Zoning for Open Spaces
February 12, 2015 Here are my speaking notes for a brief presentation yesterday to the general meeting of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations. They are an attempt to answer the question whether Ottawa’s zoning by-laws help protect natural areas. The short answer is that they don’t: Zoning gives light-to-non-existing directional guidance to land use, at least when it comes to natural areas. Its connection with reality on the ground is often