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o bJ $ 3 W o _ o & as: < Waterloo a @ â€" Councils W g issue buildi \id apartments â€" homes, as 3 regul g regular m § Coun, Mort Council t * . g Waterloo @ Council voted 9â€"1 in favor of refusing to 3 issue building permits for new ‘accessory W apartments‘ in single and semiâ€"detached S homes, as well as in town houses, at its w g regular meeting Monday night. Only § Coun. Morty Taylor voted against the ban. Council took the action despite the fact 35 the provincial Residents‘ Rights Act (Bill @ 120) is sull in place and requires municiâ€" g palities to permit construction of apartâ€" 2 ments in houses. A bill to repeal much of ; Bill 120, the Land Use Planning and Proâ€" tection Act, received first reading in the Ontario legislature on Nov. 16 and is expected to become law this spring low the construction of apartments in houses at a council meeting this past Sepâ€" tember but withdrew the motion when a city solicitor advised the city such an action would be illegal under existing law. Coun Joan McKinnon moved the motion calling for the ban at Monday night‘s meeting. McKinnon wanted to introduce a motion to temporarily disalâ€" Council bans construction of apartments in houses 16 The councillor has been against the The new law will be retroactive to Nov. aterloo council has decided to ban the construction of apartâ€" ments in houses in the City of Tim Gardner Chronicle Staff The city began looking into the possibilâ€" ity of banning the construction of acces sory apartments again after the city‘s director of planning and development, The new bill (Bill 20) will give individâ€" ual municipalities the power to decide through their zoning bylaws where new apartments in houses will be allowed. Waterloo never changed its zoning bylaws when Bill 120 became law in July, 1994, and the city‘s current bylaws do not permit accessory apartments. "We have an existing law, which is the law," Taylor said after Monday night‘s meeting, when asked why he voted against the motion. "And we‘re breaking the law, whether we like it or not." However Coun. Tricia Siemens said durâ€" ing debate on the issue that she believed banning construction of apartments in houses in the city is justified. development of accessory apartments because she says they put tremendous stress on municipal sewers, water services and other utilities, are unfair to people who intentionally bought their homes to live in neighborhoods that were officially zoned for single homes, cause increased traffic problems and increased school crowding and affect property values. *We do not have a bylaw allowing them," she said, also pointing out that Bill 120 will likely be repealed this spring. "So 1 don‘t think we‘re doing anything wrong." Under this option, which council approved, the applicant has the right to appeal the refusal to the Ontario court genâ€" eral division under a section of the Buildâ€" ing Code Act. The second option said the city could continue issuing building permits for apartments in houses. But it also said that city officials were to warn applicants that their units could become illegal once Bill 20 became law. Council also approved a recommendaâ€" tion Monday night to protect staff in case someone decides to take the city to court over the issue. The first option said the city could refuse to issue building permits for the construcâ€" tion of apartments in houses. Instead of providing a permit to an applicant, the city would issue a letter instead explaining the citys position. Greg Romanick, told council Nov. 20 he had heard the city could possibly ban such construction due to first reading of the Land Use Planning and Protection Act Nov. 16. The citys chief building official, Tony Krimmer, said after Monday night‘s meetâ€" ing he, city clerk Lew Ayers, and city solicâ€" itor Bill White met twice recently to determine if the city could legally ban the construction of apartments in houses. 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