Statutory Public Meeting Notice – Proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment
What is Proposed?
In accordance with Section 17 and Section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O 1990, c.P.13, as amended, you are invited to attend a Statutory Public Meeting to ask questions and provide comments on the proposed Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment regarding Additional Residential Units.
Through the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23) and the Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act, 2023 (Bill 97), the Province of Ontario amended the Planning Act to expand permissions for Additional Residential Units. An Additional Residential Unit (also known as an accessory dwelling unit or secondary suite) is a self-contained dwelling unit located within, and/or on the same property as a detached dwelling, semi-detached dwelling, or row house. The changes to the Planning Act permit up to two Additional Residential Units per property and apply provincewide to all residential lands within settlement areas on full municipal water and sewage services.
The purpose of the proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments is to:
- Broaden the permissions for Additional Residential Units in the Official Plan and Zoning By-law in compliance with the changes to the Planning Act;
- Update definitions in the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to align with the Planning Act and ensure consistency between the Official Plan and Zoning By-law; and
- Update the term “Accessory Dwelling Unit” to “Additional Residential Unit” in the Zoning By-law for consistency.
Looking for more information?
If you would like to review the proposed Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment, contact Victoria Coates at victoria.coates@burlington.ca or 905-335-7777, ext. 7409.
If you would like to be notified of the decision of the City of Burlington on the proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments and/or passing of the proposed By-laws, you must make a written request to Jo-Anne Rudy, Committee Clerk, City of Burlington, City Hall, 426 Brant St., P.O. Box 5013, Burlington, Ontario, L7R 3Z6.
Public Meeting Information
The Statutory Public Meeting will provide you with the chance to give feedback to City Council on the proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments and for Council to consider the feedback before making a decision.
Attend the Statutory Public Meeting
You are invited to attend a Statutory Public Meeting under the Planning Act to consider the staff report about the proposed amendments. This meeting will be held remotely and in person at Burlington City Hall, 426 Brant St.
Meeting Date: Sept. 12, 2023
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Location: Online at burlington.ca/calendar or in person at Burlington City Hall, Council Chambers, 2nd floor, 426 Brant St., Burlington, ON
If you would like to delegate, please fill out the online delegation registration form at burlington.ca/delegate, submit a written request by email to the Office of the City Clerk at clerks@burlington.ca, or call 905-335-7600, ext. 7481 by noon, Sept. 11.
Detailed information about how to participate in the Statutory Public Meeting is provided below.
Options for Participating in the Public Meeting
The staff recommendation report which contains a discussion about the proposed amendments, will be available for public review on Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. The report will recommend that Council approve the proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendments. The report will be available on the City’s website at burlington.ca/calendar by searching for the Sept. 12 Community Planning, Regulation and Mobility Committee. If you need a hard-copy of the report, please email clerks@burlington.ca to arrange pick-up.
Speaking at the Public Meeting as a Delegation:
To speak at the statutory Public Meeting, there are two options:
- Pre-register to speak by noon, Sept. 11. You can pre-register by:
- filling in the online delegation request form at burlington.ca/delegation;
- submitting a written request by email to the Office of the City Clerk at clerks@burlington.ca, or
- calling 905-335-7600, ext. 7481.
- Register during the Statutory Public Meeting.
- If you are attending the meeting virtually, you can register to speak by emailing clerks@burlington.ca.
- 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 Mallory Greenough, Committee Assistant at mallory.greenough@burlington.ca no later than noon, Sept. 11 so they can be distributed and reviewed by all members of the Committee. The content of all submissions is considered public and will be posted to the City’s website.
To Watch the Virtual Public Meeting Online:
The live webcast can also be accessed on the City’s website at burlington.ca/calendar. Search for the Sept. 12 Community Planning, Regulation and Mobility Committee and click the ‘Video - Live’ link.
Legal Notices:
Personal information is collected under the authority of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P. 13 and may be contained in an Appendix of a staff report, published in the meeting agenda, delegation list and/or the minutes of the public meeting and made part of the public record.
The City collects this information in order to make informed decisions on the relevant issues and to notify interested parties of Council’s decisions. It may also be used to serve notice of an Ontario Land Tribunal Hearing. Names and addresses contained in submitted letters and other information will be available to the public, unless the individual expressly requests the City to remove their personal information. The disclosure of this information is governed by the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.M. 56.
If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Council of the City of Burlington to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Burlington before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted and/or the by-law is passed and/or approval of the draft plan of subdivision is given, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.
If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Burlington before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted and/or the by-law is passed and/or approval of the draft plan of subdivision is given, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to do so.