Planning and Building Services Open Houses

 109 St. Paul Cres., Jan. 26, 2022

The Planning and Building Services Department is hosting an Online Open House, on Jan. 26 at 6 p.m., to provide information and receive public input regarding an Application for a Zoning By-Law Amendment for the lands addressed as 109 St Paul Crescent

The Amendment has been requested to permit the conversion of the former Rodman Hall building into a 13-room hotel, with an attached banquet hall. No additions to the existing building are proposed. The City’s zoning by-law (By-law 2013-283) zones the property as Local Neighbourhood Institutional (I1-122), which does not permit Hotel or Place of Assembly / Banquet Hall uses.

The City is seeking your comments on this Application before forming a staff recommendation and before a decision is made by City Council at a later date.

You can find more information on the application on our development page.

Members of the public will be able to watch proceedings live through the City’s YouTube channel and will be able to participate as detailed below. 

Residents can participate in the Open House in three different ways:

1. By mailing your comments / questions or by emailing the planner, at sritchie@stcatharines.ca, no later than by Monday, Jan. 24, 2022
2. By registering to participate via Zoom via our online registration form no later than by Monday, Jan. 24, 2022.
3. By registering to participate by telephone no later than by Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. Please call 905.688.5601 ext. 1722 and leave a message with the planner, with your name and phone number. Staff will respond to your voicemail prior to the online open house to provide you with the call-in number for the event and additional information about the process.

Electronic Participation

Those wishing to participate electronically via Zoom video-conferencing technology must register by completing our online form before the date specified above.

Only one individual will be permitted to speak at a time and group delegations are not permitted.

Participants are not permitted to share visuals or materials during the open house. However, materials may be submitted in advance for the Planner to share during the open house and must be received no later than Jan. 24, 2022

Delegates may be required to participate in a test Zoom session with City staff. Testing will cover the audio and video quality of the participant's device; reviewing the process for the participant to join the meeting; and reviewing the participant process. During the test session, City staff will also discuss the process for submitting visuals or materials for inclusion in the Open House.

The test session should take less than 15 minutes to complete. Note: other members of the public may be in the same test session. City staff will contact you via email with your test session information.