Project update:

Statutory Public Meeting - April 8 at 4 p.m.

On April 8, 2025, We're bringing a new revised Official Plan Amendment (OPA) to Council during a statutory public meeting and decision meeting.

You can download and review two key documents here:

• Background study report
• Revised Official Plan Amendment

The Council agenda, including the staff report for the meeting will be available online on March 27,

More information and how to get involved by sharing your voice with Council can be found in the the public notice issued March 13, 2025.

Here We Grow!

In response to the need to meet our new population density target of 200 people and jobs per hectare in the Downtown by 2051, we must revisit the current maximum building heights for Downtown as set out by the Downtown Secondary Plan (2015). This study aims to understand where and how new, taller buildings can be permitted in the downtown and what design considerations will be required.

We've been exploring the answers to some simple questions with complicated impacts:

• What is tall in the context of Downtown Guelph?
• Should the Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate influence the height limits in Downtown Guelph?
• What are the positive or negative impacts of additional building height in different locations throughout Downtown?

We are using feedback from the community, combined with information from experts in the field and best practices from other communities to make a necessary amendment to the Official Plan and create updates to the downtown built form standards.

Contact us for more information or to share your thoughts with the project team directly.