Back to SearchWith respect to an Official Plan Amendment
Subsection 17(23) of the Planning Act
Official Plan Amendment No. 2
Date of adoption: June 18, 2024
Date of notice: June 20, 2024
A decision has been made by the Council of the Corporation of the City of Burlington to adopt Official Plan Amendment No. 2 to the Official Plan of the City of Burlington through Bylaw No. 45-2024 on the 18th day of June, 2024, under Sections 16, 17 and 21 of the Planning Act, R.S.O 1990, c.P.13, as amended.
Purpose and effect of the amendment
The purpose of this Official Plan Amendment (OPA 2) is to replace policies and schedules from the Burlington Official Plan, 2020 informed by the findings of the Major Transit Station Area Specific Planning Project for the Downtown Burlington UGC/Burlington GO MTSA, Aldershot GO MTSA, and the Appleby GO MTSA. The OPA identifies these areas as Protected Major Transit Stations in accordance with the Planning Act and in conformity with the Regional Official Plan. OPA 2 includes a new subsection to enable the implementation of the Major Transit Station Area (MTSA) Community Planning Permit (CPP) System. The policies in OPA 2 support growth and intensification in the MTSAs and sets the foundation for the CPP By-law to regulate development in these key intensification areas, in accordance with the requirements of the Planning Act and O.Reg 173/16.
Public consultation was conducted through Statutory Public Meetings held on Oct. 31, 2023 and June 11, 2024. Notice of the Statutory Public Meetings were mailed on Sept. 28, 2023, Oct. 3, 2023 and May 17, 2024, respectively. Notice of the Statutory Public Meetings were published in the Hamilton Spectator on Oct. 23, 2023 and May 18, 2024, respectively. As a result of public consultation, written and oral submissions were received and considered. The written submissions received and city staff responses to those submissions are contained in Appendix L of Staff Report PL-03-24 “Public Submissions and response from Oct. 11, 2023 to May 29, 2024” available in the Agenda meeting package for the June 11, 2024 Statutory Public meeting at burlington.ca/calendar. Additionally, Appendix B of Staff Memo dated June 18, 2024 includes staff responses and proposed policy modifications to submissions received from May 29th up to and including the June 11 Statutory Public Meeting available in the Agenda meeting package for the June 18, 2024 Council meeting at burlington.ca/calendar. Comments received were considered as part of Council’s decision-making process.
Approval process
Official Plan Amendment 2 for the City of Burlington will be submitted to both the Region of Halton and to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Pursuant to subsection 17(36.5) and (38.1) of the Planning Act, where the approval authority is the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing the decision is final and not subject to appeal.
As prescribed through Bill 185 (Cutting Red Table to Building More Homes Act, 2024), which received Royal Assent on June 6, 2024, as of July 1, 2024, the Minister will become the approval authority for the Official Plan Amendment. As the approval authority, the Minister may approve, modify and approve, or refuse to approve the Official Plan Amendment.
Any person or public body is entitled to receive notice of the decision of the approval authority of OPA 2 if a written request to be notified of the decision (including the person’s or public body’s address, or email address) is made to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Requests to receive the Notice of Decision should be sent to:
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Municipal Services Office Central Ontario
777 Bay St, 17th Floor, Toronto, ON M7A 2J3
Getting additional information
If you require further information in respect of the Official Plan Amendment and the adoption, please contact the MTSA project team, Community Planning Department, City of Burlington at mtsa@burlington.ca or Jo-Anne Rudy, Committee Clerk, Legislative Services, City of Burlington at jo-anne.rudy@burlington.ca.
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