Notice of Complete Application and Public Meeting for Zoning By-law Amendment D14-25-04

The Corporation of the City of Kenora

Notice of Complete Application and Public Meeting for a Zoning By-Law Amendment

Section 34 of the Planning Act, RSO 1990

Take notice that the Council of the Corporation of the City of Kenora will hold a Public Meeting to consider a proposed Zoning By-law Amendment under Section 34 of the Planning Act (RSO 1990), as described below and shown on the attached map.

File: D14-25-04

Location: Vacant land north of Fourth Street South, legally described as Lots 2 through 6, Plan M25 (see location map).

Description of proposal

The proposed Zoning By-law Amendment seeks to rezone the subject lands from R2 – Residential Second Density to R3 – Residential Third Density. The intent of the rezoning is to support the development of multi-unit residential buildings on the subject lands which are approximately 1.115-hectares in size.

Public meeting

When: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 12:00 p.m.

Location: Council Chambers, City Hall, 1 Main Street South, Kenora, ON

Members of the public interested in attending the meeting may attend in person, or watch the livestream meeting on our Agenda and Minutes page. For access to speak at the public meeting virtually, please contact the City Clerk at hpihulak@kenora.ca. If you attend in person, there is no need to register to attend.

The Council of the Corporation of the City of Kenora will consider a decision regarding the application during their meeting on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. Access to that livestream meeting may be viewed on our Agenda and Minutes page.

Public meeting

We want to hear from you! If you have comments, email them to us at planning@kenora.ca or send them by regular mail to the address below, and quote File Number: D14-25-03. You may also attend the Statutory Public Meeting and speak or simply observe. Written comments must be submitted by 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.

Mr. Ryan Haines, Planner, 60 Fourteenth Street North, 2nd Floor, Kenora, ON P9N 3X2.

Failure to make oral or written submission

If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of The Council of the Corporation of the City of Kenora to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to The Corporation of the City of Kenora 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 Corporation of the City of Kenora 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.

Figure 1 location map (Kenora GIS 2024)

Proposed area to be rezoned from “R2” to “R3” in red.

Aerial view of application location, indicated in red

Notice decision

To be notified of the decision of the City of Kenora regarding this application, please send a written request to Heather Pihulak, Clerk of The Corporation of the City of Kenora, 1 Main Street South, Kenora, ON P9N 3X2.

Additional information

Additional information relating to the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment application is available through the Planning Department. For further information please contact: Ryan Haines, Planner at 807-467-2059 or planning@kenora.ca and quote File Number D14-25-04.

Personal information that accompanies a submission will be collected under the authority of the Planning Act and may form part of the public record which may be released to the public.

Dated at the City of Kenora this 8th day of May, 2025.