Update on Infill By-Law

Subject: FW: Update on Infill By-Law
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 02:02:18 +0000
From: CoChair1

This link is a good summary from the Ottawa Citizen of what transpired at Planning Committee on March 25.

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/search/Infill+guidelines+tentative+approval/9660668/story.html

The first 2 attached documents are the CPCA exec motion to support the revised by-law and the presentation given by CoChair1 at the Planning Committee meeting.

The 3rd document is the report by Planning and Growth Management that went to Planning Committee on March 25. The 4th document is the current version of the infill by-law.

Note that the strictest provisions between the original version of the infill by-law (2012) and the comprehensive zoning by-law (2008) are in effect until the revised by-law is reviewed and enacted by the OMB.

CoChair1, will attend a follow-up meeting organized by the Planning and Growth Management Department that includes some community representatives and representatives of the building/development community, to further refine the technical details of the By-law before it goes to City Council for final approval in May.

CoChair1
Co-Chair
Champlain Park Community Association
[Infill Example]

New Infill Housing and Conversions By-Law – Passed Committee Stage

Our councillor has an article about work on the new infill bylaw at:
http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e716e95bbc50cda804f90c666&id=0dbef5fa66

It’s the same thing discussed at a meeting last week.

I was there, and can say that those Westboro people were really annoyed at some of the infill projects which they think had gone too far (Kirchoffer Avenue was one example of less trees, more asphalt). Apparently parking problems divide families (garages, driveways, street parking, lack of green space), planning rules aren’t always enforced, trees get destroyed, and back yards aren’t as regulated as front yards. Though the new bylaw does fix some of the things (parking, landscaping, building and garage limits), but only for front yards.

The city planner’s presentation mentioned indirectly one trick to avoid the proliferation of driveways and asphalt in ever shrinking lot sizes: build over the driveway, giving more floor space for a given lot size. Another is to have a common driveway shared between multiple owners (cars parked at the rear or elsewhere). I suspect we’ll be seeing more of that type of architecture.

– Alex

New Infill Zoning By-laws – Meeting March 18

From: CoChair1
Subject: Infill and Powerpoint Presentations
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 03:16:14 +0000

Please see attached a meeting notice and background document, Planning Department’s Powerpoint Presentation and Streetscape Analysis form that demonstrates how the revised infill by-law for mature neighbourhoods proposes to address compatibility in mature neighbourhoods.

The by-law is under review and will go to Planning Committee on March 25, 2014.

Meeting Notice: New Infill Zoning By-laws

Tuesday, March 18, 2014
7:00 p.m.
Churchill Seniors Centre, 345 Richmond Road

Guest: Alain Miguelez
City of Ottawa Planning and Growth Management Department

Hosted by: Westboro Beach Community Association. WBCA have invited Champlain Park and other communities to attend. We will not have a separate meeting, so this is your opportunity to find out more.

Background:

Our neighbourhood, and other established neighbourhoods, have long complained about the lack of compatibility of new infill homes in mature neighbourhoods. The City has listened and over the past couple of years has undertaken to study infill, and to make changes to infill zoning by-laws.

The by-law that came into effect in May 2012 was appealed by the development industry, and a revised version is being presented to Planning Committee on March 25.

During the past months, Alain Miguelez, (Program Manager, Zoning, Intensification and Neighbourhoods, City of Ottawa) has provided numerous opportunities for communities and builders to work together with the Planning Department with the common goals of discussing, testing and improving the by-law provisions. CPCA Co-Chairs Heather Pearl and CoChair1 have participated in these consultations.

Heather and CoChair1 have also been part of a Federation of Citizens’ Association multi-community working group which provided feedback to Alain’s team. We have also communicated Champlain Park’s specific concerns and questions. Our focus has been on improving by-law provisions that help to preserve the greenspace and trees that are characteristic of our community.

The new zoning by-law will apply to all new home construction and to existing properties. They will apply to YOU if you plan renovations or additions to your home and will affect you as new infill continues to be built in our community.

Meeting Notice Infill I Alain Miguelez March 18 2014.pdf

STREETSCAPE CHARACTER ANALYSIS form v.03.pdf

Powerpoint Alain Feb 2014 Summary of Infill By-law to OSCA doc 4.pdf

Neighbourhood Line in addition to Zoning

Our councillor is trying to get a new type of development limit enacted, so that buildings dozens of stories tall don’t suddenly get built adjacent to a neighbourhood. This was prompted by the plan for a high-rise at 1050 Somerset (near the bridge over the railway tracks). Her newsletter has maps and details:

http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e716e95bbc50cda804f90c666&id=0eb0c4163f

Review of Provincial Policy Statements by FCA

Subject: FCA PPS Review Comparison of 2005-2012-2014 Versions
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:03:24 -0500 (EST)
From: Pearhea@aol.com

The Federation of Citizens Associations (FCA) has developed this table comparing the 2005 Provincial Policy Statement (PPS), the proposed revisions from 2012, and the final 2014 version which will replace the 2005 version on April 30, 2014.

The PPS is the statement of the government’s policies on land use planning. It applies province-wide and provides clear policy direction on land use planning to promote strong communities, a strong economy, and a clean and healthy environment.
Municipalities use the PPS to develop their official plans and to guide and inform decisions on other planning matters.
The PPS is issued under section 3 of the Planning Act and all decisions affecting land use planning matters “shall be consistent with” the Provincial Policy Statement.

More information on the PPS is available at: http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/Page215.aspx

Thank you,
Heather

From: sjperry@sympatico.ca
To: faithblacquiere@rogers.com
CC: […]
Sent: 27/02/2014 12:33:47 P.M. Eastern Standard Time
Subj: RE: FCA PPS Review Comparison of 2005-2012-2014 Versions

Dear Faith:
Thank you very much for your outstanding work on this!
The chronology and comparisons are very helpful for all involved with planning issues.
I am forwarding this to Bob for our website and distribution to our CA’s for more discussion.
Again thanks!
Sheila Perry,
FCA Planning and Zoning Committee

From: faithblacquiere@rogers.com
To: sjperry@sympatico.ca
CC: […]
Subject: FCA PPS Review Comparison of 2005-2012-2014 Versions
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 22:21:31 -0500

Sheila

I have updated my table which previously contained the 2005 and 2012 PPS versions by adding the 2014 version which was released this week. I have matched the text and identified where the changes were made to make it easier for anyone who wants to see the differences. There are a few spots where the matching was little difficult.

One disturbing thing that the Ministry did was to add the energy distribution and transmission systems in after the 2012 Draft was released. They have also removed institutions from the employment classification. They have changed “seniors” to “older persons” but have no definition for the latter. It is too bad it has been approved, as it could have done with another round of comments, particularly when they introduced new content.

Please feel free to post this on websites or distribute it to anyone else who may be interested in making the comparison

Faith

PPS-Comparison-of-2005-2012-2014-Versions-by-Faith-Blacquiere-20140226.pdf

Reminder – 244 Carleton Development Proposal – January 20

Just a reminder that the meeting is this Monday, 8pm at the fieldhouse. See the previous post for details.

[Meeting Notice PDF for 244 Carleton Proposal]

Meeting on Development at 70 Richmond Road – January 15

See http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=e716e95bbc50cda804f90c666&id=4c830982d5 for the original message from councillor Katherine Hobbs’s mailing list.

Subject: Community Meeting, Development of SW Corner of Island Park Dr and Richmond Rd: Jan 15, 7-9 PM, Churchill Seniors Centre
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 22:18:24 +0000
From: Councillor/Conseillère Katherine Hobbs <katherine.hobbs@ottawa.ca>

Community Meeting

Development Proposed at 70 Richmond Road

On Wednesday, Janaury 15th, 2014, from 7-9 PM in the upstairs meeting room at the Churchill Seniors Centre, I will be hosting a pre-consultation regarding development at 70 Richmond Road, currently home to Island Park Auto Sales.

No application has been made at this site. This meeting will be the first step in a community discussion with the developer before any decisions are made.

The zoning of the site is TM[83]H(15). Details of this zoning is available here. The site is part of the Richmond Road/Westboro Secondary Plan. Details of this plan are available here.

Please share this invitation with your friends and neighbours.

Hope to see you there,

Katherine

Our mailing address is:
Our Kitchissippi
110 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, On K1P 1J1
Canada

244 Carleton Development Proposal – January 20

Brent Kelly – Design Manager from Ottawa General Contractors invites Champlain Park residents to view and discuss their proposal to build a semi-detached house at 244 Carleton Avenue.

Location: Champlain Park Field House
Date: Monday, Jan 20th 2014
Time: 8:00 PM

Members of the Champlain Park Community Association Executive will attend this meeting.

Agenda:

Presentation of the design
Question and Answer
Discussion

Champlain Park Community Association Contacts:

Heather Pearl 613-725-1522 hpearl2012@gmail.com
CoChair1 champlainpark@gmail.com
Duncan Bury 613-729-0499 la.db@sympatico.ca

244 Carleton Proposal Plans 8Jan2014.pdf

Notice of Public Meeting for 1451 and 1445 Wellington Street West

Public Meeting:

When: Thursday, December 12, 2013
Time: 7:00 PM
Where:
Great Canadian Theatre Company Studio
1233 Wellington Street West, Ottawa

The WVCA’s statement made to the Citizen on the proposed development:

“The Wellington Village Community Association welcomes quality
development and good design and what we have seen so far from Mizrahi
Developments impresses us. But, we want to be very clear that is our
preferred option that the developer respect the CDP which has just
recently taken effect. This is the same CDP that the WVCA,
Councillor Hobbs and City Council supported. ”

For more details:
Wellington West condo proposal violates land-use plan, has councillor’s support
Condo proposal for Wellington West has city’s planning chair livid
Service Ottawa Application details

Complete details of the proposed amendments and project plans are
available at www.ottawa.ca/devapps
File numbers D07-12-13-0212, D02-02-13-0116 & D01-01-13-0019

Members of the public with interest in this application may also
contact Paul Black at black@fotenn.com

Wellington Village Community Association (WVCA) wvca@wvca.ca

Scott Street Complete Street Funding

Topic previously mentioned in the Meeting on Scott Street Community Design Plan – November 13 posting. This update is from councillor Katherine Hobbs.

http://ourkitchissippi.ca/community/scott-street-complete-street/

[Future Scott Street]

Scott Street Complete Street

December 3, 2013

Dear Residents of Hintonburg, Mechanicsville, Wellington Village and Champlain Park,

Throughout the Scott Street Community Design Plan process, I heard from hundreds of residents and while there were many opinions on other issues, people were united in their desire for a complete street for Scott Street. That’s why improving Scott Street has been identified as a community benefit priority in the Scott Street Community Design Plan to be considered by Planning Committee on December 10th.

I committed to you at our last public meeting on November 13th that I would ensure that the public benefit components, including a complete street on Scott, would become a reality, and today we took the first step toward that reality.

Today at the City’s Finance and Economic Development Committee (FEDCO), I successfully had a motion passed that will be the first step toward a complete street for Scott Street. The motion borrows $1,000,000 from the City’s Cash-in-lieu of parkland city-wide fund, to be repaid from Section 37 benefits from development in the Scott Street area. The motion had to be walked-on today because the next FEDCO meeting is not until February, and such a delay would have threatened the viability of the initiative.

The LRT will already be paying to move the poles for their detour. These funds will be used to top up the existing LRT budget to upgrade the poles to self-supporting poles, removing guy wires from the green boulevard on the north side of Scott, allowing for a safe and appropriately designed cycling track and pedestrian facilities.

This creates the necessary conditions for a complete street on Scott Street, allowing us to move forward quickly after LRT construction is complete.

I want to thank you all once again for your hours of volunteer time spent working with us on the Scott Street CDP, and I look forward to continue working with you to make the vision for this area a reality.

You can review the motion below.

Thanks,

Katherine