The Planning and Building Services Department received applications for a Zoning By-law Amendment and Official Plan Amendment for lands located at 4 Welland Vale Road and 179 Ontario Street. The Applications were declared complete on March 15, 2024, pursuant to sections 22 (6.1) and 34 (10.4) of the Planning Act, based on the information submitted with the Applications and a preliminary review by staff.
The Applicant proposes to construct a three-storey apartment building containing twelve (12) residential units at 179 Ontario Street. The existing fourplex at 4 Welland Vale Road will remain. The Applicant is proposing to have the two buildings share one access off Welland Vale Road. The two
buildings will also share a parking area, with 4 spaces dedicated to the fourplex and 11 spaces dedicated to the apartment building. Other site requirements such as waste collection, storage and bicycle parking will be shared between the two buildings. To facilitate this, the Applicant proposes to register a Common Element Condominium (CEC) for the portion of the lands containing the shared access, parking and other shared site functions. The CEC would be a newly created lot serving two parcels of tied land (POTL): the existing fourplex dwelling and proposed apartment building. The enclosed plan provides a conceptual site layout of the proposed development.
The City’s Official Plan currently designates 4 Welland Vale Road as Low Density Residential and 179 Ontario Street as Mixed Use. The Applicant has requested an Official Plan Amendment to redesignate 4 Welland Vale Road to Mixed Use to match 179 Ontario Street and facilitate the development with shared site functions. The Official Plan Amendment also requests to permit a standalone parking lot for the CEC lot, and to prohibit auto-related uses (e.g., car wash, motor vehicle repair garage, motor vehicle gas station).
The Zoning By-law currently zones 4 Welland Vale Road as Low Density Residential – Suburban Neighbourhood (R1) and 179 Ontario Street as Medium Density Mixed Use (M1). The Applicant has requested to rezone 4 Welland Vale Road and 179 Ontario Street to Medium Density Mixed Use (M1) with a Special Provision. The Special Provision will address site-specific zoning matters as follows:
- For the proposed apartment building (179 Ontario Street)
- For the existing fourplex (4 Welland Vale Road)
- For the proposed Common Element Condo lot
- To prohibit the following auto-related uses: car wash, motor vehicle gas station, motor vehicle repair garage
The City is seeking your comments on these Applications before the staff recommendation is finalized and a decision is made by Council at a later date.
Date: Wednesday, April 24th, 2024
Time: 6:00 PM.
Location: To be held electronically via Zoom and broadcast on YouTube.
Residents can participate in three different ways:
Copies of all submitted plans and documents may be viewed by contacting Natasha MacDonald at nmacdonald@stcatharines.ca or at the Online Open House or by navigating to https://www.stcatharines.ca/development. Please note that the information submitted with these Applications is preliminary. Additional, revised, or further refined information will be uploaded to the City’s website via the link above as it becomes available. Please check the website for updates.
The Online Open House is an initial opportunity for public input prior to a formal Legislative Public Meeting on the matter at which time City Council will consider a staff report,
recommendation and a decision. The formal Legislative Public Meeting will be held at a later date with notice of that meeting provided approximately thirty days prior.
For more information about this matter, including information about appeal rights, contact:
Natasha MacDonald, Planner
Planning and Building Services Department
nmacdonald@stcatharines.ca
905.688.5601, ext. 1728 or TTY: 905.688.4889