I DO support the City of…

I DO support the City of Burlington’s Ministerial Zoning Order Framework Request, submitted by the City to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing on April 13, 2026. The requested MZO would apply to all remaining lands in the Millcroft Golf Course outside of the previously mentioned OLT decision. It would prohibit every use of land and every erection, location or use of any building or structure except those specifically permitted by the current O1 Open Space Zone in Zoning Bylaw 2020. To date, the Minister has not issued a decision on the City’s 2026 MZO request.

It should be understood that I DO support the City’s primary position that its 2026 MZO application should be approved and the Millcroft Greens Corporation MZO application be refused for the following reasons:
• The majority of the proposed development is within or adjacent to Conservation Halton Regulated Areas. Other than a location map, the MZO has no supporting materials to understand the developable area or demonstrate that the proposed residential development will not be located in a hazard area in accordance with the Provincial Planning Statement (PPS).
• It is understood that an MZO is exempt from compliance with provincial policy including the PPS. However, given the potential health, safety, financial, and environmental risk for residential development within flood hazard areas, along with any downstream flooding impacts, it would not be in the public interest to ignore provincial policy including the PPS.
• The City of Burlington received applications for an Official Plan Amendment (OPA) and Draft Plan of Subdivision (DPS) on June 5, 2026 and has 120 days to meet its legislated timelines and issue a decision.
• As the closing date for the Millcroft MZO is July 5, 2026, a minimum of 30 of the 120 days to process the OPA and DPS will have passed without zoning clarity for staff to process the OPA and DPS.
• To ensure the orderly processing of the development applications, a Zoning By-law Amendment (ZBA), including all technical supporting materials, should also be submitted to the City for review.
• The ZBA will ensure a complete, transparent, and public development review process at the local level and can be considered in an integrated manner with the OPA and DPS.
• There is already a Provincial appeal mechanism via the OLT for municipal decisions on development applications. An MZO is not required for the Province to have oversight on the decision-making process for this development.
• The legislative processing timelines for the OPA and DPS should restart so that the OPA, ZBA and DPS are reviewed holistically and within the same legislated processing timelines.