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NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING
TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF A
ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT

TAKE NOTICE that the Council for The Corporation of the Municipality of Powassan initiated a work program to update it’s Zoning By-law.  A public meeting is being held to enable interested members of the public to understand and comment on a proposed Zoning By-law Amendment.

DATE AND LOCATION OF PUBLIC MEETING

Date: Thursday, May 23, 2019
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Municipality of Powassan – 250 Clark Street - Maple Room 

DETAILS OF THE ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT

The Zoning By-law is the primary implementation tool of the Official Plan authorized by the Planning Act. It is the pre-eminent By-law whose purpose is to regulate land use, as well as the location of buildings and structures. The Municipality’s current Comprehensive Zoning By-law was originally approved in 2003.

Some of the proposed changes to the current Zoning By-law include:

• New zoning schedules (mapping);
• Regulations allowing accessory dwelling units within existing dwellings;
• Reduction to the number of parking spaces required for multi-residential uses;
• Several new or modified definitions;
• Zoning of existing mineral aggregate operations licensed under the Aggregate Resources Act.
• The consolidation of zone amendments and mapping changes since the last update in 2003.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

There is no key map given that the Zoning By-law Amendment affects all lands within the Municipality.  However, the proposed consolidated Zoning By-law and its related mapping can be viewed in the following locations:

• Municipality of Powassan Municipal Office – 250 Clark Street
• The Municipality of Powassan Website –www.powassan.net

The purpose of this meeting is to ensure that sufficient information is made available to enable the public to generally understand the proposed changes to the Zoning By-law Amendment that is being considered by Council.  Any person who attends the meeting shall be afforded an opportunity to make comments on the draft Zoning By-law Amendment. Council will then use the information collected at this meeting to make a decision at a future meeting as to whether the Zoning By-law update can be adopted or should be modified.

If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Council for the Corporation of the Municipality of Powassan with respect to the proposed Zoning By-law Update, you must submit a written request (with forwarding addresses) to the Clerk of the Municipality of Powassan.

If a person or public body files an appeal of a decision of the Council for the Corporation of the Municipality of Powassan, as the approval authority in respect of the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment, but does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to Council before the proposed amendment is approved or refused, the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal may dismiss all or part of the appeal.

Additional information regarding the proposed amendment, including the new zoning schedules, is available to the public for review at the Municipality of Powassan Municipal Office located at 250 Clark Street on Monday to Friday, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.  please call (705) 724-2813.

Date of this Notice: May 2, 2019

Kimberly Bester, Deputy-Clerk
Municipality of Powassan