THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF PORT HOPE

PUBLIC MEETING AGENDA

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Town Hall
56 Queen St
Port Hope ON

Council Chambers, Town Hall, 56 Queen Street, Port Hope, Ontario

 

The meeting will also be livestreamed via the Municipality's 
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"We acknowledge that this meeting is being held on the traditional territory of the Mississauga Nations."

The purpose of the public meeting is for the Planning and Development Committee to inform the public of the proposed planning applications on two properties within the Municipality:


ZB03-2022 re 3402 Ganaraska Road


Zoning By-law amendment application is to amend Zoning By-law 20/2010 (File # ZB03-2022), submitted by Jamie and Kristin Ferguson for lands municipally known as 3402 Ganaraska Road in the Rural Area of the Municipality of Port Hope.


The applicant is proposing to rezone the subject lands from ‘IR(2)’ Zone to a site specific Development ‘D’ zone to permit a year-round farm market store, café/bakery with commercial kitchen and recognition of the current legal non-conforming agriculture activities (excluding livestock facilities). The applicant is also proposing to permit other potential future uses including a single detached dwelling, accessory farm employee accommodation, accessory buildings or structures, a home occupation, farm-related tourism establishment, and community garden.


ZB07-2022 re 6983 7th Line


Zoning By-law amendment application is to rezone the subject lands for lands municipally known as 6983 7th Line, in the Rural Area of the Municipality of Port Hope from Rural ‘RU’ to site-specific ‘RU(140)’ zone in order to permit a small-scale cabinet manufacturing workshop as a home industry with the following special provisions:
   a.  Maximum permitted gross floor area for home industry: 557.4m2
   b.  Maximum number of employees permitted for a home industry: 12
   c.  Parking for the exclusive use of the employees is permitted
   d.  Maximum distance from home industry to primary residential dwelling: 70m

If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Municipality of Port Hope 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 Municipality of Port Hope before the proposed by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision and

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submission to the Municipality of Port Hope before the proposed by-law is passed, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Tribunal, unless there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

All interested parties who wish to make oral submissions this evening may follow the process listed above under Question Period and will be required to state your name and address for the record.

That Committee receive this report for information and direct staff to prepare a follow up report once all outstanding matters, including any items brought forward at the Public Meeting held on December 14, 2022 regarding draft Zoning By-law Amendment (ZB03-2022), 3402 Ganaraska Road.

If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Municipality of Port Hope 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 Municipality of Port Hope before the proposed by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision and

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submission to the Municipality of Port Hope before the proposed by-law is passed, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Tribunal, unless there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

All interested parties who wish to make oral submissions this evening may follow the process listed above under Question Period and will be required to state your name and address for the record.

That Committee receive this report for information and direct staff to prepare a follow up report once all outstanding matters, including any items brought forward at the Public Meeting held on December 14, 2022 regarding draft Zoning By-law Amendment (ZB07-2022), 6983 7th Line.