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+n 2. Cities are constantly changing and evolving. We live differently than we did 50 years ago, and many of our homes are becoming multigenerational again. 4 1 - neighborhoods change, we need to embrace change instead of trying legislate against it. +7 1. Many of those "quaint" single story homes are dangerously outdated. They are not up to code. We should not put even more barriers in the way of people updating homes. +6 1) Esp given the housing crisis, homeowners should certainly be able to add a 2nd story, or (property space permitting) add a guest house. How can we allow 4-5 story apartment monstrosities, and *not* allow a homeowner to have a 2 -story home, to accommodate a growing family?! Or even rent out a guest house. +5 1. We need to build tall. It's ridiculous to keep things single story. [] 2 - When the land is worth $1 million dollars, how do you tell someone they can't build the house they want? At the end of the day council needs to declare that the rules are going to change well ahead of making a change, if this is important to the community, but the reality is RWC needs to become a big city over the next 50 years or the Peninsula will only be an enclave for the extremely rich. +s 1 We need more housing and should be encouraging homeowners to build and update their homes, not trying to further restrict what an owner can do with their property. +c, 1 these regulations are aimed at artificially limiting the housing supply. It's classic NIMBYism. +4 1. Strongly oppose. We should in fact remove all height restrictions and allow very tall buildings to replace single story homes. Sorry neighborhoods; life changes. We should encourage the densest housing structures available. +4 1 we have a housing crisis and enough building codes restricting development of houses Neighbourhoods are getting stale and it is difficult for home owners to build onto their existing properties. We should remove these restrictions and allow more flexibility to support the middle class instead of trying to preserve the "look" of the neighbourhood for some people.