Category: POLICY

New updated content: 2026-02-02 16:01:17 The GA reviewed the proposed conversions under the new Bylaw for areas currently zoned as Environmental Protection and Open spaces. The Chair reported on the content of GA delegation for the December 17 meeting of the Joint Planning and ARAC committee meeting. The GA is in general agreement with the new Zoning Bylaw overall but objects to Development Reserve Zoning for two greenspace parcels owned

New updated content: 2025-10-06 11:40:25 The third and final draft of the new Zoning Bylaw has been released by the City and is now subject to public consultation. The GA’s main interest in the review of the ZBL is to ensure that it facilitates intensification so as to prevent future expansions of the urban boundary into the rural area, balanced by zoning conditions that preserve trees and greenspace. At a

New updated content: 2025-08-13 11:50:43 After review, the GA supported the POP submission on Draft 2 of the new Zoning Bylaw, in particular those sections that deal with the preservation of trees and greenspace. This submission was sent to the City on July 7 and is posted on the POP website. In response to a full-page article in the Ottawa Citizen featuring Jason Burgraaf, the Executive Director of the Greater