Capital city’s council passes bylaw permitting garage and garden suites on home lots
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Secondary suites issue leaves council torn
In recent months, town councillors have faced a series of decisions that left them torn between serving the immediate needs of post-flood High River and planning for the long-term future of the town.
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Sweet Suites: Sutton Place Hotel plans Royal Suite reno (with video)
In our ongoing quest to see how the other half lives, at least while visiting Edmonton, we’re sneaking peeks at our city’s most luxurious hotel suites.
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Secondary-suite plebiscite possible, but not necessary: Nenshi
Mayor Naheed Nenshi says council remains out-of-step with public sentiment on making secondary suites legal across the city and while he’s not opposed to putting the matter to a plebiscite, that wouldn’t be his first choice.
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Nenshi backs off push to ease limits on secondary suites in favour of broader affordable housing plan
With a now-smaller bloc of councillors in favour of full eradication of zoning limits on secondary suites, Mayor Naheed Nenshi said he’ll make suite reform a mere plank in a broader housing program.
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Garage suite sites further restricted through regulation changes
During the final meeting of their terms, Tuesday night, Sylvan Lake councillors:
• passed a bylaw to amend the land use bylaw to create garage suite regulations.
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Security suites considered for business service districts
The city is considering allowing security suites for personnel in business service districts.
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Ward 2 candidates grilled over secondary suites
As a district of post-oil-boom communities perched away from colleges, universities and rapid transit, Ward 2 has few secondary suites.
Many residents want to keep it that way.
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Illegal suites outnumber approved accomodations
Legal secondary suites are on the rise in Calgary but are still dwarfed by the number of illegal operators evading red tape and high costs of renting by the book.
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Council takes steps toward creating more rental units in flooded areas
In hopes of making it easier to create new rental units amid the post-flood housing shortage, council wants to waive the fee for new secondary suite rezonings.
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