Proposed Mixed-Use Development - 282 Monarch Avenue

Statutory Public Meeting – Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments

This notice is to advise of the opportunity to review and comment on the proposed implementing by-laws for Official Plan Amendment Application OPA24-A1 and Zoning By-law Amendment Application Z3/24, prior to consideration of such by the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Ajax, at a Statutory Public Meeting to be held on Monday, June 24, 2024 at 1 p.m.

Official Plan Amendment Application OPA24-A1 and Zoning By-law Amendment Application Z3/24 seek to permit an increase in height and minimum parking requirements for the proposed mixed use development of the subject lands, municipally known as 282 Monarch Avenue.

The purpose of Official Plan Amendment Application OPA24-A1 and the proposed implementing by-law is to establish an Area Specific Policy for the subject lands to permit a maximum height of 33-storeys. The purpose of Zoning By-law Amendment Application Z3/24 and the proposed implementing by-law is to establish a site-specific Exception (Exception 219) for the Downtown Central Area – Mixed Use (DCA/MU) Zone to set development standards (i.e. maximum height and set minimum parking requirements) that would implement the proposed mixed use development of the subject lands.

The proposed implementing by-laws are being brought forward under the authority of Section 284.11.1 of the Municipal Act and in accordance with Ontario Regulation 580/22, “Provincial Priorities”.

The proposed implementing by-laws, and further details on the development proposal in general, are available on this page.

The proposed implementing by-laws are also available in the agenda for the meeting. The agenda will be posted by end of day Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at ajax.ca/meetings.

How to Participate

This public meeting is being held in-person in Council Chambers, located at Ajax Town Hall, 65 Harwood Avenue South, Ajax, Ontario, L1S 2H9, and will be live-streamed for public viewing at Town of Ajax website. Those wishing to make oral submissions can attend in-person and will have 5 minutes to address Council; pre-registration is not required for in-person attendance. If you are unable to attend in-person, electronic remote participation via the Town’s Hybrid Conference System is available as an option and can be arranged by contacting clerks@ajax.ca no later than end of day on Friday, June 21, 2024.

Written submissions may be provided for Council’s consideration before the meeting. Please submit your written comments before 12 p.m. (noon) on Monday, June 24, 2024 on the Comments/Feedback section of this page or by e-mail to planningservices@ajax.ca.

Planning Act Requirements

If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Council of the Town of Ajax 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 the Town of Ajax before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted or before the by-law is passed, 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 the Town of Ajax before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted or before the by-law is passed, 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 Council’s decision on the implementing by-laws, you must make a written request to the attention of the Clerk of the Town of Ajax, at 65 Harwood Avenue South, Ajax, Ontario, L1S 2H9 or by e-mail to clerks@ajax.ca.