Official Plan Update
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The Official Plan is being reviewed in 2008 as part of the Beyond Ottawa 20/20 initiative. The Official Plan is reviewed every five years as directed by Ontario’s Planning Act. Two supporting documents, the Transportation Master Plan and the Infrastructure Master Plan are included in the review. City Website Preliminary Proposals Quote:
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:previous: So developers want more land to develop. This is news? They say they are upset that the city's plans could raise the price of land that they already own? My heart bleeds. Missing from the article is any indication whether the named companies already own land that would be beyond the suggested boundary. Just wondering.....
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I personally I am not against allow developers to build further out provided the developers are willing pay to get infrastructure out to these places. For example you want to building in a certain area - pay to build a transitway or train (city makes the choice not the developers) out that way. Oh and the infrastructure should be installed and ready to go when the people start moving in...not 10 years later.
Look at Riverside South. They build this area out that way and all the sudden the city is stuck with this enormous bill for infrastructure. The need to build transit, roads, everything out that way. I say let them build, but development charges really need to reflect costs....and this should go for everywhere. Downtown's sewer system (for example) badly needs to be updated removing the combined design. An increase in development fees could pay for this type of thing. |
It's good to make the developers pay, but of course they will just pass on the prices to homebuyers... not that that is a bad thing, since the market will better reflect the true cost of these suburban developments.
But the more greenfield land is available, the less the incentive to intensify and have new greenfield communities at higher density levels. If we restrict the amount of land available developers will adapt and start building more infill developments. As I mentioned earlier, the GTA is a great example. Fernbrook, Aspen Ridge, Empire are all suburban homebuilders now launching and building many new projects since Places to Grow.... developers who in Ottawa develop almost entirely low rise are shifting to highrise in the GTA, including Monarch and Minto |
Official plan review heads to the finish line
Since October 2007, Planning staff have worked on revisions to the city’s official plan in consultation with community groups, government agencies, business and other stakeholder groups. This review is not a return to first principles; rather a refresh of the existing policies in light of the provincial policy statement requiring a review of the official plan every five years. The review has undergone extensive public consultation through the development of white papers and rural discussion papers, and the preliminary proposals for changes to the official plan and the infrastructure master plan. As required by Section 26 of the Planning Act, the City of Ottawa will hold special meetings in November to discuss the revisions that may be required to the Official Plan and the Infrastructure Master Plan. New rules apply for 2009 Official Plan Review Since we determined the date for the Special Meeting at Planning and Environment Committee (PEC) and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee (ARAC) for the official plan review, residents have been asking questions about how to make formal submissions. This information summarizes how the upcoming Special Meetings in November fit with the entire Official Plan review process. It is important to remember that a resident must: Make an oral submission at the Official Public Meeting on March 24, 2009 or Submit a written submission before the April 2009 Council meeting to safeguard his or her ability to appeal all or part of the Official Plan Amendment. Official Plan Review process takes several steps For the Official Plan Review, the proposed timing and purpose of events is shown below. The timeline for the Infrastructure Master Plan (IMP) is the same, however the IMP only requires approval of City Council. Special Meeting: November 24, 2008 Planning and Environment Committee (PEC) and November 27, 2008 Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee (ARAC). These meetings will provide comprehensive information to Councillors and the public on the proposed changes to the Official Plan. Emphasis will be placed on rural issues at the November 27 meeting. The committees shall have regard to any written submissions about what revisions may be required and shall give any person who attends this special meeting an opportunity to be heard on that subject. However, this is not the “official” public meeting and it is not necessary to make a submission at this time. Tabling of Official Plan Amendment: January 27, 2009 at PEC. Staff will table the proposed changes to initiate the Official Plan amendment process and provide instructions explaining how residents may register to receive notice of Council’s decision in April 2009. Public Open House Staff will hold at least one open house between January 27, 2009 and February 27, 2009 to give residents an opportunity to review the proposed changes and ask questions about the information and material made available at PEC on January 27, 2009. Official Public Meeting: March 24, 2009 at PEC Every person who attends this meeting will have an opportunity to make representations in respect of the proposed official plan amendment. PEC will recommend an Official Plan Amendment to Council based on what is submitted by staff, heard at the Official Public Meeting or received from residents by written submissions before April 2009. Adoption of Plan by City Council: April 2009 The date for adoption will be determined once the Official Public Meeting on March 24 is completed. Council will consider the recommendations of PEC and make a decision on what to accept or change. Submissions by residents on the Amendment will not be accepted at this meeting of Council.Once Council adopts an Official Plan Amendment, it is submitted to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing for approval. Council will also give notice of its decision to each person or public body that filed with the clerk of the City a written request to be notified if the plan is adopted. Instructions on how to make this request will be available when the draft Official Plan Amendment is tabled in January. Decision of the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing: Estimated arrival -end of 2009 The Minister may approve, modify and approve as modified, or refuse to approve the Official Plan Amendment. The decision of the Minister will be provided to the municipality and to each person or public body that made a written request to be notified of the decision. Appeal Period Once the Minister issues a decision, residents have 20 days within which they may appeal all or part of that decision. In order to do so, the appellant must have made: an oral submission at the Official Public Meeting on March 24, 2009 or a written submission some time before the April 2009 Council meeting Committee reports are available on the City’s website seven days in advance of the meeting. Reports can also be mailed to residents upon request. Residents registered for our e-newsletters will be kept informed of each step of the official plan review process. https://ottawa.ca/residents/public_c.../index_en.html Upcoming Events Notice of Special Meetings Official Plan Review Planning and Environment Committee November 24, 2008 Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee November 27, 2008 9:30 a.m. Champlain Room Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West |
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looks like the growth target is 40% of new urban units through intensification... for suburban development - 26 units per net ha single detached, 32 units per net hectare overall too bad they are recommending not to ban county lot subdivisions... residential land strategy Establish the following density targets, expressed in people and jobs per gross hectare: · The Central Area........................................ 500 · Major Mixed-Use Centres .............................. 250 · Target Arterial Mainstreets ...................120 to 200 · Mixed-Use Centres at Transfer Stations............. 200 · Emerging Mixed-Use Centres.......................... 120 · Town Centres............................................ 120 current densities - central area, 395; billings bridge, 130; tunneys, 207; blair-174, 106 http://wwuploads.googlepages.com/Ottawa2031density.jpg |
So 20+ years from now we could see streetcars on St.Laurent, Bank, Montreal Road and Merivale Clyde :) I've always thought it would be interesting to have light rail run on Merivale-Clyde then down the escarpment to Churchill Avenue to connect with Carling and farther on to Scott.
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When south meets west
Developer's plan will see suburbs continue to sprawl Randall Denley The Ottawa Citizen Tuesday, November 25, 2008 Yesterday, city councillors got their staff's pitch for intensification and limited new suburban growth, but a major Calgary-based development company is already lobbying for a big new suburban expansion that would include much of the land between Stittsville and Barrhaven, sweeping as far south as the village of Richmond. The proposal to expand the city's southwestern suburbs isn't intended to get immediate approval from council, Walton Development and Management vice-president Paul Mondell says, but he wants to get the idea out for discussion to see if it fits with the city's long-term plans. The company has already bought about 1,300 hectares of the 6,000 hectares of land in the area it is proposing for development. Most of that is far in the future, but Walton wants 413 hectares of land included for development in the revised official plan councillors will soon approve. The land is located between Shea Road and Terry Fox Road, immediately south of Fernbank Road. Walton staff have been meeting with city councillors and have hired consultant Walter Robinson, the mayor's former chief of staff, to help ease the way. If one looks at a map, Walton's proposal makes a certain amount of sense. The suburbs have spread west in the area between Kanata and Stittsville, while Barrhaven continues to expand to the south. There is a large wedge of rural land between the two development areas that has good access to Highway 416 and is potentially easy to serve with transit and major roads. Walton is a big new player on the Ottawa development scene. The company has 1,500 employees and 30 years in the business. It has developments planned or under way in Edmonton and Calgary and operates in several other countries. The company is not a house-builder, but assembles land, plans development and provides services so that small contractors can build. The opportunity for small builders is a point in Walton's favour. A diversity of builders would lead to development that is less predictable than the standard industrialized product we see now. The case for including Walton's 413 hectares in the modest expansion of development land the city will allow in the next five years would certainly be strengthened if councillors buy into the idea of the much larger development Walton is suggesting. Staff are proposing that 850 hectares of land be added to the urban area, and will recommend which parcels should be included in January. Home builders say far more development land is needed. Walton's plan compares favourably with the city's already-approved suburban expansion in the far south, which is driving people farther and farther from our main roads to the downtown. The fact is, this city has an east-west orientation and that's what our transit and road system is based on. Development in the far south is difficult and costly to serve. Walton sensibly proposes a Transitway route through the development that would connect already-planned transit lines in Stittsville and Barrhaven. That said, the Walton plan has drawbacks. The area proposed for development is rural, consisting primarily of flat, fertile fields. It's exactly the type of farmland that politicians always tell you they want to preserve, until someone wants to develop it. Farmers, those noted stewards of the land, are usually quick to take a developer's cheque, as several in this zone already have. With the dollars involved, it's difficult to blame them. I should tell you that my own little community, Fallowfield Village, makes up one tiny corner of the master plan. What Walton is proposing wouldn't directly alter that neighbourhood, although it would change the feel from rural to suburban. The Walton proposal contains all the usual buzzwords. This would be a "live, work, play" community. When was the last time a new development was described any other way? To have value, the "work, play" part has to mean real jobs in the community, real things to walk to and do. It can't mean that there will be a few strip malls and some soccer fields. Walton also talks about "sustainable design" and "cutting-edge technologies" to assist it. Natural and "cultural heritage areas" will be protected, of course. I always grit my teeth when I hear developers talk about protecting a natural area by surrounding it with a subdivision. Farmers' fields never qualify as a natural area, apparently. Councillors will not be easily convinced that the large urban expansion Walton proposes is really justified by demand. Peter Hume, chairman of council's planning committee, is skeptical and he won't be alone. What Walton is proposing would change the orientation of new suburban development from the south to the south-west. Councillors should think about all the costs involved in the inexorable march of the suburbs to Manotick before they say no to alternative ideas, but Walton has a long way to go to make this plan seem like more than a sell to justify developing its 413 hectares now. Contact Randall Denley at 613-596-3756 or by e-mail, rdenley@thecitizen.canwest.com. © The Ottawa Citizen 200 |
employment lands strategy phase 1
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Kinda nice to see some private-sector numbers tell the story...
======================================== Ottawa's downtown pays while suburbs ride free, study finds By Jake Rupert, The Ottawa Citizen February 2, 2009 2:02 PM OTTAWA — Ottawa households inside the Greenbelt pay about $1,000 more in taxes than they receive in services from the city, according to a study done for the city government. The study, done for the city by Hemson Consulting as part of the municipality’s official land-use plan revamp, found that on average, residents living outside the Greenbelt pay less taxes than it costs to provide them the services they get. The study found an average household inside the Greenbelt pays about $3,434 in property taxes per year while it costs the city $2,398 to provide services to that household. An average suburban homeowners pays $3,323 in property taxes, and it costs the city $3,393 to provide services. Homeowners in rural villages pay $3,227 and it costs $3,729 for the city to provide services to them. Residents scattered in the rural areas pay $3,467 in tax while it costs $3,628 for their services. On a per-capita basis, the numbers are closer but similar. On average, individuals inside the Greenbelt pay $452 more per year in taxes than they consume. People in the suburbs pay $25 less, rural village dwellers pay $173 less, and people living in scattered rural areas pay $56 less each than they consume. John Hughes, of Hemson Consulting, said the calculations take into account different service levels provided in different parts of the city and the things people are taxed for, or not, depending on where they live. He said the calculation are “high-level” and can’t be applied to all areas, but that it “gives a big picture of the costs” for various types of development in the city. The study was done as part of the city’s official land-use plan revamp. Among other things, the plan calls for increasing population and employment densities in existing parts of the city and limited new development in suburban areas. The plan is designed to work hand-in-hand with the city’s new mass transit plan by focusing residential growth and jobs along future light-rail lines inside the Greenbelt. |
this should be the link for the hemson report...
http://www.ottawa.ca/calendar/ottawa...cument%205.pdf |
intensification: a sound investment (video)
some sweet plane shots of ottawa... don't have sound on this comp so I'm not sure what they are saying.. |
Learn more by attending a public information session
The staff presentation will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will be followed by a question and answer period. Copies of the proposed amendment will be available at the meetings. February 19 - Rural policies Confederation High School, 1645 Woodroffe Ave, Room 126 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. February 24 - Urban Policies City Hall, main floor, Festival Control Room 110 Laurier Avenue West 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Registration is not required to attend these meetings. If you have questions, please E-mail plan@ottawa.ca. edit: also, here's a list of questions and answers (faq) about key parts of the plan |
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possible areas to expand urban boundary http://www.ottawa.ca/calendar/ottawa...s/image002.jpg |
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For the Hemson report, about 10+ years ago, the former Cities and RMOC had the opportunity to purchase a development costing software (infrastructure costing) from a local consultant and they didn't want to know about it and the consultant ended up selling the software in other parts of Canada and the USA. This software looked at hard, tangible costs and not so much the hard to pin down costs (i.e what is your time worth if you spend a long time commutting or ferrying your kids around in the car to activities.). |
No problem, I enjoy finding them and keeping up with what's happening in Ottawa.... It's great that they created the whole online application system, I haven't yet found another municipality in Ontario which has something comparable.
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