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Long Branch Character Guidelines seek to disrupt rampant lot-splitting: Character Guidelines document highly significant in the history Long Branch, writes Jaan Pill (Etobicoke Guardian, April 10, 2018)

April 13, 2018/0 Comments/in Commentary, Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill

An April 10, 2018 opinion article in the Etobicoke Guardian is entitled: “Long Branch Character Guidelines seek to disrupt rampant lot-splitting: Character Guidelines document highly significant in the history Long Branch, writes Jaan Pill.” Commentary I am currently typing up additional transcripts, from the Nov. 14, 2017 Etobicoke York Community Council meeting, mentioned in the […]

Dirty hands and vicious deeds: the US government’s complicity in crimes against humanity and genocide (2018)

April 13, 2018/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill

In a recent post I celebrate the new-books list at the Toronto Public Library: Upgrades at Toronto Public Library website are highly impressive Here’s a recently published study that I came across on the new-books (nonfiction category) list at the Toronto Public Library (please note that many other nation-states, besides the United States are, in […]

Dealing with Air Traffic Noise, like dealing with Lot-Splitting/Overbuilding, is about mobilizing the community to exercise political clout

April 11, 2018/0 Comments/in Commentary, Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill

The topic of this post is Air Traffic Noise, a topic that I have addressed in previous posts of some time back; I have not addressed the issue recently. The following tweet is from @icao : While air traffic is increasing in Sweden, noise is actually decreasing. @TS_Nyheter explains here how ICAO standards contribute to […]

Etobicoke York Committee of Adjustment champions subjectivity in decision making

April 10, 2018/0 Comments/in Commentary, Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill

The Etobicoke York Committee of Adjustment champions subjectivity in its land-use decision making, as outlined at a recent post. In Long Branch, we have a history of developers coming in to split a lot, overbuilding on the resulting two tiny lots, hacking away at 100-year-old trees in the process, and then making a run for it, […]

After an April 4, 2018 meeting in Long Branch, I learned that prior permission from media relations at the city is not required, in order for a blogger to record what city officials say at a public meeting

April 9, 2018/2 Comments/in Commentary, Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Long Branch, Long Branch Neighbourhood Association, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill

Cultural differences between Toronto and Mississauga are evident at land use planning meetings

April 8, 2018/1 Comment/in Commentary, Long Branch, Long Branch Neighbourhood Association, Mississauga, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill

Built Heritage News – Alex Bozikovic speaks at April 7, 2018 ACO Symposium about plight of Toronto’s School Buildings

April 6, 2018/0 Comments/in Commentary, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill

Following message is from Built Heritage News (I have broken text into shorter paragraphs for ease of online reading) Alex Bozikovic writes about the state of Toronto’s School Buildings, http://ow.ly/Fvuw30jlrkM He will be speaking at ACO Toronto’s School Buildings at Risk Symposium on Saturday April 7 http://ow.ly/4rpA30jlrmy Don’t miss! ACO Toronto hopes to draw attention […]

Sawmill Sid Inc. is among highlights at April 6, 7, 8, 2018 Green Living Show at Metro Toronto Convention Centre

April 1, 2018/1 Comment/in Commentary, Mississauga, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill

I was very pleased to learn recently that Sawmill Sid Inc. will be “the highlight, or one of the co-highlights anyways,” on April 6, 7, and 8, 2018, at the Green Living Show at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The purpose of the event, as Sawmill Sid explained to me in a brief interview at […]