Back to SearchNOTICE OF COMPLETE APPLICATIONS, VIRTUAL INFORMATION SESSION AND PUBLIC MEETING PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 17 & 34 OF THE PLANNING ACT R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER P.13.
CONCERNING PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF MISSISSIPPI MILLS COMMUNITY OFFICIAL PLAN & ZONING BY-LAW #11-83
LAND EVALUATION AND AREA REVIEW (LEAR)
TAKE NOTICE that the Municipality of Mississippi Mills has initiated a review of its Prime Agricultural Area designation. This amendment applies to various lands within Mississippi Mills’ Rural Area (no key map is therefore provided).
A PUBLIC MEETING will be held on Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. to consider proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments under Sections 17 and 34, respectively, 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 members of the public are not currently permitted to attend the public meeting in person, to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. The Public Meeting will be held virtually through the Municipal ‘Zoom’ platform.
THE PURPOSE AND INTENT of the Official Plan and the Zoning By-law Amendments are to accordingly re-designate and re-zone the rural and agricultural properties affected by the LEAR exercise related to Official Plan Amendment 29 (OPA 29). Schedule ‘B’ of Zoning By-Law #11-83 will be amended so as to conform to the amended Official Plan Schedules resulting from OPA 29.
IF YOU WISH TO MAKE AN ORAL SUBMISSION before Council, please sent an email to mknight@mississippimills.ca with the subject line “Z-04-22 LEAR 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 Official Plan Amendment and 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 Local Planning Appeal 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 Board’s fee to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal setting out the objection and the reasons in support of the objection.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION relating to the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment, OPA 29 or the LEAR, or submitting comments please contact Marc Rivet at (343) 803-4533 or by e-mail at mrivet@jlrichards.ca. You may also contact Melanie Knight of the Municipal Planning Department at 613-256-2064 (ext. 259) or by e-mail at mknight@mississippimills.ca for additional information.
DATED AT THE MUNICIPALITY OF MISSISSIPPI MILLS THIS 3rd DAY OF MARCH 2022.
Melanie Knight
Senior Planner
Municipality of Mississippi Mills
