We’re reviewing the land use planning rules in the K-W Hospital neighbourhood. You can find everything related to this review on this page.
On this page:
- About the review
- Next steps
- Existing secondary plan land use and zoning
- Proposed secondary plan policies and land use
- Proposed zoning
- Urban design guidelines
- Background information
- Previous community engagement
About the review
The K-W Hospital neighbourhood planning review includes:
- the existing K-W Hospital secondary plan area
- an existing adjacent area in the Official Plan
We are proposing that this new area become the new Midtown Secondary Plan.
We shared the following changes and guidelines in October 2019:
- proposed official plan changes
- proposed zoning bylaw changes
- urban design guidelines
Background information
Staff held a public meeting to get feedback from the community on December 9, 2019. No decisions were made at this meeting. We are analyzing and considering the input we got at the meeting to prepare recommendations for council.
Next steps
We are now in the “issues resolution” phase. After the public meeting on December 9, 2019, we received over 140 formal written or oral submissions.
We are reviewing all the submissions and will follow up with individuals and groups if further dialogue or meetings are needed to understand and resolve the issues.
Staff will also be responding to the submissions before making any recommendations to council.
Regional Official Plan review
Since we started our neighbourhood planning reviews, the Region of Waterloo has started the review of their Official Plan. They are reviewing and analyzing land budget needs, intensification areas across the region, Major Transit Station Area (MTSA) boundaries and more. This review will inform the development of new or updated Regional Official Plan policies.
Before continuing with our neighbourhood planning reviews, we need to understand how MTSAs are planning to be implemented at the regional level in order to ensure our work will align with the regional review.
Revisions to Proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment
Given the regional review, we expect that we will need to make changes to the proposed official plan and zoning bylaw amendments that were considered at the public meeting in December 2019.
If we make changes to the proposed amendments, we will schedule another public meeting to consider the changes. Subscribe to this page to get an email with details.
Existing secondary plan land use and zoning
Proposed secondary plan policies and land use
- Proposed Secondary Plan Policies
- Proposed Applicable Official Plan Policies
- Proposed Land Use (Map 12)
- Proposed Revised Urban Structure (Map 2)
- Proposed Revised Cultural Heritage Resources (Map 9a)
- Proposed Integrated Transportation System (Map 11)
Proposed zoning
- Proposed Zoning (Map)
- Section 3 - Definitions
- Section 4 - General Regulations
- Section 5 - Parking, Loading, and Stacking
- Map of PARTS areas subject to PARTS parking rates
- Section 7 - Residential (RES)
- Section 8 - Mixed Use (MIX)
- Section 9 - Commercial (COM)
- Section 10 - Employment (EMP)
- Section 11 - Institutional (INS)
- Section 13 - Natural Heritage (NHC)
- Section 14 - Existing Use Floodplain (EUF)
- Section 15 - Open Space and Recreation (OSR)
- Site Specific Provisions/Holding Provisions (specific to properties within Neighbourhood Planning Reviews)
Urban design guidelines
Previous community engagement
We held an open house to get feedback from the community on April 18, 2019. Use the links below to find information we presented at the open house: