Click here to access City of Toronto webpage about the Toronto Local Appeal Body > “Early in 2017,” the page notes, “the Local Appeal Body for Toronto will replace the function of the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) to hear Toronto-based appeals of Committee of Adjustment decisions about minor variance and consent applications. The Ontario Municipal […]
Updates: A Jan. 1, 2017 Toronto Star article is entitled: “19 years ago, Toronto’s six boroughs amalgamated: 19 years ago today, Toronto’s surrounding communities amalgamated in one of the most controversial moves in Toronto’s municipal government history.” A Jan. 3, 2017 Toronto Star article is entitled: In 2017, Mississauga will have to decide how it grows up: Mississauga’s […]
I’ve recently posted a link to a Globe and Mail story about positive trends in urban development at the City of Mississauga: Land sale brings Mississauga closer to a waterfront that avoids Toronto’s mistakes – Dec. 22, 2016 Globe and Mail Anecdotes shared by fellow walkers, on Jane’s Walk at Mississauga-Toronto border The urban trends, […]
A Dec. 22, 2016 Globe and Mail article is entitled: “Land sale brings Mississauga closer to a waterfront that avoids Toronto’s mistakes.” Click here for previous posts about Inspiration Lakeview > Click here for previous posts about Mississauga > A previous post is entitled: Lakeview in Mississauga looks like a good place to move to, […]
Updates: A March 11, 2018 Toronto Star article is entitled: “How rampant development and poor planning left residents of this Etobicoke neighbourhood stuck in traffic: The Etobicoke neighbourhood of Humber Bay Shores has undergone rapid development in the past two decades, but transit infrastructure hasn’t come with it. The problem only stands to get worse.” […]
A December 18, 2016 Toronto Star article is entitled: “Hazel who? It’s Bonnie Crombie’s Mississauga: Mayor Bonnie Crombie has learned from Hazel McCallion and got her support. Yet her approach to running the city is a stark change.” A related post is entitled: Land sale brings Mississauga closer to a waterfront that avoids Toronto’s mistakes – […]
Details about the OMB Review are available at this link: final-public-consultation-document-1 Click here to access the Feedback Form for the OMB Review > 1) Tomorrow, December 19, 2016 is the deadline for comments from Ontario residents regarding the OMB Review. Please make an effort to send some comments in, whatever comments occur to you, by the deadline. […]
I was at a Committee of Adjustment (COA) at the Etobicoke Civic Centre from 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Sept. 29, 2016. Many severances were accepted, some were rejected. Of all of the COA meetings I’ve attended in 2016, this meeting was a particularly memorable one. I’m pleased to share some highlights from the […]
A previous post is entitled: OMB Town Hall Meetings – Nov. 9 (3850 Lake Shore Blvd. W.) and Nov. 16 (110 Jutland Road) The following text has been forwarded as an email by George Kettel of Leaside; the text was prepared by Magda and Peter; I do not know their full names OMB Review You can […]
Update: See also: How will Toronto weather the storms of climate change? Don’t ask the Committee of Adjustment; they would care less. [end] The editor of the Long Branch Village Facebook page has shared the following reflections the morning after the Committee of Adjustment meeting on Dec. 8, 2016: Last night watched #LongBranchTO residents […]