New Zoning Bylaw Project

The City of Burlington’s New Zoning Bylaw Project is underway. This project will create a new Zoning Bylaw that will provide a set of rules for land use planning and development across Burlington. The first draft of the new zoning bylaw for residential zones is now available for review and comment.

The new zoning bylaw will help by:

• making the rules easy to use,
• reflecting modern zoning practices,
• streamlining development approvals and
• implementing the objectives and policies of the new Official Plan (Burlington Official Plan, 2020).

Burlington’s new Zoning Bylaw will be done in phases. Phase 1 will focus on supporting more housing options in Burlington neighbourhoods.

Phase 1 – Residential Zones is part of an ongoing conversation about Burlington’s community housing needs and will help move forward:

• Housing Strategy Actions,
• Council’s direction to implement four units as-of-right and
• the Housing Accelerator Fund Action Plan,
• The City’s Official Plan Amendment No.3 to Increase Housing Options