View the full notice at the link below.
Housekeeping Zoning By-law Amendment 2025
The purpose of the housekeeping amendment is to update the Zoning By-law to correct technical errors, improve provisions and provide consistency, and ensure alignment with the Official Plan and current planning legislation.
Notice of Open House
Town of Pelham Housekeeping Zoning By-law Amendment, 2025
Date: Thursday, November 6, 2025
1:00 p.m. to 3 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Place: This meeting is being held in-person at:
Town Hall, Council Chambers
20 Pelham Town Square, Fonthill
The Town of Pelham is initiating a Zoning By-law Amendment to address several housekeeping items that have been identified as needing to be addressed in the Comprehensive Zoning By-law 4481 (2022). Changes are proposed to:
Section 2: Definitions: Comprehensive updates, including new and revised definitions (e.g., Agricultural Use, Additional Residential Units, Hoop House, Pre-fabricated Shipping Container, Lot Coverage, Vehicle Fuel Station), and alignment with Provincial Planning Statement terminology.
- Section 3: General Provisions: Substantive revisions to provisions regarding agricultural-related uses, on-farm diversified uses, home occupations, home industries, shipping containers, encroachments, established building lines, food trucks, additional needs housing, non-complying buildings, setbacks, recreational vehicle storage, swimming pools, temporary uses, and environmental protection regulations.
- Section 4: Parking: Updated standards for parking calculation, driveway entrances, and acceptable parking surface materials, including requirements for low-impact development.
- Section 5: Agriculture: Separation of Hoop Houses from Commercial Greenhouse and new regulations specific to a hoop house use and the removal of site plan control in the greenbelt natural heritage system.
- Section 8: Commercial Zones
Expanded permitted uses to include veterinary clinics and vehicle service stations in certain zones, and clarified regulations for apartment and townhouse dwellings. - Section 9: Other Zones
Updates to the Institutional Zone, including alignment with the updated definition of “Institutional Use” and a review of permitted uses.
To follow along on this process, visit the Town of Pelham Website for updates:
Comments may be provided verbally and/or as a written submission. Written comments should be submitted prior to Sunday November 30, 2025, regular mail or email to the:
Policy Planner, Town of Pelham
20 Pelham Town Square, P.O. Box 400, Fonthill Ontario L0S 1E0
Or by email to lrichardson@pelham.ca
A statutory public meeting under the Planning Act is to be held on November 13, 2025 to present information and receive further public comments.
Housekeeping Zoning By-law Amendment 2025 Resources
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