Strategic Services/Special Projects Division

• Hamilton's Rural Official Plan  (Effective March 7, 2012, the Rural Hamilton Official Plan is not, or is no longer under appeal and in in full force and effect except those portions which are highlighted or identified on the various schedules, maps and appendices as being under appeal or deferred)
  
  • Rural Official Plan Amendments
• Hamilton's Urban Official Plan  (Council Adopted: July 9, 2009, Ministerial Approval: March 16, 2011 - under appeal)
• Current Official Plans
• Previous and current listing of Public Information Centres  (ie. Public Meetings)
• Implementation of Provincial Initiatives and plans

Zoning By-law Reform team was created to put together a new Zoning By-Law for the City of Hamilton.

• Why Zoning is important and how the new by-law relates to your property
• Hamilton's New Zoning By-law
• Current Zoning By-laws of the Former Municipalities
• Current Zoning Projects:
• Commercial and Mixed Use  
• Open Space
• Institutional 
• Industrial
• Cemeteries
• Rural Zoning
  

Sustainability is the section responsible for the Vision 2020 project, coordinates Clean Air Hamilton, and provides air quality and climate change information. 

• Clean Air Hamilton
• Vision 2020
• Air Quality and Climate Change

GIS Planning & Analysis is the main internal resource for the creation, collection, maintenance, distribution and analysis of GIS land use data for the Planning and Economic Development Department.

• Demographics:
• 2006 Ward Profiles
• Estimated Population Growth for the City of Hamilton
• Facts & Figures
• Employment Lands:
• Residential Development
• Subdivision & Condominium Mapping
• Vacant Residential Land Inventory Maps & Reports

Planning for Nodes and Corridors will establish future land use patterns (uses, heights, densities, urban design elements) for areas throughout the B-Line Corridor from McMaster University to Eastgate Square.

• Transit Oriented Development (TOD)