I am an urban planner by training and profession. I am concerned about the plan to prohibit municipalities from requiring green development standards, particularly with respect to bioswales and other SWM-mitigation elements.
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What is your interest in and/or experience with the implementation of enhanced development standards at the lot level (outside of buildings)? For example, are you a municipal staff member, homebuilder, planner, Indigenous representative, or member of the public?
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Green roofs only apply to buildings over 2000m2 in my jurisdiction. Over the cost of a large building it's not going to break a budget. It is critical we keep them for the following reasons:
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GDS are critical standards for creating resilient, future-proofed buildings and healthy, livable communities. They're particularly important for disaster prevention and stormwater management. Differences in GDS metrics between communities exist to better serve local geographic features.
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This ERO prevents municipalities from having GDS that impact anything outside of the building envelope, like bicycle parking and native tree planting.
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GDS are important (particularly for disaster prevention and stormwater management) and allow municipalities to serve their local communities based upon the individual needs of those communities.
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I think the proposed change is terrible. Municipalities have enacted Green Development Standards based on their own local geography and priorities. It's crucial that standards conform to local circumstance and take these into account.
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Different approaches to mandaring what lot level provisions are reasonable and useful to a municipality and should not be reduced to a one-size-fits-all solution.
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Ontario needs to consider extreme weather risk (flooding, wildfire) in new home and community development. Ontario is well-positioned to lead on climate-resilient development, supported by organizations such as the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation.
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GDS are important (particularly for disaster prevention and stormwater management) and essential for healthy and livable communities. I'm firmly against this bill.
I strongly disagree with this proposal as an engineer with experience in both stormwater management and urban planning. The diversity of terrain in the province does not lend itself to standardized GDS.
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Kudos for simplifying the building process BUT - do NOT touch any plans already in place by the City of Toronto to improve our climate! Permeable pavements. Bicycles replacing cars whenever practical. Managing stormwater.
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It is important for cities like Toronto to be able to continue to enforce green development standards such as green roofs, native tree planting, and waste water management that will lower the city’s greenhouse gas emissions and build resistance to climate change effects
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For considerations about enhanced standards, the City of development developed Development Standards and Guidelines based on best practice review. If Bill 60 establishes Belleville legislative requirements or standards, Staff will update these has documents accordingly.
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As an Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism and Director of the University of Toronto Centre for Landscape Research, my work over nearly two decades has focused on the role of landscape design and planning in helping cities adapt to climate change.
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Green building standards are a great idea. They save me money on heating and air-conditioning, they look beautiful, and as someone who lives in an urban area, they provide me with additional nature, drainage, and cooling that I may not be able to get elsewhere.
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