jaycola
Active Member
This is going to be talked about a lot before it needs to be on the Development page.
With the Thornhill election just days away, I think it's reasonable to look at the comments of the candidates as well as discuss the community reaction.
This is assuredly a controversial development application. The applicant, Islamic Shia Ithna-Asheri Jamaat of Toronto wants to build 2, 17 story residential towers and blocks of 3 story townhomes on the property currently occupied by the Jaffari Community Centre.
First off, I think the development is wholly wrong in terms of scale for the area. http://goo.gl/maps/wGN5W
There is nothing over three stories within a mile of the site. The property boarders on the ravine. The closest buildings on the ravine are nearly 4 KM away and that's on Yonge. The closest buildings, North Park, are still a mile away. Across the road from the Richmond Hill country club and surrounded by low density residential, this project should be denied for so many municipal reasons.
Then there are the social questions. Is this the kind of development we want to encourage? Are we prepared to allow or accept development of what will essentially be a religious compound? Set them up like a co-op where your purchase application has to be approved by a vote of the board...
They would probably sell out the project in a minute. One, all members email blast should do it. Forever this would be a closed Muslim residential compound.
I don't personally think this is a trend we want to begin.
I live in Thornhill so I have some skin in the game. I am not happy that Gila Martow got the nomination and Hudak treated Sherman like a turd and his presence is already missed at Queens Park. I can't wait to hear what she has to say about this project after the comments of the Liberal candidate.
Source Global News
Essentially Racco said we will talk about the municipal issues regarding the Official Plan only.
As a municipal politician (She is a city councilor) that's fine but as a Parliamentary Candidate?
What ever Martow comes up with I'm sure it'll it'll be as charming as this comment.
“I don’t think that, especially in the Thornhill riding, there’s too many families . . . that are working — the parents — at real minimum wage jobs,†she was quoted as saying by the Thornhill Liberal, a community newspaper. Source
With the Thornhill election just days away, I think it's reasonable to look at the comments of the candidates as well as discuss the community reaction.
This is assuredly a controversial development application. The applicant, Islamic Shia Ithna-Asheri Jamaat of Toronto wants to build 2, 17 story residential towers and blocks of 3 story townhomes on the property currently occupied by the Jaffari Community Centre.
First off, I think the development is wholly wrong in terms of scale for the area. http://goo.gl/maps/wGN5W
There is nothing over three stories within a mile of the site. The property boarders on the ravine. The closest buildings on the ravine are nearly 4 KM away and that's on Yonge. The closest buildings, North Park, are still a mile away. Across the road from the Richmond Hill country club and surrounded by low density residential, this project should be denied for so many municipal reasons.
Then there are the social questions. Is this the kind of development we want to encourage? Are we prepared to allow or accept development of what will essentially be a religious compound? Set them up like a co-op where your purchase application has to be approved by a vote of the board...
They would probably sell out the project in a minute. One, all members email blast should do it. Forever this would be a closed Muslim residential compound.
I don't personally think this is a trend we want to begin.
I live in Thornhill so I have some skin in the game. I am not happy that Gila Martow got the nomination and Hudak treated Sherman like a turd and his presence is already missed at Queens Park. I can't wait to hear what she has to say about this project after the comments of the Liberal candidate.
Source Global News
The application for development would require changing the city’s official plan to re-designate the area as high-density.
As of 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, over 3,000 people had signed a petition requesting the city to “refuse the application for the huge re-development of the above lands and development of 2 high rise buildings.â€
Councillor Sandra Yeung Racco thinks many of those who signed the petition have a legitimate concern; it would require changing the city’s official plan.
“They are upset and I think rightly so because they hear of an application coming forward that doesn’t really conform to the official plan and the zoning so they are upset about that,†she said.
Tuesday’s meeting is being held to account for the concerns of the community and take them to the applicant who is given a chance to meet those demands, Racco said.
But Racco said the concerns must be related to planning.
Essentially Racco said we will talk about the municipal issues regarding the Official Plan only.
As a municipal politician (She is a city councilor) that's fine but as a Parliamentary Candidate?
What ever Martow comes up with I'm sure it'll it'll be as charming as this comment.
“I don’t think that, especially in the Thornhill riding, there’s too many families . . . that are working — the parents — at real minimum wage jobs,†she was quoted as saying by the Thornhill Liberal, a community newspaper. Source