North Oakville Secondary Plans Review

Supporting Bus Rapid Transit along Dundas Street

• Draft Official Plan Amendment – June 17, 2026 (pdf)
• Draft Zoning By-law Amendment – June 17, 2026 (pdf)
• Notice of statutory public meeting for a proposed OPA and ZBA for lands north of Dundas Street in the Dundas Urban Core Area, 42.15.74

The purpose of the proposed Official Plan Amendment is to support Bus Rapid Transit along Dundas Street by clarifying the policy initially introduced through Official Plan Amendment 321 (pdf), which indicated that stand-alone townhouses shall not be permitted adjacent to Dundas Street, and provide further clarity on the building height intended adjacent to Dundas Street within the Dundas Urban Core Area.

The amendment will also ensure conformity with the Provincial Planning Statement, 2024 which provides that planning authorities should accommodate significant population and employment growth in the Town’s strategic growth areas, support the transit network, identify the appropriate type and scale of development in strategic growth areas, and permit development to support the achievement of complete communities and a compact built form.

The effect of the proposed amendment includes changes to:

• Revise a policy to clarify that apartment buildings, mixed use buildings and commercial buildings shall be the only permitted building types within 50 metres of the Dundas Street right-of-way; and,
• Revise a policy to clarify that a minimum height of six storeys is required for all buildings containing a residential use within 50 metres of the Dundas Street right-of-way.

These changes are intended to support the planned higher-order transit along Dundas Street and to frame the street with built form that contributes to an adequate ‘sense of enclosure’.