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1. Provide Written Comments
Written submissions by email, post or dropping off at the mailbox on the north side of City Hall are welcome and encouraged.
Written comments delivered by 5 pm, three business days before the Public Hearing will be included in the agenda package. Later comments received until the close of the hearing will be distributed on table at the meeting. All comments are published.
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Legislative Services Department
511 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, BC V3L 1H9Drop off at the mailbox on the north side of City Hall 2. Speak at the Meeting through Zoom or in Person
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- Advance registration is highly recommended.
- The meeting will be run via Zoom.
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Phone: 604-527-4523 Legislative Services
511 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, BC V3L 1H9Watch the meeting on the City's website.
Public Hearing
Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 7925, 2017, Amendment Bylaw (Provincial Housing Legislation Implementation) No. 8522, 2025 and Zoning Bylaw No. 6680, 2001, Amendment Bylaw No. 8528, 2025, and Zoning Bylaw No. 6680, 2001, Amendment Bylaw No. 8530, 2025
Purpose of Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 8522:
Generally, to:- enable Transit Oriented Development Areas to support higher residential and mixed-use development near SkyTrain stations;
- integrate the City’s Interim Housing Needs Report into the OCP; and
- make minor administrative changes.
Generally, to allow non-profit affordable housing of up to six storeys in Transit Oriented Development Areas.
Purpose of Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 8530:
Generally, to make minor administrative changes.
Click here to view the Notice of Public Hearing for January 26, 2026.
Click here to view the Public Hearing Agenda for January 26, 2026.Public Hearing
Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 7925, 2017, Amendment Bylaw No. 8547, 2025 and Zoning Bylaw No. 6680, 2001, Amendment Bylaw No. 8524, 2025
Purpose of Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 8547:
Generally, to:- enable townhouses to be developed on approximately 900 properties; and
- allow non-profit affordable housing projects of up to six storeys to be considered on townhouse designated sites.
Purpose of Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 8524:
Generally, to:- pre-zone approximately 570 properties to speed up the approval of townhouses; and
- update regulations for townhouse developments, including changes to the minimum site area, building height, and density, and allowing secondary suites.
Click here to view the Notice of Public Hearing for January 26, 2026.
Click here to view the Public Hearing Agenda for January 26, 2026.