21-storey student residence planned next to Lister Block moves ahead

Good or bad for downtown? Debatable. Good for Ainslie Wood for sure!

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Ainslie Wood Community Association meeting of the Board of Directors. Next meeting: Thursday February 11, 2016 at 7:00 pm, Fortinos Community Room upstairs. All who reside in Ainslie Wood can join in.

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Participatory Budgeting is up and running....any ideas on spending $3 million to improve the Ward 1 neighborhoods? Start thinking now....more to come.

Does your street need some extra lighting? are there issues with low wires? Do too many trucks use your street as a thru-way? Do you need a bridge? What about some statues of your favourite Star-Wars character? The point is this....if there are infrastructure needs in your area in Ward 1 then let us know...send in a suggestion, follow us on Twitter, talk to your fellow neighbours and find out what irks them or what they think will beautify and add to the great living in Hamilton. The PBAC is looking for your help to come up with ways to fund infrastructure ideas in Ward 1. .............. So come up with infrastructure ideas for YOUR WARD AND NEIGHBORHOOD....

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Parking on grass and side yards now against the by-laws and reportable. See below:

On Thursday and Friday last week attended the OMB hearing for 102 Ainslie Avenue. The AWCA presented against a zoning change. A student house investor seeks to make legal, after the fact, an illegally built and constructed triplex. Needs a zoning change to make that happen. Will wait for the OMB decision. Interesting case.

Next meeting Ainslie Wood Community Association: January 14, 2016 7:00 pm At Fortino's Community Room Upstairs If you live in Ainslie Wood please join us.

New bylaw would fine people $100 for parking on the lawn CBC News Posted: Jan 10, 2016 9:41 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 10, 2016 9:41 AM ET Residents such as Greg Pasloske on Melrose Avenue - shown here during the Pan Am Games last year - rent out their lawns for parking during events at Tim Hortons Field stadium. They'll still be able to continue doing so under a new bylaw banning parking on lawns and boulevards. Residents such as Greg Pasloske on Melrose Avenue - shown here during the Pan Am Games last year - rent out their lawns for parking during events at Tim Hortons Field stadium. They'll still be able to continue doing so under a new bylaw banning parking on lawns and boulevards. (Samantha Craggs/CBC) City councillors will vote next week whether to officially ban parking in yards — excluding the area around Tim Hortons Field during Hamilton Tiger-Cats games. The city's planning committee will vote to pass a bylaw that fines people $100 for parking on front and side yards, and boulevards, which is the space between the sidewalk and the curb. The ban will exclude two areas where residents make extra money by renting out their yards for parking. Namely, they would still be able to rent lawn space around the stadium for Ticats games, and streets around the Winona Peach Festival. Under the new bylaw, enforcement officers can simply slap tickets on the windshields of offending vehicles, fining the owners $100, or $80 if paid early. Lawn parking is illegal right now, but it's illegal under the city zoning bylaw. Under that bylaw, cases can take up to a year in court. If passed, the new bylaw will put to rest a three-year-old issue at city hall. It started in 2013, when Brian McHattie, then a Ward 1 city councillor, asked to a more straightforward law to crack down on illegal parking at student housing. City council asked for several changes to the bylaw in 2013, and it's coming back to a city planning committee on Tuesday. Hamilton lawn parking bylaw will likely exclude Ticats games People regularly complain to the city about vehicles parked on boulevards, front or side yards, the staff report says. Other municipalities — including Guelph, Waterloo, Ottawa, Kingston and St. Catharines — have fines for parking on lawns and boulevards, the report says. Those range from $25 to $500. The following areas will be exempt: Areas around Tim Hortons Field from four hours before the start time of an event until two hours after. Areas around the Winona Peach Festival from four hours before start time until two hours after. If city councillors pass the new bylaw on Tuesday, it will be ratified at a city council meeting next week.

City scouting locations for new crosswalks that improve pedestrian safety Drivers could face fines up to $500 for not waiting for pedestrians to fully cross at school crossings By Kelly Bennett, CBC News Posted: Jan 04, 2016 7:09 PM ET Last Updated: Jan 04, 2016 7:09 PM ET New laws went into effect on Jan. 1 that require drivers to wait until pedestrians have completely crossed the road before going again, at special pedestrian crossovers or school crossings with a guard present. New laws went into effect on Jan. 1 that require drivers to wait until pedestrians have completely crossed the road before going again, at special pedestrian crossovers or school crossings with a guard present. (Eugene Hoshiko/The Associated Press) Hamilton is looking to install at least 20 crosswalks covered by stricter new rules that better protect pedestrians and have harsher punishments for drivers who disobey them. The new rules came into effect on Jan. 1 requiring more patience for Ontario drivers waiting for pedestrians to cross the road in certain types of crossings. Drivers face fines of up to $500 if they don't wait until a pedestrian has completely crossed the road before they go again. For now, Hamilton only has one type of crossing affected by the new rules, but city traffic staff say that could change in the coming months. New law takes effect for crossovers Pedestrian crossover A pedestrian crossover has overhead lights/warning signs and pedestrian push buttons. (Ontario Ministry of Transportation) The rules affect school crossings when crossing guards are present and pedestrian "crossovers," usually controlled with signs and amber flashing lights. For now, in Hamilton, "the only one that really comes into play is the school crossing locations," said Dave Ferguson, the city's traffic superintendent. But in the next couple of months, city staff plan to bring a plan for city council approval that would install the pedestrian crossovers in certain locations across the city, he said. The new rules and crossings come after eight pedestrians were killed in 2015, according to Hamilton Police. That's almost half of all of the 18 traffic fatalities reported by the police last year. Ferguson said the plan will include around 20 locations where crossovers could be installed as early as this year without "a huge impact," and another phase of suggested locations that would require more planning, awareness campaigns and consultation. One of the locations his team is working on is at Queen and Herkimer streets in Durand, he said, in response to a request from Coun. Aidan Johnson. Ferguson said both drivers and pedestrians need to be taught about how the crossovers work. "This is obviously a big change from what motorists have been used to," he said. "You don't want to just throw these things out there." The crossovers and new laws will resemble what some drivers and pedestrians are used to from other parts of the country, he said. "Ontario, for whatever reason, has a driver behavior where 'I need to get where I'm going fast, quick,'" he said. "I think there's going to be some growing pains with it and that's where the education component is really going to have to come into play." Related Stories New law takes effect for crossovers Pedestrian crossing highway struck, killed by car 81-year-old pedestrian dies after being struck while in crosswalk Pedestrian dies from injuries following collision 'Ghost bike' march calls for safer streets after cyclist killed 41-year-old pedestrian struck, killed by transport truck overnight City will look into a separated bike lane on Claremont Access External Links