Notice of a Complete Application and Statutory Public Meeting

The City of Kingston has initiated applications to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-Laws to implement the North King’s Town Project.

Purpose and Effect of the Applications: The City of Kingston is proposing various amendments to the Official Plan, Kingston Zoning By-Law 2022-62 and former City of Kingston Zoning By-Law 8499 to implement the recommendations of the North King’s Town (NKT) project. The proposed amendments include, but are not limited to, the redesignation of various lands to a new Mixed Use designation to create opportunities for residential, commercial and limited light-industrial development, the addition of a new specific policy area in the Official Plan to guide future development within areas identified for infill and mixed-use intensification in the North King’s Town area and associated zoning regulations, redesignation and rezoning of properties located on Montreal Street generally between James Street and Raglan Road to Main Street Commercial, and amendments to implement planning-related transportation and cultural heritage recommendations including a proposed expansion to the boundary of the St. Lawrence Ward Heritage Character Area. The proposed amendments would have the effect of removing barriers to the construction of new residential and commercial opportunities within the identified intensification areas.
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Address of Property: Various Properties within the North King’s Town Area (location in DASH is shown as City Hall, 216 Ontario St.)
Name of Applicant: The Corporation of the City of Kingston
City File Number: D35-001-2025

Statutory Public Meeting
Date: Thursday, March 6, 2025
Time: 6:00 p.m. *
Location: This will be a hybrid meeting. Attendees can participate in-person at Council Chambers, City Hall, 216 Ontario Street, or virtually. To register to attend virtually contact Christine O’Connor, Committee Clerk, at cloconnor@cityofkingston.ca.
*The Public Meeting portion of the Planning Committee agenda will commence at the conclusion of the Community Meeting portion which is scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m.

Additional information about the applications can be viewed by accessing the Development and Services Hub (DASH) at https://www.cityofkingston.ca/DASH. Enquiries may be made by contacting Niall Oddie, Senior Planner, by email noddie@cityofkingston.ca, or by phone 613-546-4291, ext. 3259.

Written comments for or against this change may be sent to Planning Services via: Mail: 216 Ontario Street, Kingston, ON K7L 2Z3 Fax: 613-542-9965
Email: noddie@cityofkingston.ca

Key Map: The lands subject to the proposed amendments, including the proposed intensification areas and lands to be added to the St. Lawrence Ward Heritage Character Area are shown on the attached key map.

Public Consultation Anyone may attend the Public Meeting and make a verbal statement, and/or submit comments in writing, either in support of or in opposition to the proposed Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-Law Amendment. The Planning Committee will receive a recommendation report with respect to the applications at the Public Meeting, which will be available to the public on the City of Kingston’s website at www.cityofkingston.ca/PlanningCommittee on February 28, 2025. The Committee will make its recommendation to City Council at this meeting.

Please note that City Council has delegated to the Planning Committee the authority to hold the Public Meeting instead of Council. All representations, both verbal and written, will be considered only by the Planning Committee, which will submit a Committee Report with its recommendations to Council for a decision on the matter.

If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Council of the Corporation of the City of Kingston to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Kingston before the proposed Official Plan Amendment is adopted or the by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision. If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting, or make written submissions to the City of Kingston before the proposed Official Plan Amendment is adopted or the by-law is passed, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

If you wish to be notified of the decision of the City of Kingston on the proposed Official Plan Amendment or the proposed zoning by-law amendment, you must make a written request to:

City of Kingston, Planning Services
216 Ontario Street
Kingston, ON K7L 2Z3
noddie@cityofkingston.ca

If you have received this notice and you are the owner of land that contains seven or more residential units, please post this notice in a location that is visible to all of the residents.
If you are a person with a disability, and need City of Kingston information provided in another format, please contact customer service at 613-546-0000 or contactus@cityofkingston.ca.
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NOTICE OF COLLECTION Personal information collected as a result of this public meeting is collected under the authority of the Municipal Act, the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA), the Planning Act, and all other relevant legislation, and will be used to assist in making a decision on this matter. All personal information (as defined by MFIPPA), including (but not limited to) names, addresses, opinions and comments collected will be made available for public disclosure to members of the public, at the meeting, through requests, and through the website of The Corporation of the City of Kingston. Questions regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of this personal information may be directed to the Director of Planning Services, 216 Ontario Street, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 2Z3.

DATED: at Kingston Ontario
this 13th day of February, 2025.

Janet Jaynes
City Clerk

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