Policies & Threats Related to Greenspaces
Once again, hearings which were scheduled to take two weeks, were disposed of in a 20-minute teleconference call on June 11, 2019. Settlement with all appellants had been presented to Council on March 6 (Item 23) and April 10 (Item 1). On the appeals of OPA 179 (Significant Woodlands), the settlement involved a change from 40 to 60 years as the minimum age of an urban woodlot to be designated
The pre-hearing conference of May 22 was over within the hour. The main business was the City’s motion to settle all appeals related to “Building Heights and Design.” This was presented to Planning Committee on April 11, 2019 (item 8) and endorsed by City Council on April 24 (item 20). The City could now announce that the last appellant (Bridgeport) had withdrawn its appeal and that settlement had been reached
New updated content: 2019-02-25 08:51:32 The City has followed through with the settlement measure that was discussed at our September 18 2018 meeting with them. They have agreed to show the greenspace linkages, established in OPA 76 as a result of an earlier settlement of a GA appeal, in a new non-binding Annex 16 to the Official Plan. This satisfies our settlement proposal and we now await formal documentation and
In a session that lasted less than two hours, the City presented two settlements that had been reached with various appellants: One party’s appeal of OPA 180 and a large number of OPA 150 appeals by the Greater Ottawa Homebuilders Association (GOHBA) and the Building Owners and Management Association (BOMA). The settlements had previously been presented to Planning Committee and approved by Council on October 10. (Also recall the related
The Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT, formerly OMB) held another pre-hearing conference last Friday morning. Its main outcome is that the dates are set for hearings of the various appeals of OPA 150/140/179/180, the cluster of Comprehensive Official Plan review amendments: Appeals on Mineral Aggregates matters, which are expected to take only two days, will be heard on October 23 and 24, 2018. Other hearings will take place starting on
January 3 was booked as the first of three days for an Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) Pre-Hearing Conference to consider a raft of appeals on a long list of matters, but it was all over by 1 p.m. So while everything hummed along smoothly, the last hour produced a nasty surprise. At issue were the appeals of – OPA 150, approved by Council in December 2013 but derailed by the
Pre-hearing conference of January 3, 2018 Pre-hearing conference of May 4, 2018 The consolidated text of the Official Plan, as of October 2018 (PDF – 15 MB), annotated Pre-hearing conference of October 22, 2018 Pre-hearing conference of May 22, 2019 (includes Building Heights and Design settlement) Hearings (and links to the respective Procedural Order) + Mineral Aggregates – October 23-24, 2018 + Agricultural matters: March 4, 2019 (10 days) (PO) UPDATE:
The City of Ottawa proposes amendments to Schedule K (Environmental Constraints) of the Official Plan. Comments to the planner, Robin van de Lande, are due by February 28. His coordinates are in the attached document. Target date for consideration by Planning Committee is March 25, 2014. E.D. 12 February 2014 UPDATE The proposal was to define Schedule K in GIS terms rather than as a paper drawing. This amendment was
Adapted from our 2015-16 Annual Report: …by the end of 2013, the City proceeded with the revision of the Development Charges By-law, to be completed by June 2014 as prescribed by the Development Charges Act. The public was excluded from this process, despite a joint effort by the Alliance, the Federation of Citizens’ Associations (FCA) and the Healthy Transportation Coalition (media release of 31 March 2014). At the last minute
On November 22, as per instructions by Planning Committee on November 8, staff released an “omnibus motion” for consideration by Council at its meeting of November 26. These latest changes in staff’s proposals for amending the Official Plan contained a surprise in section 3.7.2 dealing with the policy on Country Lot Estates. In short, the City made a deal with Cavanagh: Cavanagh would drop its appeal of the 2009 Moratorium
