Statutory Public Meeting & Recommendation Report - Official Plan Amendment and CPPS - MTSAs
Notice of Statutory Public Meeting & Recommendation Report
Official Plan Amendment and Community Planning Permit Bylaw/System - Burlington’s Major Transit Station Areas
Statutory Public Meeting Date: June 11, 2024
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Location: Online at www.burlington.ca/calendar or in-person at Burlington City Hall, Council Chambers, 2nd floor, 426 Brant St., Burlington, Ont.
The Statutory Public Meeting will be held using a hybrid model, allowing members of Council, City staff and the public to participate remotely or in-person at Burlington City Hall. If you would like to delegate at the meeting, fill out the delegation registration form atwww.burlington.ca/delegate, email the Office of the City Clerk at clerks@burlington.ca or call 905-335-7600, ext. 7481 by noon, Monday, June 10, 2024.
More information
For more information and to view the recommended Official Plan Amendment and Community Planning Permit Bylaw, visit www.getinvolvedburlington.ca/mtsa. The Official Plan Amendment and Bylaw will be posted to the project webpage by May 21, 2024.
The staff recommendation report and a discussion of staff’s Official Plan Amendment and Community Planning Permit By-law recommendations will be available for public review on Friday, May 31, 2024, at www.burlington.ca/calendar. Search for the meeting date for the Committee of the Whole or visit www.getinvolvedburlington.ca/mtsa. If you require a hard copy of the report, email clerks@burlington.ca to arrange pick-up.
For more information about this matter, including information about appeal rights, contact mtsa@burlington.ca, or visit www.getinvolvedburlington.ca/mtsa.
Overview of Recommended Official Plan Amendment, and Community Planning Permit Bylaw/System
The City of Burlington is recommending an Official Plan Amendment (OPA) and a Community Planning Permit (CPP) Bylaw that will affect lands within the City’s three Major Transit Station Areas (MTSAs): Downtown Burlington Urban Growth Centre/Burlington GO, Aldershot GO and Appleby GO.
Together, the OPA and CPP By-law establish a CPP system that identifies and implements a vision for the MTSAs to redevelop into complete communities that will accommodate a significant share of the City’s future population and job growth in a mixed-use format that is transit-supportive, safe, and respectful of surrounding areas. The CPP system will transform how development is assessed and approved in the MTSAs.
The recommended Official Plan Amendment to the City of Burlington Official Plan (2020) will:
- set the boundaries, density targets and identify the MTSAs as Protected Major Transit Station Areas to conform to the Halton Region Official Plan;
- change the authorized land uses in the MTSAs to allow for a mix of residential and non-residential uses, and identify a new transportation network aligned with property lines where possible for each MTSA;
- provide policies relating to infrastructure, transportation, land use compatibility, natural heritage and hazards, urban design and public realm, housing; and
- provide implementation policies relating to the CPP Bylaw, tertiary planning, phasing, and monitoring.
The recommended Community Planning Permit Bylaw implements the recommended Official Plan Amendment and will identify:
- permitted and discretionary land uses, and development standards, such as building heights, setbacks, and the introduction of no parking space minimums for residential, visitor and non-residential uses aligned with the recently proposed Provincial Bill 185, Cutting Red Tape to Build More Home Act, 2024;
- for some standards, a range of variation that may be approved as part of the Community Planning Permit application process without the need for an amendment to the Bylaw; and
- the procedures for reviewing Community Planning Permit applications.
Downtown Burlington Urban Growth Centre/Burlington GO MTSA
Aldershot GO MTSA
