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By-Law 2025-127 has the purpose of amending the City’s Zoning By-law to facilitate the development of a nine-storey mixed use apartment building with 197 apartment units and 201 parking spaces located with a three-level parking structure.
By-law 2025-127 has the effect of amending the zoning of 148 Niagara to rezone the subject land from Medium Density Mixed Use (M1) to High Density Mixed Use with Special Provisions (M3-178) to facilitate the development.
Special Provision 178:
- Increases maximum permitted lot area, lot frontage, residential density and building height;
- Reduces minimum permitted setbacks to front yard along the Niagara Street, interior side yard to north and rear yard to the east;
- Establishes maximum height and rooftop mechanical encroachments, and;
- Establishes minimum Outdoor Amenity space;
By-law No. 2025-127 conforms to the intent and purpose of the Garden City Plan and the Niagara Official Plan.
All written and oral submissions related to the application that were made at the public meeting have been taken into consideration by Council as part of its deliberation and final decision.
A complete copy of By-law 2025-127 are available for inspection in the office of the City Clerk, City Hall, during regular hours.
Legal Notice
The last day for filing a notice of appeal is November 11, 2025, at 4:30pm. The notice of appeal must be filed with the Clerk or submitted through the Ontario Land Tribunal’s (OLT) e-file portal. It must set out the specific objection to the by-laws and the reasons in support of the objection and be accompanied by the fee required by the OLT. More information on fees can be found on the OLT’s website: https://olt.gov.on.ca/fee-chart/
The decision of council is final if a notice of appeal is not received on or before the last day for filing a notice of appeal.
With Bill 185 receiving Royal Assent, only the registered owner of the land to which the by-law would apply, specified persons and public bodies as defined in the Planning Act may appeal a decision of the municipality or by-law to the Ontario Land Tribunal.
No person or public body shall be added as a party to the hearing of the appeal unless, before the by-law was passed, the person or public body made oral submissions at a public meeting or written submissions to the council or, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.
For more information about this matter, including information about appeal rights, please contact Shradha Arun, Planner, Planning and Building Services Department at 905-680-7193, via email at sarun@stcatharines.ca or the City’s TTY number (text telephone) at 905-688-4889.
Shradha Arun
Planning and Building Services Department
sarun@stcatharines.ca (905) 680-7193 or TTY: 1-800-855-0511
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