Back to SearchNOTICE OF COMPLETE APPLICATIONS, VIRTUAL INFORMATION SESSION AND PUBLIC MEETING PURSUANT TO SECTION 34 OF THE PLANNING ACT R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER P.13.
CONCERNING PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF MISSISSIPPI MILLS ZONING BY-LAW #11-83
ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS (SECONDARY DWELLING UNITS)
TAKE NOTICE that the Municipality of Mississippi Mills has initiated an amendment to Zoning By-law #11-83 to update provisions related to Additional Residential Units (Secondary Dwelling Units). This amendment applies to all lands within Mississippi Mills (no key map is therefore provided).
A PUBLIC MEETING will be held on Tuesday, June 7, 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., in the Municipality of Mississippi Mills Council Chambers, 3131 Old Perth Road, Almonte, Ontario.
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.
THE PURPOSE AND INTENT of the Zoning By-law Amendment is to align the Secondary Dwelling Unit provisions in Zoning By-law #11-83 with the Planning Act. The Planning Act was amended in 2019 to specify that an Additional Residential Unit (formerly referred to as a Secondary Dwelling Unit) is permitted as an ancillary use that is contained in a building, or in a structure ancillary to a detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse. The amendment to the Planning Act further specifies that an Additional Residential Unit is permitted wherever a detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse is permitted, regardless of whether the property is located within a settlement area or outside a settlement area. The subject Zoning By-law Amendment will update Zoning By-law #11-83 to reflect the intent of the Planning Act changes.
IF YOU WISH TO MAKE AN ORAL SUBMISSION before Council, please send an email to mknight@mississippimills.ca with the subject line “Z-07-22 Additional Residential Unit 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 3131 Old Perth Road, P.O. Box 400, Almonte, Ontario, K0A 1A0, or send a request to mknight@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 may be requested from the assigned planner via phone, e-mail or mail. You may also submit comments via e-mail or mail to the assigned planner noted below.
Melanie Knight, Senior Planner
Municipality of Mississippi Mills
3131 Old Perth Rd.
P.O. Box 400
|Almonte, ON K0A 1A0
613-256-2064 (ext. 259)
mknight@mississippimills.ca
DATED AT THE MUNICIPALITY OF MISSISSIPPI MILLS THIS 12TH DAY OF MAY 2022.
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