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Notice of Passing of CIP By-law 23-2025

Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2025 02:43 PM

Burlington City Council passed By-law 23-2025, on April 15, 2025, under subsection 28 (4) of Part IV of the Planning Act, 1990, as amended.  File number: 590-01-25, (DGM-24-25)

Purpose and Effect of the By-law

By-law 23-2025 adopts the Affordable Rental Housing Community Improvement Plan (CIP) for the Burlington Affordable Rental Housing Community Improvement Project Area. A copy of the adopted CIP is available on the City’s Housing Strategy webpage at www.getinvolvedburlington.ca/housingstrategy 

Public Consultation on the Affordable Rental Housing Community Improvement Plan occurred through a Statutory Public Meeting held on April 8, 2025, at a Committee of the Whole meeting. Notice of the Statutory Public Meeting was posted on the City’s Public Notice page on March 8, 2025, and published in the Hamilton Spectator on March 8, 2025. The City received three comment letters on the Affordable Rental Housing Community Improvement Plan, and there were three delegations at the Statutory Public...

Notice of passing of Zoning Bylaw 2020.502

Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2025 09:45 AM

Burlington City Council passed Bylaw 2020.502 to amend Bylaw 2020, as amended, on April 15, 2025, under Section 34 of the Planning Act, 1990, as amended. File number: 520-02/25 (DGM-21-25)

Bylaw 2020.502 rezones land at 105 Avondale Ct. to permit a single detached dwelling on the subject lands.

Public consultation on the proposed zoning bylaw amendment occurred through a statutory public meeting held on April 8, 2025, at a Committee of the Whole meeting. Notice of the statutory public meeting was mailed to tenants and owners within 120m of the subject land on March 5, 2025, and published in the Hamilton Spectator on March 8,
2025. The City received two comments on the proposed amendment and there was one delegation at the statutory public meeting held on April 8, 2025.

For further information, please contact Bill Wallace of the Community Planning Department at william.wallace@burlington.ca. Should you wish to appeal this bylaw to the Ontario Land Tribunal, you must file an appeal to the...

Road Closure - Prospect Street, Paling Road to Wesley Avenue

Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 09:30 AM

Prospect Street between Paling Road and Wesley Avenue will be closed from April 28 to June 20, 2025 for sewer and watermain construction. During this time the road will be closed with local access only. Where the contractor is completing underground work, the road will be completely closed with no access through the work zone. The road will be open to traffic at the end of each working day.

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Road Closure - Eastbound James Street at Martha Street

Posted on Friday, April 18, 2025 10:03 AM

Eastbound James Street at Martha Street will be closed April 22-29, from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. for site servicing work at 2090 James St., Burlington, Ontario. Closure of the right turn lane from James Street onto Martha Street and closure of the right turn lane from Martha Street to James Street will be required to perform the servicing work. East and Westbound traffic on James Street will remain open. Roads will be re-opened outside of working hours and on weekends.

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Council approves 2025 Tax Levy Bylaw

Posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2025 02:30 PM

Burlington, Ont.April 16, 2025 - Burlington City Council approved the 2025 Tax Levy Bylaw at a special meeting of Council today. Approval of the bylaw is an annual requirement to set tax rates for each year. The bylaw allows the City to bill 2025 property taxes and set payment due dates for final tax bills on June 21 and Sept. 21, 2025. Final tax bills will be mailed out in May for the 2025 billing cycle.

The City of Burlington collects taxes for the City, Halton Region, and the Halton district school boards. For each residential dollar collected, 51.4 per cent stays in the City, 32.9 per cent goes to Halton Region, and 15.7 per cent goes to the Halton district school boards.

Tax payment options

Property tax payments can be made:

  • At financial institutions
  • Through online banking
  • By setting up pre-authorized payment plans by month or due date, to help spread out the payments throughout the year. This also helps ensure on-time payment. For more information, visit burlington.ca/propertytax, or...