Notice of Public Information Process Concerning Proposed Amendments to City of Welland Official Plan/Zoning B

1 FILE NO. 2023-04

A Complete Application has been made by VENTAWOOD MANAGEMENT INC. on behalf of HAMOUNT INVESTMENTS LTD. to rezone lands PLAN 655 LOTS 204 TO 206, municipally known as 18 ROSE AVENUE from the existing INSTITUTIONAL – INS1 to COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL NODE – CC1 in Zoning By-law 2017-117. The purpose of the Amendment is a multi-tenant commercial development. The Official Plan designation is INSTITUTIONAL. Application for Official Plan Amendment

(File No. OPA No. 45) has been submitted in conjunction with application for Zoning Bylaw Amendment.

2 FILE NO. OPA No. 45

A Complete Application has been made by VENTAWOOD MANAGEMENT INC. on behalf of HAMOUNT INVESTMENTS LTD. to redesignate lands PLAN 655 LOTS 204 TO 206, municipally known as 18 ROSE AVENUE from the existing INSTITUTIONAL to COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL NODE in City Welland Official Plan. The purpose of the Amendment is a multi-tenant commercial development. The property is currently zoned INSTITUTIONAL – INS1. Application for Zoning By-law Amendment (2023-04) has been submitted in conjunction with application for Official Plan Amendment.

A Virtual/In-Person Public Information Meeting, to be held by City Staff, has been scheduled for 6 p.m., Wednesday, June

21, 2023, at the Civic Square, Council Chambers, 60 East Main Street, Welland. If you would like to participate virtually in the Public Information Meeting, please contact Caitlin Kovacs, Development Planner at caitlin.kovacs@welland.ca no later than 12 p.m. on June 21, 2023, to be provided with a link to participate.

A Statutory Public Hearing in accordance with the requirements of the Planning Act will be held by Council at 7 p.m., Tuesday, July 18, 2023, at the Civic Square, Council Chambers, 60 East Main Street, Welland. To participate virtually, please contact the City Clerk, Tara Stephens at clerk@welland. ca no later than 12 p.m. on July 14, 2023, to be provided with a link to participate. Please ensure to identify the file number(s) in the email request for participation in the Statutory Public Meeting. All Council meetings are livestreamed on the City’s Website at: www.welland.ca/Council/ LiveStream.asp

The public is invited to these meetings to make oral or written submissions. All written submissions received by 12 p.m. on July 10, 2023, will be presented to City Council as part of the staff report on this matter.

If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of Welland City Council to the Ontario Land Tribunal, but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to Welland City Council before the proposed Official Plan Amendment/Zoning By-law Amendment is adopted, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to Welland City Council before the proposed Official Plan Amendment/Zoning By-law Amendment is adopted, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

If you wish to be notified of the Decision of the City of Welland on the proposed Official Plan Amendment, you must make a written request to the City of Welland, 60 East Main Street, Welland, ON L3B 3X4, or devserv@welland.ca

If you wish to receive a copy of the staff report on this Application you should advise the undersigned in writing by July 14, 2023.

For a copy of the proposed development or for more information about this matter, including information about preserving your appeal rights, contact Caitlin Kovacs, Development Planner, Planning and Development Services, City of Welland, Civic Square, 60 East Main Street, Welland, Ontario, L3B 3X4, phone 905-735-1700 x2131, Email caitlin.kovacs@ welland.ca or fax to 905-735-8772. Additional information will be available after May 26, 2023.

Dated: June 8, 2023