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Posted inCity Hall
VIDEO: Ontario Transport Minister Jeff Yurek on Hamilton LRT: Project is a go with $1-Billion Budget
Ontario’s Minister of Transportation Jeff Yurek says Hamilton’s LRT project is a go within its existing $1-billion dollar Provincial funding commitment.
Province has lifted the freeze on land acquisitions, and the RFP is moving forward.
Posted inJoey's Notepad
Joey's Scrapbook for March 27, 2019
A blog-like notebook of items that Joey would normally tweet and forget.
Posted inOntario Land Tribunal
Victor Veri's Estate Formally Withdraws Appeal of Downtown Secondary Plan
City declared its intention to motion at the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal for the new Secondary Plan to be brought into force and effect, with the exception of two site specific appeals, after the Veri appeal was dealt with.
Posted inPhoto Stories
INSTA-Story: Lighting in Westdale
How sidewalk lighting went from an interesting student issue to something City Hall gives much thought to.
Posted inCity Hall
BRIEF: Storytelling Anti-Graffiti Wraps Coming to 173 Downtown and Commercial Area Utility Boxes
The City is looking to wrap 173 utility boxes in the Downtown and major commercial areas with the works of local artists or stories of area heritage as an anti-graffiti measure.
Posted inPlanning and Development
Hamilton City Hall Wins Legal Battle to Charge Full Development Charges Against Laneway Housing
The Owner of Hamilton’s First Laneway House Discovers that City Hall Rhetoric Is Meaningless as City Charges Full Development Charges and Parkland Fees.
Posted inPlanning and Development
Public Comments Open for First Legal Cannabis Application in Hamilton
Canna Cabana is planning to open their location, one of seven stores authorized for all of the “West Region” of Southern Ontario, at the Centre on Barton near to the intersection of Barton Street East and Kenilworth Avenue North.
Posted inTPR LinkBlog
Suggested Reading: Chicago's Two-Flats (Duplexes) Are Threatened, from Block Club Chicago
An interesting read from Block Club Chicago discussing the city’s unique style of multi-family housing known as “two-flats” which serve a similar function to Hamilton’s duplexes. Unlike Hamilton’s duplexes, the Two-Flats were built to have an owner occupied section and a separate rental apartment. Much like Hamilton’s duplexes, Chicago’s Two-Flats are increasingly being converted into […]
Posted inOntario Land Tribunal
City Wants Downtown Hamilton Secondary Plan Brought into Force and Affect
There are three appeals, one of which the City is seeking to strike. The other two appeals are site specific appeals. One related to prohibitions on any new shadows onto Prince’s Square park in front of the Old Wentworth County Courthouse, and the other is a site specific appeal against the height limit.
The City is asking for the DTSP to be brought into force and effect for the remainder of the Downtown area.