City Council

That the report from the City Clerk and Solicitor entitled “ Status Update - Council Inquiries and Motions for the Period Ending 21 February 2014”; Community and Protective Services Committee Report 29; Environment Committee Report 27; Planning Committee Report 65A; and Transit Commission Report 24 be received and considered.

WHEREAS, at the Transportation Committee meeting of February 5, 2014, Public Works staff provided a briefing on winter operations; and WHEREAS, during the discussion, staff noted that the width of driveways in the suburban areas has an impact on the cost of snow removal; and WHEREAS Council seeks to have more information from Public Works and Planning and Growth Management staff on the impact of the proposed zoning on future snow operations before consideration of the item; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Item 3, “The Revision to Zoning By-law 2008-250 to Amend Permitted Residential Driveway Widths in Outer Suburban Communities and to Clarify Zoning Language Report” be

WHEREAS Planning Committee Report 64, Item 3 recommends that the zoning by-law be amended to permit wider driveways in the suburban area; and WHEREAS Planning Committee directed staff to prepare an amendment to the Private Approach By-law that will have the effect of limiting curb cuts to that which would be permitted with the zoning in place today; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Private Approach By-law, being By-law 2003-447, as amended, be further amended by repealing section 5 and substituting therefore the following: 5. No permit shall be issued for a private approach the purpose of which is to provide access to a parking space: (1) which is contrary to any City by-law, or (2) created by an amendment to the Zoning By-law 2008-250, Subsection 107(3)(c) of February 26, 2014, which allows an additional 1.8m parking space in the outer suburban area shown as Area A on Schedule 318 of the Zoning By-law.

WHEREAS Report ACS 2014-PAI-PGM-0002 was

WHEREAS in 1910 women delegates from around the world met in Copenhagen to propose that Women’s Day become an international event to promote equal rights for women; WHEREAS the first International Women’s Day was held in 1911; and WHEREAS in 1977, the United Nations officially called for all countries to mark a day for the recognition of women's economic, political and social achievements; WHEREAS every year thousands of events are held around the world to inspire, celebrate and honour women; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Ottawa City Council declare March 8, 2014, to be International Women’s Day in the City of Ottawa.

WHEREAS children are society’s most vulnerable and their safety and security is paramount; and WHEREAS a motorist’s legal requirement to halt behind a stopped school bus is a traffic regulation that helps save the lives of children; and WHEREAS any motorist that overtakes a stopped school bus commits an egregious violation with potentially fatal consequences; and WHEREAS cameras on the stop arms of school buses are an excellent traffic enforcement mechanism for catching motorists that illegally overtake halted school buses; and WHEREAS cameras are in place in other jurisdictions in Canada and the United States; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that City Council urge the Minister of Transportation, Glen Murray, to amend the Ontario Highway Traffic Act (HTA) to permit the use of school bus stop arm cameras for the purpose of identifying and convicting motorists that pass stopped school buses without the need for further testing in court.

That the following by-laws be enacted and passed: THREE READINGS 2014-68 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2001-3 entitled “A by-law of the City of Ottawa to appoint a Deputy Chief Building Official for the City of Ottawa”. 2014-69 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish fees and charges for services, activities and information provided by the Revenue Branch of the Finance Department of the City Manager’s Office and to repeal By-law No. 2012-456. 2014-70 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2002-521 to add the names of certain private roadways. 2014-71 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2004-60 to appoint Municipal Law Enforcement Officers in accordance with private property parking enforcement. 2014-72 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands on Breanna Cardill Street as being exempt from Part Lot Control. 2014-73 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2013-360 regulating the municipal water supply. 2014-74 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-250 of the City of Ottawa to introduce the use, medical marihuana production facility, and to establish zoning provisions for the use. 2014-75 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-250 of the City of Ottawa to change the zoning of lands known municipally as 145, 147, 149, 151, 153 and 155 Meadowlands Drive. 2014-76 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-250 of the City of Ottawa to change the zoning of l

THAT By-law 2014-81 to confirm the proceedings of Council be enacted and passed.