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The Draft Municipal Licensing By law that is being proposed will allow the Town to not only provide a clear and transparent By-law for Short Term Rental Properties, but also provide the ability to increase the range of License types if the Town wishes to create additional Licenses in the future. The proposed by-law will require the rescinding of the existing Short-Term Accommodation By-law 2004-45 in its entirety.
Staff has also proposed a By-law to potentially allow for a Comprehensive System of Administrative Monetary Penalties to provide the ability for the Town to deal with Offences that contravene select Municipal By-laws in a Municipal Tribunal setting as opposed to having these infractions tried in Provincial Offences Court.
The Draft Municipal Licensing By-law and the Draft Municipal Administrative Penalties By-law were the subject of Staff Report FAF.19.202.
When will a decision be made?
It is important to note that a decision on the Draft Municipal Licensing By-law and the Draft Municipal Administrative Penalties By-law has NOT been made at this point and will NOT be made at this Public Meeting.
After reviewing the Draft By-laws and comments from the public, Staff will bring its recommendations to Council at a future Council Meeting.
Comments at the Public Meeting aid the Town and Council in their decision making process, so be sure to have your say!
Any person or agency may attend the Public Meeting and/or make verbal or written comments regarding the Draft Municipal Licensing By-law and/or the Draft Municipal Administrative Penalties By-law.
If you would like to submit comments in writing or would like to be notified of a decision on this proposal, submit your written comments or request during regular office hours (Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) to Corrina Giles, Town Clerk at:
Town Hall, 32 Mill Street, Thornbury, ON
Telephone: 519-599-3131 ext. 232
Comments can also be faxed to Corrina Giles at 519-599-7723, or emailed to townclerk@thebluemountains.ca
Please note that any submitted comments become part of the public record, including names and addresses. Written comments are due by December 13, 2019 so that they may be read at the meeting for the benefit of everyone in attendance.
The purpose of these applications is to consider a development proposal for a proposed waterski wakeboard cable park and associated buildings and structures. The proposed facility is comprised of three separate cable systems which would tow participants along a series of man-made, isolated ponds. Other amenities are proposed on the site including a pro shop, passive recreational uses, surface and overflow parking areas, and a commercial plaza and overnight accommodations as part of a future phase of development.
The submitted Official Plan Amendment application has the purpose of amending existing site-specific land use permissions relating to the former Cedar Run Horse Park in order to provide for the proposed Water Ski Wakeboard Cable Park and accessory buildings/uses as permitted uses. The amendment does not propose to change the Urban Employment Area or the Hazard designations currently applied to the property.
The submitted Zoning By-law Amendment application has the purpose of adding a "Water Ski Wakeboard Cable Park" as a permitted use to the existing REC3-92-h10 zone category. The proposed amendment will also remove a "Horse Park" as a permitted use and will include implementing provisions.
Public Meeting Date: November 18, 2019 at 5:00 pm. - Town Council Chambers
The purpose of this notice is to notify you that the Notice of Completion for the Clarksburg Master Servicing Plan has been issued. Project information and reports can be found on the Town’s website:
https://www.thebluemountains.ca/clarksburg-master-plan.cfm
The purpose of this Notice is to notify you that the Notice of Completion for the Town-Wide Water Distribution System Master Plan has been issued. Project information and reports can be found on the Town's Website.
If you have any question please contact either of the people listed below,
The purpose of this application is to consider a request to increase the maximum permitted lot coverage on the subject lands from 30% to 35%. Lot coverage means the percentage of the lot area covered by all buildings and structures (excluding pools and decks). The proposed increase in coverage is requested as the homes being designed for these lots have the option to also include a covered porch (loggia). The proposed increase of 5% lot coverage would only apply to the covered porch portion.
The effect of this application is to consider a new site specific exception as follows: a covered porch may exceed the maximum permitted lot coverage up to 35% of the lot area.
Public Meeting: October 28, 2019 at 5:00pm
Location: Town Hall, Council Chambers
The applicants are seeking approval to refine the zoned hazard area on the property, to allow them to build a single detached house. The current zoning is Residential (R1-1) and Hazard (H). The area of Hazard (H) is through the centre of the lot and impacts the ability to build a house.
Public Meeting: October 7, 2019 at 5:00pm
Location: Town Hall, Council Chambers
The County of Grey and the Town of The Blue Mountains are seeking input on a development application that would create a total of 31 single detached residential units on Block 38, Registered Plan 16M-24.
Public Meeting: October 7, 2019 at 5:00pm
Location: Town Hall, Council Chambers
What is being proposed?
The Town is considering revisions to its existing Regulating Sewer Discharge By-Law 2013-37 to address the regulatory framework for high strength and industrial wastewater users.
Updating the By-Law and incorporating both sanitary and storm sewer discharge criteria, the By-Law, if passed, will allow the Town to take a proactive and fiscally responsible initiative to safeguard the Town’s infrastructure, public health, property and the environment, now and into the future. The proposed draft Regulating Sewer Discharge By-Law regulates all users: residential, industrial, commercial, and institutional and addresses extraneous flows from users discharging to the sewers.
Staff report CSPW.19.039 Regulating Sewer Discharge By-law 2013-37 Update provides additional information regarding the proposed changes.
Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Town of The Blue Mountains, at its regularly scheduled Council Meeting on November 13, 2019, will consider the adoption of a new Regulating Sewer Discharge By-Law and repeal the existing Regulating Sewer Discharge By-law 2013-37.
The purpose of this application is to permit the construction of a two-storey multi-use facility partially within the Open Space Exception zone applied to the lands.
The effect of this application is to provide the following relief from the Open Space Exception (OS-48) zone:
The proposed development is also subject to site plan control and will require site plan approval prior to construction.
The purpose of the application is to permit the creation of lots with reduced lot frontages and to construct single detached dwellings on the subject lands with reduced side yard setbacks.
The effect of the application is to provide the following relief from the R1-1-32-h6 zone:
The subject lands are located within draft plan of subdivision 42T-94004.
The purpose of this applicaiton is to consider a request to construct a single detached dwelling on the subject lands. The effect of this application is to amend Section 4.14 of the Zoning By-law so as to permit development on a lot which does not have frontage on an open and year-round maintained public street. If approved, the proposed site-specific amendment would permit Building Permits to be issued for the lands. The legal description of the subject lands is Lot 2, Plan 807.
Public Meeting: September 16, 2019 at 5:00pm
Location: Town Hall, Council Chambers
The purpose of this application is to rezone the property from Residential (R3) to Residential Exception (R1-x), as a condition of the severance of two lots – one containing the Residential Dwelling, and a second lot containing the garage (to be demolished). The R1 category permits single detached dwellings and accessory uses. Note that these lands are an area still zoned under the Town of Thornbury Zoning By-law 10-77. The proposed Exception is to align the zoning category with provisions that match the new Comprehensive Zoning By-law 2018-65, not yet in effect for this property. The retained land will continue to be zoned Development (D), but is to be subject of a future plan of subdivision application and rezoning.
The property is also subject to severance application files B12-2019 and B13-2019, which were recently conditionally approved.
Public Meeting: September 16, 2019 at 5:00pm
Location: Town Hall, Council Chambers
The property owners would like to establish a primary residential use on the property, but retain the ability for limited commercial uses. The lands are currently zoned General Commercial Exception (C2-87-h). The Exception 87 allows for the commercial uses of the C2 zone, with the exception of a restaurant use, and does not permit a residential use. The Holding (-h) symbol requires a parking management plan prior to establishing a new commercial use. Note: the property was rezoned to the C2-87-h in 2017 from the Institutional (I) and Residential (R2) zones.
This application requests to change the zoning category from the General Commercial (C2-87) zone to the Bruce Street Marsh Street Corridor (BMC) zone, to be consistent with the adjacent properties. The proposed zoning would allow the conversion of the building to a 327 sq m residence, with an 81.4 sq metre retail store (or similar uses, in accordance with the BMC zone). The proposed zone would also have site-specific exceptions to recognize existing setbacks of the building on the site. No other development is proposed.
Public Meeting: September 16, 2019 at 5:00pm
Location: Town Hall, Council Chambers
