Category: Comprehensive Zoning By-Law Review

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

New updated content: 2024-12-19 12:45:50 The Greenspace Alliance signed on to the Peoples Official Plan Coalition’s submission on Draft 1 of the new Comprehensive Zoning Bylaw. Much of the work on the submission was done by CAFE’s Tree Caucus, supplemented by contributions from POP members, including the GA. It is excellent work, which covered all the points that the Alliance wished to make, and more. Draft 2 of the new

New updated content: 2022-08-29 09:59:31 Comprehensive Zoning By-law review Paul provided an update on the pre-consultation work being done by a broad stakeholders group, which includes the GA and the FCA, on the Comprehensive Zoning By-law review. Three meeting have been held to date, each dealing with the potential trade-offs in the context of given high level zoning scenarios applicable to the area designated as Neighbourhood in the new Official