\u201cCurrently, the building permit placard is the only on-site communications tool to provide the public with basic information about a residential infill project,\u201d said Jean. \u201cBuilders often post their company name and information on site. However, there is nothing to provide the public with guidance on how they can obtain further information on the construction project, information on Town approvals related to the project (such as the permit search website) or how to resolve issues, should they arise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Building Code requires only that the permit be posted on site. It does not authorize the inclusion of additional information on the permit placard. There is a positive obligation on the Chief Building Official to issue the permit if all applicable laws as defined by the Building Code, have been met. A municipal bylaw cannot interfere with this process, or conflict with the requirements of the Building Code Act or the Building Code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat being said, in keeping with the first principles of the infill initiative, the proposed requirements for the Infill Public Notice to be posted at a construction site are intended to run parallel with the permit process as a separate and distinct municipal requirement. The proposed Infill Public Notice will not regulate construction, but will provide key information regarding the project to the public.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While the changes were received positively by Council, Ward 3 Councillor Wendy Gaertner sought assurance the new measures will address the concerns of residents impacted by the redevelopment of Highland Gate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cResidents are seeing a lot of washing of the construction vehicles and tires into the sewer system and there is lots of muck on them and there may be bits of concrete. That is going into our sewer system and our sewer system wasn\u2019t meant for that,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat does a resident do if they see that and think, \u2018That can\u2019t be right,\u2019 and they call the Town? You don\u2019t have enough staff to really have someone to go over and tell them to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr. Jean agreed that that \u201ctype of activity\u201d is \u201cdifficult to police and enforce\u201d as it would happen at a very specific moment of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI guess they can call the Bylaw enforcement officer and he will go out there \u2013 unfortunately, it is done in a very short period of time [and] you might not be able to catch them,\u201d he said, before assuring the Councillor that there will be a fine for this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By Brock Weir Intensification is the order of the day when it comes to future residential builds in Aurora, and as the community looks ahead to what that will mean, new strategies are coming forward to \u201cminimize\u201d the negative impacts of residential construction. Last week, Council approved a report from the Town\u2019s Building Department outlining a number of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-8TD","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 14:26:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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