Application Details
File Number
PLZAMA2026243
File Status
Under Review
Date Application Deemed Complete
Project
Zoning By-law Amendment
Project Description
The purpose of the Zoning By-law Amendment is to update Industrial zone permissions to remove uses that are no longer permitted under the Town's Official Plan and provincial planning legislation, specifically the Provincial Planning Statement (2024), and the Planning Act. These zones implement the designated Employment Areas in the Town’s Official Plan and are intended to be reserved for industrial and employment-related uses.
The effect of the Zoning By-law Amendment is to:
- Prohibit new stand-alone commercial, institutional, recreational, office, and similar uses in the following Industrial zones, while allowing some small-scale accessory uses:
- Light Industrial (M1)
- General Industrial (M2)
- Business Park Industrial (M4)
- Industrial Park (M5)
- Include transition provisions such that:
- Complete Site Plan Control applications already in progress can continue under the existing zoning permissions, provided that the application proposes uses that would no longer by permitted by this By-law, and
- Established legal non-conforming uses may continue to exist, and may be reconstructed, extended, and re-leased as permitted by Town planning instruments.
Background:
- Recent changes to provincial planning legislation require municipalities to protect Employment Areas for industrial activities and employment-related uses:
- On June 8, 2023, the operative amendments to the Planning Act came into effect.
- On October 20, 2024, the Provincial Planning Statement (2024) came into effect to align policy with the Planning Act amendments.
- Together, these changes prohibit stand-alone commercial, recreational, institutional, office, public facility, and similar uses within designated Employment Areas. These areas are intended to support employment-generating uses such as manufacturing, research and development, warehousing, and goods movement. Accessory uses, such as small-scale offices or retail spaces that support a permitted industrial business, are still permitted.
- The Town of Collingwood Official Plan, approved on September 24, 2024, reflects these provincial requirements. While portions of the Official Plan are under site-specific appeal, the pertinent policies have been deemed by the Ontario Land Tribunal to be in force and effect for general application.
- Due to appeal-related delays in the comprehensive Zoning By-law Update Project, this municipally initiated Zoning By-law Amendment is being advanced separately in order to cease the further erosion of designated Employment Areas through the establishment of uses more suited to mixed use corridors or commercial areas, particularly in recognition of the Employment Land deficit facing the Town of Collingwood over the long-term.
Municipal Planner: Nathan Wukasch
nwukasch@collingwood.ca
Comments
The comments above are made to the best of our knowledge using all the information and resources available at the posting time. The information contained herein is believed to be correct, however, the Town of Collingwood assumes no liability for negligence, inaccuracies, or omissions. For more information, please contact the assigned Town of Collingwood Planner or you are welcome to request more information from planning@collingwood.ca during office hours of Monday to Friday between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
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