The City of Cambridge Cambridge • Ontario • Canada

Boards & Committees Relevant to Property Issues:

Committee of Adjustment
Citizens appointed are governed by the Planning Act, 1990. This Committee reviews applications for the following:

1. Minor Variance Applications for:

1. minor variances to existing by-laws enacted under The Planning Act;
2. expansions to legal non-conforming uses; and
3. changes in legal non-conforming uses.

2. Consent Applications for:

1. severance of new lots;
2. severance of existing semi-detached dwellings and linear townhouse dwellings;
3. severance to create a lot extension or lot line adjustment;
4. granting of easements and rights-of-way;
5. a technical severance and correction of title;
6. partial discharge of mortgages; and
7. leases of land for more than 21 years.

Secretary/Treasurer to the Committee of Adjustment (Staff Liaison)
City of Cambridge
Planning Services Department
50 Dickson Street, PO Box 669,
Cambridge, Ontario N1R 5W8


Court of Revision
Members of the court hear, at an annual sitting of the Court, all appeals from Local Improvement Assessments levied in connection with local improvement projects.

Mgr. of Council/Committee Services (Staff Liaison)
City of Cambridge
Clerk's Division
50 Dickson Street, PO Box 669,
Cambridge, Ontario N1R 5W8


Property Standards Committee
The decisions of the Property Standards Officer may be appealed to the Committee established pursuant to the Property Standards By-Law.

Director of Building and Enforcement Services/Deputy Clerk (Staff Liaison)
City of Cambridge
Planning Services Department / Clerk's Division
50 Dickson Street, PO Box 669,
Cambridge, Ontario N1R 5W8