Affordability Committee – Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 6pm

Accountability Team
11 hours ago
2 min read

public meetings for proposed developments in Wards 6 & 8

Minutes: not yet available

Watch Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvm0sTR4Sbg

Agenda: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1315836&GUID=77D323A3-BE13-4766-AA90-320A288F104A

City's Legistar: https://barrie.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1315836&GUID=77D323A3-BE13-4766-AA90-320A288F104A&Options=info|&Search=

Meeting Location: Council Chambers or online

COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Nixon (Co-Chair), Harris (Co-Chair), Nuttall, Thomson

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🗼🏢 Official Plan and Zoning Bylaw Amendment - 51 to 59 Tiffin Street (Ward 8)

Public Meeting Notice: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14883761&GUID=A91F796D-78F1-4CF7-8060-33CE05DF7A64
Presentation: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14883787&GUID=EF4FC299-D9AE-495A-826A-9F1DC5843A4A by Innovative Planning Solutions, on behalf of 1000658096 Ontario Inc.
Staff Memo: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14883760&GUID=0D2EBA6F-4E4D-40CE-A3FD-B3184DD0417C by Michele Freethy, Senior Planner, Development Services
Correspondence: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14883777&GUID=BFC04E5F-3E70-41D9-969E-B96787DAE74E
Proposal to permit a 30-storey standalone residential building with 285 units (range of bachelor, one- and two-bedroom units)
Seeking to re-designate the land from Medium Density to High Density
Seeking to rezone FROM Residential Multiple Dwelling Second Density (RM2) TO Residential Apartment Dwelling Second Density with Special Provisions (RA2-2, SP-XXX)
Special Provisions:
- Reduce side yard setback from 5m to 0m (i.e., eliminate side yard setback entirely)
- Reduce Interior Side Yard Setback to Attached Garage from 0.6m to 0m (i.e., eliminate interior side yard setback entirely)
- Reduce Rear Yard Setback from 7m to 0.4m
- Reduce Landscaped Open Space from 35% to 7%
- Increase Lot Coverage from 35% to 93%
- Increase Gross Floor Area from 200% to 656%
- Increase Building Height from 45m to 92.5m (i.e., more than double the allowed height)
- Reduce Parking from 1.5 to 1 space per unit

🏢🏘️ Zoning Bylaw Amendment - 286 Ardagh Road (Ward 6)

Public Meeting Notice: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14883762&GUID=8F760960-6EE3-4668-BAC7-B6F8397B7CE8
Presentation: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14883789&GUID=DB6BE05A-D7A3-46D5-8431-60C768002A4B by Innovative Planning Solutions, on behalf of 286 Simcoe Capital Inc.
Staff Memo: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14883763&GUID=9CCEBA8C-2E4C-4A26-BE83-52F23C7A185E by Riley Anderson, Planner of the Development Services Department
Correspondence: none yet presented
Proposal to permit a six-storey apartment building containing 72 dwelling units
Seeking to rezone FROM Agriculture (A) TO Residential Apartment Dwelling Second Density with Special Provisions
Special Provisions:
- Reduce Interior Side Yard Setback from 5m to 3.7m
- Reduce Secondary Means of Egress from 7m to 4.4m on the West lot line and 3.8m on the North lot line
- Decrease the Rear Yard Setback from 7m to 5m
- Reduce the Parking Requirements from 1.56 spaces per dwelling unit to 1.29 spaces per dwelling unit / reduce total parking spaces from 108 to 93
- Reduce Landscape Buffer Areas from 3m to 2m East of the Parking Area, and on the East Lot Line