Notice of Complete Application and Public Meeting for Zoning By-Law Amendment, D14-26-01
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 City of Kenora Zoning By-law 101-2015, as described below and shown on the map.
File Number: D14-26-01
Location: 608 Ninth Street North, 612 Ninth Street North, 9 Mellick Avenue
Applicant: 8815216 Canada Inc., o/a Woods’N Goods
Description of proposal
The purpose and effect of the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment is to expand the existing business on the subject lands to include a car wash and gas bar as permitted uses. The applicant is requesting site-specific zoning to permit these two uses in addition to relief from exterior side yard setbacks, rear yard setback, minimum number of queuing spaces required leaving the car wash, and landscape buffer strips.
Public meeting
When: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 12:00 p.m.
Location: Council Chambers, City Hall, 1 Main Street South, Kenora, ON
Members of the public may attend in person or watch the livestream on our Agenda and Minutes page. To speak at the meeting, either virtually or in-person, please contact the City Clerk at hpihulak@kenora.ca to register.
Council will consider the application decision at its Regular Meeting on Tuesday, April 28 at 5:00 p.m. That meeting will also be livestreamed on our Agenda and Minutes page.
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: D14-26-01. To be included in the report to Council, comments must be received by 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 2, 2026.
Contact
Ryan Haines, Planner
60 Fourteenth Street North, 2nd Floor, Kenora, ON P9N 4M9
Right of appeal
If a person or public body would otherwise have the ability to appeal the decision of Council to the Ontario Land Tribunal but does not make oral or written submissions before the by-law is passed, that person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision, and may not be added as a party to a hearing unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to do so.
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, 1 Main Street South, Kenora, ON P9N 3X2.
Location map (Kenora GIS 2024)
Area subject to proposed site-specific zoning to permit a car wash and gas bar as permitted uses in addition to relief for exterior side-yard setbacks, rear yard setback, minimum number of queing spaces required leaving a car wash, and landscape buffer strips (lands highlighted in blue).
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: Tel: 807-467-2059 or email to planning@kenora.ca and quote File Number D14-26-01.
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 3rd day of March, 2026.
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