By Charles Lanktree, Ottawa Citizen, July 13, 2015
Planning a city, as a forum of democracy, happens at different levels of scale.
While it is important to hear and understand the immediate community when
creating a new Community Design Plan (CDP), it is also important to consider the
place of that community in the larger city and region. When creating a new CDP
for Stittsville Main Street, the local community was consulted and its unique
character was studied. Its place in Ottawa and the Province of Ontario was also
considered. In the end, the CDP needs to be in conformity with the City’s
Official Plan (OP) and Provincial Policy Statement to determine that the public
good can be achieved throughout all levels of the planning framework. via
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