Notice of Public Hearing for Minor Variance Application – 512 Old Perth Road – August 20, 2025

A public hearing will be held virtually via Zoom on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. to consider a proposed minor variance application under Section 45 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter P.13.  

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-EDM-25

Applicant: ZanderPlan Inc. (c/o Tracy Zander) 

Owner: Ian Edmison & Tammy Edmison

Municipal address: 512 Old Perth Rd 

Legal address: Concession 1, West Part Lot 4 

Ward: Ramsay

Purpose of the application: The subject property is zoned Rural (RU). The subject Minor Variance is 
required as a condition of Consent application B24/110, conditionally approved by Lanark County on April 10, 2025. The Applicant is seeking relief to permit a reduced lot frontage of 17.3 metres on the severed lot 
and retained lot, whereas the minimum required lot frontage is 45 metres for lots in the RU zone. 

Public meeting details: Wednesday, August 20, 2025, at 4:30 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-EDM-25 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://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.

REQUESTED VARIANCE(S) TO ZONING BY-LAW #11-83:

Section: Table 12.2

Zoning provision: Lot Frontage, Minimum

By-law requirement: 45 metres

Requested: 17.3 metres

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 a notice of appeal with the Secretary Treasurer of the Committee of Adjustment 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 on the Municipality’s web page: www.mississippimills.ca/build-and-invest/planning-and-land-use/active-planning-notices-and-applications/#512OldPerthRd(D13-EDM-25). For more information about this matter, including information about appeal rights, contact the assigned planner:

Gillian Bentley, Planner
Municipality of Mississippi Mills
14 Bridge Street, P.O. Box 400
Almonte, ON K0A 1A0
613-256-2064
gbentley@mississippimills.ca