Town Hall Meeting – Improving our neighborhoods and protecting the value of our homes
Organized by Don Bartlett and Paul Beechey
King’s University College – Labatt Hall
http://www.geography.uwo.ca/campusmaps/images/map/westernandaffiliates.pdf
SW corner of Waterloo St. & Epworth Ave.
Wednesday, July 18th, 2012
6:30 pm – Registration
7:00 – 8:30pm – Presentation & Discussion
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Good news from the City Council meeting of this week. Council managed to pass the amendments to implement the recommendations in the Great Near Campus plan (i.e. to control the number of bedrooms in multi unit housing, parking, landscaped open space). Councillor Branscombe was also able to get the ball rolling on the possibility of limiting the number of rental licenses issued for areas where single family homes are being converted to rentals. City staff will report back to City Council on this. A limit on licenses will be helpful as it is expected that the GNCN amendments that were passed will be appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board by at least one builder of multi-family housing around the University. When appealed, the amendments do not take force and effect.
The minutes of the Council meeting (June 26) should be posted shortly on the city’s web site – http://www.london.ca/d.aspx?s=/Meetings/Default/meetingpackages.htm
From the Free Press –
A plan to tighten zoning restrictions in the areas near Western University and Fanshawe College to eliminate problems related to over-intensification of housing needs more work, the city’s planning committee decided Monday. The plan, which calls for a limit of three bedrooms in multi-unit dwellings, down from five, in areas adjacent to the institutions is being proposed. Along with other measures, the idea is to prevent too many people living in premises whose parking and other amenities cannot support them. But details relating to height restrictions and other measures prompted planning committee members to send it back to planning staff for further review. The planning committee chair said he expects it will return with modifications in September.
It will more likely be late fall (not September) before this comes back to the Committee for discussion.
The city’s proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendment for the Near-Campus Neighbourhoods is now available here.
The proposed amendments are to provide clearer guidance for the development of lands in near-campus neighbourhoods located in proximity to the University of Western Ontario and Fanshawe College.
This matter will be discussed at a public participation meeting of the Planning and Environment Committee on Monday, June 18, not to be heard before 5:45 p.m.
Orchard Park / Sherwood Forest Neighborhood Association 