Statutory Open House & Public Meeting for the New Residential Zoning Bylaw

Open House, Sept. 16, 2025 & Public Meeting, Oct. 7, 2025

The City of Burlington is proposing a new Zoning Bylaw for Burlington’s residential neighbourhood areas.

Description of Proposed Zoning Bylaw

The City of Burlington is proposing a new Zoning Bylaw that will affect lands within the City’s residential neighbourhood areas.

The current Zoning Bylaw is more than 20 years old and needs to be updated it so it fits with the City’s new Official Plan. The update is required by provincial legislation.

If approved, the proposed new Zoning Bylaw will replace the current Zoning Bylaw and change the zoning rules in Burlington’s residential neighbourhoods.

The changes that are proposed in the draft new Zoning Bylaw include:

• modernized, streamlined and reorganized definitions and general provisions to make it easier to interpret and apply zoning rules.
• fewer number of residential zones.
• more options for Additional Residential Units (ARUs):
  • up to two ARUs would be allowed in an accessory building, whereas the current Zoning Bylaw allows one.
  • accessory buildings containing ARUs could be up to 7m tall. Currently a maximum height of 4.6m is allowed.
• new permissions allowing semi-detached dwellings in most residential zones, triplexes and fourplexes at the edges of neighbourhoods and low-rise apartment buildings at the edges of the proposed Low-Rise Neighbourhood 8 Zone.
• simplified residential zone standards and new built form standards.
• updated parking provisions.

Statutory Open House & Statutory Public Meeting

Attend a Statutory Open House and Statutory Public Meeting under the Planning Act.

Open House Date: Sept. 16, 2025
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Mountainside Community Centre, Community Room 2, 2205 Mount Forest Dr., Burlington, Ont.

Statutory Public Meeting Date: Oct. 7, 2025
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Location: Online at www.burlington.ca/calendar or in person at Burlington City Hall, Council Chambers, 2^nd floor, 426 Brant St., Burlington, Ont.

Options for Participating in the Statutory Public Meeting

How to Obtain the Staff Report:

The staff information report will be available for public review on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. The purpose of the report is to present and seek feedback on the draft Bylaw to all members of Council. The report will be available on the City’s website at www.burlington.ca/calendar by searching for the Oct. 6, 2025 meeting date for the Committee of the Whole.  If you require a hard copy of the report, please email Legislative Services at clerks@burlington.ca to arrange pick-up. 

Speaking at the Statutory Public Meeting as a Delegation:

To speak at the Statutory Public Meeting, there are two options:

1. Pre-register to speak by noon the Friday before the meeting is to be held. You can pre-register in one of the following ways:
1. complete the online delegation request form at www.burlington.ca/delegation;
2. submit a written request by email to the Legislative Services at clerks@burlington.ca, or
3. phone 905-335-7777, ext. 7481.
2. Register during the Statutory Public Meeting.
1. If you are viewing the livestream, you can register to speak by emailing clerks@burlington.ca, as noted in the ticker tape that will be scrolling along the bottom of the live stream webcast of the meeting with registration information. 
2. If you are attending the meeting in person, you can register to speak during the meeting by following instructions provided at the meeting.

Speakers are limited to a maximum of 10 minutes each and are webcasted online. If you have presentation materials, they must be submitted to Legislative Services at clerks@burlington.ca no later than noon, the Friday before the meeting to allow for their distribution and review by all members of the Committee. Please note the content of all submissions is considered public and will be posted to the City’s website.

To Watch the Public Meeting Online:

Visit the City’s website at www.burlington.ca/calendar by searching for the Oct. 6, 2025 meeting date for the Committee of the Whole and clicking the ‘Watch Video’ link.

For more information and to view the draft Zoning By-law, please visit getinvolvedburlington.ca/newzoningbylaw. This webpage contains additional material, including studies that the applicant has submitted. This webpage will be updated throughout the process and include information about a future Council Meeting.

For more information, including appeal rights, contact the City’s New Zoning Bylaw Project Team at newzoning@burlington.ca.