Public Mtg Notice AM-09-2024 OP-AM-01-2024

Notice of Public Meeting

Date:           Wednesday, January 22, 2025 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:     OP-AM-01-2024 & AM-09-2024

Subject Lands:    1415 Station Street

Public Meeting for Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments in accordance with Sections 22 and 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended.

Applications for Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment were received for the property located at 1415 Station Street known legally as Part Lot 9 Plan 717, being Part 1 Plan 59-R17728 in the Town of Pelham, Regional Municipality of Niagara (see attached plan).

The Applicant is proposing a three-storey residential apartment building consisting of 22 units as shown on the submitted site plan. The building is planned to be a condominium. The requested Official Plan Amendment would amend Policy B1.3.4.3 (b) as it relates to the property to allow a maximum building height of three storeys.

The requested Zoning By-law Amendment would rezone the lands from the Village Commercial (VC) zone to a site-specific Village Commercial (VC) zone. The following revisions to the existing zoning are requested: 

• A maximum building height of 12.5 metres / 3-storeys;
• A maximum front yard setback of 5.3 metres;
• A maximum side yard setback of 2.55 metres;
• A minimum rear yard of 2.05 metres;
• A minimum driveway width of 5.7 metres; and,
• Deletion of the requirement for a minimum setback from an uncovered surface parking areas to accommodate a temporary parking space in the front yard.

  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 Monday, January 13, 2025 for inclusion in the public meeting agenda package c/o Deputy Town Clerk, Sarah Conidi, PO Box 400, 20 Pelham Town Square, Fonthill, Ontario L0S 1E0, or by email at SConidi@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 Deputy Town Clerk by sending an email to SConidi@pelham.ca before 12:00pm noon on Friday January 17, 2025.  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, MCIP, RPP, 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/1415StationStreet or at Town Hall by appointment after 12:00 PM on Friday, January 17, 2025.

   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.

  Dated at the Town of Pelham, this 20th day of December, 2024

  Sarah Leach

  Acting Town Clerk