Ontario has approved Ottawa's new Official Plan with some changes, including expanding the urban boundary further out and allowing taller buildings along minor corridors in the city.
Ontario has approved Ottawa's new Official Plan with some changes, including expanding the urban boundary further and allowing taller buildings along minor corridors in the city.
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing released the approval of the Official Plan on Friday, 13 months after council approved the roadmap for development in Canada's capital over the next 25 years. "The 30 modifications to the Official Plan have been made to address matters related to protection of provincial highways, wetland protection monitoring of affordable housing and increasing housing supply," The changes to the Official Plan including expanding the urban boundary by an additional 500 hectares in Kanata, Stittsville, Orleans and Ottawa's south end. The Tewin development, a 445-acre plot located east of Leitrim Road and west of Carlsbad Springs, remains in the plan.
Other changes approved by the province include higher height provisions for buildings on minor corridors. While council approved a four-storey height limit for buildings, the new plan allows buildings up to six storeys in urban areas and seven storeys in suburban areas. The MMAH has approved with modifications Ottawa's Official Plan. More lands for expansion, more height on corridors, more of everything.
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