The City of Markham conducted a comprehensive review of its zoning laws and existing zoning framework. Markham has 46 different “super-ordered” zoning laws that apply to different geographic areas of the city. These comprehensive zoning by-laws were adopted between 1954 and 2004. City by-laws must be updated to comply with the City`s 2014 Official Plan, the Regional Municipality of York`s Official Plan, provincial plans and guidelines, and the Planning Act. Zoning has been applied on the basis of a number of areas proposed in the statutes and may change due to changes in policy. If you have any concerns about the zoning specified on your property, please contact us at nlp@markham.ca. In addition, staff met with several developers and architects with construction experience in established Markham neighbourhoods to better understand emerging development trends in the housing sector and the current challenges facing these groups. Parkway Belt West – Lands subject to the Parkway Belt Zoning Commission of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Provincial zoning standards replace municipal zoning by-laws.

The dates and topics of these meetings were as follows: The draft mapping for the “Zoning By-law” project is available here: Mapping Zoning By-laws. This is YOUR complete zoning law. We want to hear from you to ensure that the new charter reflects the needs and ideas of the people who live, work, shop and play in Markham. To access the audio/video of this meeting, please click here: December 13, 2021 DSC Workshop (Note that the workshop begins after 57 minutes and 25 seconds in the video) Non-by-law areas – lands that require a secondary planning process according to the city`s official plan prior to zoning. Read the information report and the draft zoning laws (see agenda item 8.2 INFORMATION REPORT – PHASE 3B: NEW COMPREHENSIVE ZONING PROJECT, PR 13 128340). Heritage Conservation District – Lands within heritage conservation districts that may be subject to other standards. Please note the assignment links to the area landing page in the draft statuses, which are not linked to the full statuses. To obtain a copy of the full bylaws, including definitions and general provisions, please click here: Draft Zoning Bylaws You can also sign up to receive email updates about this project and upcoming events by logging in via the STAY INFORMED box in the upper right corner of this page. The report stated that staff would hold three (3) non-statutory public community information days and information meetings in July 2021. These meetings were held virtually via Zoom videoconference. The intention of these meetings was to provide additional information and field issues from the public. For the sake of understanding, different levels have been included in the design map to display unique policy instances.

The zoning of land within the city also needed to be reviewed and updated due to its age and many inconsistencies in terms of definitions, permitted uses and development standards. In addition, the large number of minor changes and deviations approved over time to facilitate development created a variety of site-specific standards that merited consideration. Staff will submit a recommended statute to the DSC for consideration, which may then submit the draft statute with any proposed amendments to the Council for adoption. To access audio/video of all meetings and meeting chat boxes, please click here: July 2021 Open House All Sessions. Exceptions to Site-Specific By-laws – Lands subject to zoning amendments passed under Official Plan 2014. Site-specific exceptions are being developed to advance these areas. The city is required to hold a public meeting required by law before the adoption of the by-laws. A full version of the updated regulations, including the proposed exceptions and mapping, will be made available to the public prior to the public meeting required by law.

No preliminary date is planned at this time. Approved by the Committee on Development Services on 14 June 2016. Each meeting was recorded for future reference and, or to give anyone who was unable to attend any of the meetings the opportunity to review the presentation and listen to what was discussed. As approved on June 7, 2021, the Development Services Committee planned to organize a workshop for Council members. The CDI workshop provided an opportunity for committee members to discuss in more detail various provisions and standards of the proposed legislation. This workshop took place on December 13, 2021. The feedback that employees and their advisor received at the open house led to further reviews and changes in several areas of the bylaws. To further explore other options, staff held extensive meetings with representatives of several housing taxpayer associations. An information report, a zoning bill and a presentation were placed on the agenda of the Development Services Committee (DTA) on June 7, 2021. The draft Comprehensive Zoning By-law was a multi-year inter-custodian undertaking. Three teams of external consultants and their sub-consultants, specializing in zoning, official plans, mapping, GIS and transportation, were engaged during this project.

The draft zoning by-law represents the next step towards the adoption of a consolidated zoning by-law for the city and the completion of Phase 3B. Exceptions to section 9 of By-law OP – Lands subject to section 9 of the city`s official plan, which requires other site-specific zoning by-laws. Meetings #1 and #2 (Residential Areas) – Tuesday, July 20, 2021.