A recommendation to close restaurant patios on city-owned property at 2 a.m. won t receive unanimous support from city council, despite the municipal government s attempt to help Ottawa small businesses survive the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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At long last, the much-debated addition to the Chateau Laurier hotel has been given the green light at City Hall.
Council voted 14-10 Wednesday to approve the design and issue a heritage permit for the proposed addition at the back of the iconic downtown lodging.
The councillors who opposed the proposal were Riley Brockington, Rick Chiarelli, Diane Deans, Mathieu Fleury, Theresa Kavanagh, Rawlson King, Jeff Leiper, Catherine McKenney, Carol Anne Meehan and Shawn Menard.
“I voted NO because heritage matters and we can do better,” McKenney tweeted.
Mayor Jim Watson supported the updated concept, saying recently the plan meets “council’s key conditions for improvement.”
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Previous Gallery Image OTTAWA- February 5, 2021. Slides from: Application to Alter the Château Laurier, 1 Rideau Street, a property designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage ActRevision to Site Plan Approval, 1 Rideau Street. Presented By: Allison Hamlin and Lesley Collins.City of Ottawa Photo by Collins, Lesley /Larco An architectural rendering for the Château Laurier addition. Photo by Larco Investments/architectsAlliance /Larco Investments/architectsAlliance An architectural rendering for the Château Laurier addition. Photo by Larco Investments/architectsAlliance /Larco Investments/architectsAlliance An architectural rendering for the Château Laurier addition. Photo by Larco Investments/architectsAlliance /Larco Investments/architectsAlliance View of the latest Château Laurier proposal looking south on Mackenzie Avenue. Handout