The City of Edmonton declined two proposed downtown bar applications on the grounds that both would interfere with the enjoyment of residents and the value of other properties in the neighbourhood.
In March, CK Design Associates Inc. applied for one neighbourhood pub and one nightclub in downtown Edmonton. The proposed neighbourhood pub would have been a 400-seat bar on the ground level of the Fox Two Condo Tower on 104 Street and 102 Avenue.
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Ward 6 city councillor Scott McKeen said the 104 Street pub proposal was simply too big for the area.
“I just think this is flat out the wrong proposal for the downtown and certainly for a street like this,” McKeen explained.
Residents of 104 Street said the pub would have altered the character and feel of the street.
Chris Vander Hoek, who has lived on 104 Street for about a year, would like to see development on the street but not the size of bar that was proposed.
“104 Street is already such a wide range of uses already and it can add a few more, but adding a few more as opposed to one more,” Vander Hoek said.
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The other proposal was for a 1,400-seat nightclub with live music at the former Mother’s Music site at 109 Street and 102 Avenue.
The city said in addition to interfering with the enjoyment and value of properties, the neighbourhood pub didn’t respect the Downtown Special Area Zoning regulation that walls with no windows be limited to a maximum length of six metres.
The city consulted with the public and reviewed the application against future planning and current neighbourhood character before making its decision.
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