by Glen Gower | May 3, 2025 | Information
Good morning! Today I’m on Stittsville Main Street, ahead of today’s Jane’s Walk. There are free walking tours across the city this weekend as part of the Jane’s Walk Ottawa festival. This week’s updates: OC Transpo New Ways to Bus + free service this weekend Notes on...
by Glen Gower | May 2, 2025 | Development
La version française suit Part 6: New zoning language and definitions I mentioned in Part 1 of this series that Ottawa’s current Zoning By-law is a hodgepodge of rules combined from older zoning by-laws, dating back more than fifty years. It’s one of the most...
by Glen Gower | May 2, 2025 | Development
La version française suit Part 5: Minimum parking requirements As is often the case in planning policy, there has been a lot of discussion about parking rules in the draft Zoning By-law. In this draft, City staff are recommending no minimum parking rates citywide....
by Glen Gower | May 2, 2025 | Development
La version française suit Part 4: Transition for high-rise buildings on Hazeldean One of the tasks for the new Zoning By-law is to define transition rules for high-rise buildings on major roads. This was a big issue for our community last year when a builder proposed...
by Glen Gower | May 2, 2025 | Development
La version française suit Part 3: Stittsville’s “hubs and corridors” Part 2 of this series looks at how neighbourhood zones are being updated in Stittsville. This post looks at proposed zoning changes along hubs and corridors in the community: in other words, zoning...
