Rezoning for housing

Rezoning for Housing

Calgary needs more homes. Citywide rezoning will help increase supply.

We’re collecting feedback on small scale housing in residential areas through the City Building Program engagement on the new Zoning Bylaw

  • The Guide for Small Scale Housing: Rowhouse, Townhouse and Front-Back Semi-detached Developments (The Guide) is being created to provide clarity and help enhance the design of rowhouse, townhouse and front-back semi-detached housing in Calgary’s developed residential areas.
  • It will emphasize improving site layout, building design, landscape design and amenity space to create high-quality and sustainable living environments.
  • Engagement will take place from May 5-31, 2025
  • The feedback received will be used to inform The Guide and the new Zoning Bylaw.
  • To learn more about the project visit The Guide for Small Scale Housing

Resources

What is rezoning?

Whether it’s residential, mixed-use, industrial, or commercial, every property is zoned to indicate what kind of development is allowed to be built on the property. Rezoning happens when a property owner wishes to develop something besides what is currently allowed under the existing zoning. 

What we are doing

We are taking action to address the housing crisis. The goal is to increase the supply of housing to help improve affordability and meet demand.

We are implementing five actions outlined in the Home is Here: The City of Calgary’s Housing Strategy 2024-2030 (approved by Council in September 2023):

  1. Rezone to a new base residential district (zone), Residential – Grade-Oriented (R-CG) or Residential – Low-Density Mixed Housing (R-G) to allow for a greater variety of housing options.
  2. Rezone to Housing – Grade-Oriented (H-GO) in approved Local Area Plans where appropriate.
  3. Allow both a secondary suite and a backyard suite on the same property.
  4. Remove parking requirements for backyard suites.
  5. Add Contextual Single-Detached Dwelling to R-CG, to ensure development rights are maintained.

 

Council’s decision on Rezoning for Housing

On May 14, 2024, City Council voted to approve citywide rezoning with amendments. Read the minutes from the Council meeting here.

View video and presentations from the
April 22 - May 14 meeting here.

Reports

Administration presented to the Calgary Planning Commission on March 7, 2024. The report, attachments (7.2.4, LOC2024-0017) and recorded meeting are available online.

Meeting report and recording

The What We Heard report for our information and education activities is now complete. Click the links to view the report, as well as the verbatim comments we received.

What We Heard Report Verbatim Comments
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