12-10-2025, 10:32 PM
This is also pretty deep in the weeds, but is there any jurisdiction that uses water efficiency as a metric for ranking projects?
I'd love a future where the zoning system and building codes actually gave incentives towards forms that pay more tax, use less water, and require less overall infrastructure spend - but it seems illegal for any city council in Ontario to judge or rank building + subdivision proposals based on any of those beneficial attributes. They just have to approve what the Province tells them to and accept the permanent liability for it.
I'd love a future where the zoning system and building codes actually gave incentives towards forms that pay more tax, use less water, and require less overall infrastructure spend - but it seems illegal for any city council in Ontario to judge or rank building + subdivision proposals based on any of those beneficial attributes. They just have to approve what the Province tells them to and accept the permanent liability for it.
local cambridge weirdo