OttaTalk Episode 7: What has the Zoning By-law ever done for me, anyway?

Today, we OttaTalk about the new Zoning By-law, what it is, how it works, and how it will lead to more affordable housing choices in Ottawa.

Welcome to the seventh episode of OttaTalk, the City of Ottawa’s official podcast. Today, we OttaTalk about the new Zoning By-law, what it is, how it works, and how it will lead to more affordable housing choices in Ottawa. 

Listen now: 

• Spotify
• Apple Podcasts
• YouTube

We talk with Carol Ruddy, Program Manager, Zoning & Intensification with the City’s Planning Development and Building Department. We’ll hear how her team wrestled 600 zoning provisions down to a tame list of 26, making it easier to figure out how to build everything from a four-unit row house to a backyard sundeck. 

Links for this episode are: 

• New Zoning By-law | Engage Ottawa  
• Official Plan | City of Ottawa 
• Soundcloud  

This is OttaTalk, the official City of Ottawa podcast series where City staff discuss City programs, projects and initiatives. We’ll cover topics that affect your everyday life. How can we prevent basement flooding? What does By-law do all day? What are we doing to fix homelessness? We have the questions and the answers on OttaTalk. 

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