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The GR3 zone was designed to allow for existing singles, semi‘s, duplex‘s, tnt"flex’s, and apartments up t6 four stories in heighdta::dnllm townhouse development, whereas the GR zone not. | Councilbeammudaboutthhckofheightnm-iefion humnth,whmnwnaiood'vdrlpplkdwmoma portion of his land at 405 Erb St. V . to permit a sixâ€"story W%Mflflud&t&u’i&li’lwn that location had already been zoned GR, allowing for a building of any height. Instead, ‘council voted not to rezone theremainingpufion_hnd,agduihomtipnkeddty MWAMWW . After Sherifali appealed council‘s to the ;Ontario Municipal Board, he to the city for permission to build a nineâ€"storey apartment ing on his Erb Steet land. _ _ Real estate agent Jack Redmond, representing Sherifali at Mm,nfiwthimnhm.bmm”&ru » ' â€" flmhdwb&mwwnfl,ufimm to come with a viable plan satisfactory to all involved. * Coliiaznes 5;; %?‘ Li , ’ + 7 ‘m;’”fii k x | §3 K ‘ Waterloo City councillors are hoping to remedy what they feel to be a flaw in zoning bylaws on Erb Street between Fisherâ€" Hallman Road and Amos Avenue. Council voted unaminously Monday to have city staff begin work on an amendment to the bylaw which now zones most of Erb Street as General Residence (GR). The present bylaw does not restrict height or density, but establishes certain performance requirements for parking, landscaped open spaces and setbacks. Cmmdlhopestoreplacethemningbthwith GR3 zoning, which permits apartments, but imposes a height restrictions, reoogm the need for lower intensity development in residential areas. New zoning will restrict Erb St. building height ASTCC EL restricti buildm‘eonwfl'nonl. e 98 i¢ answers to the student housing ikept â€" properties, increased Soteg and trufle problems. Moms: while, university students, facing & contentious issue in Waterloo. argue nei hoods are deteriorating because private homes are being converted to student housing, which results in mg‘““"" mml&_ws been use by distinguishing between related and unrelated occupants. On the agenda for discussion at that Oct. 11 meeting will be a planning department report, preâ€" sented to council Monday, which offered several methods for limitâ€" ing building conversions. City council was forced to reexaâ€" mine ways it could restrict the conversion of singleâ€"family homes into student boarding houses, after the province struck down its original bylaw, which regulated Waterloo city council will again tackle the offâ€"campus student housing problem October 11, when several hundred people are expected to attend an information meeting in the auditorium of Waterloo collegiate institute. Council plans meeting to examine student housing ; rather it talks about how the city could pursue alternaâ€" tives that would retain the stipuâ€" lations of its original bylaw withâ€" out using illegal terminology and how the original bylaw be rewritâ€" ten with all references to related or unrelated persons removed. The report concluded that opâ€" tions to address the provincial legislation are limited since £E, WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 1980 â€" PAGE 3 The Oct. 11 information meetâ€" ing at Waterloo Collegiate begins at 7:30 p.m. A formal public hearing will take place in Waterâ€" loo council chambers at 7:30 p.m., Au aa many of the methods of regulaâ€" tion would equally affect large unrelated group occupancies as well as families.