Planning Committee

WHEREAS the Province of Ontario’s released 55 recommendations through its the Ontario Housing Affordability Task Force; and WHEREAS Recommendations 26 through 31 seek to “weed out” or “prevent appeals” the task force believes is aimed at delaying projects, WHEREAS the task force points to latest data from the Ontario Land Tribunal’s 2019-20 report states that there are more than 1,300 unresolved cases; and WHEREAS the National Capital Region’s latest growth population statistics show that it is the fourth fastest growing urban area in the Country; and WHEREAS Statistics Canada reports Ottawa’s 2021 population alone is now 1,488,307; and WHEREAS recommendation number 26 states the province should require appellants to promptly seek permission (“leave to appeal”) of the Tribunal and demonstrate that an appeal has merit, relying on evidence and expert reports, before it is accepted; and WHEREAS The City report states it has no concerns provided the province restore an office to advise community organizations or other stakeholders on the mechanics of filing a proper appeal; and WHEREAS the City further states Resources would also need to be provided to the Ontario Land Tribunal so that an expeditious review of the material providing on the “leave” application could be done and not cause delay; and WHEREAS recommendation 30 requests the province to provide funding to increase staffing (adjudicators and case managers), provide market-competitive salaries, outsource more matters to

WHEREAS the City of Ottawa is proud to be Canada’s Capital; and WHEREAS the City includes unique neighbourhood and villages; and WHERE AS communities evolve and needs change, and at times school properties being unused for educational purpose due to change in neighbourhood demographic; and WHEREAS many public lands are vacant and offer development opportunities; and WHEREAS the City has not signified the City’s objective for the development of these Federal, Provincial, Crown agencies and City public lands; and WHEREAS these lands should be considered in a complete community lens ahead of development and redevelopment; and WHEREAS the City has unique opportunity to ensure that publicly owned land meet the introducing a full range of affordability and increase the number of rental housing stock WHEREAS the Ontario Housing Affordability Task Force mandate was to explore measures to address housing needs; and WHEREAS government-owned land was outside the mandate, but many stakeholders noted the value of surplus or underused public land and land associated with major transit investments in finding housing solutions; and WHEREAS several stakeholders on the task force raised issues that they believed to have merit in further consideration; and WHEREAS in Ottawa there are a number of vacant lands to be considered as underused including but not limited to Federal vacant lands such as former Canada Post offices, MTO/417 lands no longer being used for transportation expansion, provinci

WHEREAS Ottawa is a city of neighbourhoods and Villages. WHEREAS Each of these neighbourhoods and Villages are unique, but many elements of the City’s neighbourhoods and Villages are similar and is what shapes our City WHEREAS the City’s Official Plan sets objectives to continue to ensure these neighbourhoods and villages thrive WHEREAS these objectives include intensification, 15-minute neighbourhoods, Climate Change-focused considerations and pedestrian and cycling friendly focused planning WHEREAS the Official Plan intends to improve sophistication in urban and community design for good urbanism at all scales, from the largest to the very small. WHEREAS the Province of Ontario’s released 55 recommendations through its the Ontario Housing Affordability Task Force; and WHEREAS recommendations 12 through 15 inappropriately define the review process for a planning applications as “NIMBYism” and can “delay the process” and extend the costs for building, remove the community consultation and local municipal councillor input and authority; and WHEREAS in a City like Ottawa, in mature urban neighbourhoods a site plan requirement helps capture elements of design such as materials, lighting, parking, garbage storage, landscaping and privacy; and WHEREAS The City does not agree with a complete override of these tools people value; and WHEREAS the City’s new residential zoning intensifications such as R4 has expanded to much of the inner urban core; WHEREAS this zoning brings multi-re

WHEREAS The Province of Ontario released its 55 recommendations through its the Ontario Housing Affordability Task Force; and WHEREAS the mandate of the Task Force was to explore measures to address housing affordability; and WHEREAS the Housing Affordability Task Force recommends limiting exclusionary zoning in municipalities through binding provincial action including allowing as of right residential housing up to four units and up to four storeys on a single residential lot; WHEREAS this recommendation aims to address how Ontario can quickly create more housing supply by allowing more housing in more locations “as of right” (without the need for municipal approval) and make better use of transportation investments. WHEREAS this recommendation further aims to get more housing built in existing neighbourhoods more quickly than any other measure; and WHEREAS the City of Ottawa has currently grown and intensified the focus remains on the inner core of the City; and WHEREAS these intensification goals have pushed the limits of space, including green space WHEREAS use of lands and extended the urban landscape further east, west and south for up to four units and up to four storeys on a single residential lot should be considered; and WHEREAS this can be successfully achieved by extending the urban core intensification goals to align with the extension of the City’s Light Rail Transit Confederation line and the current expansion to Trim Road to the East and Moodie Drive to the We