Get ready for the urban boundary expansion debate to bubble up again..
At the next planning committee:
https://pub-hamilton.escribemeetings...umentId=413655
The province recently changed the planning act which allows developers to submit and subsequently appeal urban boundary expansion applications. This was not previously possible, with sole control resting in the hands of municipalities.
This came into effect June 6th. By June 27, developers had appealed an application they had already made.
Hamilton Council ran it's little victory lap around Urban Boundary Expansion, but little do they know that the province was maneuvering behind them to set the stage for the city to get it's urban boundary expansion through another method.. This time, developer-led.
My bet is that this is far from the last privately-initiated application for urban boundary expansion which will come forward, either.