Policies & Threats Related to Greenspaces
A draft report (8.3 MB) became available on May 3, 2016. The final report (9.2 MB) became available on September 7 and was the subject of a staff presentation (43 slides, 3.1 MB) at Planning Committee on September 13. It does not appear to vary much from the draft report. (The staff report is here.) The key finding remains that Ottawa has enough Employment Lands (read: Business Parks) to meet
August 4, 2016 The long anticipated process to reform the Ontario Municipal Board got under way at the end of June 2016. Here is the government’s information page: http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/Page14965.aspx. In this round, the Ministry sought feedback on six specific aspects: jurisdiction and powers; meaningful citizen participation and local perspective; clear/predictable decision making; hearing procedures and practices; alternative dispute resolution; and timely processes and decision making. In earlier submissions, the Greenspace
The proponent appealed to the OMB because the City had not acted in time on his applications for a Zoning By-law Amendment (ZBA) and approval of a draft Plan of Subdivision (PoS). This led to an OMB hearing in April 2015. – Days before the hearing started, staff recommended refusal of the Zoning By-law Amendment (ZBA) and draft Plan of Subdivision (PoS) — April 2015 — Stittsvillecentral.ca [April 11, 2015]
8 January 2014 The Greenspace Alliance today submitted responses to the questions posed by the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing about its (.) Land Use Planning and the Appeal System; and (.) the Development Charges System. The consultation documents are available from here. Key points: On Land Use Planning and the Appeal system: + All applications pertaining to a given property should move through the review and approval/rejection
May 26, 2007 The Ontario Municipal Board devoted four days (May 22 to 25, 2007) to a hearing on the merits of a motion by Tartan and the City to dismiss our appeals of two zoning by-laws. The Member is Marc Denhez. We are very fortunate to have been represented at this hearing by Linda McCaffrey, Director of the University of Ottawa’s Environmental Law Clinic, who is providing pro bono
