Public Meeting Notice: 47 St. Paul Steet West

The Planning and Building Services Department received an application for a Zoning By- law Amendment for lands located at 47 St. Paul Street West. The application was declared complete on Nov. 11, 2022, 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 five-storey mixed-use building containing one commercial unit and sixteen apartment dwelling units. The proposal includes eleven parking spaces. The enclosed plan provides a conceptual site layout of the proposed development.

The City’s Zoning By-law currently zones these lands Medium Density Mixed Use (M1). A mixed-use building is currently permitted on the lands with a maximum residential density of 100 units per hectare. To facilitate the proposal, which has a residential density of 264 units per hectare, the applicant is requesting to rezone the lands to Medium/High Density Mixed Use with a Special Provision (M2-171). A Special Provision is being added to the lands to address site specific zoning items relating to density, parking, setbacks, landscape buffers, encroachments and height. The special provision details are outlined below:

The application materials are available for review and comment and may be found at stcatharines.ca/development as well as at the Planning and Building Services Department, City Hall.

Legislated Public Meeting

City Council is hosting a Legislated Public Meeting on May 1, 2023 to receive input and comment on the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment, after which Council will consider staff’s recommendation on the amendment.

Details of the Legislated Public Meeting are as follows:

Date: Monday, May 1, 2023
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Meeting will be held electronically

Visit 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 No: 22 112826 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 would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of Council of the City of St. Catharines 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 Council of the City of St Catharines before the by-law is passed, 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 Council of the City of St. Catharines before the by-law is passed, 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.
• If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Corporation of the City of St. Catharines on the proposed zoning by-law amendment, you must make a written request 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 No: 22 112826 ZA

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.