Official Plan Amendment OPA01-24 and Zoning By-law Amendment Z02-24: 3188 Vivian Line 37
Application Type(s): Official Plan Amendment (OPA01-24) and Zoning By-law Amendment (Z02-24)
Location: 3188 Vivian Line 37
Owner: The Corporation of the City of Stratford
Agent: GSP Group (c/o Rachel Bossie)
Current Official Plan Land Use Designation: Residential Area
Current Zoning: Agricultural (A) and Urban Reserve (UR)
Proposal: The proposed Official Plan Amendment application and Zoning Bylaw Amendment application would allow for the construction of a Long-Term Care Home and Retirement Home with all associated parking, landscaping, and site features.
Official Plan Amendment Application [OPA01-24]
The purpose of the Official Plan Amendment application is to add a site-specific policy to the existing ‘Residential Area’ designation. The existing ‘Residential Area’ designation allows institutional uses, including the proposed Long-Term Care Home and Retirement Home. Site specific provisions are requested to increase the maximum height on the north portion of the site from 4 storeys to 5 storeys, and to increase the maximum height on the south portion of the site from 4 storeys to 7 storeys.
Zoning Bylaw Amendment Application [Z02-24]
The purpose of the Zoning Bylaw Amendment application is to rezone the property from Agricultural (“A”) and Urban Reserve (“UR”) to two separate site-specific Community Institutional Zones (“IN1-___” and “IN1-___”). Different site-specific provisions are requested for the north portion of the site, and the south portion of the site.
Please refer to Notice of Application and Notice of Public Meeting PDF document for site-specific provisions.
Statutory Public Meeting: The public meeting was held on Monday, August 12, 2024 at 7:00pm. No decisions were made at this meeting. To watch the meeting's video recording, please click or enter the following link into your URL bar: https://pub-stratford.escribemeetings.com/Players/ISIStandAlonePlayer.aspx?ClientId=stratford&FileName=New%20Encoder_Regular%20Council_2024-08-12-06-59.mp4
Once available, the agenda and minutes from this public meeting will be available here:
https://calendar.stratford.ca/meetings/Detail/2024-08-12-1900-Regular-Council
Regular Council Meeting: Monday, September 9, 2024 at 6 p.m. in the Council Chambers in City Hall, 1 Wellington Street.
At the Regular Council Meeting, the application will be considered by Council for approval or refusal. A Staff Recommendation Report will accompany the application, and the owner or agent may delegate and make a presentation regarding the application. Interested citizens are able to comment on the application at this Regular Council meeting by requesting to appear as a delegation, please see link for additional information: https://www.stratford.ca/en/inside-city-hall/appearingasadelegation.aspx
Once available, the agenda for this Regular Council Meeting will be available here: https://calendar.stratford.ca/meetings/Detail/2024-09-09-1900-Regular-Council
The application was scheduled to be considered by Council at a Special Council Meeting on Thursday, August 22, 2024. That meeting was cancelled: https://www.stratford.ca/en/news/august-22-2024-special-council-meeting-cancelled.aspx
For More Information or to Provide Input:
This online consultation page has been set up to provide information on the application to residents. Comments and questions can be submitted to the City of Stratford Planning Division. Contact information is listed in the "Who's Listening" Section to the right of the webpage.
If you wish to be notified of the adoption of the proposed Official Plan Amendment and Zoning Amendment or of the refusal of a request to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-Law, you must make a written request to the City of Stratford.
If a person or public body does not make oral submission at a public meeting or make written submission to the City of Stratford before the By-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the City of Stratford to the Ontario Land Tribunal.
If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting, or make written submission to the City of Stratford 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.