Update: The public meeting has been moved to Council meeting taking place on Monday, May 30, 2022.

Town File: Z-04/22

In accordance with the provisions of the Planning Act, this is to advise that a virtual statutory public meeting has been scheduled by the Town of Milton’s Development Services Department for a municipally-initiated zoning by-law amendment for short term rentals in the Town of Milton. You are being invited to participate in the review process and we welcome any comments you may have.

Meeting details

Members of the public are invited to provide input at the virtual statutory public meeting.

Date: Monday, May 30, 2022
Time: 7 p.m.
Livestream: Town of Milton Council YouTube channel

A decision about the application will not be made by Milton Council at this meeting. 

Application details

  • The purpose of this municipally-initiated by-law amendment is to update the Town’s Zoning By-laws to recognize Short-Term Rentals in residential areas and that other definitions be updated as necessary, in order to provide clarity in the Zoning By-laws to support enforcement of applicable zoning provisions.

  • Amendments include defining Short-Term Rentals in the Town’s Zoning Bylaw, requiring a Certificate of Occupancy Certificate for Short Term Rental uses and including minimum parking requirements on private property.

  • No key map is provided as these proposed amendments are town-wide.

 View the report to Council on or after May 24, 2022 at Town of Milton Council Calendar.

Get involved

The community is invited to virtually attend and/or participate in the statutory public meeting. You can fill out the delegate request form to participate. For assistance filling out the form, email us or call 905-878-7252 ext. 0. Forms must be submitted by noon on Thursday, May 26, 2022.

Provide written comments

Fill out the delegate request form to submit comments to Council.

Speak/present to Council 

Fill out the delegate request form to register as a delegate and speak at the meeting via audio or video.

Dial in to the meeting

If you miss the delegate request deadline, you can request to make an oral submission during the meeting by dialing in to the dedicated phone number at 1-866-511-0021.

Review the electronic delegate meeting guide submitting your request. Town staff will contact you with further instructions. You will be given step-by-step instructions on how to enter and participate in the meeting. Those who register during the course of a live meeting will not have the ability to provide on-screen presentations due to the absence of prescreening. All written submissions received will be forwarded to Council following the meeting.

If you wish to be notified of the adoption of the Zoning By-law amendment or receive a copy of the documents, you must email us or make a written request to the Town Clerk, 150 Mary St., Milton ON L9T 6Z5.

The Town of Milton is dedicated to meeting the needs of all members of the public. For documents in an alternative format such as braille, large print, electronic or plain language, contact the Town Clerk.

Legal notices required under the Planning Act

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Town of Milton before the By-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of Milton Council to the Ontario Land Tribunal.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting, or make written submissions to the Town of Milton before the By-law is passed, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal, unless in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

Personal information is collected under the authority of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P. 13 and may be contained in an appendix to a staff report, published in the meeting agenda, delegation list and/or the minutes of the public meeting and made part of the public record. The Town of Milton collects this information in order to make informed decisions on the relevant issues and to notify interested parties of Council’s decisions. It may also be used to serve notice of an Environmental and Land Tribunals Ontario hearing. Names and addresses contained in submitted correspondence and other information will be available to the public, unless the individual expressly requests the Town to remove their personal information. The disclosure of this information is governed by the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.M. 56.