Notice of Public Hearing - Complete Zoning By-law Amendment - Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 6:00 PM
TAKE NOTICE that a Public Meeting will be held virtually on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, at 6:00 p.m., virtually via Zoom and in the Municipality of Mississippi Mills Municipal Office, 3131 Old Perth Road, Almonte, Ontario, to consider a proposed Zoning By-law Amendment under Section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter P.13.
Please be advised that the Corporation of the Municipality of Mississippi Mills has received the following Zoning By-law Amendment request for the property legally described as Concession 5, Part Lot 10; Parts 7, 8, 10 and 11 on Plan 27R5214, Ramsay Ward, Municipality of Mississippi Mills, municipally known as 1267-1281 Rae Road (details below).
AND TAKE NOTICE that the Municipality continues to take significant steps to limit the transmission of the COVID-19 virus while at the same time processing Planning Act applications. Therefore, in accordance with the Municipality’s Procedural By-law 20-127, the Council of the Municipality will hold public meetings in accordance with the Planning Act.
AND THAT while members of the public are currently permitted to attend (hybrid) Council meetings in-person to view the meeting, members of the public are not currently permitted to attend the Public Meeting in person to provide oral submissions, to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. The Public Meeting will be held virtually through the Municipal ‘Zoom’ platform, where oral submissions for the Public Meeting can be made.
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File Number: |
Z-08-22 |
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Owner: |
Diane Sheets |
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Applicant: |
Ruth Ferguson Aulthouse, RFA Planning Consultants Inc. |
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Legal Address: |
Concession 5, Part Lot 10; Parts 7, 8, 10 and 11 on Plan 27R5214 |
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Municipal Address: |
1267-1281 Rae Road |
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Ward: |
Ramsay |
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Location and Description of Property: |
The subject lands are two (2) severed lots that received conditional approval from the Lanark County Land Division Committee on May 10, 2022. The overall property is split zoned Rural (RU) and Rural, Special Exception 31 (RU-31); the subject lands are currently vacant and located at the northern corner of the property in an area zoned Rural. The conditionally severed lots are intended to be used for non-farm residential uses; both severed lots meet the minimum lot area and frontage requirements and both lots front onto Rae Road. The subject lands are subject to a Rural-Agriculture Overlay in the Community Official Plan (COP). An attached map identifies the location of the property and the area subject to this application. |
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Purpose And Intent of The Zoning By-Law Amendment: |
The purpose and effect of the Zoning By-law Amendment is to implement the Rural-Agriculture Overlay policy by rezoning the subject properties from Rural Zone (RU) to Rural Special Exception Zone (RU-XX) to implement the required 30 metre setback from adjacent agricultural operations as required in the Community Official Plan policies. |
IF YOU WISH TO MAKE AN ORAL SUBMISSION before Council, please send an email to jren@mississippimills.ca with the subject line “Z-08-22 Registered Speaker Request”. The Municipality will make arrangements for you to actively participate in the meeting. The maximum allotted time per delegation will be 5 minutes.
IF YOU WISH TO VIEW THE ONLINE MEETING, please follow this link to the Municipality’s web page: https://events.mississippimills.ca/council. When the meeting is live, this link will give you viewing privileges only, there will be no opportunity to speak via this link.
IF YOU WISH TO BE NOTIFIED of the decision of the Municipality of Mississippi Mills on the proposed zoning by-law amendment, you must make a written request to 14 Bridge Street, P.O. Box 400, Almonte, Ontario, K0A 1A0 or by email to jren@mississippimills.ca.
IF A PERSON OR PUBLIC BODY would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Municipality of Mississippi Mills to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at the virtual public meeting or make written submissions to Municipality of Mississippi Mills before the by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.
IF A PERSON OR PUBLIC BODY does not provide written submissions or participate in the hearing, the Council may proceed in your absence, and you will not be entitled to any further notice of the proceedings. It is the practice of the Council, after hearing all evidence, to make a decision in public to approve, deny or defer a provisional consent. Persons taking part in the virtual public meeting and wishing a copy of the decision must make a written request to the undersigned.
AFTER A DECISION has been made by Council, persons wishing to formally register an objection must, regardless of any previous submissions, file with the Clerk a Notice of Appeal accompanied with the appeal fee to the Ontario Land Tribunal setting out the objection and the reasons in support of the objection.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION relating to the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment or information for registering and submitting comments are available by contacting:
Jeffrey Ren, Planner
Municipality of Mississippi Mills
14 Bridge Street, P.O. Box 400
Almonte, ON K0A 1A0
613-256-2064 ext. 502
jren@mississippimills.ca
DATED AT THE MUNICIPALITY OF MISSISSIPPI MILLS THIS 15TH DAY OF JULY 2022.
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