REVISED NOTICE OF COMPLETE ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT
APPLICATION & PUBLIC MEETING

Pursuant to Section 34 of the Planning Act R.S.O. 1990, Ch. P.13.

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 received the following Zoning By-law Amendment request (details below). An attached map identifies the location of the property and the area subject to this application.

File Number:

Z-12-22

Owner/Applicant:

Terry Scheel

Legal Address:

Pakenham Concession 10, Part Lot 10; Plan 27R8541, Parts 1 and 2; Plan 27R10395, Part 1

Municipal Address:

231 McWatty Road

Ward:

Pakenham

Location and Description of Property:

The overall property measures 35.04-ha in size and is located along the south side of McWatty Road, west of County Road 29 and along the east side of Lynx Hollow Road. The subject Zoning By-law Amendment affects a triangular 0.25-ha area at the northernmost tip of the overall property. Surrounding land uses for the affected lands include agricultural uses to the south, residential uses to the east and west, and open space to the north.

Purpose and Effect of The Zoning By-Law Amendment:

The applicant is proposing to rezone the affected lands from Rural Commercial (C5) to Rural (RU). The proposed Zoning By-law Amendment is associated with a consent application (File Number: B22-070) which seeks to add the affected lands to the abutting Rural (RU) zoned property to the east. The proposed Zoning By-law Amendment would align the C5 and RU Zones with the boundaries of the lot addition and The applicant is proposing to rezone the northernmost portion of the property from Rural Commercial (C5) to Rural (RU). The proposed rezoning is associated with consent application B22-070, an application to add the affected lands to the abutting property to the east. The proposed rezoning would align the zone boundaries with the boundaries of the lot addition and remove the existing C5 zoning on the remaining lands.

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-12-22 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.

IF YOU ARE THE OWNER OF A BUILDING WITH SEVEN (7) OR MORE RESIDENTS, it is requested that you post this notice in a location visible to all of the residents.

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 12, 2022

The complete amended Notice and location map are attached.