Public Notices

Notice: Statutory Meeting - 1510 & 1515 North Service Rd., 2202-2208 Industrial St. - July 8, 2025

The Biglieri Group has made applications on behalf of the landowners to amend the Zoning Bylaw for the lands located at 1510 and 1515 North Service Rd. and 2202-2208 Industrial St. The File Reference Numbers are 520-08/25.

Description of Proposed Development

The proposal requests a Zoning Bylaw Amendment to add Convenience/Specialty Food Store, Automotive Uses, Recreational Establishments, Restaurant Uses and Veterinary Services into the existing CE-33 and CE-34 zones.

No new development or site alteration is proposed through this application.

Application materials are posted on the City’s Development Project webpage at burlington.ca/1510northservice

Description of the Proposed Amendment

The City of Burlington Official Plan (1997, as amended) identifies the property as “Major Retail” and is designated “Employment Commercial”. This designation permits a wide range of employment uses and a limited range of retail commercial uses which have employment characteristics. 

The City’s Zoning Bylaw...

Notice of Statutory Public Meeting and Recommendation Report for 35 Plains Rd. E. July 8, 2025

KFA Architects and Planners Inc. has made applications on behalf of the landowner 2816544 Ontario Inc. to amend the Official Plan and Zoning Bylaw for the lands located at 35 Plains Rd. E. The File Reference Numbers are 520-06/25 and 505-05/25.

Description of Proposed Development

The application proposes to amend the Official Plan and Zoning Bylaw to facilitate the development of a 13-storey mixed use building consisting of 161 residential units and approximately 457m2 of ground floor retail space. The proposal includes approximately 1,656m2 of amenity space in the form of balconies, roof top terrace and indoor roof amenity space. Vehicular access is proposed from Cooke Boulevard with two levels of underground parking including a total of 110 vehicle residential spaces and 6 vehicle visitor spaces.

Application materials are posted on the City’s Development Project webpage at burlington.ca/35plainsroad

Description of the Proposed Amendment

The City of Burlington Official Plan (1997), as...

Notice of Decision: Official Plan Amendment No. 4

With respect to an Official Plan Amendment Subsection 17(34) of the Planning Act

Date of decision: May 20, 2025
Date of notice: May 22, 2025 Last date of appeal: June 11, 2025
A decision was made on the date noted above to approve Amendment No. 4 to the Official Plan of the City of Burlington, 2020. Purpose and effect of the amendment The purpose of this Official Plan Amendment (OPA) is to set out a planning framework and a guide for future study, to support development and growth within the area identified as “Bronte Creek Meadows”. 
Public consultation was conducted through a Statutory Public Meeting held on March 4, 2025 and a Committee of the Whole meeting held on May 12, 2025. Notice of the Statutory Public Meeting was published in the Hamilton Spectator on Feb. 1, 2025. As a result of public consultation, the City received 10 comments and one delegation at the Statutory Public meeting held on March 4, 2025 and no comments and one delegation at the Committee of the Whole meeting held on...

Notice of Passing: Bylaw 30-2025 to alter the ward boundaries in the City of Burlington

Over the last ten months, the City of Burlington reviewed its Council composition and ward boundary structure. As Burlington’s population continues to grow, the review was done to help ensure voters are represented equally in the decision-making process, no matter where they live in the city. Burlington’s last ward boundary review was in 2005 when the city’s population was 139,000. Since this time, the city’s population has grown to approximately 186,948, according to the 2021 Census.

At the May 20, 2025 City of Burlington Council meeting, a bylaw was passed to update Burlington’s ward structure. The changes to the wards will be in place for the 2026 Municipal Election, subject to any appeals. 

New ward structure

The bylaw allows for minor changes to Burlington’s current ward structure. Burlington will continue to have six (6) wards with one Local Councillor representing each ward, plus one Mayor elected at large. This structure provides adequate population distribution and population...

Notice of Statutory Public Meeting and Recommendation Report for 409 Brant St. - June 10, 2025

WND Limited has made applications on behalf of the landowners to amend the Zoning Bylaw for the lands located at 409 Brant (401, 403, 405, 409 Brant St. & 2012 James Street & 444, 448 John St.). The File Reference Numbers are 520-07/25.

Description of Proposed Development

This application does not replace the historical OPA and ZBA that have been approved. This application seeks to modify those in-effect zoning in order to permit a development concept that has been prepared in response to the current status of the housing market.

This application seeks to establish reduced parking rate, reduced second floor building height, reduced setbacks to parking structure, and an additional metre in overall building height.

Application materials are posted on the City’s Development Project webpage at burlington.ca/409brantchanges

Description of the Proposed Amendment

The City of Burlington Official Plan (1997), as amended, designates the subject property as ‘Downtown Mixed Use Centre’ and ‘Downtown...