Please take notice that Corner Brook City Council adopted proposed Amendments No. 25-03 to the City’s Integrated Municipal Sustainability Plan 2012 (i.e. the Municipal Plan) and 2012 Development Regulations respectively at a regular meeting of Council held on March 9th, 2026.
The Planning and Development Department has received a development proposal at 347 O’Connell Drive (the ‘Subject Property’) to establish an “apartment attached to shops and other businesses” as a secondary use to the existing office building. The Subject Property is in the Light Industrial (LI) zone. Residential uses are not permitted in the LI zone therefore a text amendment is required to accommodate the use.
The purpose of this text amendment is to allow for an apartment to be permitted as a secondary and subsidiary use to non-industrial uses permitted in the Light Industrial zone. The secondary apartment dwelling is intended to be integrated into an existing or proposed structure in such a way that it is entirely contained within the main building and does not appear to be a separate use at the discretion of Council. This amendment facilitates an apartment attached to shops and other businesses to be considered in the LI zone through Council’s discretion and is supported by an amendment to the City’s Integrated Municipal Sustainability Plan.
If you would like to view the proposed amendments or receive more information on the proposal, please visit the City’s website, call (709) 637-1578, or visit City Hall during regular business hours, Monday to Friday between 8:30am and 4:30pm.
A public hearing to hear objections and representations on the proposal is scheduled for 7:00 p.m., March 25th, 2026 in the Hutchings Room at City Hall (5 Park Street, Corner Brook). If you have objections to the proposal, please submit them in writing to the City Clerk at The City of Corner Brook, P.O. Box 1080, Corner Brook, NL A2H 6E1.
In accordance with subsection 21(1) of the Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000, the public hearing may be cancelled if no objections are received, or no person expresses intent to attend the public hearing, 48 hours prior to the date/time of the scheduled public hearing (7:00p.m., March 23rd, 2026).
