The CoA approved five of six SDUs this week, with Ward 6 Clr Tom Jackson convincing them to vote down a SDU in a house presently used as a AirBnB.
“Anti-Housing”: Ontario’s Conservative Government Calls Hamilton Boundary Freeze
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Hamilton MPP Donna Skelly (Flamborough-Glanbrook) asked the Minister to comment on Hamilton City Council “pushing an anti-housing and anti-growth ideology.”
City of Hamilton Makes Significant Changes to Planning Department Structure
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The planning department now consists of four sections: Development Planning, Heritage and Urban Design, Sustainable Communities [Community & Policy Planning], Zoning and Committee of Adjustment.
Partridge Not Seeking Re-election: Lame Duck Council Potential and Impacts at City Hall
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Partridge’s announcement makes a Lame-Duck Council period more likely, meaning staff have to prioritize work to prevent developers taking advantage of this.
Council Votes to Expand Sewer Capacity on Dewitt Road Following 2019 Study Showing It’s Maxxed Out
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An August 2019 engineering report found portions of the existing sewers are already overcapacity. The 375 mm portion of pipe which runs from Highway 8 to just north of Juniper Drive is already over capacity, with new developments already being built.
Hamilton’s “New” Commercial City-Wide Zoning Now in Effect
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Loblaws and Canadian Tire’s property holding companies reach deal with City on 2017 zoning bylaw, Hamilton’s Chief Planner says the settlement protects the public interest.
OLT Approves 11-storey building at 325 Highway 8 in Stoney Creek
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This ruling is the third in recent weeks to overturn Council decisions along arterial roadways with the OLT advises the City to approve midrise intensification.
Demolition Permit About to Be Issued for 97 John Street North
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The developer of 41-61 Wilson Street & 97-117 John Street North moving forward with plans for three tall buildings on the site.
Hamilton Committee of Adjustment for February 24, 2022: Updated
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Variances and severances to enable residential intensification, one secondary dwelling unit, and a grandfathered house on prestige industrial lands are among the noteworthy files.
Committee of Adjustment Votes Against Allowing Secondary Unit Because Students
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Student rentals ‘pose a problem’ for the neighbourhood, says the CoA Member who moved the denial.
Planning Brief: 1107 Main Street West Developer Public Info Site
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Application to rezone the property to permit building a 15-storey mixed-use building with ground-level commercial units and 269 residential units.