MINORREV 2025-00656 | 174 MAIN STREET, DARTMOUTH

Request

Staff Initiated

Proposal

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The proposed amendments included increasing the maximum height for 174 Main Street, Dartmouth (PID 00175455) from 9-storeys to 10-storeys by amending Map 2: Maximum Building Height Precincts of the Suburban Housing Accelerator Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy and Schedule 2: Maximum Building Height Precincts, of the corresponding Land Use By-law.

Process

The application will be considered under the MPS and LUB Amendments process.

Status

Halifax Regional Council initiated the amendment process on March 18,2025 as part of the adoption of the Urgent Changes to Planning Documents for Housing: Additional Sites & Housekeeping Amendments (2024-01198).

On June 10, 2025 Halifax Regional Council held a First Reading and directed staff to set a date for a public hearing.

Halifax Regional Council will hold a Public Hearing on the proposed amendments, starting on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, at 6:00 pm, in Halifax City Hall (Council Chamber), 1841 Argyle Street, Halifax, NS. A copy of the staff report can be found here.

You may speak in person or virtually, and/or submit written comments. Written comments must be received by the Municipal Clerks Office by 3:00 pm. on July 8, 2025 and may be forwarded to the Municipal Clerk by email, clerks@halifax.ca, by mail, P.O. Box 1749, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3J 3A5; by fax, 902-490-4208. For more information visit halifax.ca/city-hall/regional-council/public-hearings.

All visitors to Halifax City Hall must sign-in at the security desk, located at the main (Grand Parade) entrance. Visitors who use the accessible entrance on Argyle Street will be escorted to the security desk by staff. All visitors must present federal, provincial, or territorial government-issued photo ID to security, or show a combination of two pieces of government-issued IDs or documentations (e.g. bills) if they both include their first and last name.

If you have questions about the public hearing process, please email or call 902.490.4210 the Office of the Municipal Clerk. Should you have questions about the nature of the application itself, please email (brendan.lamb@halifax.ca), call 902. 476.1699, or visit the Planning & Development office at the 3rd floor of Duke Tower, 5251 Duke Street, Halifax, NS during office hours Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

If you have questions about how to access the staff report email or call the Office of the Municipal Clerk at 902.490.4210. A paper copy of the application materials can be sent to you by mail. Contact the Planner, Brendan Lamb, to make the arrangements.

This notice was posted to this site on June 13, 2025, in accordance with the requirements of the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter.