How will the new By-law affect Winnipeg businesses?
Permitted and conditional uses have been consolidated into fewer, broader categories, which will reduce staff time to determine whether permitted uses are allowed in specific zone districts. The City routinely approves conditional uses subject to certain conditions, and some of those uses have now been made permitted uses subject to the same conditions, which will reduce approval times. The new By-law includes baseline standards for landscaping, lighting, and development quality, which will reduce the time needed to negotiate those on a case-by-case basis. It also increases flexibility by allowing property owners to suggest an alternative way to satisfy the intent of those standards. Maximum heights of signs and numbers of temporary signs have been revised, as discussed below.
