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Larry Wilson likes his neighbourhood the way it is, and he thinks some of the proposed changes in the City of Regina’s new zoning bylaw could mess that up.
Wilson was one of several delegations at Monday night’s special city council meeting who took their time in front of the councillors to talk about residential zoning. One of the changes in the bylaw overhaul would change areas zoned for single-unit residential use to two-unit use or more.
Wilson lives with his wife in Walsh Acres, and has since 1981.
“We like the quietness of our area and the number of people coming and going, and I don’t want to get into an area where there’s far more people than parking and people moving back and forth more,” said Wilson.
He said it’s not fair to lay a more dense zone, fitting more people into a space that wasn’t built for that.
He said it changes the neighbourhood — that in more “intense” areas people move around more and you don’t get to know your neighbours as much.
According to Wilson, a lot of the people in his neighbourhood he talked to weren’t aware of the potential change before he brought it up.
“All the people in our neighbourhood are concerned about this and wondering what’s going to happen and watching and waiting to see what happens.”
There were several other people and neighbourhood association who came to Monday’s meeting with similar concerns for their residential areas.
After Monday night’s meeting, Mayor Michael Fougere explained that higher density is part of the community plan and part of creating a more complete community.
Fougere didn’t give any indication on how he might vote on this particular part of the bylaw, but did say he will make comments on Tuesday that he wants to focus on creating more density downtown.
There were 27 delegates down to actually speak to city council on Monday night, with 156 pieces of written communication council voted to receive and file.
The delegates were concerned about everything from portable signs, and digital billboards, to lot frontage, with the majority of submissions centered around recreational use in the industrial areas.
City council chose to adjourn the meeting on Monday and pick up the discussion and possible voting on amendments on Tuesday — that meeting with start at 4 p.m.