Notice of Passing of a Zoning By-law Amendment | 526 Bay Street

In accordance with the Notice of Complete Application and Public Meeting issued on July 18, 2025, Council approved Zoning By-law Amendment ZBA-04-25 for 526 Bay Street on December 3, 2025, as By-law 2025-69. View the full Notice of Passing for more information. The decision is subject to a 20-day appeal period and following no appeals being received, By-law 2025-69 will come into full force and effect. 

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THE PURPOSE AND EFFECT of the Zoning By-law Amendment is to rezone the subject lands from Downtown Core Commercial (DC) to Downtown Core Commercial Exception (DC-XX) with the following special revision:

1. Notwithstanding Section 6.1.2.1 of By-law 2004-90, the permitted uses shall also include an “Apartment Building, Mixed Use” and the definition of same shall be amended to the following:
    
   “Shall mean a building containing more than four dwelling units that share a common external access to the outside through a common vestibule and have a common corridor system. Residential uses shall not be located on the ground floor of an Apartment Building, Mixed Use. Accessory residential uses shall be permitted on the ground floor of an Apartment Building, Mixed Use, such as an office, entryway, storage, lockers, common room, and mailboxes.”

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526 Bay Street | Planning Application ZBA-04-25