Westcliffe Estates
| Westcliffe Estates | |
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| Neighbourhood | |
 Westcliffe Estates
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| Coordinates: 45°19′04″N 75°50′08″W / 45.31778°N 75.83556°WCoordinates: 45°19′04″N 75°50′08″W / 45.31778°N 75.83556°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Ontario
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| Municipality | Ottawa |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jim Watson |
| • City Councillor | Rick Chiarelli |
| • MPP | Lisa MacLeod |
| • MP | Pierre Poilievre |
| Elevation | 93 m (305 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 4,358 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Postal Code | K2H |
| Area Codes | 613, 343 |
Westcliffe Estates (Bells Corners West), is a neighbourhood of Bells Corners in College Ward, in the west end of Ottawa, Canada. Founded in 1969, most of the older homes in this area were built by Assaly Construction and later the Thomas C. Assaly Corporation. The Westcliffe community is characterized by significantly higher residential densities than other parts of Bells Corners. There is a multi-storey housing complex operated by Nepean Housing as well as a multi-storey seniors residence and co-operative housing project. Today there are a total of 1760 homes in the neighbourhood.
The 1879 map of Bell’s Corners, shows the lands that are now called Westcliffe as farmland and forest, owned by John Robertson, J.R. O’Grady, Owen Hammill, James Sparks and John Sparks. A 1952 map, has the Robertson land owned by Thomas Robertson, O’Grady’s by William Morrison, Hammill’s land by William Hammill and the Spark’s land owned by Ernest Byrne.
The 1962 zoning by-law shows plans, of what would eventually be known as Westcliffe Estates, for single-family homes (R3) on urban lots (60 x 100). North of what would be Oberon, Mill Hill, Terrace and Waterfall were zoned for light industry (M). By 1969, the layout for the northern section was rezoned: what would be Priam and Ariel, one side of Cymbeline and Oberon, and two small parcels on Tarquin, were designated single or double homes on smaller lots (R4); the remaining parts of Oberon and Cymbeline, Tybalt and Tarquin, garden homes and townhouses (R5). Roadways were outlined for Westcliffe and the northern leg of Seyton. A parcel of land to the east of Oberon was still zoned R3, as was the rest of the area. The park areas had not been designated at this time.
Westcliffe Estates was first developed by Assaly and Johannsen, with parcels of land later sold to other developers. Building had started in 1969/70 with families moving into their new homes on Oberon, Cymbeline, and Ariel in 1970. Many of these semi-detached homes were celebrated, and marketed, as fine examples of mid-century modern residential design.
1970 also saw the start of a new official plan for Nepean, which changed the face of the proposed Westcliffe Estates. The new plan also outlined proposals for industrial/commercial development on lands north of the Bell’s Corners strip.
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