On behalf of our client,…

On behalf of our client, 1648259 Ontario Inc., we are pleased to provide a letter as it relates to their lands on Elgin Street North in the City of Cambridge (hereinafter referred to as the ‘subject lands’).

We understand the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing is accepting comments on Official Plan Amendment 6 to the Region of Waterloo Official Plan before a decision is made by the Minister. We would like to reaffirm our request for an employment conversion on the subject lands as part of Regional Official Plan Amendment 6, based on the following rationale and evaluation of the Growth Plan criteria identified in Section 2.2.5.9 of the Growth Plan (2020).

Specifically, our client wishes to formally request that the subject lands not be identified as an Employment Area on Map 3 of ROPA 6, in order to permit residential land uses like the abutting lands to the south. This would advance the Provincial policy directives aimed at increasing density and promoting a range of residential uses within close proximity of a higher order transit route. A copy of the requested revision to Map 3 of ROPA 6 is included at the end of the submitted letter.