Changes at "GM23-P031 Converting abandoned buildings into eco-friendly housing"

Given that, for any new construction, a municipality must undertake work to connect them to water and electricity distribution, and that these highly specialized buildings are often subsequently abandoned due to bankruptcy, uglifying the urban landscape;

Canada will adopt building standards for large stores, factories and warehouses, to facilitate their subsequent conversion into ecological housing and cooperatives.

- All new mall/warehouse developments will be required to have a zero-carbon budget, and a plan for re-conversion into housing and cooperatives.

-All investor-developers will be required to pay a reserve amount into a trust account, which will be used to convert buildings into housing.

- In the event of abandonment or non-response, the municipality will reclaim the site after a one-year period of non-occupation.

A similar process, including remediation of contaminated soil and conversion into public green space, will be undertaken in the case of abandoned service stations.

Submitter: Michèle Laframboise

Note from staff: This proposal has been posted for your consideration at the 2023 Annual General Meeting. The content of this proposal is fixed, however a draft version has also been posted in the Workshop to allow you to collaborate with the submitter on possible amendments and to review the rationale and background information of the proposal. You can access the workshop version of this proposal here, which the submitter is still able to edit.

Étant donné que, pour toute nouvelle construction, une municipalité doit engager des travaux pour les relier à la distribution d'eau et d'électricité, et que ces édifices hautement spécialisés sont souvent abandonnés ensuite pour cause de faillite, enlaidissant le paysage urbain,

Le Canada adoptera les normes de constructions de grands magasins, usines ou entrepôts en vue de faciliter leur conversion ultérieure en logements et coopératives écologiques.

- Tout nouvel aménagement de centre d'achats/magasin-entrepôt devra prévoir un budget carbone zéro, et un plan de re-conversion en logements et coopératives

-Tout investisseur-promoteur devra verser une montant de réserve dans un compte en fidéi-commis, qui servira à reconvertir les buildings en logements.

- En cas d'abandon des lieux et de non-réponse, la municipalité se rappropriera le site après un délai d'un an de non-occupation.

Une démarche similaire incluant un remédiation des sols contaminés et reconversion en espace vert public sera entreprise dans le cas de station-service abandonnées.

Soumissionnaire: Michèle Laframboise