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CITY OF. �CANAOA
KIAGARRA
The City of Niagara Falls, Ontario
Resolution
January 14, 2025
No. 02
Moved by: Councillor Patel
Seconded by: Councillor Dabrowski
WHEREAS subsection 34(13) of the Planning Act, 1990 R.S.O requires written notice of
the public meeting to be given to prescribed persons and public bodies, in the prescribed
manner, and accompanied by the prescribed information; and
WHEREAS notice was given to the prescribed persons and public bodies, in the
prescribed manner, for the public meeting held by Council on October 1st, 2024, to
consider an Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment application by
Hennepin Realty Holdings Inc. & Hennepin's View ("the applicants") to permit the use of
6546 Fallsview Boulevard for a 58-storey (200-metre) mixed-use development, and 6503-
6519 Stanley Avenue for a 7-storey (19.5-metre) parking garage; and
WHEREAS Council approved the recommendations of Report No. PBD-2024-43, as
modified, on October 1st, 2024; and
WHEREAS since that time, it was identified by the applicant that a maximum building
height of 20.5 metres (a 1-metre increase) is required for the proposed 7-storey parking
garage to provide flexibility at the detailed design stage, that relief is required to exempt
additional architectural features and building components (gazebos, canopies, parapets,
railings, stair enclosures, and wind screens) from the height regulations, and that relief is
required to address the 2.35-metre projection of balconies, which were depicted on the
floor plans that were submitted with the application and presented to Council and the
public on October 1st, 2024; and
WHEREAS notwithstanding the requirement for the written notice of a public meeting,
subsection 34(17) of the Planning Act, 1990 R.S.O allows a municipality to deem such
requested changes minor and determine that no further notice is required to be given by
passing a resolution; and
WHEREAS City Staff and the applicant request that Council considers passing a
resolution that would deem the giving of further notice as final and that no further notice
is required to be given; and
WHEREAS Council determined that the proposed changes to By-law No. 2025-002 is
minor and does not require further notice to be given.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that subject to subsection 34(17) of the Planning Act,
1990 R.S.O Council deems the changes to By-law No. 2025-002 minor and exempts the
requirement for further written notice.
AND The Seal of the Corporation be hereto affixed. Carried Unanimously
WILLIAM G. MATSON, CITY CLERK J ES M. DIODATI, MAYOR