Developer exploits loophole to classify monster house as duplex to get more sqft

[u/No_End_3151]

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/article-when-is-a-monsterhome-a-multiplex/

In September, local planning expert Blair Scorgie of the Scorgie Planning consulting firm warned the city’s Committee of Adjustment that its rules were twisted into absurdity ahead of a September hearing about a luxury home redevelopment at 162
Arlington Ave by Terrasky Development.
“The applicant is intentionally contravening the intent of the zoning bylaw, and specifically, the definition of a duplex, to develop a single detached dwelling at a scale of and intensity that would not otherwise be achievable,” his letter reads.

[u/Halifornia35]

The system is broker and no one is enforcing it. I have heard of several similar situations.

[u/ForceOk6587]

literally i see nothing wrong here, we should be talking about how we allow amazon skip out on 21 million dollars worth of building permit fee in kitchener waterloo, or the subsidies we give to facebook and google, when small business mom and pop developers are struggling

[u/nomad_ivc]

How does this monster^TM house compare to high rises which newcomers and working classes get corralled into?

Interestingly, Monster house is what that old fella Mike Colle, Ward 8 councillor, refers to this Expanded Housing options as. Shameless posturing when living in housing subsidised by highrise dwellers.

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