August 16, 2025 – Please be advised that Public Hearing of Sarnia City Council will be held on Monday, September 15th, 2025, at 1:00PM to consider planning application for the property listed below and as shown on the Area Map.
THE LAND SUBJECT of the proposed application is located on the south side of Wellington Street, between Stuart Street to the east, Crawford Street to the west and Talfourd Street to the south. The property is addressed as 275 Wellington Street (SCITS).
THE PURPOSE AND EFFECT of this application is to amend the existing Urban Residential 5-32 (UR5-32) Site Zone in the City of Sarnia Zoning By-law 85 of 2002, to:
- Establish a new Transitional Housing Facility (large) definition in the zoning by-law to reflect the size (at least 30 beds) and composition of the proposed operation. The proposed new definition is as follows:
“TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FACILITY (LARGE)” means a supervised temporary residence comprised of five or more beds in a communal sleeping arrangement, and may include common areas such as a washroom, kitchen, living room, and communal areas for persons in need of longer term housing accommodation with associated support programming to assist in the development and enhancement of necessary life skills for the purposes of retaining permanent sustainable independent housing.”
- Add the proposed new defined Transitional Housing Facility use to the present UR5-32 site zone use on the site;
- Permit the existing Transitional Housing use as currently defined in Zoning By-law No. 85 of 2002 on the subject site;
- Establish Parking Requirements in the zoning by-law for the proposed new Transitional Housing Facility (large) use; and,
No changes to the site are currently proposed.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Supporting information about this Application is available online under Active Planning Application at https://www.speakupsarnia.ca/275-wellington-street
For additional information, please contact the Planning Department, Community Services Division at 519-332-0330 ext. 3344.
How to Participate
You are invited to watch this meeting online at https://www.sarnia.ca/council-meetings/. You can also participate by submitting comments and/or speaking during the public meeting. You may submit comments by email to planning@sarnia.ca, mail to City of Sarnia, c/o Community Services Division, 255 Christina Street North, P.O. Box 3018, Sarnia ON N7T 7N2, or place them in the mail slot on the right hand side of the Christina Street, North entrance to City Hall.
To ensure your comments are included in the City Council Agenda, comments must be received by 1:00pm, Friday, September 12th, 2025.
Speaking at the Public Meetings:
Sarnia City Council has returned to in-person meetings. You may participate in the public meeting virtually, or in-person, if you wish to participate in the public meeting, we encourage you to pre-register with the Clerks Department, by email to clerks@sarnia.ca or phone at 519-332-0330 ext. 3320. Instructions for participating in the meeting virtually will be provided following registration and online at https://www.sarnia.ca/virtualsarnia/ under Public Meetings.
Planning Act Appeal Information
If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the City of Sarnia to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Sarnia before the Zoning By-law Amendment is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.
If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Sarnia before the Zoning By-law is passed, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to do so.
If you wish to be notified of the decisions of the Sarnia City Council’s on the above-noted applications, you must make a written request to: City of Sarnia, c/o Community Services Division, 255 Christina Street North, P.O. Box 3018, Sarnia ON N7T 7N2
Collection of Personal Information
Please be aware that if you are submitting correspondence to the City of Sarnia regarding any of these Applications, your name, contact information and communications will become part of the public record that will be available to the general public, pursuant to the Planning Act and the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. For more information on this collection, please visit www.speakupsarnia.ca.