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Shabby Public Realm

A member motion headed to next week's Council meeting seeks to achieve elevated and harmonized public realm design standards, and to consider the appointment of a City Architect as part of achieving same.

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From:

Agenda Item History 2024.MM19.2

Agenda Item History 2024.MM19.2
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Northern Light said:
A member motion headed to next week's Council meeting seeks to achieve elevated and harmonized public realm design standards, and to consider the appointment of a City Architect as part of achieving same.

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From:

Agenda Item History 2024.MM19.2

Agenda Item History 2024.MM19.2
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Though it is only part of the 'problem' the City DOES have a Streetscape Manual https://www.toronto.ca/city-governm...delines/design-guidelines/streetscape-manual/ plus lots of Guidelines and Policies. Problem is that they seldom follow them themselves and never seem to make developers do so. The City can create all the Standards, Rules, By-Laws that it wants but if they are not enforced......
 
DSC said:
Though it is only part of the 'problem' the City DOES have a Streetscape Manual https://www.toronto.ca/city-governm...delines/design-guidelines/streetscape-manual/ plus lots of Guidelines and Policies. Problem is that they seldom follow them themselves and never seem to make developers do so. The City can create all the Standards, Rules, By-Laws that it wants but if they are not enforced......
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100% correct.

The guidelines in the manual are sometimes quite good; and sometimes really not. Either way, adherence is wildly inconsistent.
 
AlvinofDiaspar said:
You might be on the right track - but I think it might be placed by superintelligent aliens as a means to regress our species.

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Speaking as a citizen of the Planet Xdfgh and your new Overlords, I am offended that you do not recognise our corporeal form - this is me and a small number of my family.

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I saw bins like these in Ann Arbor years ago and marvelled at how well designed and tidy they seemed. I wonder why Toronto didn't copy/keep the raccoon design!

Now, we just need staff to regularly come by and empty the bins to complete the loop. There have been so many overflowing and never maintained trash cans this summer I could swear there was a garbage strike.

Ann Arbor receptacles:

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bedoozled said:
I saw bins like these in Ann Arbor years ago and marvelled at how well designed and tidy they seemed. I wonder why Toronto didn't copy/keep the raccoon design!

Now, we just need staff to regularly come by and empty the bins to complete the loop. There have been so many overflowing and never maintained trash cans this summer I could swear there was a garbage strike.

Ann Arbor receptacles:

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The City seem to be looking a street litter bin collections


See:

SE5.4 - Solid Waste Management Services - Street Litter Bin Reliability Rates and Improving Responses​

Consideration Type: PresentationWards: All

Summary​

The General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services will give a presentation on Street Litter Bin Reliability Rates and Improving Responses.

Background Information​

Presentation from the Solid Waste Management Services on Street Litter Bin Reliability Rates and Improving Responses
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/se/bgrd/backgroundfile-248211.pdf

The presentation notes:

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