At Last, Some Progress...

City of Toronto Eco-Roof 

Incentive Program Application : Part 2

Today we received a delightful letter from the manager of  City's Eco-Roof Incentive Program.

Our application for a grant has been approved (YIPPEE!) and subject to some fine print like - 

• get it done before mid-January, 2015,
•  substantially in conformance...,
•  signed off by the designer / installer, 
• have it measured, inspected and verified by the City, 

.....  and then they will send us a cheque for a gazillion dollars, but smaller than my (City) annual tax bill.

Good stuff!

Now we will turn our attention back to the Building Department where our application for a building permit is languishing in a slow queue needing  yet more calculations, verification and further "stamping".

I understand that there is a condominium (green roof) application ahead of me in the queue, that people are scurrying to get it approved and "permitted" before the fee goes up at the end of the month.

It also transpires that our Building Engineer at City Hall has never done a residential scale green roof application before.  Suffice to say, through gritted teeth, that he is being very cautious.

Ever onward, ever upward!!