Public Meeting - Official Plan Amendment 7 and Zoning By-Law Amendment 5-23 (Arthur Street)

Take Notice that pursuant to the requirements of the Planning Act, the Corporation of the Town of Arnprior advises that an application for amendment to Comprehensive Zoning By-law No. 6875-18, as amended, has been received and was deemed a complete application.

Take Notice that pursuant to the requirements of the Planning Act, the Corporation of the Town of Arnprior advised that an application for an amendment to the Official Plan has been received and was deemed a complete application.

And Further, Take Notice that an in-person public meeting giving the public an opportunity to make representations in respect of the Official Plan Amendment and the Zoning By-law Amendment will be held on October 23rd, 2023 at 6:30 p.m. in Council Chambers, Town Hall, 105 Elgin Street West, Arnprior.

Subject Lands: The lands affected by the Official Plan and Zoning by-law Amendment applications are known as 0 Arthur Street, Lot 3, Concession B, Registered Plan 137, Lot Numbers 51-54, Geographic Township of McNab.

Purpose and Effect of the Amendments:

Official Plan Amendment: The Official Plan Amendment application seeks to redesignate the subject lands from Established Residential Area and Environmental Protection Area to Environmental Protection – Exception for the purpose of implementing a site-specific policy to reduce the required water setback from an existing watercourse.

Zoning By-law Amendment:  The Zoning By-law Amendment (ZBLA) application seeks to rezone the subject lands from Residential One (R1) and Environmental Protection (EP) to Residential One – Exception (R1-XX) for the purpose of implementing an exception zone to reduce the required water setback from an existing watercourse. The applicant seeks to reduce the water setback from 30 metres to 15 metres.

Additional applications: The application has been concurrently submitted a consent applications B1-B4/23 to facilitate the division of lands.  

More Information: Copies of the proposed amendments, material provided under Section 17 and Section 34 of the Planning Act and any additional information relating to the proposal, are available for inspection by contacting the Planning office at 613-623-4231 during regular office hours or by emailing planning@arnprior.ca.

Any Person may participate in the public meeting and/or make written or verbal representation either in support of or in opposition to the amendments.

If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Town of Arnprior to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT), but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Town of Arnprior before the by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.  Please note that the Zoning By-law will not come in full force and effect until the day of the approval of the Official Plan Amendment. 

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Town of Arnprior before the Zoning 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 (OLT) unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to do so.

Please note that for the Official Plan Amendment application, any By-law passed by Council to amend the Official Plan is subject to final approval by the County of Renfrew under the Planning Act.  Any person or public body who wishes to appeal a decision of the Official Pan Amendment must submit an appeal directly to the County of Renfrew.

If you wish to be notified of the decision of Town of Arnprior on the proposed Zoning By-law amendment, you must make a written request to Town of Arnprior c/o Clerk, Town of Arnprior, 105 Elgin St. W., Arnprior ON   K7S 0A8.

If you are receiving this notice because you are the owner of property in the area of the amendment that contains seven or more residential units, you must also post this notice in a location that is visible to all of the residents of your property.

Privacy Disclosure: As one of the purposes of the Planning Act is to provide for planning processes that are open and accessible, all written submissions, documents, correspondence, e-mails or other communications (including your name and address) form part of the public record. The Town to such persons, will disclosed/make this information available as the Town deems appropriate, including anyone requesting such information.  Please note that by submitting any of this information, you are providing the Town with your consent to use and disclose this information as part of the planning process.

Dated at the Town of Arnprior this 2nd day of October 2023.

Shelley Mackenzie, Clerk              

Town of Arnprior

105 Elgin Street West, Arnprior, ON K7S 0A8

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