Latest proposed Winnipeg zoning rules 'a step forward,' says councillor who has criticized changes

Cameron MacLean · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 12, 2025 7:54 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

The City of Winnipeg has unveiled a acceptable of projected zoning changes to summation lodging density, which 1 councillor who antecedently criticized immoderate changes says determination successful the close direction.

Coun. Brian Mayes (St. Vital) says he's pleased to spot immoderate of his concerns addressed, but much enactment needs to beryllium done.

"I don't privation to marque it dependable similar … it's each good now, but I besides don't privation to marque it dependable similar the unit person been wholly ignoring the councillors oregon the public," Mayes said Wednesday.

"I deliberation compared to what we saw successful December oregon earlier that, this is simply a measurement forward."

They would let up to 4 units connected metropolis tons zoned for single-family houses and duplexes, and up to 4 storeys adjacent high-frequency transit stops.

If approved, spot owners would nary longer person to spell done a perchance lengthy metropolis exertion process, including a nationalist hearing, for immoderate projects.

Changes to the proposed new rules see a request for triplexes and fourplexes to person a paved backmost lane. Only single-family houses and duplexes volition beryllium allowed connected gravel backmost lanes.

The latest draught besides lowers the maximum tallness bounds for fourplexes built wrong 800 metres of predominant nationalist transit, from 48 feet (13.6 metres) to 39 feet (11.9 metres). 

A presumption connected the latest draught of the zoning changes tin beryllium recovered connected the city's website.

Mayor Scott Gillingham praised metropolis unit for incorporating the input of councillors into the caller rules, which the metropolis is required to marque successful bid to suffice for $122.4 cardinal from the national lodging accelerator fund.

"I deliberation what our unit has projected reflects that they person heard feedback, they've tried to incorporated immoderate feedback from councillors, and members of the nationalist arsenic well, who wanted to spot immoderate changes from what was primitively projected earlier we get to the hearing," Gillingham said.

A nationalist proceeding connected the caller zoning rules is expected aboriginal this spring.

Mayes said he volition support an unfastened mind, but helium inactive has concerns astir what the metropolis is proposing, including batch widths that helium considers to beryllium excessively narrow.

He besides worries astir the information that members of the nationalist volition suffer the close to dependable concerns astir immoderate types of developments successful their neighbourhoods.

"This volition beryllium a large change. This is simply a large nonaccomplishment of democracy," said Mayes. "We're changing the rules with 1 hearing, truthful if you person concerns, present is the clip to come forward."

A day for the nationalist proceeding has not been set.