Category: Development

Infill II By-Law Proposal Update

Infill 2 By-Law Update, 22 Feb 2015 for Champlain Park website

Heather Pearl and CoChair1, CPCA Co-Chairs, have been involved over the last several months in some multi-community discussions on the Infill 2 By-Law proposal (see CPCA website links to summary meeting notes at the bottom of this message). They also attended an information session offered by the Planning Department on Jan. 15.

Here are links from the City’s website to pertinent information on the proposed By-Law changes, which deal with height, massing, rear and side yards:

The provisions can be found at this link:

http://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/public-consultations/planning-and-infrastructure/january-2015-information-session

Other info can be found at this link:

http://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/public-consultations/low-rise-infill-housing-study-phase-2

We would like to draw your attention in particular to the discussion of “equitable massing”. This issue and related FCA resolutions (supported by CPCA) are described in Attachment 1 “Height and Equitable Massing” from the FCA Infill 2 Working Group’s Feb. 5 meeting notes. The CPCA executive has also voted to support the FCA resolutions.

The working group discussions highlighted the fact that each community’s character and development history affect their response to the Infill 2 By-law proposal. CoChair1 and Heather recently met with Councillor Jeff Leiper to discuss options that are appropriate and achievable for our community, including height reductions to 8.5 metres for both the R1 and the R2. We will be following up with Jeff and with the Planning Department. The Planning Department has a deadline of Feb. 27 for comments. Our letter will be posted.

Here are the documents related to the Infill 2 By-Law proposal that is scheduled to be heard at Planning Committee on April 14. The first attachment is a summary (the main text of this post). The other documents contain supplementary information related to multi-community discussions between community association planning and zoning reps.

Infill 2 By-Law Update 22Feb2015.pdf
150205 Final FCA Infill 2 Meeting Notes.pdf
150205 Final Attachment 1 Height and Equitable Massing.pdf
150205 Final Attachment 2 Projections Above Height.pdf
150205 Final Attachment 3 Corner Lots Provision.pdf
FCA Infill 2 WG MeetingNotes18Jan2015.pdf
Infill II Meeting Synopsis 150121.pdf
Presentation Flat vs Sloped 1412040001.pdf

196 Carleton Development Meeting – November 12 – Reminder & Update

Subject: 196 Carleton revised meeting notice
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 14:34:19 +0000
From: CoChair1

Please post and circulate revised notice, which notes concessions we achieved after discussions on Monday.

201411_196CarletonFrontPlan.jpg

Miroca Design invites Champlain Park residents to view and discuss their proposal to build a detached house at 196 Carleton Avenue.

Location: Champlain Park Field House
Date: Wed. Nov. 12
Time: 8:00 PM

Members of the Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA) Executive will attend this meeting. For updates, consult our website https://champlainpark.org/

Note that affected residents have already received a notice by mail from the Committee of Adjustment for a hearing scheduled on Nov. 19, 1 PM, 101 Centrepointe Drive. Minor variances for lot width and area, original variances for front yard set-back and porch projections; discussion with the CPCA Development Committee has resulted in a 2 foot reduction to the front foyer, which should now meet the 6 metre set-back requirements.

Agenda:

  • Presentation of the design
  • Question and Answer
  • Discussion

Champlain Park Community Association Contact: CoChair1 champlainpark@gmail.com

196 Carleton Committee of Adjustment Notice 19Nov2014.pdf

MeetingNotice196CarletonDevelopmentProposal revised.pdf

196 Carleton Development Meeting – November 12

201411_196CarletonFrontPlan.jpg

Miroca Design invites Champlain Park residents to view and discuss their proposal to build a detached house at 196 Carleton Avenue.

Location: Champlain Park Field House
Date: Wed. Nov. 12
Time: 8:00 PM

Members of the Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA) Executive will attend this meeting. For updates, consult our website https://champlainpark.org/

Note that affected residents have already received a notice by mail from the Committee of Adjustment for a hearing scheduled on Nov. 19, 1 PM, 101 Centrepointe Drive. Minor variances for lot width and area, front yard set-back and porch projections.

Agenda:

  • Presentation of the design
  • Question and Answer
  • Discussion

Champlain Park Community Association Contact: CoChair1 champlainpark@gmail.com

196 Carleton Committee of Adjustment Notice 19Nov2014.pdf

MeetingNotice196CarletonDevelopmentProposal.pdf

Re-Imagining the John A. Macdonald Parkway

Subject: Fw: [GA List] Re-Imagining the John A. Macdonald Parkway
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 23:45:35 -0400
From: Amy Kempster <amykempster@bell.net>

Thought this study might be of interest to our community. I suggest you post a notice that it is going on and suggest if anyone would like to respond they can contact the persons named in the letter of information

From: Erwin Dreessen
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 11:52 AM
To: Amy Kempster ; […]
Subject: FW: [GA List] Re-Imagining the John A. Macdonald Parkway

Would you prefer to provide a collective answer o.b.o. the Greenspace Alliance, or leave it to our individual initiatives? The original request was to the group. Erwin

From: green-news-request@greenspace-alliance.ca On Behalf Of Erwin Dreessen
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 5:06 PM
To: GA List
Cc: Alia Tulloch
Subject: [GA List] Re-Imagining the John A. Macdonald Parkway

A group of nine students in the School of Urban and Regional Planning at Queen’s University are completing a project course that focuses on re-imagining the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway (SJAM) as a linear park along the Ottawa River from LeBreton Flats to Mud Lake.

They would like to ask some questions about the SJAM Parkway, as well as to receive input on things you enjoy or value about the park, any challenges it currently presents, and any changes you’d like to see occur. Attached are:

You can send your answers (the PDF has fillable fields) and the consent form to Alia Tulloch <alia.tulloch@queensu.ca> (copied). Or you can fax the signed consent form to the School of Urban and Regional Planning (attn. Parkway Project Group) at 1-613-533-6905.

The supervisor of this project, by the way, is David Gordon. Some of you may remember him as one of the speakers at the NCC’s Greenbelt Visioning Workshop in November 2009, where he reportedly said that “some” development could be ok, while also advocating extending the GB to areas further out. (Neither of these ideas went anywhere as the Greenbelt Master Plan review proceeded: a very “green” vision of the Greenbelt was maintained but, except for reincorporating Leitrim Wetland, no major extensions were adopted.)

Hope some of you will wish to participate. I can find no deadline but imagine they want your answers pronto.

Erwin

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Have a friend who should subscribe to this List? Have him/her visit

http://www.greenspace-alliance.ca/mailing_list_signup !

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Amy Kempster Receives Award

Following up on the Annual General Meeting, here’s a photo of Amy receiving recognition for her work at the CPCA.

Amy Steele Kempster is awarded a plaque on October 16th 2014 by the Champlain Park Community Association for 30 years as a community volunteer with achievements in negotiations with NCC, as our contact with the Federation of Community Associations, and in keeping us updated on current issues through her column "Amy's Corner" in our neighbourhood newsletter. Way to go, Amy! Presenters are Carol Arnason and Dennis Van Staalduinen. Photo by John Arnason.
Amy Steele Kempster is awarded a plaque on October 16th 2014 by the Champlain Park Community Association for 30 years as a community volunteer with achievements in negotiations with NCC, as our contact with the Federation of Community Associations, and in keeping us updated on current issues through her column “Amy’s Corner” in our neighbourhood newsletter. Way to go, Amy! Presenters are Carol Arnason and Dennis Van Staalduinen. Photo by John Arnason.

2014 Planning Primer Program Registration

The course on learning about planning is open for registration, click here for the original press release.

Announcing Registration for the Planning Primer I Session

September 13 or 15, 2014

Location:
City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West
Colonel By Room, Second Floor
8:30 a.m. to noon

To register, e-mail primer@ottawa.ca no later than September 10, 2014. Seating is limited to 45 residents per session.

The Planning and Growth Management Department offers the Planning Primer Program to help residents become more aware of, and more involved in, the land-use planning process. The program is a series of half-day courses. Please see our schedule for other Primer courses.

To make the most of the information being presented, residents must attend the Primer I course before attending Primer II and attend both the Primer I and II courses before attending an elective course. The content of these Primer courses is the same as those offered in previous years. The courses are offered in English only.

Sign up for our e-newsletter to receive registration information.

Questions?
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Inscriptions à la séance de l’Abécédaire de l’aménagement I

Le 13 ou le 15 septembre 2014

Lieu :
Hôtel de ville, 110, avenue Laurier Ouest
Salle Colonel-By, 2e étage
De 8 h 30 à 12 h

Pour vous inscrire, veuillez envoyer un courriel à primer@ottawa.ca d’ici au 10 septembre 2014. Le nombre de places est limité à 45 par séance.

Le Service de l’urbanisme et de la gestion de la croissance propose le programme Abécédaire de l’aménagement dans le but d’aider les résidents à se familiariser avec le processus de planification de l’utilisation du sol et à s’y engager davantage. Ce programme est composé d’une série de cours d’une demi-journée. Consultez notre calendrier pour découvrir les autres cours d’Abécédaire de l’aménagement.

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Local Commercial Study Update

This is an update to a previously mentioned post.

Subj: Update – Local Commercial Study – City of Ottawa

Hello,

*please make sure that any reply is sent to Andrew.McCreight@ottawa.ca*

On behalf of Andrew McCreight (currently on vacation until Sept. 2), I wanted to take this opportunity to let you know that the website for the Zoning Study on Local Shops and Services (Local Commercial Study) has been updated following review of the online questionnaire and public comments received to date.

The update provides three new documents/links as follows:

· Questionnaire Results
o A summary of the results from the online questionnaire (Nov. 21 – Jan. 31)

· Candidate Sites and potential areas for rezoning
o A list of areas identified by questionnaire participants and location maps of candidate sites

· Potential Zoning Regulations
o Potential zoning regulations for two new zones that would permit commercial uses in residential areas.

Here are the links to the study website;
http://www.ottawa.ca/neighbourhoodstores
http://www.ottawa.ca/magasinsdequartier

The links included in the email below will bring you to the web-pages for the Local Commercial Study. Direct links (French and English) to the Consultation Update are attached below for your convenience:

http://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/public-consultations/zoning-study-local-shops-and-services-residential-neighbourhoods
http://ottawa.ca/fr/hotel-de-ville/consultations-publiques/etude-de-zonage-visant-les-boutiques-et-les-services-locaux

Members of the public and interested parties are encouraged to review the updates and to e-mail comments to Andrew.McCreight@ottawa.ca. Andrew is currently away on vacation returning September 2nd but will endeavour to respond to all comments.

Policy Development and Urban Design · City of Ottawa
110 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 1J1 · 613 580 2424 x28457