Posted on Tuesday, February 07, 2023 02:50 PM
Failure to ensure smoke alarms were installed and properly maintained at a Currie Street home has netted a property owner and tenant fines and convictions for Ontario Fire Code offences.
In a Jan. 26 court appearance in Provincial Offences Court, the two defendants and prosecutor for the City of St. Catharines arrived at a resolution, on a joint-submission basis, that led to the property owner pleading guilty to a charge related to a failure to maintain a smoke alarm in operating condition, and...
Posted on Tuesday, February 07, 2023 09:31 AM
Lions Club votes not to extend lease agreement with City after nearly 45 years
After operating the Merritton Arena autonomously through a lease agreement originally dating back to 1979, the Lions Club of Merritton membership recently approved a motion to not renew the lease agreement beyond this year’s ice season.
The City of St. Catharines has allocated funding in its 2023 operating budget to support arena operations when the lease ends at the end of May. Lions Club treasurer Keith Brown, says...
Posted on Friday, February 03, 2023 04:25 PM
Pursuant to By-law No. 2007-310 (as amended by By-law No. 2010-116), Notice is hereby given that it is Council’s intention to discuss a request to amend the Vital Services By-law to clarify that transient hallways are excluded from the prescribed requirements at the Council meeting of Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, which is scheduled to commence at 6 p.m.
Visit stcatharines.ca/Council for information on how to access and participate in the meeting and how to request to make a delegation before Council.
Posted on Thursday, February 02, 2023 10:58 AM
Community engagement key to developing future vision for the area
The City’s work to develop a land-use study to help guide the future redevelopment of 282-285 Ontario St. (the former General Motors lands), and areas north and south of those properties, takes another step forward with a public open house next week.
A public open house for the Ontario Street Corridor Secondary Plan will take place Tuesday, Feb. 7, at the Holiday Inn and Suites, 327 Ontario St., in the Merlot Room. The community is...
Posted on Wednesday, February 01, 2023 08:48 AM
The Planning and Building Services Department received an application for a Zoning By- law Amendment for lands located at 1956 Third Street. The Application was declared complete on Jan. 20, 2023, pursuant to section 34 (10.4) of the Planning Act, based on the information submitted with the application and a preliminary review by staff.
The application proposes a four-storey (13.8 metres), 256-bed Long-Term Care Facility with 130 surface parking spaces. The enclosed plan provides a conceptual...