TAKE NOTICE that Loyalist Township invites all interested persons to attend a Statutory Public Meeting scheduled on December 10, 2024 at 6:00 p.m., to consider an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and Urban Design Guidelines to implement the Amherstview West Secondary Plan, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 17(15) and 34(12) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990.

The Statutory Public Meeting will be a hybrid meeting. Participants can attend the Council Chambers in person at 263 Main Street, Odessa or via the Zoom platform. The Zoom link can be found on the Council Agenda prior to the meeting at the following link https://loyalist.civicweb.net/Portal/ Alternatively, you may contact Andrea Furniss, Manager of Development Services at the contact details below in order to receive information on how to view and participate in the meeting through Zoom.

SUBJECT LANDS: include all lands within the Proposed Secondary Plan Area boundary as identified on the key map below. The study area, shown below, is bound by Taylor-Kidd Boulevard (County Road 23) to the north, Bath Road (Highway 33) to the south, Parrott’s Bay Conservation Area to the west, and County Road 6 and the existing built-up area in Amherstview to the east.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Loyalist Township has prepared a draft Secondary Plan for Amherstview West. The Secondary Plan, once adopted by Township Council, will address the extension of Amherstview to the west, to accommodate future growth and development in the community to the year 2046. It will consider future needs and priorities for the new community, including housing types, urban design, community amenities, protection of the natural environment, servicing, stormwater management, and transportation, including active transportation.

The Secondary Plan will be implemented through an Official Plan Amendment, which will add the policies and schedules of the Secondary Plan into the Township’s Official Plan. An implementing Zoning By-law Amendment is also being brought forward that establishes the implementing zones, permitted uses, and development standards, consistent with the Secondary Plan land use designations and policies. The Urban Design Guidelines have been developed in support of the Secondary Plan and will be considered by Council and Township staff in reviewing certain planning applications.  

The development of the Secondary Plan was integrated with a Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (MCEA) Master Plan process. Master Plans are long-range plans that integrate infrastructure requirements for existing and future land use with environmental assessment principles. The Master Plan has been completed following Approach 2 of the MCEA Master Plan process, and will satisfy Phases 1 and 2 of the MCEA process to obtain approval for all Schedule ‘B’ projects identified. The Master Plan will become the basis for future work for the specific Schedule ‘C’ projects identified within it, except for the proposed Collector Roads in the Secondary Plan Area which will be subject to the Collector Road Screening Process.

Additional Information relating to the Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and urban design guidelines, can be found on the Township’s website at the following link: https://engage.loyalist.ca/amherstview-west-secondary-plan

The documents will also be available at the municipal office located at 18 Manitou Crescent West, Amherstview, ON K7N 1S3 from Monday to Friday between 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A staff report pertaining to this matter will be available prior to the meeting at the following link: https://loyalist.civicweb.net/Portal/

For more information about this matter, including information about preserving your appeal rights, please contact Andrea Furniss, Manager of Development Services, at 613-386-7351, extension 208# or through e-mail.

Representation and Information

Any Person may attend the hybrid Public Meeting and make a verbal statement and/or make written representation either in support of or opposition to the proposed amendments

If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of Loyalist Township Council 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 Loyalist Township before the by-law is passed or the proposed official plan amendment is adopted, 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 Loyalist Township in respect of the zoning by-law amendment before the by-law is passed or the proposed official plan amendment is adopted, 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 add the person or public body as a party.

If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Council of Loyalist Township on the proposed Official Plan Amendment or Zoning By-law Amendment, you must make a written request to:

Anne Kantharajah, Township Clerk

Loyalist Township

PO Box 70, 263 Main Street

Odessa, Ontario K0H 2H0

Dated at Loyalist Township this 19^th day of November 2024.

If you are a person with a disability and need Loyalist Township information in another format, please contact 613-386-7351, ext. 100#, Monday to Friday during office hours or email info@loyalist.ca.