Notice of Complete Applications and Open House - 8 Gale Crescent

Notice of Complete Applications and Notice of Open House

PROPOSAL

The Planning and Building Services Department received applications to Amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law for lands located at 8 Gale Crescent. The Applications were declared complete as of October 22, 2026, pursuant to sections 22 (6.1) and 34 (10.4) of the Planning Act.

The Applicant is seeking the requested amendments to facilitate the construction of a mixed-use development with 785 residential units across three apartment buildings of 21-24 storeys. Two buildings are connected by a single-storey podium and together contain 1,165 square metres of ground floor commercial area. The third building stands alone and does not contain commercial space. Parking is proposed in surface parking areas and within an underground parking structure that connects to all three buildings.

 The City’s Official Plan designates the subject land Mixed Medium High Density Residential / Commercial (60 to 198 Units / Ha). The Applicant has requested an Official Plan Amendment to Mixed High Density Residential Commercial to permit and facilitate the proposed residential density.

The Zoning By-law zones the subject land Medium Density Mixed Use (M1). The Applicant has requested to rezone the subject lands to High Density Mixed Use with a Special Provision containing several site-specific performance standards for the development.

MORE INFORMATION

The Open House is an opportunity for public input. No decision will be made at this meeting. A Public Meeting will be held at a later date with twenty days notice.

The application materials are available for review and comment and may be found at www.stcatharines.ca/development and at the Planning and Building Services Department, City Hall, 50 Church Street. Please contact Charlotte McEwan, Senior Planner, at 905-680-7175, the City’s TTY number (text telephone) 905-688-4TTY (4889), or by email (cmcewan@stcatharines.ca) if further information is required.

Thursday, November 26, 2026 at 6:00pm Burgoyne Woods Room, 3^rd Floor, City Hall, 50 Church Street, St. Catharines (Use James Street Entrance)

TO PARTICIPATE

Attend the meeting or mail/e-mail your comments/questions to Charlotte McEwan, Senior Planner (cmcewan@stcatharines.ca) by no later than November 26, 2026. All written submissions will become part of the public record for this application.

LEGAL NOTICE

Only the registered owner of the land to which the by-law would apply, the applicant, the Minister, 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.

If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of Council of the City of St. Catharines to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to Council of the City of St Catharines before the by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting, or make written submissions to Council of the City of St. Catharines before the by-law is passed, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to do so.

If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Corporation of the City of St. Catharines on the proposed Official Plan Amendment and/or Zoning By-law Amendment, you must make a written request to:

City of St. Catharines Legal and Clerk Services/City’s Clerks Division, City Hall, 50 Church Street, P.O. Box 3012, St. Catharines, ON, L2R 7C2. 

Refer to File No: 26 112777 OP & 26 112778 ZA

CONTACT

For more information about this matter, including information about appeal rights, please contact Charlotte McEwan, Senior Planner, Planning and Building Services Department at 905-680-7175, the City’s TTY number (text telephone) 905-688-4TTY (4889), or by email (cmcewan@stcatharines.ca).