That will, incrementally, change the quality of life and investment people signed up for, when choosing to move to residentially zoned districts. It is a question of equity and fairness.

Conclusively, the increase in density will increase noise and traffic (no more kids’ hockey nets in the street), reduce neighbourhood coherence, as tenements, by the very nature produce mobility.

Esthetically, rows of garbage cans, more cars on enlarged driveways and in the streets, along with lack of general upkeep of tenements, will diminish the attractiveness of residential areas. These are overall proven, visible facts.

One question not brought up was expectations of reductions........

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