Notice of Public Hearing Concerning Application for Minor Variance and Consent

1. FILE NO. PLMV202500072

Owner: Bodner
Location: 72 Milkweed Trail
PURPOSE: Variances requested from Zoning By-law 2017-117, as amended as follows:
Section 5.3.3 - To permit a maximum accessory building height of 7.7 metres instead of the maximum 6 metres for a proposed 2 storey addition onto the rear of the existing detached garage.
Section 5.3.4 a) - To permit a maximum total accessory building lot coverage of 11 percent instead of the maximum 10 percent.
Section 6.9.1 d) - To permit a maximum of 2 driveways for the lot instead of the maximum of 1 driveway.
Section 6.9.1 b) - To permit 2 driveways with a maximum combined total driveway width of 13.55 metres instead of the maximum driveway width of 6 metres, and to permit a driveway setback of 0 metres from the north side lot line instead of the required 0.6 metres.
EXPLANATORY NOTE: Relief is requested to permit a rear addition onto the existing detached garage with an increase in height and total accessory building lot coverage. Relief is also requested to permit 2 driveways and with an increased combined driveway width.

2. FILE NO. PLMV202500077

Owner: Division Street Properties Inc.
Location: 115 Division Street
PURPOSE: Variances requested from City of Welland Zoning By-law 2017-117, as amended, as follows:
Section 6.3 - Downtown Required Parking Spaces - To permit a reduction in the number of required parking spaces from 26 to 0 for a proposed 6 storey residential building.
Section 6.6 a) - Loading Spaces - To permit 0 off-street loading spaces instead of the 1 required loading space for a proposed 6 storey residential building.
Table 6.7.1 - Bicycle Parking - To permit 19 bicycle parking spaces whereas 21 bicycle spaces are required for the proposed 83 dwelling units.
Table 8.2.1 - DMC Zone - Footnote (1) - To permit dwelling units to occupy 100 percent of the ground floor of the existing building in the Downtown Mixed Use Centre Zone instead of the maximum 75 percent and to permit the street front portion of the proposed building to be used exclusively for residential uses instead of non-residential uses.
Table 8.3.1 - DMC Zone - Column 11 - To permit a maximum lot coverage of 74% instead of the maximum 40% for a proposed residential building.
EXPLANATORY NOTE: Relief is requested to permit a new 6 storey residential building with no parking spaces, no loading space, reduced bicycle parking, increased lot coverage and no commercial uses on the ground floor. The existing mixed building use building will be demolished.

3. FILE NO. PLCON202500087

Owner: Habitat for Humanity Niagara
Location: 68 Plymouth Road
PURPOSE: Application is made for consent to convey 232 square metres of vacant land, shown as Part 2 on the sketch attached to the application, for future residential use of a street townhouse dwelling unit.
Part 1, being 281 square metres of vacant land, will be retained for future residential use of a street townhouse dwelling unit.
The effect of this consent application is to create 1 new lot for a future street townhouse unit on Part 1.
Related files being considered concurrently include Consent File No. PLCON202500088 and Minor Variance File Nos. PLMV202500089, PLMV202500091 and PLMV202500092.

4. FILE NO. PLMV202500091

Owner: Habitat for Humanity Niagara
Location: 68 Plymouth Road
PURPOSE: Variances requested from City of Welland Zoning By-law 2017-117, as amended, as follows:
Section 6.9.2 a) - To permit the required parking space for the proposed street townhouse dwelling unit to be located a minimum of 0 metres from the street line instead of the minimum 5.8 metres from the street line (UN 2 on site plan).
Table 11.2.1 INS1 Zone - Footnote (5) and Table 7.3.1 RL2 - Column 9 - Lot Coverage - To permit a maximum lot coverage of 53% instead of the maximum 50% for a proposed street townhouse dwelling (UN 2 on site plan).
The subject land is also subject to concurrent Consent File No. PLCON202500087.
EXPLANATORY NOTE: Relief is requested to permit a new street townhouse dwelling unit with the required parking space at the street (front lot) line and with increased lot coverage on a proposed lot yet to be created (see UN 2 on site plan).

5. FILE NO. PL CON202500088

Owner: Habitat for Humanity Niagara
Location: 68 Plymouth Road
PURPOSE: Application is made for consent to convey 273 square metres of vacant land, shown as Part 3 on the sketch attached to the application, for future residential use of a street townhouse dwelling unit.
Part 1, being 281 square metres of vacant land, will be retained for future residential use of a street townhouse dwelling unit.
The effect of this consent application is to create 1 new lot for a future street townhouse unit on Part 3.
Related files being considered concurrently for the subject land include Consent File No. PLCON202500087 and Minor Variance File Nos. PLMV202500089, PLMV202500091 and PLMV202500092.

6. FILE NO. PL PLMV202500092

Owner: Habitat for Humanity Niagara
Location: 68 Plymouth Road
PURPOSE: Variance requested from City of Welland Zoning By-law 2017-117, as amended, as follows:
Section 6.9.2 a) - To permit the required parking space for the proposed street townhouse dwelling unit to be located a minimum of 0 metres from the street line instead of the minimum 5.8 metres from the street line (UN 3 on site plan).
The subject land is also subject to concurrent Consent File No. PLCON202500088.
EXPLANATORY NOTE: Relief is requested to permit a new street townhouse dwelling unit with the required parking space at the street (front lot) line on a proposed lot yet to be created (see UN 3 on site plan).

7. FILE NO. PLMV202500089

Owner: Habitat for Humanity Niagara
Location: 68 Plymouth Road
PURPOSE: Variance requested from City of Welland Zoning By-law 2017-117, as amended, as follows:
Section 6.9.2 a) - To permit the required parking space for the proposed street townhouse dwelling unit to be located a minimum of 0 metres from the street line instead of the minimum 5.8 metres from the street line (UN 1 on site plan).
The subject land is also subject to concurrent Consent File Nos. PLCON202500087 and PLCON202500088.
EXPLANATORY NOTE: Relief is requested to permit a new street townhouse dwelling unit with the required parking space at the street (front lot) line on a proposed retained lot (UN 1 on site plan).

8. FILE NO. PLMV202500097

Owner: Prime Housing Inc.
Location: 76 Division Street
PURPOSE: Variance requested from City of Welland Zoning By-law 2017, as amended, as follows:
Section 6.3 - To permit a reduction in the number of required parking spaces from 24 to 0 for an existing building proposed for mixed commercial and residential use.
EXPLANATORY NOTE: Relief is requested to permit 0 parking spaces for 36 dwelling units proposed within the existing building.

Key Maps identifying the location of the subject lands are shown.

A Public Hearing will be held by the Committee to consider these Applications at 5:00 P.M., Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at the Civic Square, Council Chambers, 60 East Main Street, Welland.

You are entitled to attend this Hearing in person to express your views orally in favour of, or in opposition to, the Applications.

You may make written comments in favour of, or in opposition to, the Applications, to be considered by the Committee at the Hearing. Please submit written comments to the Secretary-Treasurer at the address or email shown below by Thursday, January 8, 2026. All comments received will form part of the public record.

If you do not participate in this Hearing, it may proceed in your absence and except as otherwise provided in the Planning Act, you will not be entitled to any further notice in the proceedings.

The Applicant or their Agent must participate in the Hearing.

If a specified person or public body that files an appeal of a Decision of the City of Welland Committee of Adjustment in respect of the proposed Consents does not make written submissions to the City of Welland Committee of Adjustment before it gives or refuses to give a provisional Consent, the Ontario Land Tribunal may dismiss the appeal.

If you wish to be notified of the Decision of the City of Welland Committee of Adjustment in respect of the proposed Consents and Variances, you must make a written request to the Secretary-Treasurer at the address or email shown below. This will also entitle you to be advised of a possible Ontario Land Tribunal Hearing should the Decision be appealed by the Applicant, the Minister or a specified person or public body that has an interest in the matter.

This Hearing will be livestreamed at: www.welland.ca/Council/LiveStream.asp

Additional information regarding the Applications will be available to the public for inspection in Planning and Development Services - Planning Division weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

For more information about this matter, please contact:
Christine Rossetto, Secretary-Treasurer, City of Welland Committee of Adjustment
60 East Main Street
Welland, Ontario L3B 3X4
905-735-1700, Extension 2258
cofa@welland.ca