Updated:
OCTOBER 7, 2025
A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS APPLICATION WILL BE HELD BY NORTH WEST COMMUNITY COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 10, 2025. PLEASE SEE THE STATUS SECTION BELOW FOR MORE DETAIL.
Request
Application by Innovation Architects to amend the Planning District 4 Land Use By-law to add self-storage facility as a permitted use within the C-2 zone and to substantively amend the existing Development Agreement for parking and loading requirements for the proposed self-storage facility use.
Proposal
The applicant is requesting to amend the Planning District 4 (Prospect) Land Use By-Law to add a self-storage facility as a permitted use to the C-2 Zone. Currently, this use is not permitted within the C-2 Zone and the existing Development Agreement at 2287 Prospect Road (PID 40545626) restricts the uses on the site to the permitted uses of the C-2 Zone. The applicant would like to include self-storage units in the basement of the existing commercial building located on the site and therefore are also required to substantively amend the existing Development Agreement to consider parking and loading space requirements for the additional use. The major aspects of the proposal are as follows:
• Add self-storage facility as a permitted use to the C-2 Zone;
• Amend the existing Development Agreement to account for parking and loading space requirements considering the self-storage; and
• Entrance to other commercial business to be provided through the main entrance.
Please note that the existing commercial building was approved by Halifax and West Community Council in June 2015 (Municipal Case 19311). Please see Staff Report for background information.
Process
The application will be considered under the Land Use By-law Amendment and Development Agreement process.
Status
A public hearing will be held by North West Community Council on November 10, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. at Halifax City Hall (Council Chamber), 1841 Argyle Street, Halifax, NS.
View the staff report. If you have questions about how to access the staff report email or call 902.490.4210 the Office of the Municipal Clerk. If the internet is unavailable to you, a paper copy of application materials can be sent to you by mail, contact the Planner, Sahar Ghasemshahi, to make the arrangements.
All oral and written submissions will be considered at that time. Written submissions are welcomed and encouraged in advance of the hearing itself. These submissions are distributed to all Councillors and considered at the time of their decision. Written submissions may be forwarded to the Municipal Clerk by e-mail; by fax, 902-490-4208; or by mail, P.O. Box 1749, Halifax, NS, B3J 3A5. Written submissions must be received by the Municipal Clerk’s Office as early as possible and not later than 3:00 p.m. on November 10, 2025. Please allow sufficient time for delivery.
If you have questions about the public hearing process, please email or call 902.490.4210 the Office of the Municipal Clerk. Should you have questions about the nature of the application itself, please email (SaharSG@halifax.ca) or call the planner directly at 902.476.4717.
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Information on how to sign up to speak in advance is available on-line: https://www.halifax.ca/city-hall/regional-council/public-hearings. If you’d like, you can let us know how to say your name using simple, sound-it-out spelling. (For example: for Leila Nahirah say “Lay-ah Nah-HEE-rah”).
This notice was posted to this site on October 7, 2025 in accordance with the requirements of the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter.
Documents Submitted for Evaluation
The applicant has submitted plans and studies required by HRM staff to properly evaluate the application. The documents are also available for review at the Planning Applications office in downtown Halifax.
• Application Letter
• Site Plan
• Floor Plans and Elevations
• Perspective drawings
Contact Information
For further information, please contact:
Mailing Address
HRM Planning and Development
Planning Applications
PO Box: 1749,
Halifax,
Nova Scotia,
B3J 3A5
Attention: Sahar Ghasemshahi