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Site alteration by-law review

New updated content: 2024-11-25 12:23:33 The revised Site Alteration By-law was passed on October 16. Despite staff’s initial recommendations and our representations in support, the By-law has in fact been weakened by reducing the limit of peri-urban area, the only rural area where the By-law applies, to 1 km from urban boundary from 2 km in the original version of the By-law. The proposal to extend its natural environment protection

Paul Johanis November 25, 2024 November 25, 2024

Conditions and fees for one off urban expansion applications

New updated content: 2024-11-25 12:23:33 The City has published its response to the change in the PPS that allows for individual applications for expansions of the urban boundary outside of the 5-year Comprehensive review cycle. To their credit they have set fairly onerous conditions and stiff fees for proponents to avail themselves of this new provision. This is in line with the GA’s stated position on this policy change when

Paul Johanis November 25, 2024 November 25, 2024

Official Plan Monitoring Report

New updated content: 2024-11-25 12:23:30 The City is developing indicators and metrics to track the progress of implementing the new Official Plan. The GA put forward the request for the OP targets for canopy cover, access to greenspace and no net loss of rural wetlands and forest cover be included in the regular monitoring.

Paul Johanis November 25, 2024 November 25, 2024

Omnibus amendment to the new Official Plan

New updated content: 2024-10-21 11:07:37 An omnibus Official Plan Amendment (OPA) was to be considered at Planning and Housing Committee on August 28. The GA made a submission regarding the specific issue of Country Lot Subdivisions, which led to a meeting with the lead planner to further elaborate on the issue. We later learned that the Omnibus OPA will be brought to Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee on October 3

Paul Johanis November 21, 2024 July 16, 2025

PPS 2024

New updated content: 2024-11-21 11:07:37 The latest version of the PPS has been published, incorporating changes and revisions based on the several changes to legislation and policies made by the provincial government over the last few years to boost housing supply, often to the detriment of environmental and natural heritage. An analysis of the new PPS will need to be made to identify and assess these impacts locally.

Paul Johanis November 21, 2024 November 21, 2024

Bill C-73, Nature Accountability Act and Nature Strategy

New updated content: 2024-09-24 15:44:20 Stephen gave an update on the tabling of Bill C-73 in the House of Commons in June. This bill will likely be debated in the fall session, which will provide an opportunity to comment. The accountability framework and strategy would be key elements in meeting the 30% by 2030 nature conservation target adopted in COP 15. The strategy also includes a target for the restoration

Paul Johanis September 24, 2024 November 26, 2024

Ottawa Wildlife Strategy

New updated content: 2024-04-15 08:20:13 City of Ottawa Wildlife Strategy The City of Ottawa is reviewing its Wildlife Strategy. This strategy covers mostly the issue of resident-wildlife interactions, not the broader issue of wildlife conservation and biodiversity. The current policy, which dates from 2013, is considered regressive, involving mostly trapping and removal and in the case of beavers, habitat destruction. GA member Ottawa Carleton Wildlife Centre has been very active

Paul Johanis April 15, 2024 September 30, 2024

Ontario Bill 185

New updated content: 2024-04-15 08:20:13 Ontario Bill 185 Just this week, the Province has announced yet another omnibus bill to spur more rapid residential construction, walking back some provisions of previous housing bills, bringing back provisions previously dropped in similar earlier bills and other general flailing around to address housing supply. There has been no time to analyze the new Bill more carefully but one provision that stands out is

Paul Johanis April 15, 2024 September 30, 2024

Ontario Bill 97

New updated content: 2023-04-17 12:18:14 The GA participated in a workshop on the Transportation Master Plan sponsored by POP and led by the FCA. It was held on April 15 at the Jack Purcell Community Centre and was attended by about 40 people. The meeting of the Transportation Committee at which the TMP was to be considered was pushed forward to April 17 from April 20, leaving very little time

Paul Johanis April 17, 2023 August 30, 2024

A plethora of unsavory bills

With their new majority, the Conservatives unleashed a barrage of new legislation chipping away at representative municipal government and laying siege to the province’s natural heritage, under the subterfuge of more housing, quicker. Bill 109, the More Homes for Everyone Act, 2022 was introduced on March 30, 2022 and received Royal Assent on April 14, 2022. It mostly imposed fixed deadlines for city approvals of planning applications, with fines for

Erwin Dreessen January 14, 2023 June 24, 2024

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