Current Planning Application Details
4898 & 4873 Kitchener Street (AM-2026-007)
An Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment application has been submitted to facilitate the development of a 50-storey hotel at 4898 Kitchener Street, containing 412 guest rooms, a music venue with a capacity of 500 people, and supporting amenities (restaurants, recording studios, offices, meeting rooms etc.), and a 4-storey parking garage with 447 parking spaces at 4873 Kitchener Street, which is owned by the City of Niagara Falls. Schedules 1, 2, 3 and 4 contain the proposed Site Plans and Conceptual Elevations.
The subject properties are designated Tourist Commercial in accordance with the City’s Official Plan and are located within the Clifton Hill Subdistrict of the Central Tourist District. An Official Plan Amendment is proposed to amend the Height Strategy of the Official Plan and to introduce a Special Policy Area that permits a maximum building height of 50 storeys at 4898 Kitchener Street.
4898 Kitchener Street is zoned Deferred Tourist Commercial Zone, and 4873 Kitchener Street is zoned two site-specific Tourist Commercial Zones, in part, Deferred Tourist Commercial Zone, in part, and a site-specific Parking Zone, in part. A Zoning By-law Amendment is proposed to rezone the subject properties to sitespecific Tourist Commercial Zones. Site-specific zoning relief is requested for 4873 Kitchener Street to allow a parking garage as a permitted use, increase the maximum height of a building and structure, amend parking stall dimensions, and link off-site parking spaces with 4898 Kitchener Street. Site-specific zoning relief is also requested for 4898 Kitchener Street to recognize the existing front yard depth, increase the maximum lot coverage requirement, increase the maximum height of a building or structure, secure a roof feature, reduce the minimum parking space requirement for a hotel, and link off-site parking spaces with 4873 Kitchener Street.
Meeting Date
Monday, April 27, 2026
Application Types
- Official Plan Amendment (OPA)
- Zoning By-law Amendment (ZBA)
Associated Files
The application files have been submitted by developers and builders and may not conform to accessibility standards. Should you need assistance with these files, please contact Planning, Building and Development.
- Architectural Design Review Form
- Architectural Elevations - 4873 Kitchener Street
- Architectural Elevations - 4898 Kitchener Street
- Cultural Heritage Evaluation Report - 4898 Kitchener Street
- Draft OPA & ZBA
- Floor Plans - 4873 Kitchener Street
- Floor Plans - 4898 Kitchener Street
- Functional Servicing Brief
- Heritage Impact Assessment - 4898 Kitchener Street
- Heritage Impact Assessment - 4898 Kitchener Street
- Landscape Plan
- Ministry Acknowledgement Letter - Stage 1 Archaeological Background Study
- Ministry Acknowledgement Letter - Stage 1 & 2 Archaeological Assessment
- Municipal Servicing Study
- Notice of Application & Open House - 4898 & 4873 Kitchener Street
- Planning Justification Report
- Shadow Study - 4898 Kitchener Street
- Site Plan - 4873 Kitchener Street
- Site Plan - 4898 Kitchener Street
- Stage 1 & 2 Archaeological Assessment
- Traffic Impact Study & Parking Study
- Tree Inventory Preservation Plan
- Urban Design Brief - 4898 Kitchener Street
- Wind Study - 4898 Kitchener Street