Comment 28686

By highwater (registered) | Posted February 13, 2009 at 16:20:09

Hi Three,

This link will give you a detailed run down of this issue.

www.thepearlcompany.ca/?page_id=238

When the Pearl Company "opened shop", the building had been used for commercial purposes, the PC had every reason to believe that theirs was a legal non-conforming use.

It is not as simple as bureaucrats merely "applying the rules" equally across the board. There are countless examples across the city of 'flexibility' in the way zoning rules are applied, which is why I pointed out the city's double standards when it comes to developers willfully flouting the rules. The fact that no flexibility or accommodation has been forthcoming, when the Pearl Company is so obviously a net benefit for the neighbourhood, and has done everything in its power to comply with the city's demands, speaks to a level of dysfunction and irrationality in the culture at City Hall that harms creative efforts to improve our city.

Councillors are being lobbied. In fact, they will be voting on a new official plan this coming June that will rezone the area mixed use commercial, thereby rendering the zoning application redundant. I can think of much better uses of the Pearl Company's resources, and the generosity of their supporters, than raising $7,000 for a meaningless zoning application.

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