TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Collingwood has received an application for an Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment under Sections 17, 22 and 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P. 13, as amended. These applications have been deemed to be complete submissions under Sections 22(6.1) and 34(10.4) of the Planning Act.
A public meeting to hear the planning merits of this application has not yet been scheduled. A Notice of Public Meeting will be provided in the future as per the requirements of the Planning Act.
Location: 5 Silver Creek Drive, Collingwood
(Huntingwood Trails Collingwood – East Lands)
The proposed development is located on the south side of Highway 26 West and north of the Georgian Trail.
Legal description: Part of Lots 47, 48 and 49, Concession 12; Town of Collingwood, County of Simcoe
Area: Approximately 29 hectares
The Purpose of the proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments is to rezone the subject property to permit a residential development and to provide greater flexibility with respect to vehicular access and servicing to the eastern portion of the subject lands.
The proposed Official Plan Amendment would modify existing Official Plan policies to provide greater flexibility with respect to vehicular access and servicing to the proposed residential development. Current policies require vehicular access and servicing from the adjacent residential development to the east. The proposed Amendment would maintain the ability to provide vehicular access and servicing from the adjacent residential lands to the east while also providing an opportunity to provide vehicular access and servicing from the lands to the west.
The proposed Zoning By-law Amendment would rezone portions of the subject lands as follows:
1. From Environmental Protection (EP) to:
a. One site-specific Holding Twenty Residential Second Density Exception (H20) R2-X zone that would limit uses to semi-detached dwellings and public walkways and establish site-specific provisions related to a minimum lot area of 230 square metres, minimum lot frontage of 6.1 metres, and a special yard encroachment for an unenclosed step or set of stairs;
b. One site-specific Holding Twenty Residential Third Density Exception (H20) R3-X zone that would limit uses to townhouse dwellings and establish site-specific provisions related to minimum lot frontage of 6.7 metres, minimum interior side yard of 1.5 metres for end units, maximum building height of 13 metres, maximum driveway width of 6 metres for end units, and a special yard encroachment for an unenclosed step or set of stairs;
c. One site-specific Holding Twenty Residential Third Density Exception (H20) R3-XX zone that would limit uses to townhouse dwellings and establish site-specific provisions related to minimum lot area of 190 square metres, minimum lot frontage of 6.7 metres, maximum lot coverage (other than a bungalow) of 55%; minimum interior side yard of 1.5 metres for end units, maximum building height of 13 metres, maximum driveway width of 6 metres for end units, and a special yard encroachment for an unenclosed step or set of stairs;
d. One site-specific Holding Twenty Residential Third Density Exception (H20) R3-XXX zone that would limit uses to townhouse dwellings and establish site-specific provisions related to a minimum lot frontage of 6.7 metres, minimum interior side yard of 1.5 metres for end units, minimum rear yard of 5.5 metres, maximum building height of 13 metres, maximum driveway width of 6 metres for end units, and a special yard encroachment for an unenclosed step or set of stairs;
2. From Deferred Development - Residential (DR) to one site-specific Holding Twenty Residential Third Density Exception (H20) R3-XXXX zone that would limit uses to single detached dwellings and public walkways and establish a site-specific provision related to the EP boundary; and
3. From Rural (RU) to Environmental Protection (EP).
The effect of the proposed Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment is to permit a 69-unit residential development comprised of forty-eight (48) townhouse dwellings, fourteen (14) semi-detached dwellings, and seven (7) single detached dwellings with vehicular access and servicing from either the adjacent residential development to the east or the lands to the west.
Any person may attend the future public meeting when scheduled and/or make written or verbal representation either in support of or in opposition to the proposed Official Plan Amendment and/or Zoning By-law Amendment.
If you wish to be notified of the future decision of the County of Simcoe on the proposed Official Plan Amendment, you must make a written request to John Daly, Clerk, County of Simcoe, 1110 Highway 26, Administration Centre, Midhurst, Ontario L9X 1N6, via email at john.daly@simcoe.ca
If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the County of Simcoe 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 Town of Collingwood before the proposed Official Plan Amendment is adopted, 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 Town of Collingwood before the proposed Official Plan Amendment is adopted, 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.
If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Council of the Town of Collingwood on the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment, you must make a written request to Planning Services, Town of Collingwood, P.O. Box 157, Collingwood, Ontario L9Y 3Z5 or via email at layers@collingwood.ca
If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Town of Collingwood 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 Town of Collingwood 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 Town of Collingwood 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.
If you are the owner of any land that contains seven or more residential units, please post this notice in a location that is visible to all the residents.
FOR MORE INFORMATION about this matter, including information about appeal rights, contact:
Lindsay Ayers, Manager, Planning
layers@collingwood.ca or 705-445-1290 Ext. 3276
Monday to Friday between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Additional information and material regarding the proposed Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment is available to the public for inspection on this page of the Town's website.