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TAKE NOTICE that a Public Hearing will be held virtually via Zoom on Monday, August 21, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. to consider a proposed Minor Variance application under Section 45 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, Committee Members and employees. Therefore, the Public Hearing for this Minor Variance application will be held virtually via the Zoom Platform.

Please be advised that the Municipality of Mississippi Mills has received the following Minor Variance application (details below) and an attached map identifies the location of the property and the area subject to this application.

File Number: D13-JAM-23
Owner/Applicant: Mike James – Project Properties Inc.
Municipal Address: 95 Carss Street
Legal Address: Part of Lot 38, Malloch Section, Plan 6262
Ward: Almonte
Purpose of the Application: The subject lands are zoned as Residential First Density (R1). The applicant is seeking relief from the minimum lot frontage provisions listed in Table 13.2 A of the Zoning By-law #11-83. The applicant is requesting a lot frontage of 17.94 m whereas the R1 zone requires a minimum lot frontage of 18 m.
The applicant received conditional approval for Consent Application B23-022 in April 2023 to create this parcel and a minor variance for the reduced lot frontage is a condition of approval for the consent application.

Public Meeting Details: Monday, August 21, 2023, at 6:00 p.m.
Virtually via Zoom (Please contact the assigned planner noted below to participate)

IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK AT THE VIRTUAL PUBLIC HEARING, before the Committee of Adjustment, please send an email to the assigned planner noted below with the subject line “D13-JAM-23 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: 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 Committee of Adjustment on the proposed Minor Variance application, 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 Committee of Adjustment 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 Minor Variance application is considered, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.

AFTER A DECISION has been made by the Committee of Adjustment, persons wishing to formally register an objection must, regardless of any previous submissions, file with the Secretary Treasurer of the Committee of Adjustment 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 on the Municipality’s web page. 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