The question of whether neighbours were properly notified of an apartment rezoning in Glenmore was raised at city council鈥檚 Aug. 12 meeting.
The application was amended and adopted to allow a rental-only apartment project to move ahead.
Councillor Ron Cannan said he received several phone calls and emails from neighbours around the property at 1232 Glenmore Drive that they were unaware of the application.
鈥淚 looked at the site on the weekend and there was a small sign鈥here are three different sizes of signs under our policy and the smallest one was put on this property even though the property down the street with the same rezoning had a larger sign.鈥�
Coun. Mohini Singh also questioned the notification process
鈥淚鈥檇 like to have some answers too for the neighbourhood, transparency is what we campaigned on in the last election.鈥�
Cannan added that perhaps council might consider reviewing the city鈥檚 notification process.
鈥淲e鈥檙e only at 50-metre notification basis and we鈥檙e not even touching adjacent properties across the alley in this case.鈥�
Staff told council that proper procedures were adhered to.
鈥淭his follows the process council would have given in terms of initial consideration and then notice of first reading and the bylaw coming back for first three readings,鈥� City Clerk, Laura Bentley said.
She added that changes to policies or notification areas would require a separate discussion of council and are not related to one specific application.
