A few points made by someone from the community association (I couldn't catch her name as she was a bit of a mumbler).
- - The developer originally offered 4, 6 and 8 storey building options for the condos but the neighbours only approved a four storey building. They were concerned about being overlooked although it was pointed out during the presentation that the building stood 150 feet from the adjacent townhouses and would be masked by the mature trees that would remain on the property.
- There are still a couple of other buildings proposed for the site (but not part of this rezoning request) and one is currently pencilled in at eight stories. The community association went on record denouncing the height claiming "the building would overwhelm Royal Oak village that they've been working so hard to create".
Doesn't it make sense to have people living close to your 'village'? I don't get the community association's desire to keep the height at four stories and therefore endorse sprawl and vehicular traffic to the 'village'. How would an eight storey building ruin the ambiance of sitting in Tim's Horton's overlooking the parking lot?