Open house set for plan to add 15-room annex and 10 detached homes at Rodman Hall property

St. Catharines residents will get a chance next month to weigh in on a proposal to expand the Rodman Hall / Twelve-Mile Recovery Centre and build 10 detached homes on its St. Paul Crescent property.

The City's Planning and Building Services Department declared the applications complete on Oct. 16, 2025, under sections 22 (6.1) and 34 (10.4) of the Planning Act, according to a City of St. Catharines notice. The site is 109 St. Paul Crescent.

What is being proposed

The applicant is seeking a 10-unit private road development made up of detached dwellings, along with an expansion of the existing Rodman Hall / Twelve-Mile Recovery Centre use through a three-storey, 15-room annex building.

The existing Rodman Hall building would remain, the City said. The recovery centre property and the proposed condominium development are intended to be split apart through a future consent application.

The applications include an Official Plan Amendment and a Zoning By-law Amendment. The lands are currently designated Low Density Residential (20 to 32 units per hectare) and Natural Areas in the Official Plan.

The applicant wants to redesignate a northwestern portion of the property from Natural Areas to Low Density Residential to allow the condominium development, with a site-specific policy permitting reduced residential density. The change would be limited to the condominium portion of the property.

On the zoning side, part of the site is zoned Local Neighbourhood Institutional (I1-122-167), with the balance zoned Conservation/Natural Area (G1). The applicant has asked to adjust the G1 zone boundary in the northwest and rezone that portion to Local Neighbourhood Institutional, while adding a special provision covering minimum lot frontage, a reduced setback between end walls of the detached units, and a setback reduction for the annex.

How to have your say

The open house is a chance for public input, and no decision will be made at the meeting, the City said. A public meeting will be held later with 20 days' notice.

Application materials are available at www.stcatharines.ca/development and at the Planning and Building Services Department at City Hall, 50 Church Street. Planner Dasha Litviniuc can be reached at 905-680-7115 or dlitviniuc@stcatharines.ca.

Written comments and questions can be mailed or emailed to Litviniuc no later than Dec. 3, 2026. All written submissions become part of the public record.

Only the registered owner of the land, the applicant, the Minister, specified persons and public bodies as defined in the Planning Act may appeal a decision to the Ontario Land Tribunal. Residents who do not make oral or written submissions before the by-law is passed may lose the ability to appeal or to be added as a party to a hearing, the City cautioned.

Those wishing to be notified of the City's decision must submit a written request to the City's Clerks Division at City Hall, 50 Church Street, P.O. Box 3012, St. Catharines, ON, L2R 7C2. The files are numbered 26 106602 OP and 26 106603 ZA.