Zoning

Recent stories about zoning


Paper take-out bag from A&W on the grass next to some leaves
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Calls for public engagement: Single-use items, Windsor Park rezoning

Here are opportunities to help shape municipal planning about single-use items, housing, zoning, and more. Please only answer surveys from the municipality where you live.

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City council in council chambers.
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On the agenda: Fall budget adjustment, carbon emissions, Clareview tower

This week, council will debate a proposed tax increase for 2025, consider changes to the zoning bylaw, and discuss a proposed tower near Clareview Transit Centre.

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Traffic moving down a central Edmonton street in the evening
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Calls for public engagement: Priority growth, urban ag, heritage assets

Here are opportunities to help municipalities prioritize rezoning measures, plan urban agriculture, manage heritage assets, and more. Please only answer surveys from the municipality where you live.

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Garbage and compost bins in an alley in Old Strathcona.
city council zoning

On the agenda: Garneau rezoning, utility rate changes, council office budget

This week, council will discuss an application to rezone land in Garneau, possible updates to utility rates, and its shared budget for office personnel.

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Screenshot of the search function on the City of Edmonton's main online maps tool
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Calls for public engagement: Map tool, Strathcona County election, Vision Zero

Here are opportunities to help municipalities create better tools, plan elections, evaluate street safety measures, and more. Please only answer surveys from the municipality where you live.

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A photo of a worker installing solar panels in the Ottewell neighbourhood of Edmonton
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City proposes weaving climate action into zoning bylaw

Edmonton has proposed amending the zoning bylaw to require all new buildings to be constructed in ways that make them ready to add solar power and electric vehicle chargers, among several other changes.

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A petrochemical plant, with more industrial development in the background
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Calls for public engagement: Non-residential waste, spa rezoning, St. Albert budget

Here are opportunities to help inform municipal decision-making for rezonings, waste services, budgeting, and more. Please only answer surveys from the municipality where you live.

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A backyard suite that is under construction.
housing zoning

Edmonton on track to approve one garden suite a day in 2024

A backyard housing advocate said he expects the City of Edmonton to issue one new backyard suite permit every day this year, thanks to a combination of revamped zoning and new loan products.

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Satellite view of the Brander Gardens neighbourhood, showing the location of Soaring Lands site just east of the North Saskatchewan River
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Calls for public engagement: Rezonings, Nordic spa, 311

Here are opportunities to help inform municipal decision-making for important rezonings, 311 services, and more. Please only answer surveys from municipalities where you are a resident.

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