Notice of Public Meeting - Forest Park - AM-06-2024

Notice of Public Meeting

Date:           Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at 5:30 PM

Place:         This hearing will be a hybrid (virtual/in person) meeting.

Virtual Participation:  Zoom Webinar / YouTube Livestream

In-person Participation:  Town Hall, Council Chambers

                                          20 Pelham Town Square, Fonthill

Town Council approved hybrid meetings via By-law No. 4507 (2022).  The Town of Pelham live webcast of the Public Meeting will be streaming at:

https://www.youtube.com/user/TownOfPelham/live

File Numbers:     AM-06-2024

Subject Lands:    Part of Thorold Township Lots 171-172; Part 1 on RP 59R-728 (Forest Park Plan of Subdivision)

Public Meeting for Zoning By-law Amendment in accordance with Section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended.

An application for Zoning By-law Amendment has been received for the lands legally described as Part of Thorold Township Lots 171-172; Part 1 on RP 59R-728 (see attached plan), known municipally as the Forest Park Plan of Subdivision in the Town of Pelham.

The requested Zoning By-law Amendment would amend the existing site-specific Residential 2-129 (R2-129) zone for single detached dwellings within a portion of the plan of subdivision. The following revisions to the existing zoning are requested:

• Revised definition of lot frontage: where the front lot line is not a straight line, or where the side lot lines are not parallel, the lot frontage is determined from the lot centre line to a point 7.5m back from the front lot line measured horizontally at 90 degrees from the lot;
• Minimum Front Yard: 4.0 metres to front face and 6.0 metres to garage (the garage of the dwelling shall be a minimum of 0.6 metres behind the front face of the dwelling or covered porch);
• Maximum Attached Garage Width: 50% of Lot Frontage;
• Maximum Driveway Width: 50% of Lot Frontage for the first 6 metres, 60% of lot frontage 6 metres behind the front property line;
• Maximum Height: 13 metres; and,
• Minimum Rear Yard: 4 metres (only applicable for Lot 34).

The purpose of the revisions is to allow for flexibility in building design related to driveway and garage widths for the single detached dwellings within the plan of subdivision, as well as to allow for flexibility in height for lots with basement walkouts.

Your Input is Encouraged:  The Town of Pelham would appreciate receiving your written and/or verbal comments regarding this application.  Unless indicated otherwise, personal information and all comments will become part of the public record and may be publicly released. To provide input in writing, or to request personal notice if the proposed applications are approved, please submit your correspondence or request by 12:00 PM on Tuesday, September 3, 2024 for inclusion in the public meeting agenda package c/o Deputy Town Clerk, Sarah Leach, PO Box 400, 20 Pelham Town Square, Fonthill, Ontario L0S 1E0, or by email at SLeach@pelham.ca.  Comments and requests received after this date will still be received by Council, however they may not be published as part of the public meeting agenda.   Verbal comments will be received by the Town at the public hearing via virtual or in-person participation. To provide verbal comments virtually at the hearing, please pre-register with the Town Clerk by sending an email to SLeach@pelham.ca before 12:00pm noon on Friday September 6, 2024.  Zoom webinar registration information and procedure will be provided.  To provide verbal comments in-person at the Public Meeting, pre-registration is encouraged but not required.  Registrants will be notified of Council’s Decision.  If you have not submitted written comments and wish to submit a comment live during the meeting, you may livestream the meeting from the Town of  Pelham’s YouTube channel and e-mail comments to clerks@pelham.ca during the public portion of this application only. If your comments are not received during the public portion of the meeting, they will not be considered.  

Need More Information:  For more information, please contact Andrew Edwards, Planner, by email at aedwards@pelham.ca or at 905-980-6666 or 905-892-2607 ext. 324.  A copy of the staff report regarding the proposed applications as well as any additional information may be obtained on the Town’s website at www.pelham.ca/ForestParkZBA or at Town Hall by appointment after 12:00 PM on Friday, September 6, 2024.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:   If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Town of Pelham’s Municipal Council to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written statements to the Town of Pelham 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 Pelham 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.

Holly Willford, Town Clerk

Date of Mailing:  August 16th, 2024