City of Waterloo Council Summary September 9, 2024

** The council summary below provides a snapshot of the major items presented at Monday’s council meeting. The council meeting webcast is available on the City of Waterloo YouTube page. Please refer to the minutes for an official record of the meeting.

City of Waterloo Council continues to approve applications to support housing development

As part of the City’s commitment to advance housing, City of Waterloo Council continues to approve applications and support development. Council approved the zoning amendment application for nine townhouse units at 18-20 Hickory Street West, at the corner of Spruce Street. The three-storey townhouses will be a mix of two and three-bedroom units, for a total of 26 bedrooms. The development will include nine vehicle parking spaces, and nine outdoor bicycle parking spaces.

Council also approved the application for a 25-storey mixed-use building at 20 University Avenue. The development will include 260 one-bedroom units, 197 vehicle parking spaces and 182 secure stacked bicycle parking spaces, with 676 square metres of ground floor commercial space.

These approvals align with the City’s Complete Community strategic priority: to advance community vibrancy through strategic density and support the provincial Housing Pledge commitment to plan for 16,000 new residential units by 2031.

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Media contact:

Cari Van Niekerk
Director, Corporate Communications
cari.vanniekerk@waterloo.ca