News & Announcements

On January 31, City Council will debate a response to Queen's Park about its new inclusionary zoning rules. I wrote during the holidays about inclusionary zoning and how the Provincial rules would render it essentially toothless in a ward like Kitchissippi. The proposed City response, while I may have some quibbles, addresses the key shortcomings: a requirement to subsidize the lost value to the developer of an affordable unit to the tune of 40%, and an exemption for rental housing. Take a look here or below.

The City of Ottawa will hold a public information session on Tuesday, February 6 on upcoming watermain work on Sherbourne Road. It will run from 6pm to 8pm in the Town Hall room of the Churchill Seniors Centre, 345 Richmond Road.

Here are the details from the flyer distributed to neighbourhood mailboxes:

Dear Resident,

The City of Ottawa would like to invite you to a Public Information Session to discuss an upcoming infrastructure project planned in your neighbourhood.

Domicile Developments have submitted a Zoning By-Law Amendment application, as well as Site Plan Control application, to permit and develop at 6-storey mixed use building at 398, 402 and 406 Roosevelt Ave. The proposed development includes two commercial units, 35 residential condominium units, and underground parking garage with 23 parking spaces, and a rear surface parking lot with nine spaces.

The owner of 174 Forward Avenue in Mechanicsville is seeking permissions including for an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment, and site plan to build an 8-storey, 24-unit apartment building with six parking spaces. The application is available on DevApps here.

The Ottawa Hospital's next consultation on its new location at the former site of the Sir John Carling building is set for January 31, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Landsdowne Park's Horticulture Building. This latest session will present an update on hospital services planned for the new campus and the background journey to an architectural design concept.

Zoning By-Law Amendment Application – 373 Princeton Ave
Wednesday, January 31, 6:00-8:00pm

Churchill Senior’s Centre

We invite you to drop-in and review the details for the Zoning By-Law Amendment for 373 Princeton Ave. This Zoning By-Law Amendment application is another piece of the overall project occurring on that site between Cornerstone Housing for Women and Uniform developments. You can read more about the Cornerstone Housing for Women component here:

Disappointingly, City planning staff have recommended that Council approve a zoning and Official Plan amendment for Rochester Field that would see future development in the park along Richmond Road.

I've attached a copy of the staff report below that will be published next week for the agenda of the January 23 Planning Committee.

By-law services has sent us their year-end wrap-up of calls for service. It's a fascinating scan though I haven't done an analysis of the numbers. You can see our ward-specific stats here and the city-wide stats here (or click either file below).

Last March, as part of the City's mid-term governance review, the City had proposed creating a new Planning Advisory Committee that would have been mostly made up of senior City staff and councillors. The Committee is a requirement of new legislation passed by the Province, and I and others were concerned that a top-heavy committee made up of more City people than residents wouldn't fulfill the spirit of Bill 73.

I want to thank the nearly 100 residents who came out last night to hear and provide feedback on Ashcroft’s proposal to partially demolish the Soeurs de la Visitation convent at the Qwest development on Richmond Road. We’ve attached the plans below, let us know if you have any issues opening them.