Posted: January 25th, 2012 | Author: westwellington | Filed under: News | No Comments »
From the City of Ottawa:
The City of Ottawa is reviewing the Pool Enclosure By-law, 2001-259.
This review addresses a number of issues intended to strengthen safety regulations aimed at preventing drowning incidents involving young children. This includes a proposal to require four-sided pool enclosures around all new private pools, which includes a fence between the dwelling and the pool. At the same time, the City will be proposing special provisions for above ground pools, which reduces the size of the required pool enclosure, and exempting hot tubs, if they have a substantial cover that is lockable and kept locked when the hot tub is not in use.
ottawa.ca/poolenclosures
La Ville d’Ottawa révise actuellement son Règlement sur les clôtures de piscine 2001-259.
Cette révision concerne un certain nombre de facteurs visant à renforcer les règlements de sécurité ayant pour but de prévenir les noyades de jeunes enfants. L’une des propositions consiste à exiger la présence de clôtures sur les quatre côtés du périmètre des nouvelles piscines privées, y compris entre l’habitation et la piscine. Parallèlement, la Ville d’Ottawa proposera des dispositions particulières concernant les piscines hors terre, visant à réduire la taille des clôtures requises, et les cuve thermales, qui pourraient être exemptées du règlement si elles possèdent un couvercle complet qui se verrouille et qui demeure verrouillé lorsque la cuve est inutilisée.
ottawa.ca/cloturepiscine
Posted: January 23rd, 2012 | Author: westwellington | Filed under: Communications | No Comments »
The WVCA would like to thank our panelists, experts and most of all, our attendees, for making our Public Forum on the West Wellington Community Design Plan (CDP) such a success.
Let’s continue the conversation. How?
- Comment on this post.
- Visit www.twitter.com, and search #wwcdp.
- Attend the next board meeting Tuesday, February 21, 7 PM, at Collected Works.
Looking forward to talking with you!
Posted: January 18th, 2012 | Author: westwellington | Filed under: Minutes | No Comments »

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WVCA Meeting Minutes, Jan 12, 2012
Also, don’t forget to attend our Public Forum on the West Wellington Community Design Plan this Thursday, January 19, 7 PM, St. George’s Church on Piccadilly!
Posted: January 13th, 2012 | Author: westwellington | Filed under: Events | 1 Comment »
Community Design Plan: What does it say? How will it be implemented? Your chance to ask questions!
January 19, 2012
7 to 9 p.m.
St. George’s Church
Piccadilly Ave.
The Wellington Village Community Association is holding a public forum to explore the Wellington West Community Design Plan. We hope to better understand what the CDP calls for in terms of development heights and densities along Wellington Street, and how the City envisions implementing these policies.
Invited speakers include Councillor Katherine Hobbs, who will address how the community can be better involved in the planning approvals process, and Yasir Naqvi, who will explain his proposals for reforming the process of appealing development decisions to the Ontario Muncipal Board. City Planning Dept. staff will also speak.

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WVCA Public Forum CDP
Posted: January 5th, 2012 | Author: westwellington | Filed under: Events | No Comments »
From the City of Ottawa:
Have you ever wondered how land-use planning is done? What those black and white signs in your community mean? How a zoning application is made? How to make a presentation to Planning Committee? What land-use planners do for your community?
Now is your time to find out.
The Planning and Growth Management Department offers the Planning Primer Program to help residents become more aware of, and more involved in, the land-use planning process. The program is a series of half-day courses. The series includes two core courses and two elective courses.
- The core courses, called Primer I and Primer II, describe the legislative and policy basis under which land-use planning decisions are made, the way policy documents are amended and how to make a development application.
- The second elective course for 2012 which will focus on heritage planning.
To make the most of the information being presented, residents must attend the Primer I course before attending Primer II and attend both the Primer I and II courses before attending an elective course. The content of these Primer courses is the same as those offered in previous years. The courses are offered in English only.
Take the Primer I & II courses
Primer I Course
- Saturday, January 21, 2012 or
- Monday, January 23, 2012
Primer II Course
- Saturday, February 11, 2012 or
- Monday, February 13, 2012
Location:
City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West,
Champlain Room, Second Floor
8:30 a.m. to noon
The Primer I course is a pre-requisite for the Primer II course. Registration for Primer II will open on January 31, 2012
Register today!
Space is limited, so register soon.
Questions?
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Vous vous êtes déjà demandé comment l’aménagement du territoire était réalisé? Ce que signifient ces enseignes noires et blanches dans votre quartier? Comment adresser une demande de zonage? Comment faire une présentation devant le Comité de l’urbanisme? Ce que font les planificateurs de l’utilisation du sol pour votre collectivité?
Le moment est venu de le découvrir
Le Service de l’urbanisme et de la gestion de la croissance propose son Abécédaire de l’aménagement, un programme destiné à aider les résidents à se familiariser avec le processus de planification d’aménagement du territoire et à mieux y prendre part. Il s’agit en fait d’une série de cours d’une demi-journée, dont deux cours de base et deux cours optionnels.
- Les cours de base, intitulés Abécédaire de l’aménagement I et Abécédaire de l’aménagement II, décrivent le fondement des lois et des politiques en vertu desquelles les décisions d’aménagement du territoire sont prises, la manière de modifier les documents de politique et la manière de présenter une demande d’aménagement.
- Le cours optionnel proposé en 2012 est axé sur la planification du patrimoine.
Pour tirer profit au maximum des renseignements présentés, les résidents doivent avoir suivi l’Abécédaire I avant d’assister à l’Abécédaire II, et avoir suivi les deux Abécédaires avant de suivre un cours optionnel. Le contenu de ces cours est le même que par les années passées. Ces cours ne sont offerts qu’en anglais.
L’Abécédaire I a été proposé les 10 et 12 avril et les 18 et 20 septembre 2010, et sera répété au printemps 2011 (dates à confirmer). Le cours optionnel avec la CAMO a eu lieu les 15 et 17 mai 2010, et pourrait être offert à nouveau en 2011.
Abécédaire I
- Samedi 21 janvier 2012 ou
- Lundi 23 janvier 2012
Abécédaire II
- Samedi 11 février 2012 ou
- Lundi 13 février 2012
Lieu :
Hôtel de ville, 110, avenue Laurier Ouest
Salle Champlain, 2e étage
De 8 h 30 à midi
L’Abécédaire I est un cours préalable à l’Abécédaire II. L’inscription au cours Abécédaire II commence le 31 janvier 2012.
Inscrivez-vous dès aujourd’hui!
Le nombre de places est limité alors inscrivez-vous sans tarder.
Le cours facultatif sur la CAMO ne sera offert qu’en mai 2010.
Des questions?
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Posted: January 4th, 2012 | Author: westwellington | Filed under: Events | No Comments »
1. Next WVCA board meeting to take place at Collected Works, Thursday, January 12 at 7 pm. Please plan to attend!
2. WVCA Public Forum:
Wellington West Community Design Plan
January 19, 2010, 7 – 9pm, St. George’s Church
3. 2012 WVCA board meetings: third Tuesdays of the month. Feb. 21, March 20, April 17, May 15, June 19.
Posted: December 9th, 2011 | Author: westwellington | Filed under: Meetings | No Comments »
Tuesday, December 13
7:00 p.m.
Fisher Park School
See you there!
Posted: December 5th, 2011 | Author: westwellington | Filed under: News | No Comments »
WVCA has received notificication of a zoning by-law amendment proposal (proponent is Urbandale Construction) for 99-107 Parkdale Ave. This proposal will be considered by the Planning Committee on Feb 28, 2012.
The preliminary concepts for this site are to develop a 28-storey, 161-unit concominium building with five floors of underground parking. Most notably, the amendment would increase the maximum height from 37m to 85m for the site, reduce the front yard setback from 3m to zero, and the rear yard setback from 7.5m to 3m.
To access all information relating to this proposal, go to ottawa.ca/devapps and input File Number D02-02-11-0108 in the “Search” criteria.
Posted: December 1st, 2011 | Author: westwellington | Filed under: News | No Comments »
From a neighbour:
Please be aware that the Westboro Beach CA has posted the open letter Mr. Mayor, How Ugly is Ottawa? (with permission of the author) to its website.
I’d like to encourage you to send this link out on your networks, especially via Twitter and Facebook, and to write a letter
*in opposition to the proposed zoning amendment, if you oppose it.
*in support of Dr. Christoph Zürcher’s views, if you agree with his views.
Here’s the link to share: http://bit.ly/vjNVmu
Time is of the essence. On Monday, December 5 the City of Ottawa’s planning committee will vote on the proposal of Urban Uniform for a zoning by-law amendment proposal for 335 Roosevelt Ave, file Nr. D02-02-11-0068. Write to the Mayor and to members of the Planning Committee, especially if your councillor sits on the committee. Here is the committee list:
| Chair: |
Vice Chair: |
Members: |
Ex officio: |
| Councillor Peter Hume |
Councillor Jan Harder |
Councillor Stephen Blais
Councillor Rainer Bloess
Councillor Rick Chiarelli
Councillor Katherine Hobbs
Councillor Allan Hubley
Councillor Bob Monette
Councillor Shad Qadri
Councillor Mark Taylor |
Mayor Jim Watson |