City of Ottawa Development Signs – What Do They Really Mean?

Hi everyone,

I’m sure a lot of people have seen the large City of Ottawa development signs around and if you’re like me, you’re probably wondering what exactly that means for your community.

Today I’m going to show you what those city of Ottawa signs mean and how you can get some important information on developments in your community.

To find out what any given sign means you’re going to go to http://www.ottawa.ca/devapps.

In the “Development Application Search” you’re going to type in whatever reference, the street, address, whatever information was available on the sign.

Once you find the location that you’re looking for you will then be able to see what the status is, what type of application it was, where the status is, if you can comment on the issue and the last day that the status was updated.

If you click on the file you will get some more details about what exactly is going on. You will get a quick summary of what is going on, a map, and a planning rational explaining why the application is a good idea.

What’s really cool about devapps.ca is that you can check out official plans and amendments in your local area and stay up to date on what’s going on.