Notice of Decision for Official Plan Amendment 141
With respect to an Official Plan Amendment Subsection 17(34) of the Planning Act.
Date of decision: March 19, 2024
Date of notice: March 21, 2024
Last date of appeal: April 10, 2024
A decision was made on the date noted above to approve Amendment No. 141 to the Official Plan of the City of Burlington.
Purpose and effect of the Amendment
The purpose of this City-initiated Official Plan Amendment is to address general matters of accuracy and clarity. The amendments proposed are minor, related to typographical errors and are considered to be of a housekeeping nature.
Public consultation was conducted through a Statutory Public Meeting held on March 5, 2024. Notice of the Statutory Public Meeting was mailed on January 31st, 2024, to the property owners related to the amendment and published in the Hamilton Spectator on February 2nd, 2024. As a result of public consultation, the City received no comments and no delegations at the Statutory Public meeting held on March 5, 2024.
When and how to file an Appeal
Any appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal must be filed with the City of Burlington, c/o the City Clerk, 20 days from the date of this notice, as shown above as the last date of appeal.
The appeal should be sent to the attention of the City Clerk, at the address shown below and it must:
1) set out the specific part of the Official Plan Amendment to which the appeal applies;
2) set out the reasons for the appeal; and,
3) be accompanied by the fee in the amount of $1,100, payable to the Minister of Finance, Province of Ontario.
Who can file an Appeal
Only individuals, corporations or public bodies may appeal a decision of the City of Burlington, to the Ontario Land Tribunal. A notice of appeal may not be made by an unincorporated association or group. However, a notice of appeal may be made in the name of an individual who is a member of the association or the group on its behalf.
No person or public body shall be added as a party to the hearing of the appeal unless, before the plan was adopted, 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.
When the decision is final
The decision is final if a Notice of Appeal is not received on or before the last date of appeal noted above.
Getting additional information
If you require further information in respect of the Official Plan Amendment and the decision, please contact Ali Balarlou, Community Planning Department, City of Burlington at ali.balarlou@burlington.ca or Jo-Anne Rudy, Committee Clerk, Office of the City Clerk, City of Burlington at jo-anne.rudy@burlington.ca.
Mailing address for filing a Notice of Appeal
The City Clerk
The Corporation of the City of Burlington
426 Brant St.
P.O. Box 5013
Burlington, Ontario L7R 3Z6
Telephone: 905-335-7481
Fax: 905-335-7675