By Joanne Chianello, Ottawa Citizen, May 14, 2015
In the face of criticism by some councillors that not enough money is being
spent on parks in the city, and as a response to a story earlier this year by
our Matthew Pearson about how a former councillor spent some park-related cash
in River ward, senior staff is launching a review of the cash-in-lieu of
parkland policy. Cash-in-lieu of parkland — or CILP, as it’s known in City Hall
speak — comes from a requirement from the provincial planning act that calls for
all new building projects to have a certain portion of the development set aside
for greenspace. But depending on the size of the development, a city could end
up with little bits and pieces of green that aren’t really useful for anything.
That’s especially true in the inner city wards where large swaths of land aren’t
readily available. That’s why developers often give the cash equivalent — or
CILP — instead of actual land. via
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