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Notice of Registration - Wetlands Map Amendment

Take notice that St. John’s Development Regulations Amendment Number 53, 2025, adopted on June 17, 2025, has been registered by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Community Engagement.

In general terms, the purpose of St. John’s Development Regulations Amendment Number 53, 2025, is to amend Appendix C, Map 4 “Waterways and Wetlands” to reflect mapped changes to the Southlands SL1 wetland.

This amendment comes into effect on the date that this notice is printed in the Newfoundland and Labrador...

Traffic Advisory: 2025 St. John’s Pride Parade - Sunday, July 20

The parade will begin on New Gower Street in front of City Hall, and travel East on Duckworth Street, before turning up Ordinance Street, onto Military Road, and ending in Bannerman Park. 

The parade will begin at noon, while closures will begin at 7 a.m. to facilitate logistics and parade set up. Traffic control persons will be along the parade routes to complete the closure, while motorists should expect delays and use alternate routes.

To facilitate the safe passage of the parade and...

Map Amendment - Floodplains

The City is considering an amendment to Appendix C, Map 5 "Waterways and Flood Hazards" of the Envision St. John's Development Regulations. The proposed amendment is to update the map to include the new and revised floodplains and floodplain buffers identified in the 2023 Flood Risk Mapping Study.

No changes are proposed to the text of the Development Regulations and a Municipal Plan amendment is not needed.

You can learn more about this map amendment on the Planning St. John’s webpage at

Text Amendment - Residential Uses and Subsidiary Dwelling Units

The City is considering a text amendment to the St. John’s Development Regulations to enable more residential uses and to change the requirements for Subsidiary Dwelling Units within a Single Detached Dwelling. 

A Municipal Plan amendment is not required for these changes. They include:

• Adding “Semi-Detached Dwelling” as a permitted use in the Residential 1 (R1) Zone. The R1 Zone already allows people to have a single detached house that has a main unit plus up to 2 subsidiary units in the house...

Application - 222 LeMarchant Road

The City has received an application to amend the Envision St. John's Development Regulations to add "Dwelling Unit - 1st storey" as a Discretionary Use to the Commercial Office Hotel (COH) Zone. The proposed amendment is prompted by an application from Gagnon Walker Domes Ltd. to convert the existing building at 222 LeMarchant Road into a fully residential rental building. A total of 99 new dwelling units are proposed, with units on all floors of the building.

Along with the text amendment, the...

Traffic Advisory – Freshwater Road/Kenmount Road (between Polina Road and Crosbie Road)

To accommodate road and sidewalk upgrades on Freshwater Road/Kenmount Road between Polina Road and Crosbie Road, the following traffic impacts will be in effect starting at 7 a.m. on Friday, July 18:

• Eastbound traffic will be shifted into a westbound lane, resulting in a single lane of traffic in each direction. Traffic lane separators (also known as delineators) will be used to separate opposing traffic lanes.
• Eastbound traffic from Kenmount Road to Columbus Drive will be detoured via Crosbie...