Developing Additional Dwelling Units

Supporting affordability with Additional Dwelling Units

The Municipality of Clarington has initiated Official Plan and Zoning Bylaw Amendments to increase permissions for Additional Dwelling Units (ADUs), also known as secondary suites, in-law suites, in-house apartments, and basement apartments.

Why are we initiating these Amendments?

The Amendments are moving forward to support the recommendations made in Clarington’s Affordable Housing Toolkit in response to changes to the Planning Act due to Bill 108, More Homes, More Choice Act, 2019.

Adopted Amendments

On December 13, 2021, Clarington Council adopted Official Plan and Zoning Bylaw Amendments to increase permissions for Additional Dwelling Units. However, a 20-day appeal period is required to allow any potential appeals from the Province. If the Municipality does not receive an appeal, these Amendments will be in effect on January 5, 2022. The adopted Amendments and an illustrative map are below.

• Zoning By-law Amendment (PDF)
• Official Plan Amendment (PDF)
• Illustrative map (PDF)

Recommendation Report with Revised Amendments

After staff reviewed public and agency comments, a Recommendation Report with revised Amendments was brought to the Joint Committee of Council on October 25, 2021. These documents are below.

• Notice of Recommendation Report (PDF)
• PDS-055-21 (Recommendation Report) (PDF)
• Attachment 1 to PDS-055-21 – Public Comment Summary Tables (PDF)
• Attachment 2 to PDS-055-21 – Comparison Tables (PDF)
• Attachment 3 to PDS-055-21 – Official Plan Amendment (PDF)
• Attachment 4 to PDS-055-21 – Zoning Bylaw Amendment (PDF)

Virtual Statutory Public Meeting

A Statutory Public Meeting was held on September 13, 2021. At the meeting, staff presented a report which contains draft Official Plan and Zoning Bylaw Amendments in Attachments 2 and 3. Attachment 1 contains a set of comparison tables with explanatory comments.

• PDS-041-21 (Staff Report) (PDF)
• Attachment 1 to Report PDS-041-21 (PDF)
  
• Attachment 2 to Report PDS-041-21 (PDF)
• Attachment 3 to Report PDS-041-21 (PDF)
• Staff Presentation Slides (PDF)
• Public Meeting Minutes and Video Recording (from 13 minutes to one hour and 44 minutes)

Public comments

• Public comments received to September 9 (PDF)
• Public comments received from September 10 to October 19 (PDF)

Questions

If you have any questions about this project, please contact Lisa Backus, Principal Planner, at lbackus@clarington.net, 905-623-3379 ext. 2413.