Ruf’s Greenhouse Site Subject of Public Hearing
Monday, March 18, 2013 @ 5:09 AM
Prince George, B.C. – A plan to revitalize the old Ruff’s Greenhouses at the corner of Giscome and the Old Cariboo Highway is up for public hearing this evening at the regular meeting of Prince George City Council.
The plan would see some of the 13.9 hectare site converted to support a commercial operation that could include a restaurant, liquor store, convenience store even a veterinary service. The balance of the area could be used for a variety of uses, including animal shelter, light industrial or warehousing.
The proposal requires a change in the Official Community plan.
Initiatives Prince George will bring forth it’s revised Governance Policy. It used to be that a committee of Progress Prince George would put forth names for possible membership on the Board of Directors for IPG. The new governance policy will, officially, bring an end to Progress Prince George. Instead, the new governance policy gives a nominating committee of IPG’s existing Board the task of selecting new Board members.
Also on the agenda for this evening, a request for support from the P.G. Horse Society as it puts forth an application for funding from the Northern Development Initiatives Trust to build new hay storage areas.
Comments
Should of said a women’s rehab Center and it would pass. Doesn’t city water and sewer go right by there?
Anybody know if that land is owned by Jordy Hoover?
no that land is not owned by hoover.
Not yet
Yes that land is owned by Hoover
A numbered company, maybe?
Practical considerations:
The new requirements for consultation with citizens and public authorities suggest a new way of “doing business” for local government when developing or amending an OCP. The new provisions recognize that local governments generally use other mechanisms besides the required public hearing to seek input from the public and other jurisdictions. The new legislation emphasizes the value of a local government seeking input from other authorities at an early stage in the planning process, as opposed to receiving comments in response to a referral after first reading, when the OCP has already been drafted.
The intent of the new consultation requirement is that input will be obtained from those that will be affected by an OCP early in its development, in order that any concerns can be more easily addressed. The requirement allows each local government to develop its own approach to consultation. Local governments can vary the type and number of consultations and even decide who should be consulted with, so long as they ensure that consultation opportunities are provided for those they consider will be affected.
However, it is now mandatory that local governments specifically consider possible pre-public hearing consultation with certain specified parties (eg., First Nations, adjacent local governments) when developing an OCP and that they consider whether consultation should be early and ongoing. When making choices about consultation, councils and boards may wish to take a number of factors into consideration, including:
Is the bylaw under development a new OCP, or is making minor or major amendments or repealing an existing OCP? Consideration of the potential impact may well drive out a different consultation need or strategy for actions that affect large numbers of people or diverse interests than for actions that affect only a small segment of the community).
Hoover who
https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CDsQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwillcocks.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F05%2Ffrom-owning-bars-to-provide-group-homes.html&ei=v6lHUc_rL8_xiQKtzoGACg&usg=AFQjCNH6xjUeaUmRl0iR6U6RywOOFGY62Q&sig2=CeMkRTwwJXJy4fUrWnbX-w&bvm=bv.44011176,d.cGE
Does anyone remember…was not that lokg ago
Parking Lot wars and a supreme court decision
https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDMQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.princegeorgecitizen.com%2Farticle%2F20121119%2FPRINCEGEORGE0101%2F311199965%2F-1%2Fprincegeorge%2Fjudge-rules-on-parking-lot-dispute&ei=v6lHUc_rL8_xiQKtzoGACg&usg=AFQjCNHc3b1Tb54mIC2DWmfxsEDJ_P5E0w&sig2=LZ6PRmsAheMPUJT6zN-gyA&bvm=bv.44011176,d.cGE
HappyInMyWorld wrote: “The new requirements for consultation with citizens and public authorities suggest a new way of “doing business” for local government when developing or amending an OCP”
Right on!! That is either something which PG Planning and or City Council either do not understand or wish to ignore.
Some clarification: The “greenhouse site” mentioned in this article should be called “the old TABORVIEW GREENHOUSES”…NOT Ruff’s Greenhouse. Taborview (Pollyco?) has owned this site for at leat 5 years now.
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