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Originally Posted by interr0bangr
Does the city have a public, online list of active demo/variance permits anywhere?
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There is an online Building Permit status search
http://www.hamilton.ca/UPP/BuildingS...rmitSearch.htm
You have to search by address (unless you know the permit number) and large projects can have several possible addresses so it's not very user-friendly.
I don't know of anything online for zoning variance applications other than the current process of posting notices in windows.
It doesn't make sense expecting someone driving by at 50 km/h to notice them. Even walking by you need a pen and paper or a camera to take down the information, and would then have to spend the time to call the city and ask what the variance is for.
Every time I see one posted in a window, I'm curious what by-law #### is and what the variance requested is, but I have never taken the effort to call the city to find out.