Council ready to rewrite rules for new highrise towers across Edmonton

City council is poised to revamp a part of the zoning bylaw that will make it dramatically easier to build modest highrise towers in many parts of the city.
Both community groups and developers spoke in favour of the new plan at council’s urban planning committee Tuesday morning, asking for slight changes but endorsing the general city vision.
The new plan would apply to high-density areas such as Garneau and Oliver. These sites are specifically zoned RA9, and also found near transit centr