New Zoning By-law – Final Draft
File No. ACS2025-PDB-PS-0043 – City-wide Report Recommendation(s) That the Joint Planning and Housing, and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend that Council: Approve the staff recommended amendments to Document 1 – Final draft of the new Zoning By-law and Zoning Map (Documents 1A through 1C, inclusive) by approving the following: Document 2 – Staff-recommended changes to correct errors in the final draft of the Zoning By-law; Document 3 – Staff-recommended amendments to the Zoning Map of the draft Zoning By-law; and Document 4 – Staff-recommended Changes to Provisions – Changes of Intent in the final draft of the new Zoning By-law; Approve Document 1 – Final draft of the Zoning By-law and Zoning Map (Documents 1A through 1C, inclusive), as amended by Recommendation 1; Direct staff to incorporate into the draft Zoning By-law for third reading all zoning by-law amendments to Zoning By-law 2008-250, decisions made by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing and all Ontario Land Tribunal decisions approved since March 20, 2025; Approve the Work Plan for aligning exceptions, schedules and other zone code suffixes with the new Zoning By-law and Volumes 1, 2A, 2B and 2C of the Official Plan, as described in Document 8, and direct staff to begin that work following approval of the new Zoning By-law and in accordance with the review of secondary plans directed by the Housing Task Force Report and Housing Acceleration Plan; Direct staff to monitor electric vehicle car ownership and report back to Council in 2031 to determine if the rates in Section 611 – Electric Vehicle Parking Space Provisions should be modified to accommodate rates of electric vehicle ownership in Ottawa; Direct staff to monitor development under the new Zoning By-law and report to Council by Q1 2028 concerning the impact of the new Zoning By‑law on building permits issued for new dwelling units by designation and transect, analyze the types of development approvals under the Planning Act that have been requested under the new Zoning By-law, identify and make recommendations regarding changes that may be needed to the new Zoning By-law to maintain the intent of the Official Plan and support the construction of housing in the city; Direct staff to complete a study of the land use impacts of data centres and determine if policies in the Official Plan are needed to guide their location and report back to Council by Q2 2027; Direct staff to evaluate permissions for small-scale, neighbourhood commercial uses in the new Zoning By-law, determine if enough has been done to support those uses, and return to Council in Q2 2027 with recommendations; and Receive for information Document 5 – Administrative Matters, Document 6 – Transition and Continuation provisions in Sections 109 and 110 for in‑process and approved development applications, and for exceptions, schedules and zone code suffixes, Document 7 – Previous Motions and Directions from Committee and Council, Document 9 – Evolving Neighbourhood Overlay, Document 10 – Minimum Parking Rates – Update, Document 11 ‑ Implementation of On-Site Stormwater Management and Adequate Water and Wastewater Service Provisions in Section 201, Document 12 – Ottawa Public Health comments on the final Draft of the Zoning By-law, Document 13 – Digital Twin Update, Document 14 – Zone code conversion details for the Final Draft of the Zoning By-law, Document 15 ‑ As‑We-Heard-It Reports, and Document 16 - Final draft of new Zoning By-law (Track-changes version).

• 3.2 - ACS2025-PDB-PS-0020 (EN) - New Zoning By-law Final Draft.pdf
• 3.2 - ACS2025-PDB-PS-0020 - (FR) New Zoning By-law Final Draft.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 1A (EN) - New Zoning By-law Text.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 1A (FR) - New Zoning By-law Text.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 1B (EN) - Exceptions.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 1B (FR) - Exceptions.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 1C - Schedules (Pages 1 - 90).pdf
• 3.2 - Document 1C - Schedules (Pages 91 - 182).pdf
• 3.2 - Document 1C - Schedules (Pages 183 - 273).pdf
• 3.2 - Document 1C - Schedules (Pages 274 - 363).pdf
• 3.2 - Document 2 (EN) - Staff-Recommended Changes to Correct Errors.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 2 (FR) - Staff-Recommended Changes to Correct Errors.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 3 (EN) - Staff-Recommended Changes to Zoning Map.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 3 (FR) - Staff-Recommended Changes to Zoning Map.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 4 (EN) – Staff-Recommended Changes – Changes of Intent.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 4 (FR) – Staff-Recommended Changes – Changes of Intent.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 5 (EN) - Administrative Matters.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 5 (FR) - Administrative Matters.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 6 (EN) - Transition and Continuation provisions.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 6 (FR) - Transition and Continuation provisions.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 7 (EN) - Motions and Directions.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 7 (FR) - Motions and Directions.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 8 (EN) - Work Plan for aligning exceptions.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 8 (FR) - Work Plan for aligning exceptions.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 9 (EN) - Evolving Neighbourhood Overlay.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 9 (FR) - Evolving Neighbourhood Overlay.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 10 (EN) - Minimum Parking Rates.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 10 (FR) - Minimum Parking Rates.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 11 (EN) - Implementation of On-Site Stormwater Management Provisions.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 11 (FR) - Implementation of On-Site Stormwater Management Provisions.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 12 (EN) - OPH Statement.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 12 (FR) - OPH Statement.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 13 (EN) - Digital Twin Update.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 13 (FR) - Digital Twin Update.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 14 (EN) - Zone code conversion table for changes in Draft 3 of the Zoning Map.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 14 (FR) - Zone code conversion table for changes in Draft 3 of the Zoning Map.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 15 (EN) - AWHI.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 15 (FR) - AWHI.pdf
• 3.2 - Document 16 (EN) - new Zoning By-law Text (Track Changes).pdf
• 3.2 - Document 16 (FR) - new Zoning By-law Text (Track Changes).pdf