TAKE NOTICE that a Public Meeting will be held virtually via Zoom on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. to consider a proposed Zoning By-law Amendment under Section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter P.13. 

AND TAKE NOTICE that the Municipality continues to take steps to limit the transmission of COVID-19 and to protect the health and safety of the public, Council and employees. Therefore, in accordance with Procedural By-law 20-127, the Public Meeting for this Zoning By-law Amendment application will be held virtually via the Zoom Platform.

Please be advised that the Municipality of Mississippi Mills has initiated the following Zoning By-law Amendment request (details below).

File Number:

Z-14-22

Affected Lands:

All lands within the Municipality of Mississippi Mills (No map attached)

Purpose And Intent of The Zoning By-Law Amendment:

The proposed Zoning By-law Amendment is a housekeeping amendment that seeks to correct and clarify select provisions within Zoning By-law #11-83. This housekeeping amendment proposes to address the following items:

  • Inconsistent usage of select terms in various sections;
  • Ambiguities relating to the Accessory Uses, Buildings and Structures provisions;
  • Provisions relating to minimum floor area and minimum dwelling unit area requirements which no longer reflect current best practices;
  • Technical errors relating to the Downtown Commercial (C2) Zone introduced through previous consolidations;
  • Conflicting provisions relating to setbacks, landscaping and buffers in the Business Park (E1) Zone;
  • The omission of select uses within the permitted uses sections of the Business Park (E1), Downtown Commercial (C2), and Highway Commercial (C3) Zones that is either inconsistent with Community Official Plan policies or does not reflect current development trends; and,
  • The omission of certain provisions and performance standards relating to dwelling types in residential zones.

Public Meeting Details:

Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at 6:00 p.m.

Hybrid Meeting (Please contact the assigned planner noted below to participate)

IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC MEETING before Council, please send an email to the assigned planner noted below with the subject line “Z-14-22 Registered Speaker Request”. The maximum allotted time per delegation will be 5 minutes.

IF YOU WISH TO VIEW THE VIRTUAL PUBLIC HEARING ONLY, please follow this link to the Municipality’s web page: 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 VIEW THE MEETING IN-PERSON, you may attend the hybrid Council Meeting during the above noted time held in the Municipality of Mississippi Mills Municipal Office, 3131 Old Perth Road, Almonte, ON K0A 1A0. Please note that there will be no opportunity to speak as an in-person attendee. If you wish to speak at the Public Meeting, please contact the assigned planner noted below to participate virtually via the Zoom Platform.

 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 the Municipality of Mississippi Mills, 14 Bridge Street, Almonte, ON K0A 1A0 or by emailing a written request to the assigned planner noted below.

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 make oral submissions at a public meeting, or make written submissions to the Municipality of Mississippi Mills before the by-law is passed, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to do so.

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 of the Municipality a Notice of Appeal setting out the objection and the reasons in support of the objection accompanied with the appeal fee to the Ontario Land Tribunal.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION about this application is available at the Municipality’s web page: mississippimills.ca/modules/news/en. For more information about this matter, including information about appeal rights, contact the assigned planner:

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 October 11, 2022