April 16 - 10:00
City Council
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Councillor R. Brockington
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File No. ACS2025-OCC-CCS-0053 - City-wide
Report Recommendation(s)
That Council receive this report for information.
File No. ACS2025-FCS-SO-0001 - City-wide
Report Recommendation(s)
That Council approve the appointment of Laura Hodgson, Emeka Ichoku, Elie Labaky, Bonnie Oakes Charron, Tanya Parker Wallace and Ronald Warren as Administrative Penalty System Hearing Officers for the remainder of this Term of Council, as further described in this report.
File No. ACS2024-CCS-PSB-0011
Board Recommendation(s)
That Council receive this report for information.
File No. ACS2025-PDB-PS-0003 – West Carleton-March (Ward 5)
Committee Recommendation(s)
That Council:
Approve an amendment to Volume 1 of the Official Plan for 4200 March Road to redesignate from Greenspace to Rural Countryside, to remove the Natural Environmental Area sub-designation and to add the Bedrock Resource Area Overlay as detailed in Document 2 – Details of Recommended Official Plan Amendment.
Approve an amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 for 4200 March Road to rezone from Environ... (cont)
File No. ACS2025-PDB-PS-0011 – West Carleton-March (Ward 5) Osgoode (Ward 20) Rideau-Jock (Ward 21)
Committee Recommendation(s)
That Council approve the ATV trail network expansion as a pilot for a period of two years in Osgoode Ward, Rideau-Jock Ward, and West Carleton-March Ward, through adoption of the recommended by-law amendment, attached as Document 2 and Document 3 to this report.
File No. ACS2025-SI-CCRX-0001 – Osgoode (Ward 20)
Committee Recommendation(s)
That Council:
Approve the proposed amendments to the Official Plan as shown in Document 1 and detailed in Document 3;
Approve the proposed amendments to Zoning By-law No. 2008-250 as shown in Document 1 and detailed in Document 4.
File No ACS2025-FCS-REV-0001 - Citywide
Committee Recommendation(s)
That Council:
1. Discontinue the optional Parking Lot and Vacant Land property class and eliminate Vacant Land subclass discounts.
2. Approve a four-year plan to reduce the Multi-Residential tax ratio to 1.0000, subject to review after a province wide reassessment.
3. Adopt the following optional property tax classes in 2025:
Shopping Centre property class
Office Building property class
Large Industrial property class
Profess... (cont)
File No ACS2025-FCS-FSP-0003 - Citywide
Committee Recommendation(s)
That Council:
Approve the $51.969 million 2024 operating surplus in City-Wide be transferred to the Tax Stabilization Reserve;
Approve the $1.250 million 2024 operating surplus in By-law and Regulatory Services be transferred to the City-Wide Reserve, effecting the advance repayment in relation to the Industrial Building Retrofit capital project, thereby fulfilling its financial obligation three years in advance;
Approve the ... (cont)
File No ACS2025-OCC-GEN-0003 - Citywide
Committee Recommendation(s)
That Council:
Receive this report; and
Approve the amendments to Schedule “A” of the Records Retention and Disposition By-law as outlined in this report and set out in Documents 4 and 5.
File No ACS2025-SI-ED-0001 - Citywide
Committee Recommendation(s)
That Council receive for information the Economic Development Strategy and Action Plan Implementation Update.
File No ACS2025-SI-HSI-0010 - Orléans West-Innes (2), Stittsville (6), Knoxdale-Merivale (9), Gloucester-Southgate (10), Somerset (14), Kitchissippi (15), Capital (17)
Committee Recommendation(s) as amended:
That Council:
Authorize the transfer of 2 Pretty Street, previously declared surplus and transferred to Build Ottawa, and shown on Document 7, subject to existing easements and any easements that may be required, from Build Ottawa back to the City of Ottawa.
Waive Section 1.2 of the City... (cont)
File No. ACS2025-PDB-PS-0014 – City Wide
Committee Recommendation(s) as amended
That Council :
Receive the second draft of the new Zoning Bylaw and Zoning Map for public consultation purposes;
Direct, with respect to Issue 4, as contained in Document 3, that staff consider and consult on a new Option 4 which limits the maximum ‘as-of-right' height for high-rise buildings along Mainstreet Corridors in the Suburban Transect based on distance from a rapid transit station;
Direct that staff revie... (cont)
File No. ACS2025-PDB-PS-0015 – City Wide
Committee Recommendation(s)
That Council :
Direct staff to draft amendments relating to the planning matters described in this report and begin the consultation process;
Receive this report on the revisions to the Official Plan that may be required and consider written and oral submissions and discussions of the public, as per Section 26 (3) and (5) of the Planning Act;
Delegate, to a joint meeting of Planning and Housing Committee and Agriculture and... (cont)
File No. ACS2025-PDB-PSX-0029 – Kitchissippi (15)
Committee Recommendation(s)
That Council approve an amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 for 609, 611, 613 and 615 Parkview Road, as shown in Document 1, to permit four-unit low-rise apartment buildings, as detailed in Document 2.
File No. ACS2025-PDB-PSX-0032 – Citywide
Committee Recommendation(s)
That Council approve an amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 for all Land in the Downtown Core, Inner Urban, Outer Urban and Suburban Transects, as shown in Document 1, to permit emergency shelters and transitional shelters in all zones other than the EP – Environmental Protection, ME – Mineral Extraction, IH – Heavy Industrial zones, IG – General Industrial zones, IL – Light Industrial zones and IP – Business Park zones, to c... (cont)
File No. ACS2025-OCC-CCS-0026 - City Wide
Committee Recommendation(s) as amended
That Council direct staff to identify up to $10 million and direct funding in 2026 to the warranted traffic control devices program to further reduce the current backlog of warranted intersections in need of funding.
File No. ACS2025-OCC-CCS-0027 - City Wide
Committee Recommendation(s) as amended
That Council direct staff to include in the 2025 Road Safety Action Plan Annual Report a plan, including the estimated required funding, to implement the backlog of Pedestrian Crossovers at all warranted locations city-wide by 2030. Additionally, that staff be further directed to actively seek opportunities to fund the plan to eliminate the backlog by 2030.
File No. ACS2025-PDB-TP-0002 – City-wide
Committee Recommendation(s)
That Council:
Approve the City’s continued participation in the Provincial Electric Kick Scooter Pilot Program for an additional five-years, until 2029, as extended by the province, and report back at the conclusion of the final year of the pilot;
Approve amendments to the City’s E-scooters By-law No. 2020-174 substantially in the form attached as Document 3 and as outlined in this report;
Approve the continuation of Ottaw... (cont)
File No. ACS2025-PDB-TP-0009 - City Wide
Committee Recommendation(s) as amended
That Council:
Approve the amendments to the Use and Care of Roads By-law as set out in Document 1 and as described in this report
Approve amendments to the Use and Care of Roads By-law No. 2003-498 to:
permit the owners of land zoned residential to replace the grass within the boulevard abutting their property with herbaceous ground cover defined as soft-stemmed plants that grow to a mature height not exceedin... (cont)
Committee Recommendation(s)
That Council approve that the construction of the MUP along the west side of the Airport Parkway be deferred and considered with the Airport Parkway widening.
Committee Recommendation(s)
That Council:
Direct staff to work with the Irish Society of the National Capital Region to install street sign blades recognizing the historical significance of the Irish diaspora in Lowertown; and
Direct staff to work more broadly with the Ward Councillor, Lowertown Community Association and other stakeholders to develop and implement a plan for commemorative street sign blades recognizing the history of Lowertown and the ByWard Market.
File No. ACS2025- CMR-OCM-0002 - Citywide
Committee Recommendation(s)
That Council receive the Light Rail Regulatory Monitor and Compliance Officer Annual Report, attached as Document 1.
File No. ACS2025-PDB-PSX-0031 – Osgoode (Ward 20)
Committee Recommendation(s)
That Council approve an amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 for 3973 Yorks Corners Road, as shown in Document 1, to prohibit residential development on the retained land and to permit a reduction of the permitted lot width on the severed lands, as detailed in Document 2.
File No ACS2025-FCS-FIN-0002 - Citywide
Committee Recommendation(s)
That Council approve the 2025 budgets and special levies, as presented in Document 1, for the following:
Barrhaven BIA
Bells Corners BIA
Carp BIA
Carp Road Corridor BIA
Centretown BIA
Downtown BIA
Downtown Rideau BIA
Glebe BIA
Heart of Orleans BIA
Kanata Central BIA
Kanata North BIA
Manotick BIA
Preston BIA
Somerset Chinatown BIA
Somerset Village BIA
Sparks Street Mall Authority
Vanier BIA
Wellington West BIA
Westboro Villa... (cont)
File No ACS2025-FCS-FSP-0004 - Citywide
Committee Recommendation(s)
That Council approve the 2025 levies for the Rideau Valley, South Nation and Mississippi Valley Conservation Authorities as presented in Document 1, and as outlined in this report.
File No ACS2025-OCC-GEN-0002 - Citywide
Committee Recommendation(s)
That Council:
Receive this report for information.
Approve the 2025 Departmental French Language Services Operational Plans as described in this report and set out in Document 1.
File No ACS2025-SI-HSI-0009 - College (8)
Committee Recommendation(s)
That City Council enact the By-law attached as Document 1 hereto authorizing the City to proceed with the expropriation of the lands described in Schedule A to the By-law (the “Lands”) including:
Registering a plan of expropriation with respect to the Lands;
Serving notice of expropriation and possession on the owners of the Lands;
Serving offers of compensation as contemplated in Section 25 of the Expropriations Act; and,
... (cont)
File No ACS2025-OCC-CCS-0039 - Stittsville (6)
Committee Recommendation(s)
That Council waive the Disposal of Real Property Policy to enable the City to transfer a 4.52-metre-wide portion of Block 129, Plan 4M-1616 back to the Owner for a nominal charge.
File No. ACS2025-PDB-PSX-0035 – Somerset (14)
Committee Recommendation(s)
That Council approve an amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 for 433 Lyon Street North, as shown in Document 3, to update performance standards and consolidate zoning for parcels that will be created through a concurrent Lifting of Part Lot Control application (D07-08-24-0047), as detailed in Document 4.
File No. ACS2025-PDB-BCS-0001 – Citywide
Committee Recommendation(s)
That Council receive this report for information.
File No. ACS2025-PDB-TP-0010 - City Wide
Committee Recommendation(s)
That Council approve the amendments to the following by-laws to improve administration and harmonize enforcement regulation as described in this report and set out in Documents 1 to 5:
Private Approach By-law (By-law No. 2003-447)
Right of Way Patio By-law (By-law No. 2023-230)
Encroachments on City Highways By-law (By-law No. 2003-446)
Road Activity By-law (By-law No. 2003-445)
Over-dimensional Vehicles on City Highways B... (cont)
File No. ACS2025-PWD-RPS-0001 - Citywide
Committee Recommendation(s)
That Council delegate the authority to the General Manager, Public Works to:
Proceed with an RFP and finalize an agreement with the successful proponent for a parking payment system to replace the existing Pay Display kiosks that will be based on pay-by-license plate technology, as described in this report and funded through the Parking Reserve Fund; and
Proceed with an RFP and finalize an agreement with the successful propo... (cont)
File No. ACS2025-OCC-CCS-0055 - City-wide
Report Recommendation(s)
That Council approve the Summaries of Oral and Written Public Submissions for items considered at the City Council Meeting of March 26, 2025, that are subject to the ‘Explanation Requirements’ being the Planning Act, subsections 17(23.1), 22(6.7), 34(10.10) and 34(18.1), as applicable, as described in this report and attached as Document 1-2.
Moved by T. Kavanagh
Seconded byC. Curry
WHEREAS the City of Ottawa has a history in both the call to create a nuclear weapon-free world and the commemoration of the use of atomic bombs in 1945 on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and
WHEREAS the City of Ottawa joined the international nongovernmental organization Mayors for Peace in 1984, which now includes 8,466 member councils from 166 countries, and 113 member councils from Canada, and
WHEREAS in 2004, then-President of Mayors for Pe... (cont)
Moved by S. Menard
Seconded byR. Brockington
WHEREAS the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG) would like to use firework related smoke devices at Ottawa Rapid FC Games at TD Place and;
WHEREAS OSEG has developed procedures to ensure the safety of staff and patrons of the events and;
WHEREAS the City of Ottawa prohibits the use of smoke devices in By-law No. 2003-237, as amended, the Fireworks By-law and;
WHEREAS OSEG has for years used smoke devices for Ottawa Fury FC games and Ott... (cont)
Moved by S. Plante
Seconded byM. Sutcliffe
WHEREAS 10,000 seniors in Ottawa do not have access to a primary care provider; and
WHEREAS OPH estimated in a 2023 report that up to 150,000 Ottawa residents did not have access to a regular primary care provider before the COVID-19 pandemic and that number is likely now higher due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS the Ontario College of Family Physicians has warned that as many as 318,000 Ottawa residents could be without a famil... (cont)
Moved by D. Hill
Seconded byS. Desroches
WHEREAS 370 stunt driving charges where laid last year in Ottawa, representing a 98% increase in stunt driving charges from 2019; and
WHEREAS stunt driving is a reckless crime that puts the driver, other road users and members of the public at large in danger and disrupts our communities with noise violations in the middle of the night, which can be debilitating for seniors and children; and
WHEREAS vehicle thefts remain an active concern for Ottawa re... (cont)
Moved by L. Johnson
Seconded byM. Sutcliffe
WHEREAS B’nai Brith Canada is the country’s oldest human rights organization and a key voice of Canada’s Jewish community; and
WHEREAS B’nai Brith Canada has raised concerns about the increased frequency of the Nazi hooked cross (Hakenkreuz) and other Nazi symbols in our communities; and
WHEREAS Ottawa’s Jewish community has repeatedly seen the Nazi hooked cross (Hakenkreuz) and other Nazi symbols used to intimidate them; and
WHEREAS By-law & Re... (cont)
Moved by D. Brown
Seconded byC. Curry
That the by-laws listed on the Agenda under Motion to Introduce By-laws, Three Readings, be read and passed.
a. A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2021-183 respecting a schedule of retention periods for certain records of the City of Ottawa.b. A by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish certain lands as common and public highway and assume them for public use (Rockdale Road, Cordova Street, Lotta Avenue, Scrivens Drive, Bank Street, ... (cont)
To be considered In Camera pursuant to Procedure By-law 2022-410, Subsections 13(1)(d), labour relations and employee negotiations, and 13(1)(f), the receiving of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose. Reporting out date: Upon ratification of the Agreement by Council.
Agenda
