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Originally Posted by bcedhk
Where do you see info that says the existing city infrastructure will be able to meet the demand of this new infill policy? If a whole block were to be converted into multiple fourplex, I'm pretty sure that will require substantial upgrades to stormwater.
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When city staff were asked why they set the FAR to only 1.0 and not higher they said it was what the Engineering department said they could support without making changes to infrastructure. They got a lot of flak from housing advocates over this because they didn't even bother figuring out what would need to change if they aimed higher with FAR.
Daily Hive put it this way:
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City staff explained they are pursuing gentle densification due to the capacity limits of expanding underground infrastructure, particularly sewers. A density increase to 1.0 FAR is deemed to be reasonable, and accounts for both the increase in sewage from the new homes and future added storm water runoff from climate change.
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