glebe report N_. I H! glebeOttawa, June 14, 1985 reportVol. 13, No. 6 Herb and Spice doors stay open but neighbour's may close extra traffic, the ations and that the build- investigating construction says the and the illegal park- By INEZ BERG ings branch was reasonably of further units on top of noise the ing have caused him more The persistent pop-up satisfied that no serious 109 Third Avenue (above Spice Shop) and stress and aggravation than question of whether the breach had occurred. Herb and those in- he wants to cope with. He doors of the Herb and Spice Asked further if the city' wants parking for in the six spaces says, "Almost everyone on Shop will be forced to close could be held legally cluded by the rezoning and the street is against his may soon be put to rest. On liable in the event of provided He specifies store being there. Sugar- June 7, Doug Wallace of the structural problems from redevelopment. the rezon- man's so called "walk-in" City's legal department work done in any case with- that granting of should sett- traffic parks in front of my stated that tentative agree- out proper approvals and in- ing application of parking driveway by the hour almost ment was reached between spection, he said, "I le the question construc- every day. When I phone counsel for the city and couldn't elaborate on that, spaces for all new parking control they say Kamal's Restaurant Inc. and but in this case we are tion. Jack Ferguson "Oh yeah - we're familiar Jeff Sugarman that the land- reasonably satisfied there City planner they are still awaiting with the area." I'll never lord will pay the city a was no safety hazard." says community understand why the city cash-in-lieu settlement for He added that the charges responses from the won't meet on the didn't close him down in the the nine spaces required for against Jeff Sugarman will and likely later in first place." Why have by- Herb and Spice. In exchange still go to court in Septem- application until laws if they won't enforce the city will not seek the ber. the summer. one resi- them." injunction to close the The three parking spaces In the meantime, feels media cov- store which was opened with- required for Kamal's restau- dent is hopping mad. Bill McBurnie Avenue erage was pretty one-sided. out the required building rant expansion were not men- McBurnie of 103 Third CITY- page 5 inspection. He said that tioned, but the application Sugarman will now be able to to rezone 105-107 Third Ave- apply retroactively for a nue for demolition and re- Ratna Ray named building permit and get an development is in process at inspection. City Hall. Wallace indicat- advisor to Peterson While agreeing with Sugar- ed, however, that the city Report, served as special man's defense that it was might not favour demolition By JOAN OVER assistant to former official the city's parking bylaw re- The application for rezon- A Glebe resident, Ratna languages commissioner Keith quirements for the store ing to R4-X proposes to de- Ray, has been named to a Spicer. She was executive that prevented him from app- molish the current structure , team of advisors assembled secretary to the National lying for a building permit, replace it with a smaller to prepare Liberal leader Unity Task Force under form- Wallace also confirmed that two-unit building in the ex- David Peterson for his tran- er Ontario Premier John no attempt to apply was made treme southwest corner of sition to power after 42 Robarts and Jean-Luc Pepin, until well after the renov- the lot and use the existing years of Tory government in and was executive director ations had begun and the drive to access two resident - Ontario. of the federal Labour Depart- city threatened legal action ial parking spots for the The ten-member team, con- ment's Women's Bureau. She to close the store. building and six more along sisting of five women and now operates her own manage- Asked whether the integ- the north side of that lot five men, has been meeting ment and communications rity of the city's building and the lot behind Herb and with Ontario public serv- strategy consulting firm in code and bylaws might have Spice. Existing access to ants for the_pasu week or the Glebe. been seriously undermined, this space from Second Ave- so to obtain information Ray told the Giebe Report he did not comment beyond nue hasn't been considered and to discuss provincial she is pleased to be on saying that inspectors had an option. government procedures. Peterson's transition team visited the store to verify A covering letter by Kam- The team includes repres- which she said is composed violations during the renov- al's lawyer says Kamal is entatives from a number of of "enthusiastic and highly- professions and backgrounds. skilled people." Ray is a management consult- Just hours after Peterson ant who has had extensive announced the names of the Highpoint delayed experience in the federal team members on May 31, and public service. Other mem- a few days after NDP leader for further study bers of the team are educat- Bob Rae signed a deal to Catholic Church with a clos- or and race relations expert form an alliance with the By INEZ BERG ing date of mid-July, in Jean Augustine of Toronto; Liberals, Ontario Premier On June 6 an application order to allow time for de- Conwest Exploration Comp- Frank Miller, speaking to to the Committee of Adjust- veloper Morris Melamed to any's chairman Martin Conn- the McGill society of Toron- ment to sever into lots the obtain financing and comply ell of Toronto; lawyer and to, gave further indications heritage property at 520 the with city planning and her- wonen's activist Mary Eberts that he expects to be de- Driveway was postponed until itage regulations. of Toronto; farmer Peter feated in the legislature. further notice. City of Since plans for the devel- Hannam of Guelph; University The defeat could come as Ottawa Planning Branch re- opment were made public in of Windsor president Ronald early as June 18. quested the delay because April, area residents have Innai; Sudbury alderman they require more time and raised many questions and Dianne Marleau; teacher and more information from Melgro concerns about its potential Grand Council Chief of Holdings Limited about the effects. Anishinabek tribe Joe Misko- seventeen-unit site plan. With the support of the komon; Toronto alderman Area residents supported the Glebe Community Association, June Rowlands and Computer decision for similar reasons,they submitted a brief to Museum of Canada president The heritage site and the various departments of City Abe Schartz. historic Whyte House on it Hall, the National Capital Ray, one of the Glebe were conditionally sold to Commission and the Local Community Association's two Melgro Holdings Limited by Architecture and Conservat- vice-presidents and a regul- the Basilian Order of the ion Advisory Committee. The ar contributor to the GleZ9e FURTHER- page 5 NEWS Plans for Avalon Mews revised After researching the de- quired to submit permits Sources report that the By E. LISA MOSES veloper's proposal to con- along with plans before con- developer has, therefore, vert the Co-op Development plans for Garage into sideration would be given to opted not to "begin at the rental units, the Avalon Mews have changed province such proposals. At the same beginning" of this lengthy apparently gave him verbal dramatically as a result of time, the City notified and expensive process again, assurances that the revisions to Ontario's project Avalon Mews Limited that it since no assurances appear could proceed on the "Convert to Rent" programme basis would have to provide two to be forthcoming, and to of plans that subsidizes conversion submitted, and ex- additional parking spaces to restrict his activities to pressed enthusiasm of selected commercial prop- about comply with bylaws before a renovation of existing units. this particular erties into residential "Convert permit would be issued. At a Glebe Community Ass- to Rent" project, rentals. which Records show that the de- ociation meeting on May 28, would have been the Original plans for the first of veloper supplied City Hall representatives from Avalon its kind in Ottawa. Mews, owned by Avalon Mews and the province with all Mews Limited asked the GCA Limited, included converting the information they requir- to make recommendations for the former Co-op Garage on Delay ed well in advance of dead- developing the remainder of Second Avenue and Bank After the provincial el- lines. According to sources the property under the new Street into 38 much-needed ection, however, the devel- the "buck-passing" between conditions, and to submit a residential units. Revised oper was informed that the city and provincial govern- proposal to them within plans now call for renovat- province was no longer cert- ments, before making the four to six weeks. This is ion of the existing ground ain it had the funding to necessary decisions, served the first time in Glebe floor units along that sect- continue supporting "Convert to delay a reply to the de- history that a major devel- ion of Bank Street for comin- to Rent", and that interest- veloper until "the rules oper has formally requested ercial use only. ed developers were now re- had changed in midstream." input from the community.