Official Plan Engagement
The City of Port Colborne is starting the process of creating a new Official Plan! As the first step in this exciting project, we are engaging with our community to hear your priorities on how the city should grow.
The City’s current Official plan was approved in 2013 and is out of date. We need a new Official Plan that reflects Port Colborne today, while creating a new vision for the future.
The new Official Plan will focus on how our city should grow between now and the year 2051 and beyond to support our communities, our environment, and our economy. This includes key priorities around planning for new housing, housing affordability, economic prosperity and jobs, addressing climate change, supporting our environment, and creating a healthy community.
The new Official Plan will also implement recent Regional and Provincial policy directions, as well as key policy areas identified in the Strategic Plan and other background studies that will help determine where growth can and should go, and what services and infrastructure is needed to support growth.
What is an Official Plan?
An Official Plan is document that contains goals and policies to guide growth, economic development, and the protection of our built and natural environment.
The Official Plan will look at:
- Creating a vision for how to create a vibrant and growing city to 2051 and beyond
- Where new housing, jobs, shops, and industry will be located
- Planning for services the community needs, like roads, sewers, schools, and parks
- How to protect and enhance natural areas and green spaces
- Planning for jobs and economic vitality
- How to plan for climate change impacts and environmental sustainability
- Establishing community improvement initiatives
- Ways to implement the Strategic Plan 2023-2026
- Conforming municipal policies with provincial and regional policies
Public Meeting:
This public meeting is the first of the statutory meetings to be held in relation to the City’s Official Plan. Throughout the Official Plan review process there will be additional opportunities for the public to review draft documents and to provide comments to Council and staff, including an Open House and Statutory Public Meeting under section 17 of the Planning Act that will occur prior to City Council considering the adoption of the proposed new Official Plan.
Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Place: City Hall, 66 charlotte Street - Third Floor Council Chambers
*Virtual participation is also available via Zoom*
(Contact the Deputy Clerk below for meeting details)
How to Participate? |
Observe: Any interested members of the public can watch the meeting live on the City’s YouTube channel. The link to the meeting is available on the City’s Committees, Boards and Council Calendar: https://calendar.portcolborne.ca/meetings.
Participate: Any person may attend the public meeting and/or provide written or a verbal representation. If you are unable to attend the meeting, you may provide written comments by submitting them to the email or address noted above.
If you wish to make a verbal representation by joining the meeting electronically, you must register no later 12:00 p.m. on June 18, 2024, by emailing the Port Colborne Clerk’s Office at deputyclerk@portcolborne.ca. The Clerks Office will provide any such person with instructions on how to make their electronic verbal representation. It is recommended that you register with the Clerk in order to delegate in-person at the meeting, however it is not required.
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Join the conversation!
Click on the map below to map your ideas for the Official Plan.
Click on the survey below to give us your thoughts on the vision and priorities for the Official Plan.
There will be more opportunities for the community to provide feedback and input into the Official Plan. Stay tuned for more information.
Map your feedback
How to have your say
Step 1: Zoom into the section of the map you want to leave a comment
Step 2: Click on "Add pin" on the left side-bar menu and select and hold a pin to drag it onto the map
Step 3: Add your comment
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