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Waterloo Chronicle | Thursday, December 22, 2022 | 16 waterloochronicle.ca THE CITY OF Waterloo NOTICE OF AN INFORMAL PUBLIC MEETING AND COMPLETE APPLICATION OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 42 & ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT Z-22-13 DCB DEVELOPMENT CANADA INC., 83-85 HICKORY STREET WEST AND 265-267 HEMLOCK STREET WEST, WARD 6 CENTRAL - COLUMBIA Monday, January ane HOW TO GET INVOLVED Ata time to be determi The purpose of the public meeting is to share information and to hear and Council Chambers, city Mall, Waterloo City Centre, gi S consider the planning application The applicant is proposing to construct a six storey residential building with as part of City il i ion making process. The publi d to 203 bedrooms (168 dwelling units). To facilitate the development, the Applicant is proposing to amend the andor a aranging th speak to the application in person. City’s ical ed to create new Specific Provision Area (SPA) to permit an TO SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS hectare on the subject property. The Written j, January 4, Applicant is also proposing to amend the City’s Zoning By-law to remove 2023 will be included in the City Council Agenda. Written comments received the Holding (H) symbol from the property, to increase the permitted density after 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 4, 2023 will be provided to City from 250 bedrooms per hectare to 652 bedrooms per hectare, to reduce the Council for consideration prior to the Informal Public Meeting, but will not be minimum rear yard setback from 7.5 metres to 3.0 metres, and to permit included in the Council Agenda. Written comments can be provided in the exterior stairs to encroach within the required setback along Hemlock Street. following ways: ¢ Via email to Tristin Deveau (tristin.deveau@waterloo.ca) ¢ By dropping off a hardcopy at Waterloo City Hall, addressed to Tristin Deveau, Planning Division, 2nd floor, 100 Regina St S, Waterloo, ON By placing a hardcopy in the Waterloo City Hall after hours mail slot to the left of the side door entrance on William Street All writ clearly state “Informal OPINION LET'S PICK PEOPLE OVER VEHICLES ON SOME STREETS IT WOULD SEEM THAT OUR EFFORTS TO ATTRACT PEOPLE T0 OUR CITY'S CORES NEED NOT BE A WEATHER-DEPENDENT EXERCISE, WRITES MIKE FARWELL tf MIKE FARWELL Column For years, we've been flirting with the idea of closing our streets to vehicles while opening them to Perhaps one of the an recent examples is Kitchener's Pate pes rm t Village, wil with its patios and Official Plan Amendment No 42 & Zoning By-law Amendment Z-22-13” at the top of the letter/correspondence. TO SPEAK TO THE APPLICATION IF you wish to speak to the application, the Legislati Services Division no later than 10:00 a.m. on Monday, January 16, 2023, by any of the following ways: © By phone at 519-747-8705 By email to clerkinfo@waterloo.ca When we receive your registration, we will provide you with a confirmation message and instructions for participating in the public meeting. We encourage the public to provide input into these important Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications. The public is informed and notified that names, addi be made public. Julie Finley-Swaren, City Clerk, City of Waterloo. 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 Tristin Deveau at 519-747-8753 or email tristin.deveau@waterloo.ca P. 519-886-1550 TTY. 1-866-786-3941 waterloo.ca trian market { eel for us are shop, eat, and socialize. We can trace the roots of Waterloo's Open Streets Festival back more than a de- downtown Kitchener event many years ago that saw King Street closed to vehicles while vendors, picnic tables, games, and even patio lounge chairs took up space on the street. bridge residents also enjoyed an- other summer of expanded patios and sub- sequent street closures in the Hespeler and Galt areas, while n¢ yy Guelph got into the act with its downtorn dining dis- The list of these efforts is increasingly long, and it's only grown longer through the pandemic. Still, these events have a common theme running through them. Each of them takes place in the summer months to take advantage of better weath- er. And while it's true we're much less like- ly to sit down for an outdoor meal in De- See - page 17