East Village Information Session This Week

The City of Calgary and Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC) are hosting an information session at the Simmons Building (618 Confluence Way SE) on Thursday February 4 from 4 - 8 p.m.  The session is a chance for officials to present proposed amendments to the Calgary Land Use Bylaw and to the East Village Redevelopment Plan - and also to answer any questions from members of the public. 

When the new Land Use Bylaw was first approved in 2007, it wasn't able at the time to include important Centre City areas like East Village, the Beltline and the Downtown since the plans for these areas were still in the works.  Since then, some policy plans have been developed and approved and new land use districts have been created (such as for the Beltline area) which are now included in the bylaw.  And other areas such as East Village are still regulated primarily by land use districts based on the old Land Use Bylaw.  This information session is necessary to discuss amendments to the land use bylaw so that all districts are on the same page - to come into alignment with the new Land Use Bylaw.  It's all about consistency.  

The following key amendments are required in the new land use districts proposed for East Village:  

*  Rules for maximum building heights governing high rise and mid-rise building types to acknowledge evolution in higher density built forms, technologies and styles

* Introduce greater flexibility to requirements for main floor building uses and placement of uses within blocks and street frontage areas 

*  Revise lists of permitted and discretionary uses to maintain consistency with Bylaw 1P2007 (this is what the newest Land Use Bylaw is called) terminology and the master plan

*  Replace parking rules to maintain consistency with vehicle and bicycle parking rules in other Centre City districts 

*  Replace landscaping rules and requirements to maintain consistency with landscaping rules in other Centre City districts 

*  Addition of definitions to describe and regulate development in the vicinity of unique place-making features in the East Village Master Plan, such as the mews pedestrian corridor and the "Riff" mixed-use activity area 

*  Administrative amendments to the land use districts for East Village are now required to bring them into alignment with Bylaw 1P2007 and maintain consistency with the  master plan for East Village

Everyone is welcome to attend tomorrow's session and staff will be available to answer questions.  For maps and more information about the session, please click here. 

In the meantime, if you're interested to hear more about the Calgary Municipal Land Corporation's vision of the East Village Redevelopment, you should check out this video.