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Some Definitions by the "Sewell
Commission"
The 1993 report, New Planning for Ontario, prepared by John Sewell's
"Commission on Planning and Development Reform in Ontario" includes a section of
"Definitions". Some of these are: 
  Affordable 
  Annual cost of housing, including mortgage, principal, and interest payments as amortized
  over 25 years with a 25 percent down payment, or gross rent, that does not exceed 30
  percent of gross annual household income. 
 
  Built Heritage 
  A building, structure, monument, or installation (or a group of them), or remains,
  associated with architectural, cultural, social, political, economic, or military history. 
 
  Intensification 
  The development of a property or site at a higher density than previously existed. It
  includes (1) redevelopment, or development within existing communities; (2) infill
  development, or development on vacant lots or underdeveloped lots within a built-up area;
  (3) conversion, or the change of use of an existing structure or land use; (4) creation of
  apartments or other accommodation in houses. 
 
  Woodlot 
  A hardwood, softwood, or mixed wooded area of more than one hectare, covered in trees to a
  density of (1) at least 1000 trees per hectare of all sizes, or (2) 750 trees per hectare
  measuring over 5 centimetres in diameter, or (3) 500 trees per hectare measuring over 12
  centimetres in diameter, or (4) 250 trees per hectare measuring over 20 centimetres in
  diameter.  
From The Scarboro Heights Record V1 #2
 
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