Notice of Passing of Zoning Bylaw 2020.499

Burlington City Council passed Bylaw 2020.499 to amend Bylaw 2020, as amended, on Feb. 18, 2025, under Section 34 of the Planning Act, 1990, as amended. File number: 520-14/24 (DGM-15-25).

Bylaw 2020.499 rezones land at 2169-2175 Ghent Ave. to permit a three-storey low rise development proposal.

Public consultation on the proposed zoning bylaw amendment occurred through a Statutory Public Meeting held on Feb. 11, 2025, at a Committee of the Whole meeting. Notice of the Statutory Public Meeting was mailed to tenants and owners within 120m of the subject land on Jan. 9, 2025, and published in the Hamilton Spectator on Jan. 10, 2025. The City received five comments on the proposed amendment and there were two delegations at the Statutory Public Meeting held on Feb. 11, 2025.

For further information, please contact Benjamin Kissner of the Community Planning Department at benjamin.kissner@burlington.ca.

Should you wish to appeal this bylaw to the Ontario Land Tribunal, you must file an appeal to the City Clerk by March 12, 2025. Your appeal must include your objection to the bylaw and the reasons for this objection along with a cheque for $1,100, payable to the Minister of Finance. Additional information on the Ontario Land Tribunal process can be located at www.olt.gov.on.ca.

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

Legal Notice

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.

Dated at the City of Burlington on Feb. 20, 2025.

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