Proposed Municipal Plan and Development Regulations Amendment

Opportunity for Public Consultation:

Proposed Municipal Plan and Development Regulations Amendment

Pursuant to Section 14 of the Urban & Rural Planning Act, notice is hereby given that the Town Council of the Town of Gander is considering a Municipal Plan and Development Regulations Amendment.

It is Council’s intention to amend the Gander Municipal Plan and the Gander Development Regulations to enable implementation of the Town’s Housing Accelerator Fund initiatives. In general terms, these amendments include the following measures:

• Provide definitions for ‘multi-unit housing’ and ‘Accessory Dwelling Units-including subsidiary apartments’; and refining definitions of apartment building, double dwelling and dwelling unit for clarity; and removed definitions of Accessory Dwelling and Secondary Suite;
• Enable more flexibility for new development by reducing development standards by 10% in the Residential Medium Density (RMD), Residential High Density-1 (RHD-1) and Residential High Density-2 (RHD-2) zones, subject to National Building Code;
• Allow multi-unit housing as a permitted use in residential zones provided with a clear definition and development standards;
• Allow “Accessory Dwelling Units” as a permitted use in Residential Medium Density (RMD), Residential High Density-1 (RHD-1), Residential High Density-2 (RHD-2) and Residential Rural (RR) zones and provide a clear definition and development standards;
• Remove Secondary Suite and Accessory Dwelling and provide new definition for Accessory Dwelling Unit, including subsidiary apartment and Garden Suite with development standards and conditions.
• Limit the number of Dwelling Units per lot in the RLD zone to 4 dwelling units;
• Eliminate restriction which states apartment buildings and row dwellings shall not comprise more than 50% of total dwelling units on an individual street in the RMD zone;
• Reduce minimum required parking for all dwelling units from 1.5 spaces/unit to 1 space per unit.
• Changes will also be initiated to the gander Municipal Plan in support of these additions.

Opportunity for Public Consultation

Opportunity for public comment will be open from July 29, 2025, to August 12, 2025. Should members of the public wish to ask questions or provide input on these amendments, they are welcome to submit correspondence to either:

Copies of the amendment documents are available at Town Hall, or by emailing John or Anika.