Last night, at the Formal Public Meeting, Waterloo City Council had the opportunity to hear from City Staff as well as Waterloo residents who chose to share their thoughts on the Four Units, Four Storeys Zoning By-law Amendment. The team extends a big thank you to everyone who chose to delegate!

Following the Formal Public Meeting, Council voted to approve the Four Units, Four Storeys Zoning By-law Amendment.

Next Steps

• A By-law will be presented for Council Adoption on December 16th, which will implement the Four Units, Four Storeys Zoning By-law Amendment.

A quick reminder that the Formal Public Meeting for the Four Units, Four Storeys Zoning By-law Amendment will be held Tonight at 6:30 PM in the Council Chambers at Waterloo City Hall. Sign up to speak at the meeting using this link: Register here to Delegate or submit your comments via email to clerkinfo@waterloo.ca.

Waterloo City Hall Address

100 Regina Street South, Waterloo - 3rd floor, Council Chambers
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You can also watch a Council meeting online using this link: https://www.youtube.com/user/citywaterloo/live

The Four Units, Four Storeys Staff Report (IPPW2024-045) is now available for you to read! You can find the staff report in the righthand column of this page, under the "Supporting Materials" tab.

Planning staff will be bringing forth the Zoning By-law Amendment and Staff Report to a Formal Public Meeting with the Council of the City of Waterloo. Sign up to speak at the meeting using this link: Register here to Delegate or submit your comments via email to clerkinfo@waterloo.ca.

The meeting will be held on Monday, December 9th at 6:30 PM in the Council Chambers at Waterloo City Hall. You can view a copy of the Council Meeting Agenda in the 'Supporting Files' tab in the column on the right side of this page.

Waterloo City Hall Address

100 Regina Street South, Waterloo - 3rd floor, Council Chambers
View on Google Maps

You can also watch a Council meeting online using this link: https://www.youtube.com/user/citywaterloo/live

Planning staff will be bringing forth a Zoning By-law Amendment and Staff Report to a Formal Public Meeting with the Council of the City of Waterloo. Sign up to speak at the meeting using this link: Register here to Delegate or submit your comments via email to clerkinfo@waterloo.ca.

The meeting will be held on Monday, December 9th at 6:30 PM in the Council Chambers at Waterloo City Hall. You can view a copy of the Council Meeting Agenda in the 'Supporting Files' tab in the column on the right side of this page.

Waterloo City Hall Address

100 Regina Street South, Waterloo - 3rd floor, Council Chambers
View on Google Maps

You can also watch a Council meeting online using this link: https://www.youtube.com/user/citywaterloo/live

Planning staff will be bringing forth a Zoning By-law Amendment and Staff Report to a Formal Public Meeting with the Council of the City of Waterloo. Sign up to speak at the meeting using this link: Register here to Delegate or submit your comments via email to clerkinfo@waterloo.ca.

The meeting will be held on Monday, December 9th in the Council Chambers at Waterloo City Hall.

100 Regina Street South, Waterloo - 3rd floor, Council Chambers
View on Google Maps

You can also watch a Council meeting online using this link: https://www.youtube.com/user/citywaterloo/live

Thank you to those who were able to attend our Virtual Public Meeting on October 30th!

If you weren't able to make it to the meeting, the recording and presentation are published on this Engage page, under the 'Supporting Materials' tab.

The next steps for this initiative are to refine and bring forward the Draft Zoning By-Law Amendments for a Formal Public Meeting in front of the City Council. Stay tuned for a Formal Public Meeting date, which will be announced soon.

In the meantime, please send us any feedback on the Draft Zoning By-Law Amendment. Contact us personally or at ARU@Waterloo.ca.

Have a great weekend!

Sincerely,
The Four Units, Four Storeys Team

We are hosting a Virtual Public Meeting this Wednesday, October 30th from 6:30pm - 8:30pm.

You can join the Zoom meeting from your phone or computer using the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81451923301?pwd=KKhJKOxPBYWOyzpDSvQ0TPa32VtqOt.1

We hope to see you there!

Sincerely,
The Four Units, Four Storeys Planning Team

Additional residential units can be added to your property in a variety of ways. You can add to a single detached house, a semi-detached house our a street front townhouse. It can be an addition to your existing house, or a separate building (Coach House). Depending on the size of your lot and your house, some types of additional residential units might work better than others. See your options below. Not looking to add-on just yet? Review the types of additions below to see what might be possible on your property.

Duplex: Basement conversion or rear/side yard addition

Coach House: New detached dwelling on a property

Triplex: Two additional residential units attached to the main building or within a coach house

Fourplexes: Three additional residential units attached to the main building or within a coach house

*Materials originally prepared by the City of Kitchener.

The Four Units, Four Storeys Planning team will be conducting several public engagements during the month of October.

Come visit us in Waterloo Public Square on Saturday, October 19th from 12:00pm - 4:00pm.

Have your voice heard at a Virtual Public Meeting on Wednesday, October 30th from 6:30pm - 8:00pm. [Link to follow]

If you are unable to attend either event, please send your feedback to the Planning team at either Tristin.Deveau@Waterloo.ca or Adam.Zufferli@Waterloo.ca.