Public Notices

Notice of Passing of a Zoning Bylaw 2020.460

Burlington City Council passed Bylaw 2020.460 to amend Bylaw 2020, as amended, on Sept. 26, 2023, under Section 34 of the Planning Act, 1990, as amended. File number: 520-03/23 (PL-53-23)

Bylaw 2020.460 are city-initiated amendments to comply with changes made to Section 16(3) and Section 35.1 of the Planning Act regarding additional residential units through the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23) and the Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act, 2023 (Bill 97).

Public consultation on the proposed zoning bylaw amendment occurred through a Statutory Public Meeting held on Sept. 12, 2023, at the Community Planning, Regulation and Mobility Committee of Council. Notice of the Statutory Public Meeting was mailed on Aug. 11, 2023, and published in the Burlington Post on Aug. 10, 2023. The City received 1 comment on the proposed amendment and there were 2 delegations at the Statutory Public Meeting held on Sept. 12, 2023.

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Notice of Decision - Official Plan Amendment Subsection 17(34) of the Planning Act

Amendment No. 1

Date of decision:  September 26, 2023

Date of notice:  September 28, 2023

Last date of appeal:  October 18, 2023

A decision was made on the date noted above to approve Amendment No. 1 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 amend the policies of the Burlington Official Plan, 2020, to comply with Subsection 16 (3) of the Planning Act, that were changed by Bill 23, More Homes, Built Faster Act, 2022.

Public consultation was conducted through a Statutory Public Meeting held on Sept. 12, 2023. Notice of the Statutory Public Meeting was mailed on Aug. 11, 2023, and published in the Burlington Post on Aug. 10, 2023. As a result of public consultation, the City received 1 comment and 2 delegations at the Statutory Public meeting held on Sept. 12, 2023. Comments received were considered as part of Council’s decision-making process.

When and How to File an Appeal

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Notice of Public Meeting and Information Report for Nelson Aggregate Co.

Nelson Aggregate Co. has made an application to amend the Official Plan for the lands located at 5235 Cedar Springs Rd. & 2226, 2232, 2244, 2280, 2292, 2300, 2316, and 2330 No. 2 Side Rd. The File Reference Number is 505-04/20.

Description of Proposed Development

The application proposes to amend the Official Plan to permit a Class ‘A’, below water aggregate extraction operation with an annual extraction limit of 2 million tonnes. Application materials are posted on the City’s Development Project webpage at www.burlington.ca/nelsonquarry 

Description of Proposed Amendments

The City of Burlington Official Plan (1997), as amended, designates the subject property as “Escarpment Rural Area”, which permits an array of rural uses including agriculture, single dwellings, forest and wildlife management, agriculture-related businesses and recreational use as provided in the Niagara Escarpment Plan (2017). The land use designation, as well as the permitted uses, remain the same throughout the City’s...

Notice of Statutory Public Meeting and Recommendation Report for 1450 King Rd.

MHBC Consulting has made an application to amend the Zoning Bylaw for the lands located at 1450 King Rd. on behalf of Astra Capital Properties. The File Reference Numbers are 520-04/23.

Description of Proposed Development

The application proposes to amend the Zoning Bylaw Amendment to support the relocation of an existing stormwater management facility and its implementing zoning (Open Space (O2)) to lands located to the north of the existing installation. The existing facility will be decommissioned after the construction of the new stormwater management facility and the former location will be rezoned to Business Corridor (BC2) to allow for future development opportunities. Application materials are posted on the City’s Development Project webpage at www.burlington.ca/1450king.

Description of Proposed Amendments

Existing Official Plan designation:

The City of Burlington Official Plan (1997), as amended, designates the subject property as “Business Corridor”.

New Official Plan designation:

Statutory Public Meeting Notice – Proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment

What is Proposed?

In accordance with Section 17 and Section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O 1990, c.P.13, as amended, you are invited to attend a Statutory Public Meeting to ask questions and provide comments on the proposed Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment regarding Additional Residential Units.   

Through the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23) and the Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act, 2023 (Bill 97), the Province of Ontario amended the Planning Act to expand permissions for Additional Residential Units. An Additional Residential Unit (also known as an accessory dwelling unit or secondary suite) is a self-contained dwelling unit located within, and/or on the same property as a detached dwelling, semi-detached dwelling, or row house. The changes to the Planning Act permit up to two Additional Residential Units per property and apply provincewide to all residential lands within settlement areas on full municipal water and sewage services.

The purpose of the...