Residential Infill Working Group

01/27/2026

Jan Jan Hardstaff

The City is asking for Feedback to Proposed Changes to the RS Small Scale Residential Zone for Infill. Provide your feedback to the survey before Thursday, January 29.
https://www.edmonton.ca/residential_neighbourhoods/development-in-your-neighbourhood/infill-changes-feedback

In areas with detached buildings and rear alleys require two development boxes, a slightly larger one for front principal dwellings and slightly smaller one in the rear for a garage with or without backyard housing. Splitting the site coverage between front and rear buildings reduces building volume and massing and also achieves better building and green space alignment along the block.

For more information, see the first comment below.

01/27/2026

Jan Hardstaff

The city is asking for Feedback to Proposed Changes to the RS Small Scale Residential Zone for Infill. Participate in the survey before Thursday, January 29.
https://www.edmonton.ca/residential_neighbourhoods/development-in-your-neighbourhood/infill-changes-feedback
For more information, see comments.

01/27/2026

Jan Hardstaff

Provide your feedback to Proposed Changes to the RS Small Scale Residential Zone and Council's November 19 Motion requesting options to maintain & retain private tree canopy. City Administration is not recommending. a Private Tree Protection Bylaw. Complete the Survey by Thursday, January 29. https://www.edmonton.ca/residential_neighbourhoods/development-in-your-neighbourhood/infill-changes-feedback
More information provided in the comments.

01/27/2026

Jan Hardstaff

Provide your feedback to Proposed Changes to the RS Small Scale Residential Zone and the November 19 Council's motion to provide options to maintain and retain mature tree canopy. Fill out the survey by Thursday, January 29.
https://www.edmonton.ca/residential_neighbourhoods/development-in-your-neighbourhood/infill-changes-feedback
More information provided in the comments.

01/27/2026

Jan Hardstaff

Be sure to provide feedback to Proposed Changes to RS Small Scale Residential Infill before Thursday, January 29. https://www.edmonton.ca/residential_neighbourhoods/development-in-your-neighbourhood/infill-changes-feedback

The new RS Zone reduced the Minimum Front Setback to 4.5 m from the front property line to the building and the Minimum Rear Setback to 10 m from the property line to the rear of the building. This allows all the site coverage to be applied to a single development box. Long development walls project well beyond the front of neighbouring homes, including these two recently built infill homes. This creates increased negative impacts of massing and disrupts building alignment.
See comments for more information.

01/27/2026

The city is asking for Feedback to Proposed Changes to the RSM Zone and District Policy. Complete the survey before Thursday, January 29. https://www.edmonton.ca/residential_neighbourhoods/development-in-your-neighbourhood/infill-changes-feedback

There have been many rezonings from RS to RSM across the city within neighbourhoods. Proposed changes could make boundaries of nodes and corridors clearer. City Administration is recommending a change to the RSM Zone to limit it to nodes and corridors and to rename it the Small to Medium Scale Zone.

More information in the comment below.

01/27/2026

Let the city know what you think of Proposed Changes to the RS Small Scale Residential Zone. Complete the survey before this Thursday, January 29! https://www.edmonton.ca/residential_neighbourhoods/development-in-your-neighbourhood/infill-changes-feedback

July 8 amendments only reduced building length about 11%. This recently approved infill still sits 6.25 m beyond the front of the neighbour's home and 7.12 m beyond the rear. The building volume or Floor Area to Site Area Ratio of the infill is more than 4x that of neighbouring homes. See comments for more information.

01/27/2026

Be sure to provide feedback to Proposed Changes to RS Small Scale Residential Infill before Thursday, January 29. https://www.edmonton.ca/residential_neighbourhoods/development-in-your-neighbourhood/infill-changes-feedback

The new RS Zone reduced the Minimum Front Setback to 4.5 m from the front property line to the building and the Minimum Rear Setback to 10 m from the property line to the rear of the building. This allows all the site coverage to be applied to a single development box. Long development walls project well beyond the front of neighbouring homes, including these two recently built infill homes. This creates increased negative impacts of massing and disrupts building alignment.
See comments for more information.

01/27/2026

Provide your feedback to Proposed Changes to the RS Small Scale Residential Zone for infill before Thursday, January 29.
https://www.edmonton.ca/residential_neighbourhoods/development-in-your-neighbourhood/infill-changes-feedback

Reducing the number of dwellings and height are fine. However thus will not be sufficient to reduce the negative impacts of significantly greater build volume imposed on neighbouring homes by this monolithic 8 plex Row Housing.

More information provided in comments.

01/27/2026

Provide your feedback to Proposed Changes to the RS Small Scale Residential Zone and the November 19 Council's motion to provide options to maintain and retain mature tree canopy. Fill out the survey by Thursday, January 29.
https://www.edmonton.ca/residential_neighbourhoods/development-in-your-neighbourhood/infill-changes-feedback
More information provided in the comments.

01/27/2026

Provide your feedback to Proposed Changes to the RS Small Scale Residential Zone and Council's November 19 Motion requesting options to maintain & retain private tree canopy. City Administration is not recommending. a Private Tree Protection Bylaw. Complete the Survey by Thursday, January 29. https://www.edmonton.ca/residential_neighbourhoods/development-in-your-neighbourhood/infill-changes-feedback
More information provided in the comments.

01/27/2026

The city is asking for Feedback to Proposed Changes to the RS Small Scale Residential Zone for Infill. Participate in the survey before Thursday, January 29.
https://www.edmonton.ca/residential_neighbourhoods/development-in-your-neighbourhood/infill-changes-feedback
For more information, see comments.