Official Plan Review

Statutory Open House and Public Meeting Information

The City of Hamilton is completing a Municipal Comprehensive Review (MCR) to update the Urban and Rural Hamilton Official Plans to conform with Provincial planning documents and to implement City Council’s direction for the “No Urban Boundary Expansion” growth scenario. The City of Hamilton will be holding both a statutory Open House and Public Meeting, pursuant to subsection 17.5 and 17.6 of the Planning Act R.S.O. 1990, as amended.

Open House

The City hosted a virtual Open House on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at 6 pm. Participants submitted questions to Staff during the Open House and in advance. A Question and Answer summary as well as a recording of the virtual Open House will be available on Engage Hamilton.

Public Meeting

A Public Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 9:30 am and will be held virtually as part of a meeting of the City’s Planning Committee. The purpose of the Public Meeting is to present the final draft Official Plan Amendments for the MCR to Planning Committee for approval and to give an opportunity for the public to provide input. Following the Public Meeting and ratification by Council, the Council-adopted Official Plan Amendments for Phase 1 of the MCR will be forwarded to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing for final approval. Delegations at the Public Meeting must register in advance. Request to speak as a delegate

• Written comments for the Public Meeting can be submitted up noon May 16, 2022 by emailing [email protected] or by mailing the Legislative Coordinator, Planning Committee, City of Hamilton, 71 Main Street West, 1st Floor, Hamilton, Ontario, L8P 4Y5
• This meeting as part of the scheduled Planning Committee can be viewed at:
  • City’s Website: https://www.hamilton.ca/council-committee/council-committee-meetings/meeting
  • City’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/InsideCityofHamilton

Information, Materials, and Draft Official Plan Amendments for Public Review

In accordance with the Planning Act, this information, materials and draft Official Plan Amendments are presented to the public in advance of the Statutory Public Meeting for the purpose of public inspection and comment. Written comments for the Public Meeting can be submitted up to 12 noon on May 16, 2022 by emailing [email protected] or by mailing the Legislative Coordinator, Planning Committee, City of Hamilton, 71 Main Street West, 1st Floor, Hamilton, Ontario, L8P 4Y5.

• Staff Report PED21067(b)
  • Appendix A - Draft Urban Hamilton Official Plan Amendment - Revised May 5, 2022 (PDF, 10 MB)
  • Appendix B - Draft Rural Hamilton Official Plan Amendment (PDF, 6 MB)

Note: Appendix A - Draft Urban Hamilton Official Plan Amendment revised on May 5, 2022 to: revise Policy B.3.7.3, Volume 1 for clarity; revise Policy B.6.4.10.1, Volume 2 to implement GIC direction; remove policy B.7.4.18.X, Volume 2 to implement GIC direction; revise map B.7.4.1, Volume 2 to implement GIC direction; and to add appendices AJ (Volume 2) and AT (Volume 3) which had been inadvertently omitted.

Supporting materials include the staff report and associated appendices presented to Planning Committee and Council in January 2022 to present proposed updates to the Urban Hamilton Official Plan (UHOP) and Rural Hamilton Official Plan (RHOP), including policy and mapping changes to conform with Provincial policies on a topic area basis, as well as updates to both Official Plans and the Zoning By-law of the Former Communities to implement Council’s No Urban Boundary Expansion growth option.

•  Staff Report PED21067(a) - Municipal Comprehensive Review/Official Plan Review – Proposed Amendments to the Urban Hamilton Official Plan and Rural Hamilton Official Plan
  • Appendix C - Growth Management Topic Area Amendments Table
  • Appendix C1 - Employment Topic Area Amendments Table
  • Appendix C2 - Cultural Heritage Topic Area Amendments Table
  • Appendix C3 - Provincial Plans Topic Area Amendments Table
  • Appendix C4 - Housing Topic Area Amendments Table
  • Appendix C5 - Climate Related Topic Area Amendments Table
  • Appendix C6 - Urban Structure Topic Area Amendments Table
  • Appendix C7 - Infrastructure Topic Area Amendments Table
  • Appendix C8 - Transportation Topic Area Amendments Table
  • Appendix D - Glossary Updates
  • Appendix E - Updates to Schedules, Appendices and Maps
  • Appendix F - Table of Departments Circulated by Topic Area
  • Appendix G - Table of Proposed Text Changes to the Rural Hamilton Official Plan
  • Appendix H - Table of Proposed Amendments to Rural Hamilton Official Plan Schedules, Appendices and Maps
  • Appendix I – Table of proposed Zoning By-law Amendments to the Former Communities
  • Appendix J – MCR / GRIDS 2 Workplan

Additional supporting materials include the staff report to be presented at the Statutory Public Meeting of Planning Committee on May 17, 2022, including the final Draft Urban Hamilton Official Plan(UHOP) Amendment and Draft Rural Hamilton Official Plan (RHOP) Amendment, identified above, which includes revisions necessary to address public and stakeholder comments received during the public engagement sessions held in February/March 2022. The appendices to this report include a summary of all public and stakeholder comments received on the draft Amendments as well as summaries of changes to the Amendments from the previous versions.

• Staff Report PED21067(b) - Municipal Comprehensive Review/Official Plan Review - Amendments to the Urban Hamilton Official Plan and Rural Hamilton Official Plan - Firm Urban Boundary - Revised May 5, 2022 (PDF, KB)
  • Appendix C - Public Consultation Summary Document (PDF, KB)
  • Appendix C1 - First Nations and Indigenous Communities Comments - Summary of Discussions (PDF, KB)
  • Appendix C2 - Agency Comments - Email (PDF, KB)
  • Appendix C3 - Stakeholder Comments - Email - Revised May 5, 2022 (PDF, KB)
  • Appendix C4 - Public Comments - Email (PDF, KB)
  • Appendix C5 - Public Comments - Engage Hamilton (PDF, KB)
  • Appendix C6 - Public and Stakeholder Engagement Round 4 - Spring 2022 - Addendum 
  • Appendix D - Revisions to Proposed Amendments to the UHOP Text - By Topic Area - Municipal Comprehensive Review - Revised May 5, 2022 (PDF, KB)
  • Appendix D1 - Revisions to Proposed Amendments to UHOP Schedules, Appendices and Maps - Municipal Comprehensive Review - Revised May 5, 2022 (PDF, KB)
  • Appendix E - Revisions to Proposed Amendments to RHOP Schedules, Appendices and Maps - Municipal Comprehensive Review (PDF, KB)
  • Appendix F - Permitted and Proposed Uses in Existing Low Density Residential Zones (PDF, KB)
  • Appendix G - Relationship between Converted Dwellings, SDUs, and D-SDUs (PDF, KB)
  • Appendix H - Proposed Amendments to the Former Community Zoning By-laws (PDF, KB)