Notice of Passing of Residential Zoning Bylaw 09-2026

Burlington City Council passed Bylaw 09-2026, a bylaw to repeal Zoning Bylaw 2020, as amended, and replace it with a new Residential Zoning Bylaw only as it applies to certain residentially zoned lands, on March 2, 2026 under Section 34 of the Planning Act, 1990, as amended. (DGM-05-26)

Public consultation on the proposed new zoning bylaw occurred through Statutory Public Meetings held on Oct. 7, 2025 and Feb. 10, 2026 at the Committee of the Whole. Notice of the Statutory Public Meetings were published on the City’s webpage on Aug. 28, 2025 and Jan. 19, 2026, respectively. The City received 78 comments on the bylaw and there were five delegations at the Statutory Public Meeting held on Oct. 7, 2025 and seven delegations at the Statutory Public Meeting held on Feb. 10, 2026, and no delegations at the Special Council meeting held on March 2, 2026.

For further information, please contact Todd Evershed of the Community Planning Department at newzoning@burlington.ca.

Should you wish to appeal this bylaw to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT), you must file an appeal with the City Clerk either via the OLT e-file service (first-time users will need to register for a My Ontario Account) at olt.gov.on.ca/e-file-service

by selecting Burlington (City) - Clerk as the Approval Authority or by mail: City Clerk, City of Burlington, 426 Brant St., P.O. Box 5013, Burlington, ON L7R 3Z6, no later than 4:30 p.m. on March 25, 2026. The filing of an appeal after 4:30 p.m., in person or electronically, will be deemed to have been received the next business day. The appeal fee of $1,100 can
be paid online through e-file or by certified cheque/money order to the Minister of Finance. If you wish to appeal to the OLT or request a fee reduction for an appeal, forms are available from the OLT website at olt.gov.on.ca. If the e-file portal is down, you can submit your appeal to clerks@burlington.ca.

If you wish to view the complete bylaw and/or be notified of the outcome of the New Residential Zoning Bylaw, please write to Jo-Anne Rudy, Committee Clerk, City of Burlington, 426 Brant St., P.O. Box 5013, Burlington, ON L7R 3Z6 or email at jo-anne.rudy@burlington.ca.

Only the Minister, the applicant, specified person and public bodies as defined in the Planning Act, and registered owners of lands to which the bylaw will apply and who made submissions at a public meeting or who have made written submissions to the City before the bylaw is passed, will be able to appeal the decision of the City of Burlington to the Ontario Land Tribunal.

No person or public body shall be added as a party to the hearing of the appeal unless, before the bylaw was passed, the person or public body made oral submissions at a public meeting or written submissions to the council or, in the opinion of the Ontario Land Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

Dated at the City of Burlington on March 5, 2026