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a . WATERLUU CHRONICLE, - Wednesday, luly 2t. 2013 Council seeks more info after delegating demolitions Bvlmns 1m in the legislation and where we start the 7‘ Chronicle Staff conversation.” said Coun. Karen Scian. Coun. Mark Whaley. the only vote in ‘ ity politicians are seeking more clarifi- opposition to February's decision to dele- » .. ‘ cation on how they can assess develop- gate demolition approval to staff. said coun- ' ment projects in the city. cil and the public will be surprised by what ~ ‘ last week. councillors balked at the first gets built if council continues to rely only on \ \ quarterly report updating them on staffâ€" thesetypesofrepons. _- ’ . \ approved demolition applications They had He said council traditionally had three Q previously delegated approval of demoli~ ways of ensuring new buildings met design ‘ tions to staff in February in favour of the and construction standards â€" demolition g," quarterly updates. applications. informal public meetings and ‘ “This report's not quite as site plan review. ‘ fulsome as l was expecting." “ . , Now. council has no say ‘ said Coun. Diane Freeman of This report S not on demolition applications. the two~page document. - they can only ask questions . which only included the quite asfulsome for clarification during the ' addresses and a brief (15] was public meetings, and there is ‘- >f’ ( description of the number of - n no council representation on - 4..., : units and storeys. Five propr apecnng' site plan review. fr ’ _ _‘“" , erties were included in the â€"Coun.DlanePreeman ‘The look and quality of report. ()n interim demolition the city should not be done 3 “My understanding was applications report behind closed doors,” Wha- l when we did receive this leysaid. ‘ report for information, we The city's planning ‘ would still receive the information in terms approval director, Scott Amos. said city staff ; of the renderings and such.” work to ensure the applimtions meet Water- Council has delegated demolition approvals to staff, and has raised concerns about the infor- : ’ Council voted to request an administra- loo's official plan, zoning and urban design mation they‘re getting back after an initial report on the pro<ess. . fit? WV) . rive report from staff outlining precisely guidelines. In February. staff said delegating . what options are available to council to approval to staff instead of waiting for those involving properties on the Municipal that council face a full anticipation on, l oppose or approve certain demolitions and scheduled council meetings could speed up Heritage Register or designated under the because site plan review had not been corn developments. approval times by several weeks. Ontario Heritage Act. pleted. It is at site that those issues get dealt I A repon will come to council before the And as long as applications conform with Coun. Jeff Henry took issue with Whaley’s with,” he said. ‘ next quarterly demolition report. the official plan and city bylaws. the appli‘ continued opposition to the delegation of “If we're talking about renderings. we're “We have to know what avenues are cant could appeal a rejected application to demolition applications to staff. not looking for a demolition control updat~ available to us, I would like to know what the Ontario Municipal Board. Council will “The renderings we used to see to these ed report, we're looking for an updated our possible points ofconversation are with also review controversial applications or demolition control permits were not ones report out ofsite plan.~ ' - - - - - - - - - - - q II! I. SPRAYIHG. [4/ ‘ ‘SI )I “I5“ 5 I [I I I. I i... ry l I l Home so i" r. - . 4 a. ‘ " “ ‘ " ' ' aloe ' ' ‘ \\ /) ‘A s-' - nmfimnnmmmmm ‘i // 6 ‘e- MIX & MatCh S , I L... Drlp Oil Spraying I . n OW \ Not mm In m no: other (More I i""1"~""' "'"“‘ "' ' “ ,___‘ , '. l1420VlctorhSLNoflhUnfl7.KRchonor' . . I . . ' . -r:iuumm:r ”l ‘ l ‘ . | ‘ ; '. .- . . : l A V I I ; W _( - -“--:.m . ‘7 age... ~ , IIDUEHTOH I ; -n_mt.u ' a I. - 1 Q 1 - -' 2:. a m ”_. a“ "FF . .. t ' ' ' '= ‘5 ,. 7â€" ' Est l97' I 1/2 Paine . w. . ..... . - . WW ._ . _ »_ I at“ 51292520129 3320 l uni-VON Joann”. -,. mu.me Sâ€"â€"â€" â€"â€"-â€"-â€"â€"-J ‘ ’ “ -7 . ' \ 'll . ' ('(lll'()\ '“fiuwmaur‘nm =m’rae- ' .awa..."â€" ‘ V BUY “"9. "t" p" l‘l F S ""’ ‘ "5; of ,. , A .. . ; J: m . I . * y' 09947DAY8A ' -. Jim. ~;.,~ . q .. . 4:17. -_, mm ' SilWJ‘urW-hm-M .. mun-w I 4‘, “a y .. l \ _ Readers Choice Kitchener .' ‘ , . , , , _ I “f- .' .. . i 20! i Best Family Restaurant I . ' _ 1'. 'i'I'JTF'" 'W_ ‘VIT‘I‘ "r - ‘ I‘ 4 ' . "“'"":'-‘.‘fl""‘ Readers Chorce Kitchener I. I ' ' -i I . w OFF All Around Restaurant I ,‘ 4‘ 1‘ 1 ' . l 1" ~ I . Readers Choice Waterloo I 9 l ,. I , . . 7 ,_ __g__» 7 m.-. ,- _.___, . __, A_ ,4 Favourite European Food I. ‘ -- .44