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The Design Review Committee serves the Downtown Halifax Land Use Bylaw area. The principal roles of the Design Review Committee are to review site plan approval applications for substantive site plan approval, and consider whether or to approve, approve with conditions, or deny the application based on the requirements and consistency with the Design Manual, in addition to advising Council on potential amendments to regulation and policy relating to the Downtown Halifax Land Use Bylaw Area.
More detail about the committee’s role can be found in the Terms of Reference, Section 4 of the Downtown Halifax Land Use Bylaw [PDF].
The Design Review Committee normally meets on the second Thursday of each month, at 4:30 p.m. Meeting dates and times are subject to change. Check the calendar below, and the agenda (once available) to confirm the exact date and time for each meeting.
Membership
- Rick Buhr
- Rob Leblanc
- Marianne Abboud
- Catherine Courtney
- Kautilya Gandhi
- Colin Duggan, Vice-Chair
- Jonathan Lampier
- Matt Neville, Chair
- Malcolm Pinto
- Edward Farquhar
- Gregory MacNeil
- Tara Ralph
Staff contact for the Design Review Committee
Phoebe Rai
Legislative Assistant
raip@halifax.ca
902.490.6517
Supplemental Information
Design Review Committee Reference Material
Halifax Regional Municipality Charter
Administrative Order Number One, Respecting the Procedures of the Council [PDF]