Current Planning Application Details

Vacant parcel Dorchester Road (ARN 272511000103303) (AM-2024-018)

An Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications have been submitted for a policy exemption from Section 13.56.1 of the Official Plan pertaining to Special Policy Area #56 is required to permit the development to proceed prior to a Secondary Plan and to rezone the subject lands to a site-specific Residential Apartment 5D Density (R5D) zone to allow for the 2 apartment buildings, 6 storeys in height with a total of 106 units and Environmental Protection Area.

The subject lands are designated Residential in the City’s Official Plan. The subject property is currently zoned General Industrial (GI) in accordance with Zoning By-law No. 79-200, as amended. The applicant is requesting to have 2 apartment buildings on a lot, a reduction of the front yard depth, reduction in the interior side yard width, increase of the open balconies projection into the yards, and a decrease of the landscape/open space yard.

Meeting Date

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Application Types

  • Official Plan Amendment (OPA)
  • Zoning By-law Amendment (ZBA)

Contact

Nick DeBenedetti
Planner 2
905-356-7521 ext. 4233
[email protected]

Contact Us

City of Niagara Falls
4310 Queen Street
P.O. Box 1023
Niagara Falls, ON L2E 6X5
Canada
905-356-7521
[email protected] 

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