Residential Intensification Project

The Strategic Growth and Sustainability Section is conducting a project to initiate changes to the Official Plan and Zoning By-law that would increase opportunities for “missing middle” housing options by adding permissions for different forms of development, including four-unit dwellings on urban serviced residential parcels of land.

Staff are taking the opportunity to present this project to the public and gather feedback on these initiatives. Feedback received will help the project team further develop the proposed policies and provisions before these are submitted through planning applications and presented at a formal Public Meeting.

Feedback and comments regarding this project are welcome through the link below:

Residential Intensification Project Feedback Form

Permitting Four Units

Staff have identified three (3) changes to encourage appropriate residential intensification in existing and new urban residential neighbourhoods, and to permit four-unit dwellings on urban residential land parcels in the City (i.e. four-units as-of-right zoning). These changes include:

• Initiative 1: Aligning residential zoning along key road corridors;
• Initiative 2: Expanded permissions for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU’s), including permitting a third ADU where two ADU’s are already permitted; and
• Initiative 3: Reducing barriers for ground-oriented housing options, including three-unit and four-unit dwellings.

Supporting Documentation:

• Executive Summary of the Proposed Changes
• Draft Official Plan Amendment
• Draft Zoning By-law Amendment
• GIS Map of Initiative 1 – Aligning zoning along key corridors

Request a copy of the Supporting Documentation

The below table is a general timeline of the milestones of the project: