Notice of Application and Public Meeting for Amendments to Official Plan and Zoning By-law
Notice of Complete Application and Public Meeting for an Official Plan Amendment, File Number D09-23-02 and Zoning By-law Amendment, File Number D14-23-07
Take Notice that Council of the Corporation of the City of Kenora will hold a Statutory Public Meeting pursuant to the requirements of Sections 17 and 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended, to consider an Official Plan Amendment and a Zoning By-law Amendment submitted by EdgeCorp Group, as it pertains to the City of Kenora Official Plan, Council Adoption May 19, 2015, Ministerial Approval November 5, 2015 (By-law No. 75-2015), and a Zoning By-law Amendment as it pertains to the City of Kenora Zoning By-law, Council Adoption December 15, 2015 (By-law No. 101-2015), as amended, at the following time and location:
Statutory public meeting
When: Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at 4:00 p.m.
Location: Council Chambers, City Hall, 1 Main Street South, Kenora
Council will be hosting a virtual meeting by live stream to allow for public viewing. Access to speak at the meeting can be made by registering with the City Planner.
Planning Advisory Committee open house
You are also invited to attend The Kenora Planning Advisory Committee (PAC), who hears applications and considers recommendations to Council, commencing at the following time and location:
When: Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.
Location: PAC will be hosting a virtual Zoom meeting.
Access to the virtual meeting will be made available by registering with the Secretary-Treasurer.
Aerial image of subject property
Aerial image of subject property, City of Kenora GIS (2022)
Be advised that the Corporation of the City of Kenora considered the Applications for Amendment to the Official Plan and Amendment to the Zoning By-law to be complete on June 22, 2023.
Location of property
The location is 43 Rabbit Lake Road, Kenora, ON, as identified in light blue in the key map above.
Purpose
The purpose and effect of the Official Plan Amendment is to re-designate the subject lands from Industrial Area to Residential Development Area, to enable the corresponding zoning amendment.
The purpose and effect of the Zoning By-law Amendment is to rezone the subject lands from “MH” Heavy Industrial Zone to “R3” Residential – Third Density Zone, to enable future residential development of the subject property.
Virtual statutory public meeting
Although Council meetings are being held virtually via live stream, there are still several ways in which the general public can provide input on the proposed application, as follows:
a) Submit comments in writing
Persons wishing to provide comments for consideration at the Statutory Public Meeting may submit such comments in writing no later than Friday, July 14, 2023 by email to Planning or by regular mail to the address below, and quote File Numbers D09-23-02 and D14-23-07.
Mr. Alberic Marginet, Associate Planner
60 Fourteenth Street North, 2nd Floor, Kenora, ON P9N 3X2
b) Register to speak at the PAC virtual meeting
If you wish to speak at the PAC Meeting, you are asked to register in advance by email to Planning no later than noon on Friday, July 14, 2023 and quote File Numbers D09-23-02 and D14-23-07. To register by phone, please call 807-467-2152.
c) Register to speak at the statutory public meeting
If you wish to speak at the Statutory Public Meeting, you are asked to register in advance by email to Planning no later than noon on Friday, July 21, 2023 and quote File Numbers D09-23-02 and D14-23-05. To register by phone, please call 807-467-2152.
Failure to make oral or written submission
If a specified person or public body, as defined in S. 1(1) of the Planning Act, does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Council of The Corporation of the City of Kenora before the by-law is passed:
a) the specified person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Council of The Corporation of the City of Kenora to the Ontario Land Tribunal.
b) the specified 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.
Appeal of a decision of the Municipality in respect of this amendment to the Zoning By-Law may be made by any specified person or public body not later than 20 days after notice of the decision is given.
Notice of decision
If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Council of The Corporation of the City of Kenora in respect of the application for Zoning By-Law Amendment, you must make a written request to Heather Pihulak, Clerk of The Corporation of the City of Kenora at 1 Main Street South, Kenora, ON P9N 3X2
Additional Information is available during regular office hours at the Operations Centre. Please contact Alberic Marginet, Associate Planner, 807-467-2152, if you require more information.
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 27th day of June, 2023.