Notice of decision: Official Plan Amendment No. 5
With respect to an Official Plan Amendment
Subsection 17(34) of the Planning Act
Amendment No. 5
Date of decision: Dec. 10, 2024
Date of notice: Dec. 19, 2024
Last date of appeal: Jan. 8, 2025
A decision was made on the date noted above to approve Amendment No. 5 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 site specific policy on the lands at 291 North Service Rd within the City of Burlington.
Public consultation was conducted through a Statutory Public Meeting held on Dec. 3, 2024. Notice of the Statutory Public Meeting was mailed on Nov. 12, 2024, and published in the Hamilton Spectator on Nov. 21, 2024. As a result of public consultation, the City received two comment and one delegation at the Statutory Public meeting held on Dec. 3, 2024. Comments received were considered as part of Council’s decision-making process.
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:
- set out the specific part of the Official Plan Amendment to which the appeal applies;
- set out the reasons for the appeal; and,
- 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 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 this 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 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 Elyse Meneray, Community Planning Department, City of Burlington at elyse.meneray@burlington.ca or Jo-Anne Rudy, Committee Clerk, Legislative Services, 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