(File photo: Blanding’s Turtle along Hazeldean Road. Photo by Ken McRae.) Minto is proposing several measures to protect Blanding’s Turtles at the new Potter’s Key development on Hazeldean Road. They’ve applied…
The Stittsville Lions Club wants to add an accessible entrance to their building on Main Street, but first they’ll need approval from the City of Ottawa’s Committee of Adjustment (COA).
(Photo: Aerial photo of Fairwinds. Photo by @TwitchxB) With a couple of proposals for low-rise apartment buildings along Robert Grant (Haliburton Heights, Livery Street), and a multi-story retirement complex along Hazeldean (Wellings), we…
(ABOVE: Cathy Lytle stands in front of her family’s home at 1495 Stittsville Main Street. Photo by Devyn Barrie.) After more than a century on Stittsville Main Street, the Lytle…
The City of Ottawa’s Committee of Adjustment will decide on three Stittsville applications on July 20. 5897 FERNBANK The owner, Farmhouse Investments Inc., wants to subdivide the land into two separate…
(via Councillor Shad Qadri) UPDATE, JULY 25: Results from the voting are 54% for Option 3, 21% for Option 2, 16% for Option 4 and 9% for Option 1. “I liked…
PHOTO: Construction begins at Porter Place, June 2016. Re: Sign’s up at Porter Place The community is not amused by the description of Patten Homes’ Porter Place “Closer to nature,…
(ABOVE: Boxty, a traditional Irish potato pancake, was suggested as a new name by a Goulbourn Street resident.) UPDATE, JUNE 28: City extends street naming process to August 12 The…
(ABOVE: Looking north from the Trans Canada Trail, west of Stittsville, June 2016. Photo illustration.) “No interrupting, no swearing, no shouting. We’re all here to be heard, and this is…
The City of Ottawa has received an application for a zoning bylaw amendment and site plan control at 306 Livery Street that would allow for construction of a pair of…
Construction is underway for a gas station at the corner of Hazeldean and Hartin. I’ve seen a few questions from residents about the development: what exactly is going in there?…
Residents in Bryanston Gate are closer than ever to getting their own community association. Last week, about 50 residents held a meeting to discuss forming an official association, confirming to…
The City of Ottawa has received a Site Plan application to construct an automobile dealership, including an accessory office, automobile service station, showroom, car wash and parking lot area at…
Councillor Shad Qadri says City staff provided him with “misleading information” about the plan to convert Johnwoods Street into a park, and that he won’t be asking the Planning Committee to stop…
(via City of Ottawa) Two new requirements aimed at protecting Ottawa’s urban trees will take effect beginning Tuesday, May 24. The changes will affect those doing infill development or removing…
