By Pepper Parr
BURLINGTON, ON.
January 13, 2014
There they were, all seven of them, smiling and apparently happy to be back at their desks after a rather protracted holiday absence. Your city council was in session as a Standing Committee
And they were busy little beavers as well.
City council wants to seriously consider turning the Mt.Nemo Plateau into a Heritage Conservation District. Further study was approved at a Standing Committee earlier today.
More detail will follow but the city is taking a hard serious look at creating a Heritage Conservation District on property north of Dundas, west of Walkers Line to the municipal border and north to Britannia Road.
A total of $50,000 has been spent on a report that sets out the cultural heritage of that part of the city and the reasons why this part of the city should be considered as a Heritage Conservation District.
The first thing that happens when this is approved – and it look as if it will be – it got through the Standing Committee unanimously – is the implementation of an Interim Bylaw that would freeze all development while the matter is studied. That is a huge step.
More on this one later in the week.
