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w at er lo oc hr on ic le .c a W at er lo o C hr on ic le | T hu rs da y, F eb ru ar y 10 ,2 02 2 | 4 Entertainment Program available 5:00 pm local time February 14th Register to watch the program free at www.survivorsfund.ca 95% Of Victims Trafficked in Canada Are Canadian Born "The Concord Adex Survivors Fund Provides Safe Affordable Housing & Post Secondary Education Bursaries to Survivors" Average age a victim is first trafficked is 14 yrs SUPPORTING SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING VIRTUAL DINNER AND ENTERTAINMENT Josh Ford 'Acoustic Folk / Pop' Nick Zyla 'Folk Alternative' Kenny Munshaw 'Singer / Songwriter / Producer' Reno Silva 'Latin Instrumental Guitar' 'Comedian' Adrienne Fish Canada, Join us for the Concord Adex Survivors Fund 'Virtual Valentine Dinner & Entertainment Event' February 14th Sponsored By To make a donation (charitable receipt provided) visit us at www.survivorsfund.ca www.coasttocoastlifecoaching.com NOTICE OF THE PASSING OF A ZONING BY-LAW CITY WIDE: Z-21-13 SOLER TEMPORARY USE BY-LAW EXTENSION Take notice that the Council of the Corporation of the City of Waterloo passed By-law No. 2022-004, on January 17, 2022, under Section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990. And take notice that any person or agency may appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal in respect of this By-law by filing with the Clerk of the Corporation of the City of Waterloo not later than March 2, 2022, a notice of appeal setting out the objection to the By-law and the reasons in support of the objection, accompanied by a fee of $1,100.00, made payable to the Minister of Finance, as prescribed under the Ontario Land Tribunal Act. If you wish to appeal to the Tribunal, a copy of an appeal form is available from the Ontario Land Tribunal website at https://olt.gov.on.ca/appeals-process/ An explanation of the purpose and effect of the By-law, describing the lands to which the By-law applies is attached. The complete By-law is available for inspection in the City of Waterloo Clerk's office during regular business hours. Dated at the City of Waterloo this 10th day of February, 2022. Julie Scott, City Clerk NOTE: i) Only individuals, corporations and public bodies may appeal a Zoning By-law to the Ontario LandTribunal. A Notice of Appeal may not be filed by an unincorporated association or group. However, a Notice of Appeal may be filed in the name of an individual who is a member of the association or the group. ii) No person or public body shall be added as a party to the hearing of the appeal unless, before the By-law was passed, the person or public body made oral submissions at a public meeting or written submissions to the Council or, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party. EXPLANATORY NOTE By-law No. 2022-004 amends By-law No. 2020-049 as previously amended by By-law 2020-083, being a Temporary Use Zoning By-law managing land use development within the City of Waterloo.This By-law applies city wide, and is enacted under Sections 34 and 39 of the Ontario Planning Act. The purpose of this By-law is to amend subsection 3(a) of By-law 2020-049 to extend the City of Waterloo's S.O.L.E.R. Initiative until December 31, 2022. By-law 2020-049 as amended enables the City's Support Our Local Economic Recovery (S.O.L.E.R.) Initiative to, among other things: 1. allow off-street parking areas, loading spaces, and other spaces on private and public property to be temporarily used for commercial and cultural purposes; 2. temporarily allow outdoor display areas in any yard notwithstanding Section 3.P.1.4 of By-law 2018-050; 3. allow patios and outdoor display areas to temporarily obstruct and/or eliminate a parking space and/ or loading space notwithstanding Section 3.P.2.3 of By-law 2018-050; 4. make available temporary site specific exemptions to Section 3.P.2.2 of By-law 2018-050 to allow temporary patios in yards abutting a Low Rise Residential Area; 5. where the Zoning By-law restricts commercial uses to the ground floor, to temporarily allow a commercial use to expand to the second floor subject to a SOLER license and compliance with applicable law including the Ontario Building Code; 6. temporarily permit semi-permanent structures on commercial lands and accessory structures in yards where a temporary commercial patio or outdoor display area exists or is permitted subject to a SOLER license and compliance with applicable law including the Ontario Building Code; 7. to temporarily permit light manufacturing, assembly and processing of personal protective equipment and supplies (PPE) in the E1, E2, E2A and E2B zones in Zoning By-law 2018-050 until November 1, 2023; and 8. any other temporary use deemed appropriate by the City of Waterloo that is not currently permitted in the Zoning By-law. Temporary uses will be subject to the individual, business or artisan obtaining a license from the City of Waterloo, and compliance with all conditions applied to the license. For further information regarding the above matter, please contact the City of Waterloo Integrated Planning and Public Works, 2nd Floor, Waterloo City Centre, Waterloo, Ontario, by calling Joel Cotter at 519-747-8543 or by email at joel.cotter@waterloo.ca P. 519-886-1550 TTY. 1-866-786-3941 waterloo.ca The average price of a detached home was more than $1.15 million in Janu- ary -- up 35.5 per cent com- pared to the same month last year and 12.9 per cent from December. The K-W Association of Realtors' monthly report, released Thursday (Feb. 3), also shows that compared to last January, the average price of a townhome has risen 47.9 per cent to $836,306. The average sale price for all residential proper- ties in the area in January (402) was $955,665 -- a 37.3 per cent increase over Jan- uary 2021 and a 13.6 per cent increase compared to De- cember 2021. "While it's a new year, the song remains the same with home buying demand outstripping supply in Jan- uary," said Megan Bell, president of KWAR, in a media release. "This has resulted in price jumps across all property types." There were 174 homes available for sale at the end of January, a decrease of 22 per cent compared to Janu- ary of last year and more than 80 per cent below the previous 10-year average of 883 listings for the month. And it's expected there will be added pressure in the real estate market heading into spring, as it's anticipated the Bank of Canada will raise interest rates in mid-March. "I think we can expect over the course of the next few weeks, buyers who have yet to be priced out of the market will be looking to lock in a mortgage and scoop up any homes that come onto the market," Bell said in the news re- lease. The full report is at kwar.ca. PRICE FOR A DETACHED HOUSE ECLIPSES $1.1M BILL JACKSON bjackson@torstar.ca NEWS LOW INVENTORY DRIVING STEEP SLOPE AS BUYERS LOOK TO LOCK UP MORTGAGES