City of London | Comprehensive Zoning By-law Review
View of Downtown London (Courtesy of the Corporation of the City of London)
PROJECT DETAILSLocation
London, Ontario
Client
City of London, Ontario
Dates
2021 - Present
Services
Project Management
Geospatial Analysis
Policy Planning
Public Consultation
Stakeholder Consultation
Team
R. E. Millward + Associates
Freedman Urban Solutions
LURA Consulting
Scribe Technical
Posad Maxwan
In 2021 Sajecki Planning Inc. was retained by the City of London, in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary consultant team, to prepare a new comprehensive zoning by-law, known as “ReThink Zoning”.
The new zoning by-law will implement the Official Plan, The London Plan, which establishes a vision for how the City will grow over a 20-year horizon. ReThink Zoning serves as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to update, modernize and streamline the City’s municipal regulations in order to address the critical issues and challenges of our time.
The new zoning by-law will help achieve the objectives and policies of The London Plan while taking a contextual and place-based approach to development that balances flexibility and certainty. A plain language approach and an intuitive by-law layout and design will allow for ease of interpretation.
Work is also underway to explore how a climate resiliency and housing affordability lens can be applied to zoning. With respect to climate resiliency, the new zoning by-law can support the promotion of tree growth, green infrastructure, community gardens, compact development, bicycle parking, retrofitting existing buildings, and small-scale renewable energy. With respect to housing affordability, the new zoning by-law can help to promote gentile intensification, the diversification of housing options, the flexible use of existing buildings, and freeing up more land for residential uses.
Potential Housing Types (Courtesy of Sajecki Planning Inc.)
Sustainability Objectives (Source: PosadMaxwan)
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