Have your say on the City’s Draft Commercial/Mixed Use & Light Rail Transit (LRT) Zones – Wards 1 to 4

HAMILTON, ON – May 4, 2016 – The City of Hamilton has developed Draft Commercial/Mixed Use and LRT Zones and invites the public to attend upcoming open houses for Wards 1 to 4. Additional public consultation for the remaining Wards will take place in the fall of 2016.

The Draft Zones have been developed to implement the Urban Hamilton Official Plan. The public will have the opportunity to learn about the benefits of the draft zones and provide comments to City staff.

Statutory Open Houses

The hours for the open houses will be:

• Afternoon sessions from 2 to 4 pm | Presentation starts at 2:30 pm
• Evening sessions from 6 to 8 pm | Presentation starts at 6:30 pm

Monday, May 30, 2016

St. Columba Presbyterian Church
1540 Main Street East, Hamilton

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Tim Hortons Field
64 Melrose Avenue North
4th Floor, Champions Club

Thursday, June 2, 2016

McMaster Innovation Park
175 Longwood Road South, Meeting Room 1

Monday, June 6, 2016

Sheraton Hotel
116 King Street West
Second Level, Ballroom East

Accessibility: If you have accessibility requirements to participate in this event, please contact staff listed below. Advanced requests are encouraged to enable us to meet your needs.

Why is the City preparing the Draft Commercial/Mixed Use & LRT Zones?

The Draft Commercial/Mixed Use and LRT Zones have been developed to implement the Neighbourhoods and Commercial and Mixed Use designations and policies of the City’s Urban Hamilton Official Plan as well as to prepare for the development of the LRT Corridor. In addition, the intent of the Draft Zones is to support and facilitate development and investment within the City and foster growth in business and employment by removing regulatory barriers for new investment and/or redevelopment opportunities. 

Further, certain lands along the LRT Corridor are subject to Interim Control By-laws (ICBL) which were approved in October 2015. The intent of the ICBL is to temporarily freeze development to allow specific land use studies to be completed. The ICBL will expire in October 2016 and the new LRT Zones need to be in place prior to the ICBL expiring.

For more information or to submit comments online, visit the project websites or contact the staff:

Commercial/Mixed Use Zones

Tim Lee, Planner
Phone: 905-546-2424 ext.1249
Email: [email protected]
www.hamilton.ca/cmuzoning

Light Rail Transit Zones

Shannon McKie, Planner
Phone: 905-546-2424 ext. 1288
Email: [email protected]
www.hamilton.ca/lrtzoning