THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF LAURENTIAN VALLEY
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT
AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to the requirements of Section 34(10.7) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13, as amended, the Corporation of the Township of Laurentian Valley advises that an application for amendment to Comprehensive Zoning By-law No. 08-04-391 of the Township of Laurentian Valley has been received and was deemed to be a complete application pursuant to the requirements of the Planning Act.

AND FURTHER, TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Laurentian Valley will hold a PUBLIC MEETING ON TUESDAY July 12th, 2011 at 5:30 p.m. at the Township Municipal Office at 460 Witt Road, to consider the proposed amendment to Comprehensive Zoning By-law No. 08-04-391 of the Township of Laurentian Valley. The amendment has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, and c.P.13, as amended.

PURPOSE, EFFECT AND LOCATION OF ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT (Application File No. Z-2011-09)
The purpose of the proposed amendment is to rezone the subject lands to permit an approximately 40.227 square metre (433 square foot) addition of a sunroom to an existing single detached dwelling with a reduced rear yard depth of 3.0 metres (9.84 feet). The current provisions of the R2 zone require a minimum rear yard depth of 7.5 metres (24.6 feet).

The effect of the amendment would be to rezone the subject lands from “Residential Two (R2)” to “Residential Two-Exception Six (R2-E6)” and to establish a special provision to permit a rear yard setback of 3.0 metres to accommodate the addition to the existing single detached residential dwelling.

The lands affected by the Amendment are located at 130 Forest Lea Road, in Part 3, Plan 49R-2907, within Part Lot 36 Concession A, geographic Township of Alice, in the Township of Laurentian Valley, as shown on the Key Map.

COPIES of the proposed amendment material provided under Section 34 (10.1) of the Planning Act and any additional information relating to the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment (Application File No. Z-2011-09) are available for inspection during regular office hours at the Township Office. Questions related to the application should be directed to Lauree Armstrong, Township Planner.

ANY PERSON may attend the public meeting and/or make written or verbal representation either in support of or in opposition to the amendment aforesaid. If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Township of Laurentian Valley before the by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Township of Laurentian Valley to the Ontario Municipal Board.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting, or make written submissions to the Township of Laurentian Valley 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 Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to do so.

PLEASE NOTE that one of the purposes of the Planning Act is to provide for planning processes that are open, accessible, timely and efficient. Accordingly, all written submissions, documents, correspondence, e-mails or other communications (including your name and address) form part of the public record and will be disclosed/made available by the Township to such persons as the Township deems appropriate, including anyone requesting such information. Accordingly, in providing any such information, you shall be deemed to have consented to its use and disclosure as part of the planning process.
 

A full copy of the notice is available for download from this website or by contacting the Municipal Office at 460 Witt Road, Phone No. 613-735-6291.