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LETTERS: Preserve neighbourhoods in the 500 Lot Area of Charlottetown and other letters

Preserve 500 Lot neighbourhoods

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The 500 Lot Area is listed by the National Trust for Canada as one of the country’s Top 10 Endangered Places – status: “immediate threat.” Unchecked, proposed changes to the zoning and development (Z and D) bylaw could enable further disruption and demolition of parts of Charlottetown’s oldest, historic established residential neighbourhoods.

If you live south of Euston Street, have invested considerable time, energy and/or money, restoring these older homes and in the process enhancing the streetscapes in downtown neighbourhood zones (maybe receiving a heritage award from the city for your efforts), you may find your property and block rezoned to downtown mixed use (DMU). The DMU zone allows four-storey buildings with commercial ground floor uses (e.g., eating, drinking and entertainment establishments, clubs, shopping centre, offices). Unless properties have an individual heritage designation or are part of a heritage preservation area, it seems there will be no protection from potential........

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