Sometimes a planning meeting of city council is full of controversial applications that bring people out to delegate, and sometimes it’s just about some adjustments to planning policy. Controversial adjustments? That’s to be determined. This planning meeting, delayed a week because of March Break, will dive into the interesting world of development fees and demolition bylaws.
NOTE #1: Delegates will be able to appear at this meeting in-person or via tele-presense but you do have to register with the clerks office before 10 am on Friday March 15. You can also submit written delegations and correspondences for agenda items.
NOTE #2: In addition to meeting in-person, this meeting will also be live-streamed on the City of Guelph’s website here.
NOTE #3: This meeting takes place on the special date of Wednesday, and it also starts at 10 am as do all meetings scheduled during the Holy Month of Ramadan.
CLOSED MEETING:
Acquisition of Property for New Paramedic Station – Like all matters involving the sale and acquisition of land, council has to discuss this matter under section 239(2) (c) of the Municipal Act for “a proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality or local board.”
Recommendation Report: Development Fee Review – Note that this is not about Development Charges, or DCs. We already did that. This is about other fees tied to development, some of which no longer apply depending on the project thanks to changes in Bill 23. In terms of new fees, there will now be charges for Block Plans plus applications covered under Ministerial Zoning Orders and the Community Infrastructure and Housing Accelerator. Based on past trends, the City is expecting to raise approximately $397,000 annually in development application revenue, and approximately $65,000 annually for Committee of Adjustment fees.
Demolition Control By-law Review – Recent changes to the demolition control portions of the Planning Act has forced the City of Guelph to update its own Demolition Control Bylaw, including the new definitions for “dwelling unit” and “residential property”, as well as “demolition” and “renovation”. The updated bylaw will also offer a new condition to file the new building permit at the same time as the demo permit, new exemptions, and updated offence charges to a maximum of $50,000 per dwelling unit.
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