Take Notice that the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Collingwood has received applications for a proposed Zoning By-law Amendment under Section 34 and a proposed revised Plan of Subdivision under Section 51 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P. 13, as amended. These applications have been deemed to be complete submissions under Sections 34(10.4) and 51(19.1) of the Planning Act.
A public meeting to hear the planning merits of the Zoning By-law Amendment 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: 780 Tenth Line
The subject property is located west of Tenth Line, between Mountain Road and Sixth Street, and west of the existing Georgian Meadows residential subdivision.
Legal description: North half of Lot 43, Concession 11; Geographic Township of Nottawasaga, Town of Collingwood, County of Simcoe
Area: 40.66 hectares
The purpose and effect of the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment is to rezone a portion of the subject lands from Residential Third Density Exception Forty (R3-40) to Residential Third Density Exception (R3-XX) to permit a reduced minimum lot frontage for a street townhouse of 7.0 m, a reduced minimum lot area for a street townhouse of 215 m2, and a reduced minimum lot area for a single detached dwelling of 315 m2. The R3-40 zone currently permits a minimum lot frontage of 7.5 m and minimum lot area of 225 m2 for a street townhouse, and a minimum lot area of 325 m2 for a single detached dwelling.
The existing draft approved Plan of Subdivision on the subject lands permits a maximum of 824 residential units, including thirty-nine (39) single detached lots, two (2) blocks comprised of eight (8) townhouse units, thirty-seven (37) blocks for a mix of single detached, semi-detached and townhouse lots totalling 400 units, one (1) apartment block of 117-190 units, one (1) school or apartment block of 117-190 units, and two (2) blocks for future residential lots to accommodate temporary turning circles. The approved draft plan also includes three (3) blocks for emergency/walkway access, three (3) blocks for buffering of an adjacent golf course, one (1) environmental protection block, one (1) stormwater management block, two (2) parkland blocks, seven (7) blocks for 0.3 metre road reserves, two (2) blocks for road widening purposes, five (5) walkway blocks, and lands for future public streets.
The purpose and effect of the proposed revisions to the draft approved Plan of Subdivision is to permit a maximum of 880 residential units on the subject lands, including 299 single detached lots, ten (10) future single detached lots, thirty-eight (38) blocks comprised of 187 townhouse units, one (1) high density apartment block with a density of 55-90 units per hectare (118-192 units), and one (1) school or high density apartment block with a density of 55-90 units per hectare (118-192 units). The proposal also includes three (3) park blocks, one (1) environmental protection block, one (1) stormwater management block, three (3) blocks for buffering of an adjacent golf course, three (3) emergency exit blocks, eight (8) walkway blocks, seven (7) 0.3 m road reserve blocks, one (1) road widening block, and lands for future public streets.
The effect of the proposed revisions is to add a third park block, additional walkways and an additional street, realign the road network, revise the access block around the stormwater management pond, and reduce the amount of irregularly shaped corner lots. The revisions also propose an increase in the overall low and medium density unit count, and additional diversification of residential unit types. The overall density for the high density apartment block(s) remains unchanged.
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 Zoning By-law Amendment.
If a person or public body would otherwise have the 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 the future public meeting or make written submissions to the Town of Collingwood before the Zoning By-law Amendment is passed or refused or the revised draft plan of subdivision is approved or refused, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decisions of the Town of Collingwood to the Ontario Land Tribunal.
If a person or a public body does not make oral submissions at the future public meeting or make written submissions to the Town of Collingwood before the Zoning By-law Amendment is passed or refused, 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.
Please note that the rights of third parties to appeal zoning by-law amendments and plans of subdivision decisions to the Ontario Land Tribunal have been restricted under the Planning Act.
If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Council of the Town of Collingwood in respect of the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment and/or revised Plan of Subdivision, you must make a written request to Planning Services, Town of Collingwood, P.O. Box 157, Collingwood, Ontario L9Y 3Z5 or via email at bfrisch@collingwood.ca
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 residents.
For more information about this matter, including information about appeal rights, contact:
Beckett Frisch, Community Planner
bfrisch@collingwood.ca or 705-445-1030 Ext. 3288
Monday to Friday between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Additional information and material regarding the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment and proposed revisions to the Draft Approved Plan of Subdivision are available to the public for inspection here:
https://www.collingwood.ca/building-business/proposed-developments/linksview-780-tenth-line