Toronto of the future: Cows on the roof, cash crops in the clouds
Posted: April 14, 2009, 5:15 PM by NP Editor Filed under: Full Comment,Canadian politics
The Toronto of tomorrow may have livestock on the roof, thanks to the city's ever-inventive and fervently idealistic city fathers.
As reported by our fellow bloggers at Posted Toronto:
Toronto is poised to become the first city in North America to make green roofs mandatory on most new buildings and set standards for their construction, under a policy to be considered today by a city committee.Toronto’s proposed bylaw would stipulate that new roofs on commercial and residential buildings greater than 5,000 square metres have roofs that are 30% to 60% vegetation.
The bigger the surface area of the roof, the more green space required.
New industrial projects, non-profit housing and public buildings like schools would be exempt because of the high costs, but condo high rises, retail space and office towers would have to comply or face a $100,000 fine.
Toronto city council is the same body of perfect-worlders who have been trying to ban re-usable coffee cups, dictate the menu of fast-food carts (You like hot dogs? Too bad. Try this tofu and bean sprouts), and build bicycle lanes in a city where traffic is murderous at the best of times, and blocked by snow the rest.
Some of these projects are running into trouble: The city set up a 40-member task force and spent $50,000 debating the big coffee cup issue, but still people insist on going to Tim's for a takeout double-double anyway.
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Posted: April 14, 2009, 5:15 PM by NP Editor Filed under: Full Comment,Canadian politics
The Toronto of tomorrow may have livestock on the roof, thanks to the city's ever-inventive and fervently idealistic city fathers.
As reported by our fellow bloggers at Posted Toronto:
Toronto is poised to become the first city in North America to make green roofs mandatory on most new buildings and set standards for their construction, under a policy to be considered today by a city committee.Toronto’s proposed bylaw would stipulate that new roofs on commercial and residential buildings greater than 5,000 square metres have roofs that are 30% to 60% vegetation.
The bigger the surface area of the roof, the more green space required.
New industrial projects, non-profit housing and public buildings like schools would be exempt because of the high costs, but condo high rises, retail space and office towers would have to comply or face a $100,000 fine.
Toronto city council is the same body of perfect-worlders who have been trying to ban re-usable coffee cups, dictate the menu of fast-food carts (You like hot dogs? Too bad. Try this tofu and bean sprouts), and build bicycle lanes in a city where traffic is murderous at the best of times, and blocked by snow the rest.
Some of these projects are running into trouble: The city set up a 40-member task force and spent $50,000 debating the big coffee cup issue, but still people insist on going to Tim's for a takeout double-double anyway.
Click here to read more...
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