# 2 storeys not 12

> I came across this poster -- related to this development application -- over the weekend: And I think it raises a number of important questions:Is 2 storeys appropriate for next to a subway station and next to an existing mid-rise building?Is a mid-rise building truly unprecedented in this context? See below.Are mid-rise homes inappropriate for "residential streets?"How does building height factor into flood plain concerns? Wouldn't lot coverage be more relevant?And when does a mid-rise ...

URL: https://paragraph.com/@brandondonnelly/2-storeys-not-12
Author: Brandon Donnelly
Published: January 8, 2023
Categories: 25-old-york-mills-road, agricola-church-condo, development, development-application, development-notice, development-poster, mobility, nimby, planning, urbanism, yimby, york-mills, york-mills-subway-station

I came across this poster -- related to this development application -- over the weekend:
And I think it raises a number of important questions:
Is 2 storeys appropriate for next to a subway station and next to an existing mid-rise building?

Is a mid-rise building truly unprecedented in this context? See below.

Are mid-rise homes inappropriate for "residential streets?"

How does building height factor into flood plain concerns? Wouldn't lot coverage be more relevant?

And when does a mid-rise become a "high-rise?"

For more context, here's the proposal and its immediate surroundings:
https://twitter.com/HousingNowTO/status/1557173774016995328?s=20&t=-I9yrZU8WNE__TVthtMPWg
I fully appreciate that there's little incentive to support new development in a place where you already live -- even if you happen to live in a similarly-scaled building across the street. And I am sure that I'll receive a number of emails following this post.
But optimizing the use of land around our existing transit stations is one of the best things we can do as city builders.
Update: I have redacted the contact information on the above poster.