Cold weather is decreasing the number of encampments, but those remaining outdoors are increasingly refusing shelter referrals.
Posted inHamilton City Council
Hamilton Council to Discuss Feasibility of Studying New Taxes – Including a Land Transfer Tax
In May 2024, City Council voted to request a report on new revenue options to address the City’s annual deficits.
The revenue options report discuss the pros and cons of land transfer, alcohol, tobacco, and parking taxes.
Posted inCity Hall News
Company delivering Hamilton’s Tiny Shelters “Administratively Dissolved” by U.S. Officials
Hamilton’s Tiny Homes middleman, Global Axxis, LLC, was administratively dissolved on Thursday for failing to file annual reports, according to the Wyoming Secretary of State’s website
Posted inBriefs, Planning and Development
City of Hamilton Staff Support Proposed Ontario Record of Site Condition Changes for Redevelopment and Brownfields
City staff note changes will make commercial to residential conversions
Posted inLicensing
Council to Vote on Changes to Hamilton’s Pay Day Loan Business Restrictions
Council to vote to permit a pay day loan to move locations, and then give staff delegated authority to approve location changes
Posted inPlanning and Development
Hamilton Council to Vote on Tivoli Demolition
Hamilton’s Municipal Heritage Committee votes in favour of permitting demo, agreeing with new owners the historic auditorium is beyond saving
Posted inPlanning and Development
Hamilton Conservation Board Denies Application to Build Six-Storey Residential at 55 Cootes in Dundas
Proposed building on will be vulnerable to flooding, Conservation Board rules flooding cannot be mitigated, and lives be at risk if built.
Posted inCity Hall News
The Barton/Tiffany Tiny Shelters Are Late, Again
The City has no timeline for the arrival of the tiny shelter units. However, it remains confident that the Barton/Tiffany site will be operational “beginning in mid-January.”
Posted inOntario Land Tribunal, Planning and Development
Ancaster Fiddlers Green Retirement Home Developer Files Non-Decision Appeal to OLT
City planning staff say the proposal is not compatible with the existing neighbourhood, and will result in the loss of 35 of 44 trees on the property.
Posted inHamilton Committee of Adjustment
Council to Debate Committee of Adjustment’s Repeated Overruling of Rural Zoning Rules
The CoA is approving intensification in areas without municipal water and sewage services.