City Council

That the Finance and Corporate Services Department report entitled “Appointment of Hearing Officers for the City of Ottawa’s Administrative Penalty System”, Ottawa Police Service Board Report 11, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 23, Finance and Corporate Services Committee Report 23A, Joint Planning and Housing Committee and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 4, Joint Planning and Housing Committee and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 5, Planning and Housing Committee Report 44, Public Works and Infrastructure Committee Report 18, Transit Committee Report 19, and the reports from the City Clerk entitled “Status Update - Council Inquiries and Motions for the period ending April 11, 2025” and “Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions for Items Subject to the Planning Act ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting of 26 March 2025” be received and considered.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the applications for an Official Plan Amendment and zoning amendment in respect of 4200 March Road be refused. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the reasons for refusal be as follows: The 2013 Mineral Aggregate Resource Study provided that “Based on current trends and assuming 80% of the aggregate supply continues to be supplied from bedrock sources the estimated required supply for 100 and 200 year planning horizons is 1,360 and 3,640 million tonnes respectively. Reviewing licensed sites as well as active and undeveloped areas, the estimated remaining licensed resource is 861 million tonnes. Resource potential in the designated bedrock resource area but still unlicensed is estimated between 600 and 947 million tonnes. The potential 13 bedrock resources in both licensed and designated-unlicensed area is estimated between 1,461 and 1,808 million tonnes.”; and Staff did not recommend any additional bedrock or sand and gravel resource overlay in the 2022 Official Plan; and The City of Ottawa has, in total, an estimate of 4000 hectares of lands already licensed as pits and quarries in the city; and The residents in the area are concerned with the proposed hours of operation, increased heavy traffic at the site, and the potential for dust, noise and odour pollution interfering with the surrounding environment and the enjoyment of their homes; and The Aggregate Resources Act, section 12.1(1) permits the Minister to issue a licence to such operation only if a zoning by

WHEREAS at the meeting of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee of Thursday, April 3, 2025, the Committee approved the report ACS2025-PDB-PS-0011 Amendment to the ATV, ORV and Snowmobile By-law to Expand ATV Systems in South Ottawa WHEREAS Subsection 3 of Document 2 of the report states that: 3. Subsection 14 of By-law No. 2019-421 is amended to add the following as a new subsection to Section 14: 14(2) No person shall, on a rural shared use pathway or rail corridor: (i) operate an ATV, Multi-Purpose Off-Highway Utility Vehicle, or Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle anywhere, with the exception of: the right-hand side of the Doug Thompson/Osgoode Link Pathway, between Flag Station Road and Doyle Road; the abandoned rail line, between Buckles Street and Gabert Road; and the Beachburg Subdivision Corridor between Morris Island Drive and Cameron Harvey Drive. WHEREAS 14(2) is a subsection that is already in use in By-law No. 2019-421 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Council approve that Subsection 3 of Document 2 be replaced with the following: 3. Subsection 14 of By-law No. 2019-421 is amended to add the following as a new subsection to Section 14: 14(3) No person shall, on a rural shared use pathway or rail corridor: (i) operate an ATV, Multi-Purpose Off-Highway Utility Vehicle, or Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle anywhere, with the exception of: the right-hand side of the Doug Thompson/Osgoode Link Pathway, between Flag Station Road and Doyle Road; the abandoned rail line,

WHEREAS the City of Ottawa became the first city in Canada to declare a housing crisis in 2020; and WHEREAS this City Council in 2022 pledged to facilitate the construction of 151,000 quality market homes by 2031; and WHEREAS the City of Ottawa in 2023 committed to facilitating the construction of 37,500 new homes by end of 2026 to meet the terms of the City’s Housing Accelerator Fund agreement. WHEREAS the first Draft of the Zoning Bylaw introduced the N4 zone as the densest of the low-rise Neighbourhood zones, with a maximum building height of 14.5 metres or four storeys; WHEREAS the second Draft of the Zoning Bylaw introduces a new N4 H(11) designation which exempts selected neighborhoods from the standard N4 maximum building height of four stories; and WHEREAS the majority of N4 zones in the Inner Urban and Outer Urban transects would be designated N4 H(11) in contrast to the original four-storey intent of N4 zones; WHEREAS that Issue 3, as contained in Document 3, includes the following as option 2: Where located in an R4 zone that currently has a maximum 11 metre height limit, maintain the maximum building heights as they exist today. Where located in an R4 zone that currently permits 12 or fewer units in the Inner Urban, Outer Urban, or Suburban Transects, and located outside the Evolving Neighbourhood Overlay, change the zone from N4 to N3. Reduce the maximum density in the N3 zone to align with current permissions in the R4 zones (220 units per hectare and a maximum

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT staff be directed to: 1. Evaluate the impact of introducing a minimum parking space rate that is higher than one space per dwelling unit for lots on municipal services in ground-oriented subdivision developments in Rural Villages; and For (14) M. Luloff, L. Dudas, T. Tierney, R. Brockington, C. Kitts, A. Hubley, C. Curry, C. Kelly, S. Plante, M. Carr, D. Brown, S. Desroches, W. Lo, and M. Sutcliffe Against (10) G. Gower, T. Kavanagh, R. King, J. Leiper, S. Menard, D. Hill, L. Johnson, S. Devine, J. Bradley, and A. Troster

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT staff be directed to: 2. Assess City requirements for Traffic Impact Assessment studies, Planning Rationales and Parking Plans regarding consideration of on-street parking and the amount of parking that is provided as part of the development, including consideration of safety, winter maintenance and street access; and 3. Consider communal parking solutions for new development in Rural Villages after the new Zoning By-law is in full force and effect; and 4. Consider a residential on-street parking permit program for Rural Villages; and 5. Explore additional upzoning opportunities in Rural Villages, including increases to maximum building heights in Village Mixed Use Zones for mixed use buildings.

WHEREAS the second draft of the New Zoning By-law continues to omit minimum parking rates in suburban transects across the City; and WHEREAS there are many suburban communities outside of the Greenbelt which do not have access to Light Rail Transit or sufficient transit; and WHEREAS it would be beneficial to include options for minimum parking rates in suburban communities that do not have sufficient transit, in order to allow for public feedback on the matter; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that staff include an option in Draft 3 of the New Zoning By-law to impose one (1) vehicle parking minimums in suburban communities that do not have sufficient transit service. For (12) M. Luloff, L. Dudas, T. Tierney, C. Kitts, A. Hubley, C. Curry, C. Kelly, S. Plante, D. Brown, S. Desroches, W. Lo, and M. Sutcliffe Against (12) G. Gower, T. Kavanagh, R. King, J. Leiper, R. Brockington, S. Menard, D. Hill, L. Johnson, S. Devine, J. Bradley, A. Troster, and M. Carr

WHEREAS this Official Plan Amendment proposes revisions to be consistent with the PPS 2024; WHERAS this Official Plan Amendment also proposes other amendments that are not necessary for PPS consistency, administratively known as Omnibus 3 amendments; WHEREAS Omnibus 3 amendments include corrections of minor errors in text or mapping, clarifications to policy language, adjustments to address omissions, address mapping errors identified during the new Zoning By-law review, or to ensure that the relevant Secondary Plan is consistent with other planning documents; WHEREAS the bulk of public consultation of this Official Plan Amendment should focus on those required to be consistent with the PPS; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that staff exclude from this Official Plan Amendment, significant Omnibus 3-related amendments that are not necessary for PPS consistency and may require additional public consultation.

WHEREAS Motion ACS2025-OCC-CCS-0037 - Motion - C. Kitts - MUP - Airport Parkway speaks to the deferral of the multi-use pathway (MUP) on the west side of the Airport Parkway until the Airport Parkway is widened, to avoid throw-away costs; and WHEREAS information on the anticipated timing of the Airport Parkway widening (within the short, medium, or long-term) would help inform the decision on the deferral of the MUP; and WHEREAS the timing of the Airport Parkway widening will be considered by Council as part of the Transportation Master Plan (TMP) Update, currently anticipated in July 2025; and WHEREAS delaying a decision on the MUP until the TMP is completed will not impact the City’s ability to include the MUP in the upcoming Walkley Road improvements; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Motion ACS2025-OCC-CCS-0037 – Motion – C. Kitts – MUP – Airport Parkway be

BE IT RESOLVED that City Council resolve in camera pursuant to Procedure By-law 2022-410, Subsections 13(1)(d), labour relations and employee negotiations, and 13(1)(f), the receiving of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose to receive information with respect to “Strategic Collective Bargaining – Ottawa Professional Fire Fighters Association (OPFFA) – Ratification of Tentative Agreement.”

WHEREAS the City of Ottawa (the City) and Ottawa Professional Fire Fighters Association (OPFFA) have committed to working collaboratively to resolve issues of mutual concern in the workplace; and WHEREAS the collective agreement between the City and OPFFA expired on December 31, 2023; and WHEREAS the bargaining teams for the City and OPFFA have been in negotiations in an effort to renew the collective agreements on mutually-agreeable terms; and WHEREAS the City and OPFFA bargaining teams reached a tentative agreement on February 28, 2025, subject to ratification by the OPFFA membership and City Council; and WHEREAS OPFFA has ratified the tentative agreement; BE IT RESOLVED that City Council ratify the tentative agreement with the Ottawa Professional Fire Fighters Association (OPFFA); and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the terms of the tentative agreement be made public following Council approval.

WHEREAS the City of Ottawa has a history in both the call to create a nuclear weapon-free world and the commemoration of the use of atomic bombs in 1945 on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and WHEREAS the City of Ottawa joined the international nongovernmental organization Mayors for Peace in 1984, which now includes 8,466 member councils from 166 countries, and 113 member councils from Canada, and WHEREAS in 2004, then-President of Mayors for Peace and Mayor of Hiroshima, Mr. Tadatoshi Akiba, visited Ottawa and was generously hosted at City Hall by then-Mayor Bob Chiarelli, and WHEREAS the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) adopted a resolution in March 2006 entitled “Support for Mayors for Peace” which expressed its unqualified support for Mayors for Peace in advocating for the abolition of nuclear weapons, and sent a letter to the Government of Canada indicating support for Mayors for Peace, and WHEREAS an annual commemoration of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has been held in Ottawa for decades, with a lantern-floating ceremony along the Rideau Canal with more than 100 people in attendance, including representatives from the Embassy of Japan and the Japanese-Canadian community. The Ottawa Japanese Cultural Association has offered support, and committed to promoting and attending the commemoration exhibition. WHEREAS since 2020, the Mayor of Ottawa has annually provided a proclamation proclaiming August 6th as Hiroshima Day and August 9th as Nagasaki

WHEREAS the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG) would like to use firework related smoke devices at Ottawa Rapid FC Games at TD Place and; WHEREAS OSEG has developed procedures to ensure the safety of staff and patrons of the events and; WHEREAS the City of Ottawa prohibits the use of smoke devices in By-law No. 2003-237, as amended, the Fireworks By-law and; WHEREAS OSEG has for years used smoke devices for Ottawa Fury FC games and Ottawa Atlético games with prior approval by City Council and received no complaints and; WHEREAS Ottawa Fire Services has been consulted on the smoke devices and believes these devices can be used safely; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Ottawa grant an exemption to By-law No. 2003-237, as amended, to the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (“OSEG”), to allow for the use of smoke devices for Ottawa Rapid FC Games starting April 27, 2025, until December 31, 2026, for home games and playoff games, if required, and granting OSEG an exemption from Section 17 of the By-law, which requires a permit application to be made 30-days in advance to the proposed use, subject to OSEG meeting all other permit requirements of the By-law, including Section 18, to the satisfaction of the Fire Chief.

WHEREAS 10,000 seniors in Ottawa do not have access to a primary care provider; and WHEREAS OPH estimated in a 2023 report that up to 150,000 Ottawa residents did not have access to a regular primary care provider before the COVID-19 pandemic and that number is likely now higher due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic; and WHEREAS the Ontario College of Family Physicians has warned that as many as 318,000 Ottawa residents could be without a family doctor by 2026 if urgent action is not taken; and WHEREAS many other municipalities in Ontario have instituted physician and nurse practitioner recruitment and retention programs; and WHEREAS all the municipalities in Eastern Ontario except the City of Ottawa are members of the Eastern Ontario Physician Recruitment Alliance; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Strategic Initiatives staff be directed to undertake a scan of what measures are in place in other Ontario municipalities to help address the shortage of access to primary care providers, to engage in discussions with the Eastern Ontario Physician Recruitment Alliance, healthcare and postsecondary institutions, relevant professional associations, as well as other relevant City departments, and to report back to Council by the end of Q3 2025 with short- and long-term recommendations for a Primary Care Provider Recruitment and Retention Strategy.

WHEREAS 370 stunt driving charges where laid last year in Ottawa, representing a 98% increase in stunt driving charges from 2019; and WHEREAS stunt driving is a reckless crime that puts the driver, other road users and members of the public at large in danger and disrupts our communities with noise violations in the middle of the night, which can be debilitating for seniors and children; and WHEREAS vehicle thefts remain an active concern for Ottawa residents, with 1,705 vehicles stolen in 2024 and 309 reported incidents of vehicle thefts in the first quarter of 2025 alone; and WHEREAS new technologies are available to police stunt racing, including identifying noise violations from exhaust modifications; and WHEREAS the Ottawa Police Service and the Ottawa Police Services Board continue to pursue the Staff Stabilization Plan and are engaged with the Ontario Police College to ensure that all new recruits can meet their training requirements without any delay; and, WHEREAS Ottawa is an amazing community whose residents both need and deserve legislative protection strong enough to ensure our streets are safe; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the mayor write a letter to the Solicitor-General asking to explore solutions to address rising vehicle crimes that may include but not be limited to any or all of the following proposals: New legislation to allow regional police to use sound detection technology that can accurately and effectively target illegal exhaust modifications; and The

WHEREAS B’nai Brith Canada is the country’s oldest human rights organization and a key voice of Canada’s Jewish community; and WHEREAS B’nai Brith Canada has raised concerns about the increased frequency of the Nazi hooked cross (Hakenkreuz) and other Nazi symbols in our communities; and WHEREAS Ottawa’s Jewish community has repeatedly seen the Nazi hooked cross (Hakenkreuz) and other Nazi symbols used to intimidate them; and WHEREAS By-law & Regulatory Services has responsibility over the enforcement of the Graffiti Management By-law to ensure that graffiti, including symbols and letters that deface property are promptly removed; and WHEREAS eighteen countries, including Austria, Belarus, Brazil, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, and others, have banned the display of the Nazi hooked cross (Hakenkreuz) and Nazi symbols in public; and WHEREAS B’nai Brith Canada is asking the federal government to enact legislation to ban the Nazi hooked cross (Hakenkreuz) and other Nazi symbols; and WHEREAS several Canadian municipalities, including Whitby, Pickering, and Durham, have already passed motions endorsing B’nai Brith’s Canada’s call to ban these symbols; WHEREAS the province of Saskatchewan has endorsed B’nai Birth Canada’s call to ban these symbols. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Ottawa City Council endorse B’nai Brith’s Canada’s campaign to ban the Hakenkreuz—the German word for the hooked cross - and other Nazi symbols in Can

That the following motion be added for consideration as an additional item at the Council meeting of April 16, 2025, pursuant to Subsection 89(3) of the Procedure By-law to safeguard funding for affordable housing. WHEREAS 342A, 344A, 346A and 348A Queen Mary Street (Known Historically as 342, 344, 348 and 350 Queen Mary Street), located in the Overbrook neighbourhood, has applied for demolition permits and a new construction building permit for an 8-unit townhouse with each unit having two additional dwellings for a total of 24 units; and WHEREAS the development was subject to Committee of Adjustment approval for Minor Variances concerning reductions to the proposed rear yards and lot area, and Consent for the establishment of access easements for the benefit of the middle units, which were approved on September 27, 2024; and WHEREAS the development would include 30 percent affordable housing and 20 percent accessible housing; and WHEREAS the developer has secured funding from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation Multi-Unit Mortgage Loan Insurance to support the supply the affordable and accessible housing supply; and WHEREAS this development would be at risk of losing the funding if they do not keep moving through the approval process, starting with demolition, in a timely manner; and WHEREAS this development is subject to Site Plan Control under the Planning Act ; and WHEREAS the expansion of affordable housing is a Term of Council priority; and WHEREAS the proper

BE IT RESOLVED that the Rules of Procedure be waived to consider this motion to allow the staffing of a full-time inspection resource for the St. Laurent Pipeline Replacement Project by Enbridge Gas, on which construction has commenced. WHEREAS Enbridge Gas Inc. has received approval from the Ontario Energy Board to construct approximately 17 kilometres of natural gas pipeline and associated facilities along St. Laurent Boulevard and nearby streets to replace its existing infrastructure that is nearing end of life; and, WHEREAS this project involves extensive construction activity within City right of ways including requirements to reinstate following installation; and, WHEREAS given the project’s size and scale and impact on City infrastructure, it would benefit from the presence of full-time oversight by a City Right of Way Inspector to monitor and oversee construction and reinstatement activities; and, WHEREAS current available inspection resources cannot accommodate full-time oversight by a Right of Way Inspector for this project; and, WHEREAS Enbridge has agreed in principle to fully fund a Temporary Inspections resource to provide full-time oversight; and, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council delegate to the General Manager, Planning Development and Building Services Department the authority to negotiate, execute, amend and administer an agreement with Enbridge Gas Inc. to fully fund for the duration of the project a Temporary Inspections resource within the Inspection

That the following by-law be read and passed: To confirm the proceedings of the Council meeting of April 16, 2025.

That the proceedings of the City Council meeting of 16 April 2025, be adjourned.