Fire departments across Ontario will be required to release their response times starting in 2020.
Posted inHamilton City Council, Planning and Development
OMB Will Review Council’s Potential Conflict on Pier 8 as Both Approving Authority and Land Seller
“The Board does have a public interest function”, Swinkin asserted to the objection of the City’s lawyer. “You may say they [the public] are not here and not appellants, but the Board will serve its public interest function and look out for those interests”.
Posted inPlanning and Development
City Continues Settlement Negotiations with OMB Appellants on new Commercial Mixed Use Zoning
The City of Hamilton is negotiating with over 20 parties who appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board against the City’s new Commercial Mixed Use Zoning.
Posted inHamilton City Council
Council Borrows from Reserve Funds for $19.4-Million Election Year One-Time Road Repairs
In order to maintain the City’s credit rating, the $19.4-million will be administered as a loan from the reserves and repaid over 15 years at a 3.1% increase rate for a total cost of $24.3-million.
Posted inEditors Note
Dave Hanley Named Hamilton's 2017 Citizen of The Year
This week, the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce announced that Dave is posthumously Hamilton’s 2017 Citizen of the Year.
Below is an edited version of the letter I submitted supporting Dave’s nomination.
Posted inOntario Land Tribunal, Planning and Development
Stoney Creek Developer Appeals to OMB for Four Storey Development at 261 King Street East
J.A.N. Group Inc filed an appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board on their application for a four storey residential building at 261 King Street East in Stoney Creek. The site is located west of Green Road.
Posted inOntario Land Tribunal, Planning and Development
Medallion Properties Takes City to OMB on 20 Storey Redevelopment of 195 Wellington South
Medallion Properties have filed an appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board on their application for a 20-storey residential redevelopment of their property at 195 Wellington Street South in the Corktown neighbourhood.
The Ontario Municipal Board has assigned case number PL171389 to the appeal. The first pre-hearing date has not yet been set.
Posted inCity Hall
No Outdoor Entertainment on Hamilton Patios for Summer of 2018
Hamilton’s new patio entertainment by-law will not be decided by the Ontario Municipal Board in time for this year’s patio season.
This means the City’s previous ban on entertain on outdoor commercial patios will remain in effect for another patio season.
In a pre-hearing ruling issued Monday, the Ontario Municipal Board set hearing dates of September 25 to 27, 2018 for an appeal of the City’s new bylaw.
Posted inPlanning and Development
Coppley Expanding Manufacturing in Hamilton's Downtown, Planning Move Down MacNab Street to Cannon Street
Premium tailored clothing company Coppley is planning a new 6,822 square metre manufacturing facility in Hamilton’s Downtown, just down the street from their present headquarters.
The new facility will enabled the company to enhance its manufacturing processing while remaining in Downtown Hamilton, architect Drew Hauser told the City’s Design Review Panel on Thursday.
Posted inCity Hall News
City plans to transfer two downtown parking lots to CityHousing for affordable housing, will house Jamesville residents
CityHousing will take possession of two downtown City of Hamilton parking lots to build social housing to replace the townhouses of the existing Jamesville CityHousing in Hamilton’s North End, if a motion authorizing the sale is approved by Council in the coming weeks.