Notice of Complete Application and Public Meeting D09-24-02 and D14-24-06

Notice of Complete Application and Public Meeting for Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment, File Number D09-24-02 and D14-24-06

Section 17 and 34, Planning Act, R.S.O 1990

Take notice that the City of Kenora Planning Advisory Committee (PAC), who hears applications and provides recommendations to Council, will hold a regular meeting on September 18, 2024, at 6 p.m. As part of this meeting, PAC will hold an open house to consider a recommendation on a proposed Official Plan Amendment as it pertains to the City of Kenora Official Plan 2015 (By-law No. 75-2015) and a proposed Zoning By-law Amendment as it pertains to the City of Kenora Zoning By-law 101-2015, as described below and shown on the map.

File: D09-24-02 and D14-24-06

Location: Unaddressed property off Transmitter Road and Highway 17 E  (see location map)

To learn more about the application and provide comments, you are invited to attend the regular meeting of PAC commencing at the following time and location:

PAC meeting           

When: Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.
Location: Training Room, Operations Centre

Members of the public interested in attending the open house, may attend in person, or via Zoom Meeting on Planning Advisory Committee page. For the link to join the meeting, please access the agenda under the Agenda and Minutes section. For access to speak at the open house, please emailing Planning. If you attend in person, there is no need to register to attend.

Take notice that Council of the Corporation of the City of Kenora will hold a Statutory Public Meeting to consider the proposed application.

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. 

The Council of the Corporation of the City of Kenora will consider a decision regarding the application during their meeting on Tuesday, October 15, at 5:00 p.m. Access to that livestream meeting may be viewed on our Agenda and Minutes page.

The purpose and effect of the Official Plan Amendment is to change the designation of the east part of the subject property from ‘RU’ Rural Area designation to ‘CD’ Commercial Development Area designation to permit future commercial uses. The application also proposes to add mixed-use developments with non-residential uses on the ground floor and residential uses located above as a permitted use under Section 4.4.1 to permit mixed-use developments. For more information on the permitted uses in these land use designations, please visit our Official Plan page. 

The purpose and effect of the Zoning By-law Amendment is to change the zoning of the subject property from ‘RU’ Rural zone and ‘EP’ Environmental Protection underlay to a site specific ‘LC[63]’ Local Commercial Zone and ‘EP’ Environmental Protection underlay. The site-specific zone is to permit a multi-storey, mixed-use development with commercial uses on the ground floor and residential uses above, a maximum building height of 15 metres, and employee and visitor parking spaces in the required front yard.

Public meeting

Input on the proposed application is encouraged. You can provide input by speaking at the PAC open house and/or Statutory Public Meeting. You may also provide your comments in writing 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 Wednesday, October 2, 2024, quoting File Number: D09-24-02/D14-24-06 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.

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 proposed Official Plan Amendment is adopted or 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 proposed Official Plan Amendment is adopted or 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 add the person or public body as a party. 

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 official plan amendment or 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 Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment applications are 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.

Dated at the City of Kenora this 28th day of August, 2024