This has been an issue for a long time and one of the reasons I think there is a stigma against families living in apartments. I've been going to zoning meetings recently and one of the main things I hear is "we need single family housing because we want families to live in the neighbourhood!". Why can't families also live in apartments or condos? Hopefully changes like this can be implemented and create these options!
I'm glad that most of these got approved, we need more of density in the city. I kind of wish there were more walk-up and small businesses inside neighbourhoods though, but that's a different issue.
Also, the fact that they rejected one of the proposals shows that they don't just rubber stamp everything lol