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Municipal Plan & Development Regulations Amendment No. 25-03

Application

The City of Corner Brook is in receipt of 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.

Description

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 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 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.

Public Consultation Opportunity

Please take notice that the Corner Brook City Council is considering amendments outlined above to the City’s Integrated Municipal Sustainability Plan 2012 (IMSP) and the 2012 Development Regulations (DR), in accordance with section 14 of the Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000. Council requests that anyone wishing to provide comments on the proposed amendments do so in writing by 4:00 p.m., Monday, August 11th, 2025. A response to this public notice shall form part of the public record. If you do not wish your name attributed to the comment, please advise the City when responding. Anyone wishing to inspect a copy of the proposed amendments may do so by visiting City Hall during business hours (8:30 am to 4:30 pm), by contacting the Planning Office at 637-1553.

Comment By

4:00 p.m., Monday, August 11th, 2025.

Municipal Plan & Development Regulations Amendment No. 24-04

Application

The Planning and Development Department received a development proposal for 11 O’Connell Drive (the ‘Subject Property’) to expand the parking lot associated with the place of worship use.

Description

The Subject Property is currently split zoned ‘Residential Low Density’ (RLD) and ‘Community Services’ (CS). The “place of worship” use is not set out in the RLD use zone tables, which prohibits the proposed parking lot extending into the RLD zone. The purpose of this rezoning is to allow for the expansion of parking lot, upon approval, all engineering requirements will need to be met before construction permits will be granted.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

Please take notice that Corner Brook City Council adopted proposed Amendments No. 24-04 to the City’s Integrated Municipal Sustainability Plan 2012 (i.e. the Municipal Plan) and 2012 Development Regulations respectively at a committee of the whole meeting of Council held on June 23, 2025.

If you would like to view the proposed amendments or receive more information on the proposal, please click the amendment links above, 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., July 29^th, 2025 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., July 27^th, 2025).

Comment By

7:00 p.m. Sunday, July 27th, 2025

Municipal Plan & Development Regulations Amendment No. 25-02

Application

The Planning and Development Department received a series of requests to change the land use zoning as part of the ongoing Development Regulations update process.

Description

Given the anticipated approval and registration timelines associated with the new Development Regulations, the requests are being accommodated through amendments to the Land Use Zoning Map of the Development Regulations.

Comment By

10:00 a.m. Thursday, May 22, 2025