Committee of Adjustment doesn’t take summers off, so here we are with the August committee meeting coming up, and it is a very staked agenda indeed. Nearly 10 different items ranging from a land severance, new commercial spaces, and all kinds of adjusted setbacks will require a decision from the board, as undoubtedly a few of these projects are looking to get going before the end of summer. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Committee of Adjustment Meeting for August 10, 2023”
It’s been a couple of months since we’ve had something really juicy at a planning meeting to chew on, and boy was there ever something juicy at this planning meeting. Everyone’s favourite proposed student development was back at council again for the planning meeting, and after that, there was a council workshop that promised to be the first of many steps that will help council get their heads around the housing crisis. Continue reading “This Week at Council: Planning and Housing 101”
Everything was going pretty smoothly at this month’s Committee of Adjustment meeting until a very old black walnut tree was threatened by the severance of a property in the west end. Then the committee was basically ground to a halt as the members tried to figure out what to do. How did that situation resolve itself? You will have to consult the recap to see how that vote went, and how the vote went on the 10 other applications… Continue reading “RECAP: Committee of Adjustment Challenged By One Tree”
A few planning matters to clear up before summer break! You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. For the complete blow-by-blow of today’s council meeting, you can follow along on Twitter, or follow the tweets below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “LIVE BLOG: City Council Planning Meeting for July 11, 2023”
No summer breaks for Committee of Adjustment who have a very packed agenda for this July meeting. Keep your eyes open for more land severances as owners are trying to turn one property into two, and sometimes three or more. There are also some additions and expansions to consider, and a couple of deferred decisions finally come back for a real decision from the committee. Let’s check out the slate… Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Committee of Adjustment Meeting for July 13, 2023”
After a couple of months with nothing controversial in new applications, we’ve got something really controversial for you this month, and obviously, it’s not the new semi-detached home or the proposed garage demolition. There are two new applications, a demolition request and some changes to the delegated authority all on this agenda, the last planning meeting before summer vacation! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 11 Planning Meeting?”
The second Committee of Adjustment meeting for June had only one thing on the agenda as opposed to the lengthy, and controversial, agenda at the meeting earlier this month. Maybe they thought this was going to be the controversial one. It wasn’t though because the one application before the committee more or less sailed though in a relative brief meeting that was over in less than 30 minutes! Continue reading “RECAP: Committee of Adjustment Swiftly Approves U of G Plan for Days Inn”
This was a busy week at city council and it was four meetings long. There was the usual planning meeting, which went by in a way that was largely free of controversy. Less than 24 hours later, council got together again for a triple header, first to receive the audited financial statements from the last fiscal year, and then back-to-back shareholder meetings about energy and trains respectively. Continue reading “This Week at Council: Planning and Shareholding in Four Parts”
This meeting is all in the planning. You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. For the complete blow-by-blow of today’s council meeting, you can follow along on Twitter, or follow the tweets below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for June 13, 2023”
Two Committee of Adjustment meetings in the same month?! What did we do to deserve such a treat? Well, despite the very full agenda at the June 8 meeting, the perhaps most controversial item of the month has been reserved to this standalone meeting, which will determine the short-term fate of the Days Inn property. Will it continue to be a hotel, or will it be something else? Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Committee of Adjustment Meeting for June 22, 2023”
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