Notice of Complete Zoning By-law Amendment Application and Public Meeting – 140, 156, 160 and 164 Frank Fisher Crescent – March 24, 2026

A public meeting will be held in hybrid format via Zoom on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at 6 p.m. 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 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: D14-NEI-26

Owner: 1000990915 Ontario Inc Trustee

Applicant: Grace Badham (c/o Neilcorp General Contracting Ltd.)

Legal address: Plan 27M-47, Lots 119, 120, 121, 125

Municipal address: 140, 156, 160, 164 Frank Fisher Crescent

Ward: Ramsay

Location and description of property: The subject properties are located within the White Tail Ridge rural estate subdivision. The subject properties range from 0.17 – 0.18 ha in size and are all currently vacant. The surrounding area consists of low-density rural residential uses and open space.

Purpose and intent of the Zoning By-law Amendment: The subject properties are zoned Rural Residential, Special Exception 4 (RR-4). The applicant is seeking to rezone the subject properties to Rural Residential, Special Exception X (RR-X) to permit a minimum interior side yard setback of 3.0 metres on each side of a principal dwelling.

Public meeting details: Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at 6 p.m. Hybrid meeting – please contact the 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 “D14-NEI-26 Registered Speaker Request.” The maximum allotted time per delegation will be 5 minutes.

IF YOU WISH TO VIEW THE PUBLIC HEARING ONLINE, please follow this link to the Municipality’s web page: https://calendar.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. If you wish to speak at the public meeting, please contact the assigned planner noted below to participate.

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 a Notice of Appeal with the Clerk of the Municipality, 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 the residents.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION about this application is available at www.mississippimills.ca/planning-notices. For more information about this matter, including information about appeal rights, contact the assigned planner:

Melanie Knight, Director of Development Services and Engineering
Municipality of Mississippi Mills
14 Bridge Street, P.O. Box 400
Almonte, ON K0A 1A0
613-256-2064
mknight@mississippimills.ca