Back to SearchUpdate: This public meeting originally scheduled for Jan. 31, 2022, has been rescheduled for Feb, 14, 2022.
The City of St. Catharines will hold a Legislated Public Meeting to consider applications to amend the Official Plan (the Garden City Plan) and Zoning By-law at 33 Rockwood Avenue.
Proposal
The purpose of the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment is to permit the proposed development of a three-storey residential apartment building containing 35 dwelling units at 33 Rockwood Avenue. The proposal will include 45 parking spaces.
The City’s Official Plan currently designates these lands for Low-Density Residential uses, with a permitted density of 20 to 32 units per hectare of land. The Applicant has requested the subject lands be re-designated to Medium Density Residential through the Official Plan Amendment, which permits a density range of 25 to 99 units per hectare of land. This would also allow the site to be used for an apartment building.
The City’s Zoning By-law currently zones these lands Low Density Residential – Traditional Neighbourhood (R2). The Applicant has requested the subject lands be rezoned to Medium Density Residential (R3) with a Special Provision to address certain site-specific matters including reduced landscape buffers, interior side yard setbacks, and landscaped open space. This would allow the site to be used for an apartment building with a density range of 25 to 99 units per hectare of land.
The application materials are available for review and comment and may be found online at www.stcatharines.ca/development.
(Site Plan prepared by Whiteline Architects Inc.)
Legislated Public Meeting
City Council is hosting a Legislated Public Meeting to receive input and comment on the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment and Official Plan Amendment, after which Council will consider approval of the amendments.
Details of the Legislated Public Meeting are as follows:
Date: Feb. 14, 2022
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Meeting will be held electronically
Due to COVID-19 protocols, this meeting will be an electronic meeting, affording both telephone and electronic participation. Please note that in-person participation is not permitted at this time.
Visit www.stcatharines.ca/Council for information on how to access and participate in the meeting, and how to request and make a delegation before Council.
Written submissions must be received by noon the Thursday before the public meeting by mailing or delivering them to:
City of St. Catharines Legal and Clerk Services/City’s Clerks Division, City Hall, 50 Church Street, P.O. Box 3012, St. Catharines, ON, L2R 7C2.
Refer to File Nos: 21 105064 OP and 21 105062 ZA
Email submissions may also be made by noon the day of the public meeting and directed to clerks@stcatharines.ca. Both oral and written comments and recommendations received will be taken into account by City Council in making a decision on the subject matter.
Important Public Meeting Information
If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at the public meeting or make written submissions to Council for the Corporation of the City of St. Catharines before the proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment is adopted:
- The person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of Council of the City of St. Catharines to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT); and
- The person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.
If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Corporation of the City of St. Catharines with respect to the proposed Amendments, you must make a written request to the City Clerk at the address noted above.
Contact
For more information about this matter, including information about appeal rights, please contact Natasha MacDonald, Planner I, Planning and Building Services Department at 905-688-5601, ext. 1728, via email at nmacdonald@stcatharines.ca or the City’s TTY number (text telephone) at 905-688-4889.
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