Notice of Application and Public Meeting for a Zoning By-law Amendment D14-24-04

Notice of Complete Application and Public Meeting for a Zoning By-law Amendment, File Number D14-24-04

Planning Act, R.S.O 1990, c.P13, s. 34 

Take Notice that Council of the Corporation of the City of Kenora will hold a Statutory Public Meeting, to consider a proposed Zoning By-law Amendment as it pertains to Zoning By-law No.101-2015 under Section 34 of the Planning Act (RSO 1990), as described below and shown on the map below. 

File: D14-24-04

Location: 613 Ottawa Street (see location map)

Statutory public meeting           

When: Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 12:00 p.m.

Location: Council Chambers, City Hall, 1 Main Street South, Kenora, ON 

Members of the public interested in attending the public 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. If you attend in person, there is no need to register to attend. Please note that there are multiple Statutory Public Meetings being held and the meeting for this application will be held second.

The Council of the Corporation of the City of Kenora will consider a decision regarding the application during their meeting on Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. Access to that livestream meeting may be viewed on our Agenda and Minutes page.

You are also invited to attend the Kenora Planning Advisory Committee (PAC) Meeting to learn more about the application and provide comment, on July 17, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. CST.

PAC will be hosting a virtual meeting via Zoom Meeting, which allows for participation by telephone, as well as by computers and mobile devices. Access to the virtual meeting will be available by request and a recording of the meeting can be viewed following the meeting on our Planning Advisory Committee page.

Purpose and effect

To change the zoning of the subject property from ‘R2’ Residential – Second Density Zone to ‘GC’ General Commercial Zone to permit office use. For more information on the permitted uses in these zones, please visit our Zoning page.

Virtual 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: 

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, September 6, 2024, quoting File Number: D14-24-04, by email to Planning, or by regular mail to Mrs.Tara Vader, Associate Planner, 60 Fourteenth Street North, 2^nd Floor, Kenora, ON P9N 3X2 

Register to speak at the PAC meeting

If you wish to speak at the PAC Meeting, you are asked to register in advance by email to Planning no later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, July 12, 2024 and quote File Number: D14-24-04. To register by phone, please call 807-467-2152.

Failure to make oral or written submission

If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of The Council of the Corporation of the City of Kenora to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to The Corporation of the City of Kenora before the by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting, or make written submissions to The Corporation of the City of Kenora 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 Land Tribunal 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 at 1 Main Street South, Kenora, ON P9N 3X2.

Additional information 

Additional information relating to the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment application is available electronically through the Planning Department. For further information please contact Tara Vader, Associate Planner, at 807-467-2152 or email to Planning.

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.