Back to SearchTAKE NOTICE that a Public Meeting will be held virtually on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at 6:00 p.m., virtually via Zoom in the Municipality of Mississippi Mills Municipal Office, 3131 Old Perth Road, Almonte, Ontario, to consider a proposed Zoning By-law Amendment under Section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter P.13.
Please be advised that the Corporation of the Municipality of Mississippi Mills has received the following Zoning By-law Amendment request for the property legally described as Concession 12 West Part Lot 12, Ramsay Ward, Municipality of Mississippi Mills, municipally known as 1562 Ramsay Concession 12 Road (details below).
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.
An attached map identifies the location of the property and the area subject to this application.
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File Number: |
Z-06-22 |
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Owner: |
Colin Weldon |
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Applicant: |
Tracy Zander, ZanderPlan Inc. |
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Legal Address: |
Concession 12 West Part Lot 12 |
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Municipal Address: |
1562 Ramsay Concession 12 Road |
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Ward: |
Ramsay |
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Location and Description of Property: |
The property affected by the subject Zoning By-law Amendment is a severed lot that received conditional approval from the Lanark County Land Division Committee on April 12, 2022. The overall property is occupied by a residential property with a portion being farmed; the severed lot is located at the western corner of the lot. The severed lot is intended to be used for a non-farm residential use and is located along the north side of Ramsay Concession 12 Road; it has approximately 60 metres of frontage along Ramsay Concession 12 Road and measures approximately one hectare in size. Surrounding land uses include rural uses, agricultural uses and non-farm residential lots on lands zoned Rural (RU). The subject property is currently zoned Rural (RU) and is subject to a Rural-Agriculture Overlay in the Community Official Plan (COP). |
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Purpose And Intent of The Zoning By-Law Amendment: |
The purpose and effect of the Zoning By-law Amendment is to implement the COP Rural-Agriculture Overlay policies by rezoning the subject properties from Rural Zone (RU) to Rural Special Exception Zone (RU-XX). The Zoning By-law amendment will add an additional provision requiring a setback of 30 metres from lands which are being utilized as part of an active agricultural operation as required by the COP Rural-Agriculture Overlay policies. |
IF YOU WISH TO MAKE AN ORAL SUBMISSION before Council, please send an email to jren@mississippimills.ca with the subject line “Z-06-22 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, R.R. #2, P.O. Box 400, Almonte, Ontario, K0A 1A0 or by email to jren@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 or information for registering and submitting comments are available by contacting:
Jeffrey Ren, Planner
Municipality of Mississippi Mills
3131 Old Perth Rd.
P.O. Box 400
Almonte, ON K0A 1A0
613-256-2064 ext. 206
DATED AT THE MUNICIPALITY OF MISSISSIPPI MILLS THIS 12TH DAY OF MAY 2022.
