Notice of Complete Application and Public Meeting for Draft Plan of Subdivision

The Corporation of the City of Kenora Committee of Adjustment

Notice of Complete Application and Public Hearing

Section 51 of the Planning Act, RSO 1990

that the Council of the Corporation of the City of Kenora will hold a Public Meeting to consider a proposed Draft Plan of Subdivision under Section 51 of the Planning Act (RSO 1990), as described below and shown on the map below.

File: D07-25-01

Location: 177 Jones Road

Description of proposal

The Draft Plan of Subdivision proposes to create five (5) new lots in the southern part of the property which abuts the Jones Road. The subject lands are designated Rural Area in the City’s Official Plan and zoned “RU” Rural and “EP” Environmental Protection Overlay in the City’s Zoning By-law. A site sketch provided by the applicant is attached to this notice.

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 by send by regular mail to the address below, and quote File Number: D07-25-01. You may also attend the Public Meeting and speak or simply observe. Written comments must be submitted by 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.

Figure 1 key location map (Kenora GIS 2024)

Failure to make oral or written submission

If a person or public body would otherwise have the ability to appeal the decision of the Council of the Corporation of the City of Kenora but does not make oral submissions at a public meeting, if one is held, or make written submissions to the Clerk of the Corporation of the City of Kenora in respect of the proposed plan of subdivision before the approval authority gives or refuses to give approval to the draft plan of subdivision, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision to the Ontario Land Tribunal.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting, if one is held, or make written submissions to the Clerk of the Corporation of the City of Kenora in respect of the proposed plan of subdivision before the approval authority gives or refuses to give approval to the draft plan of subdivision, 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 2 site sketch provided by applicant

Notice 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 draft plan of subdivision, you must make a written request to the Heather Pihulak, Clerk of the Corporation of the City of Kenora at 1 Main Street South, Kenora, ON P9N 3X2. 

Additional information

Additional information relating to the proposed Plan of Subdivision application is available through the Planning Department. For further information please contact: Tara Vader, Associate Planner at 807-467-2152 or planning@kenora.ca and quote File Number D07-25-01.

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 23rd day of April, 2025.

Tara Vader, Associate Planner, 60 Fourteenth Street North, 2^nd Floor, Kenora, ON P9N 4M9
Phone: 807-467-2152, Email: tvader@kenora.ca