{"id":1401,"date":"2013-01-10T11:47:47","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T16:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/?p=1401"},"modified":"2013-01-27T13:16:03","modified_gmt":"2013-01-27T18:16:03","slug":"demolition-bylaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/demolition-bylaw\/","title":{"rendered":"LaSalle Demolition Bylaw to be Amended in February"},"content":{"rendered":"
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House demolished despite citizen petition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On January 14 at 6:30 p.m., the borough of LaSalle consulted the population about a proposed amendment to its demolition bylaw, LAS-0014.<\/p>\n

Proposed changes are designed to allow the urban planning committee to allow land owners to demolish commercial or industrial buildings on residentially-zoned properties without considering a replacement project and even in cases where the current building is structurally sound.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will allow us to get rid of visual eyesores, like the old Benjamin News building or the PPO Schevchenko,\u201d said Mayor Manon Barbe, who chaired the consultation.<\/p>\n

The demolition bylaw lists all the rules owners must follow to protect architectural, heritage and ecological values to match the vision of the borough as reflected in its urban plan. Regulations preserve protected sectors such as: the Lapierre region; heritage buildings like the Maison Penniston and the Fleishmann building; and scenic benefits, such as riverfront views. The 47-page document before it was revised is at LAS-0014<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The demolition bylaw is one of five Site Planning and Architectural Integration bylaws in the borough of LaSalle. In French, these are called plans d\u2019implantation et d\u2019int\u00e9gration architecturale<\/i> or P.I.I.A bylaws and they are designed to govern construction so that it meets the vision outlined in the borough\u2019s urban plan. LaSalle\u2019s other PIIA bylaws are: industrial, Shevchenko, supermarkets and Village des Rapides.<\/p>\n

Citizens commented that they would like the Borough to revise the bylaw to ensure that buildings with asbestos or other contaminated elements are carefully decontaminated before they are demolished. Barbe said that provincial regulations require private contractors handling demolitions to do so, but Normand Trottier suggested that the bylaw might be able to ask contractors to provide lists of contaminants to the borough before they receive a demolition permit. The amended bylaw was taken off the agenda for the council meeting later in the evening to enable Borough staff to add the requirement. It will be considered at the February council meeting instead.<\/p>\n

Citizens have been asking council to tighten the demolition permit process in the borough at every council meeting since June. They say that the destruction of the single story building at 153 Chatelle Street to make room for a quadraplex is a perfect example of the current system gone wrong.<\/p>\n

LaSalle residents of the tiny older residential street three blocks north of the river submitted a petition to council to argue against the demolition before a permit was even requested on the grounds that the single story building fit within an ensemble of homes protected under the PIIA. A month later, a petition in favour of the project was submitted, but residents say they don\u2019t know anyone who signed it. Every question period since June has included at least one question begging council to reject demolition.<\/p>\n

Despite their pleas, LaSalle\u2019s council approved the demolition at their regular meeting in November, citing an engineers\u2019 report submitted by the owner that indicated that the foundation was inundated with water. At the same meeting, councillors accepted an $11,110 contribution from the builder to go towards the borough park fund.<\/p>\n

More than 53 citizens attended the November meeting, with several making comments against the decision and the entire demolition procedure in the borough.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have better things to do than come here and battle for my privacy,\u201d said Sophie Desmarais. \u201cThis process wasted my time. I do not feel heard.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way everything is done here is unfair,\u201d said Claire Michaud, another Chatelle resident. \u201cWhy didn\u2019t the committee let us express our concerns? If the house was in such bad repair, why did Remax advertise it with such glowing colours? The ad said that the only thing needed was a repair to the garage door. There should be more transparency. Lachine has a demolition committee; we need one too. If we had one, we\u2019d still have another 30 days to appeal this decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the demolition was approved over their objections, residents discovered that the home had asbestos in it. When a contractor arrived to tear it down anyway, a neighbour called the CSST to complain. The resulting investigation upheld their concerns about environmental damage from asbestos flying into the air.<\/p>\n

The building was demolished on January 8th<\/sup> and 9th<\/sup> after a specialized company (Boytech) took the asbestos out of the building. Residents noticed then that the foundation was made of poured concrete, even though the engineering report by Nicola Mattia specified that it was concrete blocks.<\/p>\n

\u201cResidents in our neighbourhood think that the system is rigged,\u201d said neighbour Claire Michaud during the question period at the council meeting. \u201cWe don\u2019t feel listened to.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere should be a way to ensure that demolished homes get replaced with projects of similar size,\u201d said Steven Laperri\u00e8re. \u201cPeople moving in shouldn\u2019t be able to change the built environment of a community against the wishes of people who already live there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Note: A version of this article appeared on p 15 of the City edition of the\u00a0Suburban on January 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On January 14 at 6:30 p.m., the borough of LaSalle consulted the population about a proposed amendment to its demolition bylaw, LAS-0014. Proposed changes are designed to allow the urban planning committee to allow land owners to demolish commercial or industrial buildings on residentially-zoned properties without considering a replacement project and even in cases where […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lasalleposts","category-politics-that-matter","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2buQs-mB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15581,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/lasalle-public-consultations-march-25\/","url_meta":{"origin":1401,"position":0},"title":"LaSalle Public Consultations March 25","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"March 10, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The borough of LaSalle plans to consult its citizens about five different proposed bylaws on March 25 at Borough Hall, 55, avenue Dupras at 7:30 p.m. Two proposed bylaws concern shared parking spots near Metro stations. 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