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The Committee of Adjustment’s meetings will remain by video conference for the foreseeeable future until new procedures can be put in place to ensure public participation.
The public will have to attend City Hall for meetings as the City ends livestreaming and electronic delegating.
Nann and Sheffield both excelled at managing challenging situations during electronic meetings this week.
Environment Hamilton is an advocacy organization. Their submissions to the CoA are always regarding environmental and climate change matters.
Secondary Dwellings, Severances, approving the new Urban Core Health Centre, the Corktown Plaza wants even less parking, and rezoning a DiCenzo property in Stoney Creek.
Variances and severances to enable residential intensification, one secondary dwelling unit, and a grandfathered house on prestige industrial lands are among the noteworthy files.
Developers and big corporate landlords in Ward 2 are increasingly using “minor variances” to bypass Planning Committee – challenging the concept of what is minor in planning.
Hamilton’s Committee of Adjustment will conduct 23 hearings, here are the hearings that caught my attention.
Ward 2 Councillor Jason Farr won two significant victories at Committee of Adjustment today, gaining two major exceptions to Downtown Zoning Bylaws as “minor variances”. Tall Buildings in The Downtown, Now Minor Variances
Farr came to the Committee of Adjustment in support of the Downtown Mosque’s request to operate their parking lot as a commercial surface lot to raise funds to cover their new building debt, and the approval of a 33-storey tall building for Vrancor’s final phase of their King/George/Caroline five tower development. The “minor” variance was to increase the allowed development height from the present 22 metres to 106 metres. The Committee of Adjustment, at the request of Farr, approved the 500% variance as a “minor variance”. Traditionally, tall buildings are subject to public hearings, consultations, and public review of studies.
Don’t Be A Jerk is good advice in life in general, at Hamilton’s Committee of Adjustment, it’s important.