January 2022 Update

Work on the Waterfront Hotel Planning Study is Resuming

On Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, City staff presented Council with a study update through staff report PL-15-22.

With the re-examination of the New Official Plan (Taking a Closer Look at the Downtown) Project completed, approval of the new Official Plan (under appeal), as well as the Minster of Municipal Affairs and Housing’s approval, with modifications, of the Regional Official Plan Amendment 48, the City is able to resume the Waterfront Hotel Planning Study.

City staff, with support from the project consultant, The Planning Partnership, will pick up our work where it left off in 2018 and complete the study. The work is estimated to take four months and will use community input to-date to help develop a final preferred concept.

Phase 1	Phase 2	Phase 3	Phase 4 We are Here	Phase 5
Background Information Collection and Analysis	Opportunities and Constraints Analysis	Development and Evaluation of Alternative Concepts	Report and Recommendation of Preferred Concept	Official Plan Policies, Zoning Regulation and Urban Design
2017 - June 2018			Q1 2022	Q2 2022

This is the work left to do:

Phase 4: Report and Recommendation of Preferred Land Use Concept (Q1 2022).
This phase of the study involves the selection of a preferred concept and the preparation of a Planning Justification Report.
Phase 5: Official Plan Policies, Zoning and Urban Design Guidelines (Q2 2022)
The fifth phase of the study includes the development of draft site-specific official plan policies, zoning regulations and urban design and implementation guidelines. This phase will also include a public open house, presentation to Committee and final delivery of the implementing Official Plan Amendment and Zoning Bylaw Amendment.