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Originally Posted by halifaxboyns
I can see two possibilities: They are thinking along the lines of the majority of us and that no application will ever come forward - thus they remain silent. Or that in the event an application does come forward, it will be shot down by council before it even gets a chance to begin through the system. Keep in mind, that the process to undertake a DA requires an initiation report to Regional Council which they must agree on. Since this will likely involve amending a bunch of policies, it wouldn't be Community Council voting on this - it may be regional council. So they may assume that most will look, laugh and toss it.
I wouldn't be as confident considering that it was mainly the suburban members of council that added weight to the approval. We'll have to wait and see.
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The first step after a valid application is submitted is a staff report. Staff either recommend approval of the application or rejection. A draft DA usually accompanies the staff report when they recommend approval. The Twisted Sisters app. went from staff report to Planning Advisory Committee to HAC then Council/public hearing. I wonder what the process will be here considering this site is grandfathered and not under HRMxD rule yet.
It would be hard to imagine this application receiving a warm and fuzzy reception at Council if the staff report, PAC & HAC all recommend against it.
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