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I haven’t read anything outside of what’s written in the article, so I don’t know the specific details. The image that came to mind were indeed those N1-N3 zones where the side streets are packed with cars all year long lol and every other neighbour has interlock replacing their front lawn.
I am in favour of the ease of creating businesses in mixed-use neighbourhoods. I think I was driving through the Ottawa West region a while ago and thought you just don’t get those small businesses peppered about in suburban areas, so that’d be a welcome change.
Fair enough, yeah those streets can be problematic. I think the fact that there are so many winter parking ban tickets show how problematic on street parking is.
I'm not sure what a good solution to this is, but I think the current minimum parking reqs have not made complete market sense with the value of land. I think there is a healthier balance than what we are currently doing.