Contact(s)
The Development Services and Engineering Department is responsible for Planning and Housing, Engineering, and Legislative, Building, Parking and Transit Services.
In addition, the Development Services and Engineering Department is actively involved in the following:
- Recreational trail development
- Transportation studies/surveys
- Studies related to specific planning issues
- Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) (formerly Local Planning Appeals Tribunal (LPAT))
- Statutory public meetings
- Matters related to affordable housing and student housing
- Asset Management
The Planning and Housing Division:
- Administering the City's Official Plan
- Administering the City's Zoning By-law
- Administering Development Applications
- Requires Preconsultation for certain Development Applications
- Reviewing Current Development Applications and Activity
- Administering the Sign By-law
- Regulating Shoreline Development
- Administering the Municipal Addressing Manual
- Pre-consulting and Approvals of development proposals including Site Plan Control
- Providing staff resources to Committee of Adjustment and public information sessions
- Information on the process to Legalize Existing Dwelling Units
Contact the Planning Division at planning@orillia.ca or 705-325-2622
Notice of Parkland Dedication Fee Increase: The Parkland Dedication Fee will be increasing January, 2023.
The Legislative, Building, Parking and Transit Division:
-
Reviewing and enforcing compliance with the Ontario Building Code
-
Issuing of Building Permits
- Issuing of Sign Permits
- Inspecting buildings under construction
- Administering Property Standards
- Administering the Development Charges By-law
- Responding to inquiries from solicitors and general public
- Transit (General Inquiries: 705-325-3975)
- Municipal Parking Lots (General Inquiries: 705-325-3975)
- Parking Tickets
For building information see this section of our website.
Contact the Building Division at building@orillia.ca or 705-329-7258.
The Engineering Division:
- Master Plans related to transportation
- Design and implementation of City signs (stop signs, etc.), traffic signals and school zone flashing lights
- Traffic Calming. Please visit our Traffic Engineering page for further information.
- Road and Transportation system engineering and construction. Please visit our Major Projects page for further information about current construction projects in the City.
- Engineering standards and policies. Please see the Engineering Design Criteria manual for further details.
- Geographic Information System (GIS) Management, drafting, design and map plotting
- Administration of Tree Removal Applications, Entrance Permit Applications, and Site Alteration Permits
- Site Services, including administering plan review and inspections for site works for storm sanitary, water, lot grading and storm water management. Please visit our Site Services page for further information.
- Engineering Bids and Tenders. Please visit the City's Bid Opportunities page to view tenders, request for proposals. and request for quotations.
The City of Orillia Web site includes links to Web pages or sites operated by third parties that will take you away from our site to destinations over which we have no control. Our privacy statement does not apply to the sites of third parties and we do not assume any responsibility for the actions of third parties. We encourage you to review the policies of these sites yourself upon your arrival.
