Plateau renovators must consult neighbours
Plateau homeowners with dreams of enlarging their building will have to consult their neighbours and, I suppose, get some sort of consensus on it before beginning.
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mare 19:38 on 2019-06-18 Permalink
They should adopt what you have to do in Switzerland: if you want to build or make an addition to a building you have to make a construction out of wood first. Basically it has to show the outline of your building, so the corners of the walls, the roofline etc. That way anyone can see what view they’re going to lose, or how much sunshine this building will catch. I’ve no idea how long you have to keep it up, maybe all 4 seasons.
david100 01:00 on 2019-06-19 Permalink
I hope the province steps in and clips cities’ wings with regards to this sort of thing.
david100 01:33 on 2019-06-19 Permalink
M. Frappier craint une réglementation dans laquelle «tout le monde aurait le droit de s’opposer aux projets».
Sur la page Facebook de l’arrondissement, les réactions sont partagées. « Je trouve que cela va rendre les démarches encore plus difficiles pour les familles qui veulent entreprendre des projets de construction afin de demeurer sur l’île de Montréal », a écrit une citoyenne en réponse à l’annonce.
Followed by a commenter who applauds the initiative, because a neighbor lost his view of the mount because of development, and she looks forward to blocking future projects.
Wonderful. Taking a page out of the San Francisco playbook, indeed.
Kate 11:10 on 2019-06-19 Permalink
I think it’s admirable that the paramount value of property ownership has to cede a little to the commonsense fact that, in a city, you’re sitting on a bus, elbow to elbow with other passengers. What you choose to do has an impact on the people closest to you, whether it’s putting an elbow in their ribs or adding an extension to your house that puts their back yard in permanent shadow.
dwgs 12:27 on 2019-06-19 Permalink
Exactly Kate, and in other places that’s a part of the permit application process, an inspector will take a look at the site and the proposal and deem what is fair and allowable. They will also follow up to ensure that the job has been done properly. In Montreal a permit serves as a cash grab and an excuse for the city evaluators to pass by afterwards to decide how much your taxes will increase.
Ephraim 17:50 on 2019-06-19 Permalink
dwgs, it is also a way for city bureaucrats to abuse citizens with fabricated regulations. Frankly, when they refuse something, they should be required to specify exactly which regulation forbids it, rather than simply allowed to say “no”. We have gone through this process at least twice and when challenged the city officials are hard pressed to point to actual regulations…they just make them up, until someone pushes back. As I have pointed out, you can’t legally have a home theatre in the Plateau… why? Because a bureaucrat decided…. only room you can have without a window, a kitchen and a bathroom. And what are you going to do with a window in a home theatre… cover it up, 24 hours a day…. logic?