City Council - Planning
Meeting Agenda

Tuesday, September 09, 2025 at 5:30 P.m. - 10:00 P.m.

Council Chambers

Guelph City Hall, 1 Carden Street

Changes to the original agenda are noted with an asterisk "*".

 

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1.

Call to Order

1.1

Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest and General Nature Thereof

2.

Authority to move into closed meeting

• Recommendation:

  That the Council of the City of Guelph now hold a meeting that is closed to the public, pursuant to the Municipal Act, to consider:

2.1

Call to Order (closed meeting)

2.2

Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest and General Nature Thereof

2.3

Hanlon Creek Land Disposition - 2025-418

Section 239(2)(c) of the Municipal Act, regarding proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality or local board.

3.

Closed Meeting Summary

4.

Open Meeting – 6:00 p.m.

4.1

O Canada

4.2

Silent Reflection

4.3

Indigenous Territorial Acknowledgement

4.4

Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest and General Nature Thereof

5.

Public Meeting to Hear Applications Under Sections 17, 34 and 51 of The Planning Act

(delegations permitted a maximum of 10 minutes)

5.1

Public Meeting Report - 1 Clair Road East - Proposed Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment File OZS25-005 - 2025-403

Presentation:
Anand Shah, Planner III, Senior Planner

• Recommendation:
  1. That Statutory Public Meeting Report regarding a proposed Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment application submitted by the owner, FCHT Holding Corporation to permit the development of four mixed use buildings with 5 towers in 3 phases with a total of 715 dwelling units ranging in height from 10 to 14 storeys and 2,127 square metres of at-grade commercial space, on lands municipally known as 1 Clair Road East and legally described as Block 1, Plan 61m165, City of Guelph, from Infrastructure, Development and Environment dated September 09, 2025 be received.

6.

Items for Discussion

The following items have been extracted from the Committee of the Whole Consent Report and the Council Consent Agenda and will be considered separately. These items have been extracted either at the request of a member of Council or because they include a presentation and/or delegations.

6.1

Parkland Dedication Bylaw Exemptions - 2025-404

Presentation:
Mallory Lemon, Acting Manager, Park and Trail Development

• Recommendation:
  1. That Council enacts the draft amending bylaw attached hereto as Attachment 1, amending the City’s Parkland Dedication Bylaw (2022)-20717 as amended, to refine the definition of development so as to remove additions or alterations to residential buildings — that do not create additional units or change the use of the building — from the scope of development, thereby eliminating the requirement to convey parkland or pay cash-in-lieu of parkland to the City as a condition of development.
  2. That Council directs, in accordance with its authority under section 32(j) of the Parkland Dedication Bylaw (2022)-20717 as amended, that the development reflected in building permit number 2025 003655 000 00 BPR received July 9, 2025 from LLA Architecture, for the addition of a single bachelor residential unit at the property municipally known as 671 Woolwich Street, shall be authorized to obtain a building permit without payment of cash-in-lieu of parkland as would otherwise be required under the Parkland Dedication Bylaw.

7.

By-laws

Resolution to adopt the By-laws. 

8.

Mayor’s Announcements

Please provide any announcements, to the Mayor in writing, by 12 noon on the day of the Council meeting.

9.

Adjournment