The City of Hamilton is undertaking a Municipal Comprehensive Review (MCR) to fulfill the requirements of the provincial Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe.
Through this process, the City is reviewing Employment Land designations within the Urban Hamilton Official Plan. The purpose of this exercise is to identify if there are any Employment Lands that may warrant conversion to a non-employment use. The Growth Plan permits the conversion of Employment Land to non employment uses only through the MCR process.
The City is inviting members of the public to submit requests for sites currently designated “Employment Area” to be considered for possible conversion. This review excludes any lands that fall within the Airport Employment Growth District, which was recently approved in 2015. Only sites in areas that are mixed-use and located along the edges of Employment Areas may be considered for conversion. Additional evaluation criteria will also be applied to each conversion request.
Please include the following information with your submission:
- Property description (include address and past/current uses); and,
- Rationale for conversion request (i.e. How does the conversion request satisfy the evaluation criteria?What is the proposed use of the site, if not employment?)
Additional studies/information may be required by City staff. The costs of these studies will be the responsibility of the applicant. There is no guarantee that the submission of a request, or the preparation of the additional studies, will result in staff’s recommendation and /or Council’s decision to convert lands to non-employment uses.
The deadline for submissions is September 15th, 2017.
For more information about submission requirements, evaluation criteria, employment areas, and other questions you may have, please review our project website at: www.hamilton.ca/employmentlandreview
To speak to project staff, or to submit a request, please contact:
Heather Travis, Senior Project Manager, Growth Management Strategy
Policy Planning and Zoning By-law Reform Section,
Planning Division
Planning and Economic Development Department
City of Hamilton, 71 Main St. W, 4th floor, L8R 2K3
Phone: 905.546.2424 x4168
Email: Heather.Travis@hamilton.ca
Catherine Parsons, Planner
Policy Planning and Zoning By-law Reform Section,
Planning Division
Planning and Economic Development Department
City of Hamilton, 71 Main St. W, 4th floor, L8R 2K3
Phone: 905.546.2424 x2634
Email: Catherine.Parsons@hamilton.ca