Category: Planning and Building
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Notice of public meeting and decision for official plan and zoning bylaw amendments
Proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment – Permitting 4 Dwelling units on residential lots (City-initiated) – (2024-405) Subject lands The city’s low density residential lots with single detached, semi-detached homes, and on-street townhouse dwelling units. Public Meeting and Decision December 10th, 2024, 4 p.m. This is a hybrid City Council meeting that can be…
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Are you a small business owner applying for a building permit? Let us help!
Guelph, Ont., November 8, 2024 – If you’re a small business owner preparing for a renovation, including opening a business at a new location, the City will guide you through the building permit approval process. The Small Business Building Permit Assistance Program serves small business owners renovating older buildings in downtown Guelph. Through this program,…
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New street map honours Guelph veterans
Updated: November 8, 2024 Guelph, Ont., November 8, 2024 – The City has released an online map of all streets named after Guelph veterans. The interactive map offers a profile of each veteran including their name, when the street name was registered and other details as available. The City’s street naming program began in 2012.…
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City of Guelph Official Plan Update Special Meeting of Council
November 7, 2024 – Second Notice of Special Meeting of Council – Guelph City Council will hold a special meeting of Council in accordance with Section 26 of the Planning Act to consider your comments, ideas, and issues regarding an Official Plan update based on the Downtown Building Heights Study. This meeting will take place:…
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Share your input on the development of a Municipal Service and Financing Agreements policy
Guelph, Ont. – On November 25, the City of Guelph will host the second virtual open house about developing Guelph’s Municipal Service and Financing Agreements (MSFA) policy. MSFAs, also known as front-ending agreements, allow municipalities to work with developers to build roads, water and wastewater services, and other essential infrastructure that supports housing and business…
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City of Guelph Official Plan Update Special Meeting of Council
Guelph City Council will hold a special meeting of Council in accordance with Section 26 of the Planning Act to consider your comments, ideas, and issues regarding an Official Plan update based on the Downtown Building Heights Study. This meeting will take place: Tuesday, December 10, 2024 4:00 p.m. Council Chambers, City Hall, 1 Carden…
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Public Meeting: Heritage Conservation District Plan and Guidelines
Guelph City Council will hold a Public Meeting in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act to discuss the draft Ontario Reformatory Heritage Conservation District Plan and Guidelines. Wednesday, November 13 6:00 p.m. Council Chambers, City Hall, 1 Carden Street, Guelph The draft Ontario Reformatory HCD Plan and Guidelines (OR HCD Plan) will be released for…
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Notice of public meeting: Proposed Affordable Housing Community Improvement Plan
Proposed Affordable Housing Community Improvement Plan Subject lands The City of Guelph in its entirety. Public meeting Wednesday, November 13, 2024 This is a hybrid City Council meeting that can be watched online at guelph.ca/live or attended in-person in Council Chambers, City Hall, 1 Carden Street, Guelph. Purpose of the report To present the Affordable…
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Have thoughts about housing affordability? Let us know!
Guelph, Ont., October 9, 2024 – Yesterday, we presented our Draft Housing Affordability Strategy to City Council. We’re now ready to take this draft to the public and collect community feedback before taking the next steps in finalizing the Housing Affordability Strategy for Guelph. What is the Housing Affordability Strategy? The purpose of this strategy…
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Proposed development in your community
Public meeting for planning applications Guelph City Council will hold a public meeting in accordance with the Planning Act to consider the following planning and development applications. The meeting will take place: Tuesday, October 8, 2023 4:00 p.m. This is a hybrid City Council meeting that can be watched online at guelph.ca/live or in-person in…
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Notice of intention to designate: 106 Carden Street
Take notice that the Council of the Corporation of the City of Guelph intends to designate 106 Carden Street as a property of cultural heritage value or interest under section 29, Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter 0.18. Description of the property The current legal description of the subject real property…
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Share your input on the development of a Municipal Service and Financing Agreements policy
Guelph, Ont., August 29, 2024 – On September 13, the City of Guelph will host a virtual open house about developing Guelph’s Municipal Service and Financing Agreements (MSFA) policy. MSFAs, also known as front-ending agreements, allow municipalities to work with developers to build infrastructure, like water and wastewater services, to support housing and business development. Reaching…
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Learn more about Guelph’s development of an affordable housing Community Improvement Plan
Guelph, Ont., August 26, 2024 – On September 5, the City of Guelph will host two information sessions to share information about the development of Guelph’s affordable housing Community Improvement Plan (CIP). The proposed program will provide financial incentives for developers and homebuilders to rehabilitate the city’s existing housing supply into affordable purpose-built rentals and…
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Proposed development in your community
Public meeting for planning applications Guelph City Council will hold a public meeting in accordance with the Planning Act to consider the following planning and development applications. The meeting will take place: Tuesday, September 10, 2024 6:00 p.m. This is a hybrid City Council meeting that can be watched online at guelph.ca/live or in-person in…
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Notice of intention to designate: 220 Gordon Street
Take notice that the Council of the Corporation of the City of Guelph intends to designate 220 Gordon St as a property of cultural heritage value or interest under section 29, Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter 0.18. Description of the property The legal description of the property is Lots 1…
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Notice of intention to designate: 28 Norfolk Street
Take notice that the Council of the Corporation of the City of Guelph intends to designate the building known as Saint Agnes School at 28 Norfolk Street as a property of cultural heritage value or interest under section 29, Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter 0.18. Description of the property The…
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Notice of intention to designate: 12 Eramosa Road
Take notice that the Council of the Corporation of the City of Guelph intends to designate 12 Eramosa Road as a property of cultural heritage value or interest under section 29, Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter 0.18. Description of the property The legal description of the subject real property is…
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Impacts of Bill 185 on building permits and development charges
Recent provincial legislative changes may affect development charges and associated fees for some building permits. On June 6 the Provincial Government passed Bill 185, Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, 2024. The Bill outlined key changes to municipal land use planning and development law. On June 6, 2024, development charge rate phase-ins introduced…
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Notice of intention to designate: 14 Neeve Street
Take notice that the Council of the Corporation of the City of Guelph intends to designate 14 Neeve Street as a property of cultural heritage value or interest under section 29, Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter 0.18. Description of the property The legal description of the subject property is The…
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Notice of intention to designate: 100 Queen Street
Take notice that the Council of the Corporation of the City of Guelph intends to designate 100 Queen Street as a property of cultural heritage value or interest under section 29, Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter 0.18. Description of the property The legal description of the subject property is The…
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Notice of intention to designate: 167 Suffolk Street West
Take notice that the Council of the Corporation of the City of Guelph intends to designate 167 Suffolk Street West as a property of cultural heritage value or interest under section 29, Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter 0.18. Description of the property Statement of cultural heritage value or interest The…
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Notice of intention to designate: 211 Silvercreek Parkway South
Take notice that the Council of the Corporation of the City of Guelph intends to designate 211 Silvercreek Parkway South as a property of cultural heritage value or interest under section 29, Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter 0.18. Description of the property The legal description of the subject property is…
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Please drop in and join us! Let’s talk about housing affordability in Guelph
Guelph, Ont., May 30, 2024 – On June 13, please drop in and join the City of Guelph at one of two in-person, open houses to discuss the creation of our city’s housing affordability strategy. Housing affordability strategy open house Thursday, June 13 Drop-in-style: 2-4 p.m. & 6-8 p.m. Royal City Mission: 50 Quebec St, Guelph …
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Help shape the future of housing in Guelph
Guelph, Ont., April 22, 2024 – The City of Guelph is launching two surveys to help shape the future of housing in Guelph. We need your feedback to ensure we are creating strategies and policies that support our community’s needs. The purpose of the Housing Affordability Strategy 2024 work is to identify actions like policy changes,…
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City of Guelph seeks property donations for a temporary structured encampment
Guelph, Ont., March 25, 2024 – In response to a mayoral direction issued on February 28, the City of Guelph is seeking private property donations to (potentially) establish a temporary structured encampment as part of its ongoing efforts to address unsheltered homelessness. Property owners within Guelph are invited to identify potential sites suitable for conversion…
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Clair-Maltby Secondary Plan officially incorporated into the City’s Official Plan
Guelph, Ont., March 14, 2024 – The City has worked over multiple years with several interested parties to bring the Clair-Maltby Secondary Plan from concept to reality. In May 2022, Council approved Official Plan Amendment No. 79 (OPA 79) for the Clair-Maltby Secondary Plan. On Friday, February 16, 2024, following negotiations and Tribunal-led mediation, an…
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Guelph receives $4.68 million for meeting provincial housing targets
Funding will be invested in housing or community-enabling infrastructure Guelph, Ont., March 14, 2024 – Today, Paul Calandra Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, announced that the City of Guelph will receive $4,680,000 in Government of Ontario funding through the Building Faster Fund. In 2023, the City issued 1,320 building permits for new units and…
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2024 Development Charge Rates
Attention: Architects, Engineers, Home Builders, Industrial/Commercial/Institutional (ICI) Contractors Please be advised that the current Development Charge (DC) rates will increase as of March 2, 2024. The new rates will apply to all building permits issued after March 1, 2024. The increase comes as a result of the 2023 Development Charge Background Study (DCBS) with its…
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Guelph City Council approves new Development Charge bylaws
Guelph’s new bylaws come into effect on March 2, 2024 Guelph, Ont., January 17, 2024 – Last night, at the Council Planning meeting, City Council approved the 2023 Development Charge Background Study with its addendum. Council also approved the new Development Charge bylaws. The new rates will come into effect on March 2, 2024. New…
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City of Guelph to receive federal funding to help build more homes, faster
Funding will increase Guelph’s housing supply Guelph, Ont., January 12, 2024 – Today in Guelph, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that the City of Guelph will receive $21.4 million to help increase housing supply through the Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF). This fund is a $4 billion initiative from the Government of Canada that provides local…
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Notice of intention to designate: 331 Clair Road East
Take notice that the Council of the Corporation of the City of Guelph intends to designate 331 Clair Road East as a property of cultural heritage value or interest under section 29, Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter 0.18. Description of the property The legal description of the subject property is…
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Notice of intention to designate: 49 Metcalfe Street
Take notice that the Council of the Corporation of the City of Guelph intends to designate 49 Metcalfe Street as a property of cultural heritage value or interest under section 29, Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter 0.18. Description of the property The legal description of the subject property is PLAN…
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Draft development charge rates presented at Council
Guelph, Ont., July 21, 2023 – On Wednesday, July 19, Guelph City Council participated in a two-part meeting about development charges. The first part of the meeting was a workshop that served as an orientation and education session. The second part was a special council meeting where the preliminary results of the ongoing Development Charges…
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City of Guelph taking action to get more housing built faster
New ideas on the table following special Council workshop Guelph, Ont., July 11, 2023 – At tonight’s housing workshop, staff shared a progress update and an interactive story map to help Council and the community gain a better understanding of the range and types of housing in Guelph, and the actions the City is taking…
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Council approves City’s recommendations in preparation for changes stemming from Bill 109 and Bill 23
Guelph, Ont., November 22, 2022 – At a special meeting today, Council received an update and heard from delegates about anticipated impacts associated with Bill 109, More Homes for Everyone Act, and Bill 23, More Homes Built Faster Act. In response, Council approved staff’s requests to immediately fund an increase in staff, as well as…
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Notice of study commencement: Macdonell and Allan Structures Municipal Class Environmental Assessment
The City of Guelph has initiated a Municipal Class EA (Class EA) for improvements and modifications to the Macdonell and Allan structures.
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Notice of study commencement: Wyndham Street Municipal Class Environmental Assessment
The City of Guelph has initiated a Municipal Class EA (Class EA) to confirm the required improvements to Wyndham Street North.