Zoning By-law Amendment Z05-24 - 156 Albert Street

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Proposed site plan with location of buildings, roadways and landscaping.

Application Type(s): Zoning By-law Amendment (Z05-24)
Location: 156 Albert Street
Owner: Upper Avon Holdings
Agent: Zelinka Priamo Inc.
Current Official Plan Land Use Designation: Downtown Core Heritage Area
Current Zoning: C3

Proposal: The purpose and effect of the subject application is to rezone the property from the Central Commercial (C3) Zone to a site-specific Central Commercial (C3-XX) Zone to permit the conversion of the existing building into a residential multiple dwelling containing 12 units. To allow the conversion, the Zoning By-law Amendment requests permission for ground-floor residential uses, a reduction in the number of required visitor parking spaces, and permission for parking in the front yard. No external alterations are proposed to the building form. Amenity space, additional landscape space and renewal of the existing surface parking lot are proposed.

Statutory Public Meeting: A public meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 1 Wellington Street Stratford, to provide interested parties the opportunity to learn more about the proposed application, provide comments and ask questions. No decisions will be made at this meeting. All interested parties in attendance will be given the opportunity to speak. Alternatively, written comments can be provided to the file planner, listed in the "Who's Listening" Section on the right of the webpage. Comments received by February 28, 2025 will be summarized in the public meeting report. Comments received after this date will be summarized in a future planning report.

You can watch the public meeting live during the scheduled time. A video recording of the meeting will also be available through a link on the City's website following the meeting.

At a subsequent Regular Council meeting following the public 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.

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 Zoning Amendment or of the refusal of a request to amend the 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.

Application Type(s): Zoning By-law Amendment (Z05-24)
Location: 156 Albert Street
Owner: Upper Avon Holdings
Agent: Zelinka Priamo Inc.
Current Official Plan Land Use Designation: Downtown Core Heritage Area
Current Zoning: C3

Proposal: The purpose and effect of the subject application is to rezone the property from the Central Commercial (C3) Zone to a site-specific Central Commercial (C3-XX) Zone to permit the conversion of the existing building into a residential multiple dwelling containing 12 units. To allow the conversion, the Zoning By-law Amendment requests permission for ground-floor residential uses, a reduction in the number of required visitor parking spaces, and permission for parking in the front yard. No external alterations are proposed to the building form. Amenity space, additional landscape space and renewal of the existing surface parking lot are proposed.

Statutory Public Meeting: A public meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 1 Wellington Street Stratford, to provide interested parties the opportunity to learn more about the proposed application, provide comments and ask questions. No decisions will be made at this meeting. All interested parties in attendance will be given the opportunity to speak. Alternatively, written comments can be provided to the file planner, listed in the "Who's Listening" Section on the right of the webpage. Comments received by February 28, 2025 will be summarized in the public meeting report. Comments received after this date will be summarized in a future planning report.

You can watch the public meeting live during the scheduled time. A video recording of the meeting will also be available through a link on the City's website following the meeting.

At a subsequent Regular Council meeting following the public 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.

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 Zoning Amendment or of the refusal of a request to amend the 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.

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