It was almost a foregone conclusion that Calgary city council would vote last week to repeal their predecessors’ move to implement blanket rezoning.

Bubbling discontent over the change propelled many campaigns ahead of October’s civic election, with many current council members promising at the time to revisit housing policies in established neighbourhoods.

Even with the housing policy reset, a number of councillors and Mayor Jeromy Farkas have openly stated Calgary still needs better rules to govern growth in older neighbourhoods.

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As they search for yet another solution that leaves fewer people unhappy, the constraints they face are very similar.

There remains an expressed desire to allow for something other than small, single-family homes on large lots close to commercial areas, near transit hubs, and along major bus and CTrain corridors.

Perhaps the city will consider tweaking maximum height of buildings and lot coverage. They might limit where row housing is allowed by default.

But there are only so many ways to accomplish this.

And remember that even under the old zoning policy Calgary is going back to, it was always possible to rezone a........

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