Archive for category: Toronto

“Garden Suites – Understanding the Impact” – Recorded discussion, key notes, and follow-up Action required before Feb. 2, 2022

January 28, 2022/1 Comment/in Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Long Branch Neighbourhood Association, Newsletter, Southwestern Ontario, Toronto/by Jaan Pill

Are there cultural differences, in how Mississauga and Toronto go about dealing with land use planning processes?

January 11, 2022/0 Comments/in Commentary, Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Long Branch, Long Branch Character Guidelines, Long Branch Neighbourhood Association, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill

Comments from residents and developers regarding draft of new City of Toronto laneway housing bylaw: Part 3

January 2, 2022/5 Comments/in Commentary, Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill

I look at laneway housing, a broad topic with many facets, from a more general, abstract perspective than was the case when, in 2010, in connection with the former Parkview School in Long Branch, I first became interested in land use decision making

December 31, 2021/1 Comment/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill

The City of Toronto has passed a new bylaw regarding laneway housing; comments made during the drafting are featured at this post (Part 1)

December 30, 2021/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill

Message from Graeme Decarie to all his MCHS classes; plus a note about the fact that in many contexts, diplomacy in communications enhances human agency

December 29, 2021/3 Comments/in Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Language usage, Long Branch Character Guidelines, Long Branch Neighbourhood Association, MCHS Stories, Mississauga, Newsletter, Southwestern Ontario, Stratford, Toronto/by Jaan Pill