Add new missing middle housing and expand options within neighbourhoods

• Allow missing middle housing, such as multiplexes and low-rise apartments across neighbourhoods.
• Remove barriers to allow at least 3 units within municipal serviced areas.

Conduct a municipal-owned lands review and establish policy and priorities for municipal properties.

• Identify North Grenville’s real estate portfolio to maximize affordable housing opportunities.

Support infrastructure and program service improvements.

• Advance new multi-unit intensification by addressing on-site stormwater management issues.

Improve and modernize the Municipality’s Zoning By-law.

• Simplify and streamline neighbourhood zoning rules.
• Reimagine parking, including rethinking parking minimums and parking maximums.

Update the Municipality’s Infrastructure Master Plan.

• Identify infrastructure requiring upgrades to allow to incent missing middle housing.

Improve Service Delivery and Efficiency.

• Purchase and implement software to improve processing times for building permit applications.
• Conduct a municipal fee review and offer financial incentives and faster timelines for affordable housing projects.

Create an Additional Dwelling Unit Program.

• Establish local incentives and “off-the-shelf” plans that residents can use to construct a detached additional dwelling unit at their property.