Council rezoned 3000 Hospital Gate in June 2024 so 33 seniors' care suites could become apartments

What Council decided

On Monday, June 24, 2024, Oakville's Planning and Development Council approved a zoning by-law amendment for 3000 Hospital Gate and passed By-law 2024-097 to carry it out. The applicant was ASC (Oakville) Facility Limited Partnership, and the Town's file number is Z.1327.03. The property is on the north side of Dundas Street West, west of Hospital Gate, in Ward 7. Hospital Gate is the street that leads to Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, at number 3001.

The Town's notice says the purpose was to convert 33 existing seniors' care units into 33 seniors' apartments, which count as dwelling units, on land where the zoning prohibited dwelling units. The Town's planning records describe the work as interior only: suite upgrades to add kitchens, which is what turns a care suite into a dwelling unit, with no changes to the outside of the building.

What the by-law changes

The site's rules date from June 2018, when Council passed By-law 2018-089 for All Seniors Care Acquisitions Ltd. on what was then addressed as 2135 Dundas Street West. That by-law zoned the land Institutional with a height limit of 27 metres and a list of prohibited uses that included dwelling units within a nursing home or retirement home, and a caretaker's dwelling unit. A holding provision on the land was lifted in November 2019.

By-law 2024-097 amends that site-specific section of the North Oakville Zoning By-law. It adds dwelling units within a retirement home as a permitted use, deletes both prohibitions and sets a maximum of 33 dwelling units within the retirement home. The height limit and the other regulations are unchanged.

How it moved through Council

The Town's records show the application was received on April 8, 2024. At the statutory public meeting on May 21, Council asked staff to cover two things in their recommendation: the policy context and timeline that now allows residential units, and why they were not permitted when the building was first approved; and whether the by-law should cap the number at 33 or allow dwelling units generally. The by-law that came back five weeks later carries the cap. Council approved it on the basis that the application conformed with provincial, regional and Town plans, and the minutes record the motion as carried.

Where it stands now

Checked on November 9, 2026: the Town's planning applications layer lists the file as Council Approval with 33 units approved. The Town's by-law library lists By-law 2024-097 as approved, with no tribunal case recorded and no later amendment. The Town has removed its application page for the file, and its records do not say whether the suites have been converted.