Tag: Planning Meeting

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the April 9 Meeting?

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For all those watching housing regulations in the city, and fans of discussions around city-wide changes to zoning, this planning meeting of city council is for you! Since last year, City of Guelph staff have been diligently exploring the question about whether we should allow four units as-of-right in the city. That question will get an answer, and speaking of answers, an new proposal will get its day in front of the horseshoe! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the April 9 Meeting?” →

This Week at Council: Demolition Bylaw, Man.

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Don’t judge an agenda by its cover. The docket for this month’s planning meeting of city council looked kind of plain, but looks can b deceiving and at least one item on the agenda opened up an opportunity take a deeper dive on demolition policy, or demolition by neglect policy to be precise. There will be more about that coming this year, but for now here’s what was said on the matter at this past week’s council meeting. Continue reading “This Week at Council: Demolition Bylaw, Man.” →

LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for March 20, 2024

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Finally, after March Break, some planning! You can click here for the amended agendas 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 March 20, 2024” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the March 20 Meeting?

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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. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the March 20 Meeting?” →

This Week at Council: Planning, Tribunal and Encampments Form the Trifecta

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There are busy weeks at council, and then there’s spending nearly half of a 28-hour period in the council chambers. That was the time frame this week at 1 Carden Street, and in that period there was a planning meeting, a meeting where council sat as tribunal on a matter of misapplied Development Charges, and, the big one, a marathon meeting about a Public Spaces Use bylaw. To see how it all turned out, consult this week’s recap below… Continue reading “This Week at Council: Planning, Tribunal and Encampments Form the Trifecta” →

LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for February 13, 2024

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Let’s get into some planning matters. You can click here for the amended agendas 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 February 13, 2024” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 13 Meeting?

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Planning matters return on schedule for the second Tuesday of February, and there’s going to be some unusual business for this planning meeting just to keep things interesting. Council will be asked to make some decisions regarding some recent applications, they will be asked to made a decision about a new Official Plan Amendment, and then they will make a decision to keep to a previous decision. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 13 Meeting?” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Committee of Adjustment Meeting for February 8, 2024

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Committee of Adjustment will get together again in February to tackle a fresh slate of minor zoning variance requests, about half of which will be familiar if you’re a fan of Committee of Adjustment business. As for the new business, think bigger! More space for a driveway, more floor space for an accessory building, and more floor space for a garage. Plus, there’s some administrative business involving a rules change!! Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Committee of Adjustment Meeting for February 8, 2024” →

This Week at Council: One and Done For January

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It’s a slow start for 2024, at least if your jam is the business of Guelph City Council. At the one and only meeting for January, your friends around the horseshoe handled some very particular business in closed session and then quickly dispatched three piece of business in the open session. There was some discussion about the new development charges bylaw, and whether growth pays for itself, so it may be a new year, but we’ve still got the same problems. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council: One and Done For January” →

LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for Januray 16, 2024

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We’re back! You can click here for the amended agendas 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 Januray 16, 2024” →