Community Planning, Regulation and Mobility Committee Meeting
Revised Agenda

Meeting #:
Date:
Time:
9:30 a.m. and reconvening at 6:30 p.m.
Location:
Council Chambers - members participating remotely

Statutory public meetings are held to present planning applications in a public forum as required by the Planning Act.

Note: this item will be discussed at 6:30 p.m.

  • Direct staff to continue to proceed with the processing of the submitted official plan and zoning by-law amendments for 720, 735, 740 Oval Court, 5135 and 5155 Fairview Street, including evaluating and incorporating any/all comments received by Committee and Public at the statutory Public Meeting, as well as the comments received through the ongoing technical review of this application by agency partners and internal departments.

Due to COVID-19 this meeting will be conducted as a virtual meeting. Only the chair of the meeting, along with a clerk and audio/visual technician, will be in council chambers, with all other staff, members of council and delegations participating in the meeting by calling in remotely. The meeting will be live webcasted, as usual, and archived on the city website.

Requests to delegate to this virtual meeting can be made by completing the online delegation registration form at www.burlington.ca/delegate or by submitting a written request by email to the Office of the City Clerk at clerks@burlington.ca by noon the day before the meeting is to be held. It is recommended that delegates include their intended remarks, which will be circulated to all members of the standing committee in advance, as a backup to any disruptions in technology issues that may occur.

If you do not wish to delegate, but would like to submit feedback, please email your comments to clerks@burlington.ca. Your comments will be circulated to committee members in advance of the meeting and will be attached to the minutes, forming part of the public record.

Reports of a routine nature, which are not expected to require discussion and/or debate.  Staff may not be in attendance to respond to queries on items contained in the Consent Agenda.

  • Approve the amendments to By-law 39-2016, otherwise known as the “Parking and Idling By-law” and amendments to By-law 40-2016, otherwise known as the “Administrative Penalty By-law” to relocate the parking penalty amounts from By-law 39-2016 into By-law 40-2016 as outlined in Appendix A to transportation services department report TS-13-21, in a form satisfactory to the Executive Director of Legal Services and Corporation Counsel.

  • Approve the updated Terms of Reference for the Housing and Development Liaison Committee contained in Appendix A to community planning department report PL-54-21.

  • Approve the amendment to By-law 62-2020, otherwise known as the “COVID-19 Mask By-law”, to extend the expiry date of the by-law to June 30, 2022, as attached as Appendix A to Building and By-law Department report BB-11-21, in a form satisfactory to the Executive Director of Legal Services and Corporation Counsel; and

    Approve the amendment to By-law 17-2020, otherwise known as the “COVID-19 Physical Distancing By-law”, to extend the expiry date to June 30, 2022 and remove Community Centres from the physical distancing requirement, as attached as Appendix B to Building and By-law Department report BB-11-21, in a form satisfactory to the Executive Director of Legal Services and Corporation Counsel.

  • Direct staff to cease the 90-minute waived parking fees pilot program and reinstate paid hourly parking within the downtown, effective November 23, 2021.

  • Direct the Director of Transportation Services to prepare for the approval of Council the necessary by-laws amending Traffic By-law 86-2007 to designate the areas identified in transportation services department report TS-14-21 with a 40 km/h speed limit and to establish a 30 km/h speed limit in front of schools within these areas; and

    Direct the Director of Transportation Services to amend the city’s Speed Limit Policy to include provisions for 30 km/h speed limits on roadways with school frontage within a designated speed limit area.

  • Direct the Director of Community Planning to report back in Q1 2022 with a report, including options and recommendations, outlining a plan and process for moving forward with a permanent city-wide outdoor patio program (post covid 19 recovery); and

    Direct the Director of Community Planning that the following areas and considerations be included:

    • Update and alignment of city patio related policies, zoning requirements and bylaws with current, pending or proposed Province of Ontario legislation/regulations inclusive of the Municipal Act;
    • Duration of the outdoor patio season(s);
    • Differentiation of patios on City-owned public lands and private property;
    • City patio fee options including potential waiver of patio and adjacent parking fees;
    • City departmental support to facilitate patio installation and safe operation of patios on City sidewalks, parking lots and/or road allowances;
    • Environmental scan of other GTHA municipalities related to the future of outdoor patios;
    • Access to potential funding and other small business support from federal or provincial governments;
    • Application of CaféTO best practices or similar patio program to the Burlington Downtown Business Areas; and

    Direct the Chief Financial Officer to report on the future City operating and capital budget requirements to support the outdoor patio program in conjunction with the above report; and

    Direct the Director of Community Planning to complete a review of the City policy and bylaw changes (e.g. zoning) contributing to the effectiveness of the 2020 and 2021 outdoor patio program; and

    Direct the Director of Planning and the Executive Director of Burlington Economic Development to undertake hospitality industry stakeholder engagement consultation, (including BDBA, Aldershot BIA & Burlington Restaurant Association) with the respect to the proposed plan for the City’s permanent outdoor patio program; and

    Direct the Director of Community Planning to report on options for the standardization of patio materials for patios on municipal property.

Confidential reports may require a closed meeting in accordance with the Municipal Act, 2001. Meeting attendees may be required to leave during  the discussion.