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respectfully we acknowledge the land on
which the town of Bonfield is located.

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We pay our respects to the Alangquin
people who are the tra traditional

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custodians of this
planet, its natural resources and the

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surrounding local watersheds of the
Ottawa and Ottawa

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rivers. We acknowledge the Albangquin's
longstanding relationship with this

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territory which remains unseated.
We acknowledge the traditional knowledge

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keepers of this land, culture and
language. We are also

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respectfully acknowledge the presence of
all indigenous peoples past and present

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as we commit to action,
education, meaningful dialogue, and

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necessary change.

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I will turn it over to Mayor.

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I'd like to welcome everybody here
tonight. It's very um good to see how

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many people have come out and how many
people are interested in our community.

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Hopefully tonight that uh you'll get
some answers and uh we have quite a long

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agenda. So I'll move
on. So next we have I'm going to uh

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introduce Councelor Corbett, our deputy
mayor. He um he's going to sleep on the

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municipal
achievements and message about our

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Good evening everyone. Thank you for
your worship and on behalf of the mayor

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and my fellow counselors, thank you for
joining us tonight for our second town

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hall meeting in this term of council.
Can everybody hear me? Okay. Check

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we don't think I can see my notes

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So, it's great to see so many people
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I'll be providing an update on some of
the investments that bond taxpayers have

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made, share some of the successes we
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some context for a few of the topics we
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discussing. During the election and for
the last two years, we have heard from

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many constituents who have shared their
perspectives and thoughts on how this

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municipality should move forward.

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As examples, we have heard that the
municipality needs to be cleaned up and

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that we need to increase community
pride. And we have heard that bylaws

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should be enforced consistently and
equitably for everyone. But we have also

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heard that because we live in a small
northern community that the municipality

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should leave people alone and that the
people in Blondfield should be able to

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do whatever they want in their property.
We've heard that it's taken too long to

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get things done, but we've also heard
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Another theme we've heard is that the
township roads are in terrible shape and

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the community infrastructure is falling
apart and it needs to be fixed. But

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we've also heard that the township
should lower taxes and that there should

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be no user fees or permit fees. We've
heard that people want municipality to

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run more like the business and people
want a return on investment for their

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tax dollars. The next few slides will
demonstrate how this the investments

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that we have made are done so
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and by weighing the staggering
infrastructure deficit we face as a

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municipality. In fact, did you know that
our municipality has an immediate

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infrastructure deficit of $5 million and
we only have a reserve savings of $1

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million? A strategic decision has been
made to invest in our public works

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department so that we can accomplish
more inhouse as opposed to contracting a

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This decision allows for more work to be
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than contracting out those
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services. As an example, in the past,
the used to rent an excavator to perform

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work that needed to be done. Did you
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rented an excavator at a cost of
$1,950 per week to perform ditching

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work? It took seven weeks of rental
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equipment needed to be returned. This
was not only a very costly run time per

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hour, it was also restrictive in the
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due to only having the equipment for a
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taxpayers purchased an excavator for
$271,000. This investment allows the

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municipality to complete significantly
more work each year by creating a

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multi-year public works operational
plan. The municipality also purchased

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tobacco for
$167,000. The return on investment or

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the business case was easy to make given
that the old equipment was at the end of

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its life cycle and was costing a
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each year. We also knew that in order
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that we wanted to support staff to
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efficient and safe use of the equipment.
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that there is a rigorous maintenance
schedule being followed to help get the

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full life expectancy from the
equipment. As you can see in this slide,

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the public works department has used the
new equipment to perform multiple

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ditching projects last year and there's
more to come in 2025.

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So this is brushing work before and
after in uh on line three. I know it's a

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bit hard to see because the slides not
huge with the projector, but you can on

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the left not see the hydropoles and on
the right you can see the hydroples. So

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did you know that in 2023 the
municipalities spend just over $20,000

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to have an outside contractor perform
brushing. The new equipment has also

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allowed us to invest in a few
attachments such as a brushing which

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cost $47,000 a return on investment in
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years. Here's the list of programs that
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during the 2024 and again much more to
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The municipality spent nearly $7,000
every year to have an outside contractor

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sweep the road to sand every spring. The
municipality invested in a new sweeper

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attachment at the cost of
$18,500, a return on investment in less

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than 2.5 years.
Did you know that from July 2023 until

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July 2024, the landfield recorded a
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$35,67 bags of garbage, excluding
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days. The municipality purchased a used
compactor for $30,000 to help manage

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waste and significantly extend the life
of our land, which is a big asset that

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our municipality may never be able to

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replace. The municipality has begun to
invest in fixing our roads. Did you know

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that all five plers of line three south

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rece five plumbers of line three south
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Maple Road also received new gravel?
Additionally, 6 km of development road

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was pulverized allowing couple works to
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dust.
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resurfacer for our outdoor rink that had
not been used in many years? Thanks to

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the public works department for fixing
the ice service inhouse and providing

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some great ice for everyone to enjoy
this year and many to come. These

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investments and equipment not only
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the impact is immediate with the
increased capacity for improvement in

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our municipality. When I drive around
our municipality, I can honestly say

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that I'm proud of the work a public
public works crew have completed. They

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are stepping up in a big way. They have
welldeserved pride in the work and it

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shows. This council was elected to make
progress on behalf of the residents of

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Bont. And while it's clear that change
can feel overwhelming, they recognize

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the tremendous amount of work that needs
to be done just to catch up with current

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standards. In fact, there is gaps that
we must address. Bond is going if Bond

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is going to grow in a way that meets the
needs today and positions us for success

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tomorrow. As a few examples, did you
know the fire establishing bylaw is 30

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years old and does not current does not
meet current standards or that the user

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fees have been reviewed have not been
reviewed in over 15 years leading to

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unfair distribution of taxes? Did you
know that it's been 22 years since the

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last strategic plan was done for
Bonfield? Or that there have been no key

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performance indicators developed to
measure success or to ensure that

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taxpayers are getting value for their
money. These are not issues exclusive to

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southern Ontario. These are real
challenges here in Bonit and we take our

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responsibility seriously. We are working
hard to ensure that Bont is not just

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keeping up but is in a strong position
for the future. We owe it to our

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residents to bring things up to date, to
create systems that work, and to ensure

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that our community
thrives. In line with this, we we've

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taken steps to ensure that the new by
clear and applicable. We want to clarify

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specific guidelines for property owners
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transparent and open communication
channels for addressing concerns. We

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understand that implementing these
changes can seem daunting. So, we are

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providing reasonable time frames for
compliance while keeping fairness and

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integrity of the regulations intact.
Tonight, we'll be talking about some of

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our new potential bylaws. These bylaws
address various items including time

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camps, shipping containers as storage
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and short-term rentals.

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to ensure that we all have the same
context when discussing some of the

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bylaws this evening. Did you know that
hunt camps are not currently permitted

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within Bonfield? The proposed new bylaw
we discussing tonight will allow them.

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Did you know that shipping containers
for storage on your property is

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currently not permitted within Bonfield?
The proposed new bywall we are

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discussing tonight will allow them. Did
you know that additional dwelling units

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will expand the number of additional
dwellings you can have on your property

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and that secondary dwelling units will
go unchanged for the ROS zones? Did you

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know that RVs are currently not
permitted on vacant property anywhere in

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the municipality? The draft bylaw we are
discussing tonight will allow trailers

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on vacant property within parts of our
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For those of you who who say that we are
moving too fast, here's the timeline for

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trailer and short-term rental by public
consultation started in April of 2023.

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We are now in March of 2025. After two
years of working on these bylaws, we are

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finally nearing the finish line. There
have been quite a few meetings, surveys,

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and consultations which can all be found
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What we've heard throughout the process
is there are many views on how council

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should proceed. We have heard that
council shouldn't allow any short-term

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rentals in Montfield. We've also heard
that council shouldn't restrict

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short-term rentals in Bfield at all.
Council shouldn't restrict what I can do

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on my property. The renters next door
are ruining my ability to enjoy my

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property. Short-term rentals take away
from long-term housing stock in

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Minnesota and where short-term rentals
are great for tourism and need to be

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encouraged.

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We have heard from all sides and the
proposed short-term b short-term rental

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bylaw is rooted in allowing the
opportunity for people to visit and stay

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in our beautiful community while
ensuring safety and accountability by

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protecting guests by enforcing safety
standards such as fire codes and health

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regulations and holding hosts
accountable for providing safe and

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legitimate rental experiences. This
bylaw will also help housing

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affordability issues by bal by balancing
the number of short-term rentals in our

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community so not to negatively impact
the availability of long-term rental

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properties or homes or homes to
purchase. And we all know that a

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shortage of housing stock drives up
rental prices or home ownership prices.

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Additionally, this bio will help
maintain community integrity by setting

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clear rules that will decrease
overcrowding, noise, and disturbance in

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residential neighborhoods and help and
help them to maintain the balance

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between tourism and quality of life for
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residents. We have also

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heard we have also heard from all sides
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We have heard council shouldn't allow
any trailers in bondfield and needs to

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be enforced and we need to enforce the
existing B. Council shouldn't restrict

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trailers in bondfield at all. Council
shouldn't restrict what I can place on

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my property. The trailer next door is
ruining my ability to enjoy my property.

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Trailers take away from housing
development in our new trailers are

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ruining our lakefront and our lakes. I
should be allowed to have a trailer

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while I build my house.

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We have heard all of the sides and the
trailer on vacant property issue. The

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proposed bylaw will loosen the
restrictions. As I stated early earlier,

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currently trailers are not allowed on
any vacant property throughout the

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municipalities. Trailers will be
permitted in rural areas with conditions

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to protect the environment and to
maintain the character of the

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neighborhoods. This new bylaw will
maintain that trailers are not permitted

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within the hamlets or on the lakefront
properties to ensure those lost are

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ready for appropriate

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development. Our goal is not to stifle
progress. It's about ensuring that

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growth is sustainable and that it
respects the needs of the entire

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community. We recognize that change can
be uncomfortable, but it's necessary to

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find a balance between individual
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It's about finding a middle ground that
works for everyone where fairness is at

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the heart of the process. We are
committed to listening to many voices

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within our community, adapting where we
can and ensuring that everyone is

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treated fairly and with respect. This
includes the loud and boisterous voices

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and the quiet more reserved voices as
they all deserve equal weight. In this

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respect, we are also equally committed
to ensuring that the rules that

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we that the rules are complied with to
provide with a secure and prosperous

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future. Thank you very much. I'll now
turn it over to our CIO to introduce the

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There are seats over at the front just a
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few. Is this
better? if I start to fall for that

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again.
Okay. So, I'm Thank you, Deputy Mayor

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Corbett. Um, I am here to speak about
the strategic plan for 2025

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2023. Um, I know some of you have
perhaps read this plan from our website

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and there are copies at the back. I
think they are gone now, but they're

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still on the website as well. We first
introduced some of the themes and

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concepts of the strategic plan at the
town hall meeting last year. Since then,

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we have fine-tuned the pillars in our
set goals. The mission, the mission, and

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principles we will explain have been
considered when making decisions. The

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strategic plan for 2025 2030 emphasizes
three key initiatives aimed at fostering

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community growth and sustainability.
It's essential to recognize that these

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initiatives are not just about immediate
benefits, but also about line laying a

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foundation for long-term
prosperity. By focusing on sustainable

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practices, we can ensure that our
community thrives while preserving

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resources for future generations. This
plan serves as a roadmap for the

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township, guiding us toward a more
resilient and vibrant community. The

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strategic plan touches on corporate
responsibilities, community growth,

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investment and business development as
well as protecting the natural

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environment. The last strategic plan for
Bonfield was in 2003 with a focus on

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economic development.

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The council instructed early on in the
term to take measure of the township

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find gaps and deficiencies both within
the municipal operations and what could

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be barriers to bondfield's
future. This slide shows the timelines

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to date. While the top says adoption in
March of 2025, this is fluid. In fact,

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the document is only a draft when we are
proud to present to you tonight. You are

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welcome to take notes, comment, and
reach out to me any member of the

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council or staff to share your feedback.
It is important all states, all

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stakeholders agree on the priorities as
the strategic plan guides decisions and

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discussions among council. As you can
see, there are a number of steps that we

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have taken to get to this stage. All
previous studies, including the

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municipal energy plan, the waterfront
living master plan, and comments from

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the official plan openhouse in April
2023, were all reviewed to evaluate the

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outstanding
recommendations. Council had two

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brainstorming sessions and a community
satisfaction survey was conducted. The

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background report has also been prepared
that summarizes how these consultations

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turned into the strategic plan.

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So this at a glance summarizes the
strategic plan and the goals we hope to

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achieve within the next five years.
Again, it's a living document that will

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change as new trends emerge, new
legislation is adopted, and as projects

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get completed.

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So the vision for the township of
Bonville is a reliable, effective and

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trusted provider of services to
community. The mission for the township

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is a modern municipal government which
fosters safety and a sense of community

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through fiscal responsibility and
sustainable growth. The vision and

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mission are the cornerstones of our
strategic plan. They articulate our

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aspirations and the fundamental purposes
of our initiatives. A well-defined

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vision inspires and motivates the
community while a clear mission provides

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the direction. There are many versions
of these crafted and as we asked, what

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do we want residents to say in 50 years
about the township? We have words such

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as familyfriendly, efficient, reliable,
proud community and a place to raise a

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family with a great quality of life. If
we have all of those things, we are

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considered reliable, effective, and a
modern community.

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As we move forward, it's important to
also keep the following guiding

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principles at the forefront of our
discussions and dec decisions. Ensuring

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that all actions align with our
overarching goals. Service excellence is

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key to building trust and pride in the
community. By fostering transparency and

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accountability, we create a positive
relationship between officials and

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residents. Financial prudence must be
top of mind for all decisions. We heard

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you. We know there is much to be done to
manage the infrastructure we have. You

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want better roads and you want to know
you are getting value for your tax

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dollars. Pennies on each dollar are
collected for these municipal

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improvements. It's understood that
decisions must be made wisely.

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Sustainable growth comes from being
ready for investment for new

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developments and retaining the balance
of all compatible uses within the

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township. Supporting local business and
promoting resources to residents that

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enhance quality of life will achieve
community prosperity. Environmental

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awareness and stewardship are critical
to protecting our natural assets and

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ensuring a healthy future for all
residents. Over and over we heard that

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residents value our lakes, rivers, and
forests. And when making decisions, it's

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necessary to consider the long-term
impact. Encouraging active participation

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in local decision making empower
citizens and strengthens the community

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engagement. As we will present the new
trailer and short-term rental bylaws

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later this evening, it shows this
collaborative approach and ensures that

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the voices of all community members are
heard and

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valued. And these are the strategic
pillars. They provide a structured

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approach to achieving our goals and
ensure that our efforts are aligned with

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the community's core values. Each pillar
represents a critical area of focus that

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will guide our actions and
decision-making

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processes. Understanding these pillars
helps to prioritize our efforts and

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allocate resources effectively and to
drive meaningful change. Each pillar

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lists the goals and action steps needed
to achieve them. These goals are

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intended to be achieved within the next
five years. Some will be sooner and some

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require additional resources so they may
take longer. These goals are in addition

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to our strategic review of the official
plan and the comprehensive zoning but

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they intertwine and to build and define
the township.

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Len shows a responsible government
fosters trust and community pride by

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engaging residents in projects,
promoting healthy living, equal

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opportunities, and creating robust
policy by collaborating and being

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transparent. The township aims to
deliver modern inclusive spaces and

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effectively address strategic

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challenges. Through the community
satisfaction survey, we heard from you

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that peer communication and community
participation is important. In addition,

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complying with regulations is a
requirement of all legislative bodies

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tying back to our direction of being the
responsible government. The example

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driven by the survey results, we know
that there is 67% satisfaction with the

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township's communication to date.
However, there's not a clear direction

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on how best to provide information
effectively. Creating a communication

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plan without the how and the while, the
why and the when, so you know how to

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find the
information. Hosting events is important

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to building community and a sense of
belonging. This applies to long-term

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residents as well as new community
members. Goals are to facilitate and

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support more events and opportunities
with service clubs and community groups.

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The township must comply with a number
of senior level government regulations

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and the township is working on updating
several internal policies and procedures

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to be more current with the municipal
sector. The one constant is change and

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the current dynamics of both the
provincial and the federal government

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are proof of
that. Later tonight are further examples

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of keeping up with the legislation and
trends for improvement to bond built

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through our zoning.

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Pillar 2 aims to support economic and
social development by collaborating with

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residents, agencies, and neighboring
communities. This plan is to maintain

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municipal infrastructure, conduct
regular inspections, and boost

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productivity. Additionally, the plan
will accelerate the innovative housing

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solutions for bond residents, ensuring
the future growth and development while

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making smart investments to a avoid
burning taxpayers.

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This is a complex pillar which includes
matters of health and well-being,

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community prosperity, access to
attainable housing, a diverse economy

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which builds upon the assets and
resources of the community of

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bonding. The goals within this pillar
recognize that by modernizing and

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simplifying processes and working with
partners, we can build capacity and

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sustainable economic growth in the
community.

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This goal under pillar two speaks to the
importance of municipal services and

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infrastructure including roads and
bridges and ensuring that we have robust

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systems in place to manage these assets
so residents can get to work, visit

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family and friends and enjoy a good
quality of life.

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The township uh pillar three supports
critical governance by making funding

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decisions based on asset management
priorities and best practices with clear

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policies and rules. The township plans
to modernize administrative processes

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and seek efficiencies to lower costs.
Long-term planning and budgeting will

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help demonstrate and achieve
departmental efficiencies.

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Goals within this pillar include
finalizing the 10-year capital asset

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management plan that's mandatory for
July 2025. This document will set

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priorities through evidence-based
reports in asset condition. We'll

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prepare multi-year operational operating
budgets to allow for better long-term

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decisions and a more stable tax funding.
And we will continue to seek out

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partners and opportunities for shared
services.

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Pillar four demonstrates how Bonfield
can become greener, more resilient, and

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prosperous by focusing on environmental
sustainability. The goal is outlining

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environmental solutions to reduce the
community's footprint and prepare for

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climate

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change. The township must make hard
decisions today to protect the future.

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We have LA capacity and blue green algae
blooms. There were more rain events with

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poor drainage systems in place which
deteriorate our roads and eventually

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floods into the lakes. Some households
still get their drinking water from the

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lakes. There are several changes coming
to landfill operations due to the

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provinially mandated full producer
responsibility for recycling and

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stricter rules for protecting land
sites. Decisions today can negatively

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impact the health and safety of the
water and environment. Council is aware

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of this and proceeds with caution in
making decisions.

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So to conclude our session with the
strategic plan, it outlines a clear

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vision aimed at enhancing the quality of
life for residents while promoting

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sustainability. As a living document,
the strategic pillars will guide our

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initiatives, ensuring they align with
the community's values and long-term

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goals. Identifying priority action items
that need immediate attention will drive

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progress and the community engagement.
Setting clear goals will help us measure

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success and adapt strategies as needed
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years. To learn more, um the background
report and I already said it's all gone,

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but there is a link on our website as
well if you'd like to read that or you

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can come into the office and grab a
copy. Um tomorrow we'll put them on our

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website on the first page. just have to
scroll down and they are currently on

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the website under late under the about
last night if you want more information

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full
documents. Um we are happy to take any

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questions or or comments over the next
10 minutes if you have any ideas on the

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strategic plan.

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I don't necessarily have this plan but
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brush for the hydrop is that not

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well I use the I mean I will actually
allow our public works manager to answer

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kind of their their project plan but I
used obviously just the hyper pools as

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an example to show that we've pushed the
brush back off the road but in the past

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what we
don't understand

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no so that's our road allowance we own
33 f feet from center of road to each

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side of the road. So that is our road
allowance that we cleared. But we're not

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clearing for No, we're clearing for
bondfield lines of sight. Why do you

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think about clearing? He didn't. He just
said a point of reference. You can see

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the hydrop poles. Now I just wanted to
point out the difference in the picture

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is that you can see the brush was cut
back off the road. Basically the

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hydroples sit on property line.
Pardon me. Brush. Yeah, we're clearing

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the brush for roadside brush. Yeah.
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Um, uh, would you be receptive to having
any volunteers,

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uh, with your process re-engineering
initiative that you have, uh, on your

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strategic plan as far as finance goes?
like I'm I'm not sure how you said that

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uh you want to modernize your financial
processes. I have a lot of experience in

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process engineering and retired. I don't
I don't know how you're going to go

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about that. But it's a pretty
complicated process if you don't have

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any experience.
So we have our first volunteer to help

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you create. Let's talk after meeting.
Thank you.

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Yeah, that's great. and all of the
processes that we do, all of our

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meetings, um if the budget was coming
up, all of our committee meetings, all

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of them are reported and they're on the
website. Uh all of the minutes, the

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agendas, packages for council, they're
on the um website as well. And if you

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can't get to the website, you can
certainly come into the office and get

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anything. So we always um like when the
communities

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engaged talking about coming in
calls you get told different things are

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you going to make an appointment
everybody has got time to make an

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appointment come in next week at 20
after 1 and be kicked out of there by

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2:00 and the thing is your staff has
been changing so much in the last two

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years none of the people don't go unless
they go in and all the cars out the wall

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and then they're
outdated. Now, this this is one point

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that I like to get about and another
thing is I'll include this in about the

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containers. You're not containers.
Well, I'm going to bring it up right now

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anyway. Are you going to be
liable coming in when you had a

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container out there? I can't afford. So,
I'll address the customer service and

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we'll get to the containers. I rather
answer that question after we've done

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the

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presentation around my place. They
better have safety pants on. I don't

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care.
They want to have good safety pants

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because you're going to get your ass.
So, in the customer service, yes,

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absolutely. Please come into the office.
We have a great team. Yes, we've um

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we've built a great team over the last
few years. Uh and we are certainly here

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to help you. Sometimes we're out on
inspections or in another meeting. Um

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so, ADA is always great if you can call
ahead and we can get prepared and be

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able to answer your questions much
quicker as well.

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My name is Jules
Garnier and I've been born and raised in

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Bonfield here and I've been paying tax
since

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1980. And the way you're going on a
statistic of the growth in this

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township, we sure don't have the support
of your township for council. So, and

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even myself, I'm calling myself like
I've been discriminated against this

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township.
I was in

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business people in this township to be
coming here. Now I'm a

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developer and you're talking about
growth and you're separating

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the growth of this township between
people to discriminate. I've tried to

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develop a subdivision. 30 years. 35
years I've been arguing with this town.

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I don't know who's discriminating, the
counselors or the staff, but I'm

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prepared. I've been to court with the
township

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1983 and and I've been to court before
with the

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counrip and I still own my land. and try
to take it away from

430
00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:23,119
me and now and I even been on council
and I went to court for the contract and

431
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:28,400
I saved the contract. Now you're talking
about growth now all these doning thing

432
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:35,280
you're trying to promote on these
bylaws. You're discouraging people to

433
00:36:31,119 --> 00:36:35,280
come in stock and

434
00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:46,720
not the question is why why are you
putting the

435
00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:53,280
subdivision to a separate part of this
township to not have whatever it is that

436
00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:59,480
grow in this township. Now you're
eliminating me from selling my property

437
00:36:56,400 --> 00:37:04,720
as a subdivision when you're not
allowing trailers on subdivision. You're

438
00:37:02,240 --> 00:37:13,040
not allowing this on a subdivision. Why
is it the word subdivision is in your

439
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:20,920
growth of plan? We should be all equal.
We're only one township here and we

440
00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:20,920
should be all equal. Never mind.

441
00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:29,920
has their own agreement when you go
through and there's a long process that

442
00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:34,720
I'm sure that you went through. We
weren't here when you have the

443
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:39,680
subdivision. Yes, you are. So, each one
of those subdivisions has their own

444
00:37:37,839 --> 00:37:43,680
parameters on that. So, we'd have to
look into each one individually. But I'm

445
00:37:42,079 --> 00:37:49,320
not seeing any questions about the
strategic plan. So I can carry on with

446
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:49,320
the

447
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:53,000
questions.

448
00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:07,599
So one question I had was in your
strategic plan. I was just noting you

449
00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:12,000
had diversifying the local economy. You
had encouraging visiting family and

450
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:16,640
friends and good quality of life
supporting local businesses.

451
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:21,920
The bylaws you are bringing trying to
bring into place limit short-term

452
00:38:18,599 --> 00:38:26,000
rentals. They limit families being able
to bring their trailers on their

453
00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:30,880
parents' properties or family
gatherings.

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00:38:28,079 --> 00:38:30,880
In other words,

455
00:38:33,240 --> 00:38:40,800
it's trailers later on and I think there
will be a lot of misconceptions that are

456
00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:40,800
cleared up.

457
00:38:46,240 --> 00:38:54,320
Take the
question. Come on, take the question.

458
00:38:51,359 --> 00:39:00,079
Is it about the strategic plan?
Is it about any of the pillars or the

459
00:38:56,480 --> 00:39:07,680
anything in the strategic plan?
I do have one. Sorry.

460
00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:11,280
2025 9 10 and 11. We're not talking
about those right now. We will get to

461
00:39:09,839 --> 00:39:14,560
them, but we need to speak to the
strategic plan. And I do have a lady

462
00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:16,960
that was speaking before you that what
did one

463
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:36,680
addressing in his
Tesla? Well, that's who it was. Is Is

464
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:36,680
there a question to the strategic plan?

465
00:39:38,240 --> 00:39:42,880
I don't know. I don't know that. But
we'll move on to the

466
00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:03,880
next zoning.

467
00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:26,079
we move forward. I messed up when I
started. I didn't introduce everyone of

468
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:35,160
the staff and the council. So, I would
like to correct that so everyone knows

469
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:40,640
uh who's in the township. So I start
with Nikki Ko the CEO clerk

470
00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:50,680
treasurerly he's our
planners Alex Hacken Brook is the public

471
00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:50,680
manager

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00:40:55,839 --> 00:41:03,119
the fire chief I'm not worried thanks
Chris

473
00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:03,119
not worried thank

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00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:08,280
Unfortunately,

475
00:41:08,319 --> 00:41:14,680
and then Mike, why would I be waiting?
Chief welding

476
00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:20,640
official
Andre, deputy clerk,

477
00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:26,920
treasurer, and Christina Young and
Cassandra Cluster, their administrative

478
00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:26,920
assistance.

479
00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:36,800
Clark is here and we have pastor

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00:41:36,850 --> 00:41:42,359
[Music]
Corettstone and

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00:41:40,030 --> 00:41:48,560
[Music]
Counc. And everybody brought their cards

482
00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:55,680
here tonight. So if you want any of the
business cards before the evening's

483
00:41:50,319 --> 00:42:01,200
over, um they have them here. So um next
we

484
00:41:56,839 --> 00:42:05,319
have I have to uh
to read the public notice.

485
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:18,319
This is a declaration of public hearing.
Take notice that the council of the

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00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:22,440
corporation of the township of Bonfield
is holding public meeting tonight, March

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00:42:21,119 --> 00:42:29,200
18th,
2025 to consider proposed zoning bylaw

488
00:42:26,480 --> 00:42:37,000
amendments under section 34 of the
planning act. The proposed zoning bylaw

489
00:42:33,119 --> 00:42:43,910
amendments are
2025-09 being a bylaw to amend

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00:42:40,359 --> 00:42:50,880
comprehensive zoning bylaw number
[Music]

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00:42:46,440 --> 00:43:01,760
202-49 to permit certain provisions for
travel trailers and recreation vehicles.

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00:42:56,920 --> 00:43:06,319
2010 being a bylaw to amend bylaw number
2018-06.

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00:43:04,150 --> 00:43:11,839
[Music]
zoning amendment bylaw to permit certain

494
00:43:09,359 --> 00:43:16,720
provisions for travel trailers and
recreation

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00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:24,800
vehicles being a bylaw to amend
properties comprehensive zoning bylaw

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00:43:21,720 --> 00:43:29,680
2012-49 for the township of Bonville for
additional dwelling

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00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:35,560
units, hunt camps, and accessory
structures.

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00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:41,839
If a person or public body that files an
appeal of a decision of the township of

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00:43:39,079 --> 00:43:50,160
Bonfield in respect of the proposed
zoning bylaw does not make oral

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00:43:47,040 --> 00:43:55,040
submission at this public meeting or has
made a written submission to the

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00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:59,640
township of Bonfield before the proposed
zoning bylaw is adopted, the Ontario

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00:43:58,640 --> 00:44:05,000
Land
Tribunal may dismiss.

503
00:44:01,839 --> 00:44:11,040
All are part of the
appeal. Staff will now provide

504
00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:16,800
presentations on the details of these
proposed amendments. And at this time,

505
00:44:14,240 --> 00:44:23,040
I'm going to ask everybody out there to
be respectful. You have your issues, you

506
00:44:19,760 --> 00:44:28,000
have questions, but if it goes beyond
that, then I have to close the meeting

507
00:44:25,359 --> 00:44:35,359
down. That's not something that I want
to do, but I'm just asking I'm asking

508
00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:40,760
your cooperation and make this meeting
worthwhile. Everybody wants answers,

509
00:44:38,319 --> 00:44:48,640
then you
will not uh start yelling because I'll

510
00:44:45,079 --> 00:44:53,520
just close the meeting. And that again,
I said that's not what I want to do. I

511
00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:57,359
want people to be able to get the
answers that they're here for.

512
00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:15,760
I'll be starting um with the bylaw
2009 and 10. Um as mayor pet said under

513
00:45:13,520 --> 00:45:19,520
section 34 of the planning act prior to
council adopting the bylaw relating to

514
00:45:17,680 --> 00:45:24,720
zoning matter public meeting must be
held. This is the public meeting. Um it

515
00:45:22,720 --> 00:45:30,000
was the notice was issued on February
26, 2025. It was posted on the township

516
00:45:27,680 --> 00:45:34,240
website and mailed to each household
within the township. It was further

517
00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:37,839
communicated through social media.
Copies of the bylaws have been posted

518
00:45:36,079 --> 00:45:41,280
and were available at the municipal
office. We have additionally created

519
00:45:39,760 --> 00:45:45,240
these presentations to ensure the
policies are well communicated.

520
00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:07,640
So bylaw
20259 is to amend the comprehensive

521
00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:12,319
zoning bylaw
201249 to permit the use of RVs and

522
00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:18,160
trailers. So, under the current and
existing rules, RVs and trailers are not

523
00:46:15,359 --> 00:46:23,599
permitted to be used or stored on vacant
land in Bonville. This has never been

524
00:46:21,400 --> 00:46:28,560
permitted. This issue has been at the
forefront of councils in the past and

525
00:46:25,599 --> 00:46:33,119
remains a contentious topic today. In
2018, council of the day undertook a

526
00:46:30,960 --> 00:46:38,640
public process to review the use of
trailers and passed bylaw

527
00:46:35,720 --> 00:46:44,880
201806, which better defined RVs and
trailers, but still held firm the zoning

528
00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:50,720
bylaw to not allow the use of RVs or
trailers on vacant land. Since the

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00:46:47,839 --> 00:46:54,800
meeting to council in 2022, this issue
has come forward again. There were a

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00:46:53,040 --> 00:46:58,960
number of surveys, meetings, and
consultations on the draft of the bylaw.

531
00:46:57,359 --> 00:47:04,000
While we will speak to the outcome of
the public consultation and the final

532
00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:09,079
draft of the trailer use bylaw later,
the legal review did reveal that the

533
00:47:06,640 --> 00:47:14,599
current bylaws in place for
zoning prevent the use of trailers and

534
00:47:11,599 --> 00:47:19,760
they must be amended. So bylaw
20259 and

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00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:24,920
202510 are those such amening bottles.
They are not about the regulations for

536
00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:24,920
the trailers.

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00:47:36,400 --> 00:47:43,680
So these the amendments required are
shown here. These changes only relate to

538
00:47:41,440 --> 00:47:48,160
the use of RVs and trailers. Other
accessory buildings or structures will

539
00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:52,000
not be permitted for human habitation
under the current rule. If you have a

540
00:47:50,160 --> 00:47:57,520
trailer on your property that has an
existing permitted dwelling, this bylaw

541
00:47:54,800 --> 00:48:01,680
has little impact to you. You will not
have to have a license on the trailer,

542
00:47:59,440 --> 00:48:07,119
but you will be allowed to use the
trailer on your house property for a

543
00:48:03,680 --> 00:48:11,280
total of up to 120 days instead of 90 in
a 10-month period. And the intent, of

544
00:48:09,440 --> 00:48:16,079
course, would be no living in it during
the winter months. real clear. You do

545
00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:21,200
not need a permit. If you have a
property that has a house and you store

546
00:48:18,880 --> 00:48:25,800
or use your trailer on that property,
you do not need a license. The license

547
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:31,359
is only for vacant
land. Currently, there are no use or

548
00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:37,040
storage of an RV or trailer on vacant
land anywhere in the township. Adding

549
00:48:34,079 --> 00:48:42,240
the section 3.23 will now permit the use
and storage of certain properties under

550
00:48:39,359 --> 00:48:46,640
the licensing system. This is this a
significant change to the comprehensive

551
00:48:44,240 --> 00:48:46,640
zoning

552
00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:55,119
product. So furthermore, the use of an
RV or trailer has to be permitted has to

553
00:48:53,040 --> 00:49:00,160
be a permitted use within a designated
zone. Zoning by lawars are exclusive by

554
00:48:58,000 --> 00:49:06,000
nature, meaning that unless it is
explicitly stated as a permitted use in

555
00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:10,680
the zoning bylaw, it is not allowed. The
use is being added to the rule zone for

556
00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:16,480
properties under rule
uses. The rule zone has both residential

557
00:49:13,839 --> 00:49:20,280
uses and rule uses outlined on the
slide. The trailer will not be

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00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:25,520
considered a residential
use. If any new use, it is also

559
00:49:23,119 --> 00:49:29,599
necessary to put setbacks in place and
they are out outlined here with the

560
00:49:27,760 --> 00:49:33,680
intent to keep the character of the
neighborhood in a rural area with

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00:49:31,599 --> 00:49:36,720
trailers required to be set back from
the road.

562
00:49:37,599 --> 00:49:43,960
But I need a foodaker. I need more than
one.

563
00:49:45,520 --> 00:49:55,800
So then we move on to bylaw
202510. And as mentioned earlier in 2018

564
00:49:53,599 --> 00:50:01,040
council passed bylaw
201806 which further defined the RVs and

565
00:49:58,559 --> 00:50:06,480
the trailers but still held firm to the
zoning bylaw not you are not allowed to

566
00:50:03,520 --> 00:50:12,880
use the you on not allowed to use RVs or
trailers on vacant land. Bylaw 202510 is

567
00:50:10,559 --> 00:50:17,040
being considered to amend this bylaw and
now permit trailers on certain

568
00:50:18,520 --> 00:50:25,559
properties to be compatible with the
trailer bylaw. Section 5 and section 6

569
00:50:23,839 --> 00:50:31,440
of bylaw
201806 needs to be repealed. All other

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00:50:28,559 --> 00:50:34,640
provisions in that bylaw remain valid.
It is also important to highlight if

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00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:39,359
there's a current invalid building
permit issued for a primary dwelling on

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00:50:37,440 --> 00:50:43,280
the property and work is continuous on
the house, a trailer is permitted

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00:50:41,119 --> 00:50:47,119
without a license. Likewise, an
amendment from the last council meeting

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00:50:45,280 --> 00:50:51,520
that if you purchase a trailer license
and later within that same year you were

575
00:50:49,119 --> 00:50:55,760
issued a building permit for a primary
dwelling and start construction, you can

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00:50:54,000 --> 00:51:01,440
apply for a refund on that trailer
license. This will conclude the proposed

577
00:50:58,960 --> 00:51:06,079
amendments for the biolog trailers and
I'll pass the meeting over to Simon

578
00:51:03,040 --> 00:51:10,359
Blakey our planning administrator for a
presentation on bylaw 202511.

579
00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:25,640
We'll do questions at the end. Yeah,
question this section.

580
00:51:27,840 --> 00:51:33,520
[Music]
Hi everybody. My name is Simon Blakeley.

581
00:51:31,760 --> 00:51:38,800
I'm the planning administrator here for
the township of Bonfield. So I started

582
00:51:36,319 --> 00:51:43,599
the role back in September. Um I can see
a few familiar faces in the room there.

583
00:51:40,640 --> 00:51:47,280
So have to see everybody else too. So my
role I'll be kind of overseeing planning

584
00:51:45,440 --> 00:51:51,680
economic development and kind of
sustainability initiatives. Uh and if at

585
00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:57,040
all anybody wants to contact me can
reach me at any time. My email address

586
00:51:54,160 --> 00:51:57,040
is planning

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00:51:57,240 --> 00:52:02,880
onfieldtownship.com. So, as you might
detect from my accent, I'm not

588
00:52:00,240 --> 00:52:06,960
originally from this area. Um, but I
have lived in Northern Ontario for over

589
00:52:04,800 --> 00:52:12,319
10 years now. So, I'm familiar with the
context, the people, and I'm here to

590
00:52:09,880 --> 00:52:16,520
help. I've gained experience in planning
and economic development um here in

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00:52:14,160 --> 00:52:22,559
Northern Ontario as well as in the
UK. But enough about me.

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00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:26,000
So, as you are likely um have guessed,
this next section is going to be

593
00:52:23,839 --> 00:52:30,480
actually quite technical and I'll try my
best to explain it. But again, we have

594
00:52:28,319 --> 00:52:34,680
some cheat sheets. We're here to talk to
you. So, please come see us at the

595
00:52:32,079 --> 00:52:41,079
meeting or anytime at your
convenience. And in this next section

596
00:52:37,119 --> 00:52:46,240
public meeting I'll summarize uh bylaw
2025-11 which is a bylaw proposed to

597
00:52:43,599 --> 00:52:51,240
amend comprehensive zoning bylaw which
is the comprehensive plan to permit

598
00:52:48,640 --> 00:52:55,839
users within different zones across the
township and at the same time the

599
00:52:53,680 --> 00:53:00,960
proposed amendment um seeks to ensure
land use compatibility issues uh and

600
00:52:58,559 --> 00:53:05,760
other planning matters being addressed.
So the key bits I want to cover here are

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00:53:02,800 --> 00:53:10,359
additional volume units, accessory
structures which include shipping

602
00:53:07,770 --> 00:53:15,200
[Music]
cont. So as I go through the

603
00:53:12,680 --> 00:53:20,559
presentation, I'll first define each of
those uses and then I'll provide some

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00:53:17,920 --> 00:53:24,880
details as to how the current bylaw will
be amended so you can see the changes

605
00:53:22,960 --> 00:53:29,800
and also summarize some of the more
generalized housekeeping matters that

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we're proposing.

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00:53:35,359 --> 00:53:43,160
Okay. So the first definition says
building primary or primary building uh

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which means the principal building on a
lot. So the consultation version of this

609
00:53:45,920 --> 00:53:54,000
document originally defined a building
primary buildings as being the principal

610
00:53:50,559 --> 00:53:58,079
dwelling unit on a lot. This was written
um so sorry um it was written that way

611
00:53:56,800 --> 00:54:04,400
as the very nature of additional
dwelling units means the ancillary to

612
00:54:01,440 --> 00:54:08,880
the principal dwelling unit. However,
it's noted the primary building is more

613
00:54:06,559 --> 00:54:13,480
than just a dwelling unit. So it should
read as a principal building and not a

614
00:54:11,760 --> 00:54:18,640
principal dwelling on a
lot. And in this regard, the broadening

615
00:54:16,000 --> 00:54:23,079
of the definition um could allow for the
conversion of other non-residential

616
00:54:20,960 --> 00:54:28,079
properties in select
circumstances. But for clarification,

617
00:54:25,920 --> 00:54:32,640
ADUs will not be permitted on a property
that's currently designated for

618
00:54:29,920 --> 00:54:32,640
employment

619
00:54:34,280 --> 00:54:41,760
uses. Another definition is garden
suites. So the township is not actually

620
00:54:39,119 --> 00:54:46,240
aware of any approvals um having been
granted the use of garden suites within

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00:54:43,760 --> 00:54:50,960
the township and as such the provision
is considered redundant and the

622
00:54:48,640 --> 00:54:55,000
definition and that permitted use will
therefore no longer be permitted uh

623
00:54:52,880 --> 00:55:00,559
within the comprehensive zoning
by that said uh the uh provisions for

624
00:54:58,480 --> 00:55:06,880
detached additional dwelling units or
ADUs uh which we will cover soon um will

625
00:55:04,640 --> 00:55:11,680
replace that provision but without the
limitation

626
00:55:07,839 --> 00:55:11,680
20 year period as was the

627
00:55:13,240 --> 00:55:20,400
case. Next, we have tiny homes. Quite
topical right now. Although the proposed

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00:55:18,640 --> 00:55:25,280
amendment of the bylaw does not
explicitly state where tiny homes could

629
00:55:22,880 --> 00:55:29,599
be implemented within the township, they
generally refer to small growing units

630
00:55:27,680 --> 00:55:34,160
uh which are compliant with the Ontario
building code. So in addition in

631
00:55:32,400 --> 00:55:37,280
accordance to the other bylaws proposed
by the

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00:55:35,000 --> 00:55:41,440
township tin homes shall not be
permitted to be on wheels

633
00:55:39,920 --> 00:55:45,760
um will not be required to have
permanent cutings or will be required

634
00:55:43,839 --> 00:55:52,000
permanent cutings plus servicing
arrangements um including onsite sewage

635
00:55:49,480 --> 00:55:59,839
system and the small dwelling unit or
tiny home will also be uh required to

636
00:55:55,040 --> 00:56:03,359
obtain CSA A277 certification. That's a
mouthful, but we'll be putting resources

637
00:56:01,920 --> 00:56:08,680
and information on the website to
explain what that is and which house mod

638
00:56:06,680 --> 00:56:13,520
house
that tiny homes will only be considered

639
00:56:11,440 --> 00:56:17,240
as a detached additional dwelling unit
by

640
00:56:14,520 --> 00:56:21,760
detached and not primary
dwelling. So, we need to make sure in

641
00:56:19,280 --> 00:56:26,000
all of this minimum distance separation
is being required to prior safety

642
00:56:23,920 --> 00:56:30,400
protection reasons under the Ontario
building code. If in doubt at all,

643
00:56:28,240 --> 00:56:32,640
please speak to my colleague Mike, chief
building

644
00:56:34,440 --> 00:56:40,799
official. So next definition we have
semi detached dwellings. These are

645
00:56:39,200 --> 00:56:45,040
currently listed of dwelling semi
detached in the bylaw. So really this is

646
00:56:42,960 --> 00:56:49,920
a tightening up again of the wording uh
to ensure the new definition is that

647
00:56:47,520 --> 00:56:53,920
each semi- detached dwelling would fall
under separate legal ownerships. And

648
00:56:52,480 --> 00:56:58,240
this is really to try and reduce some of
the conflicts that occur between

649
00:56:55,599 --> 00:57:03,119
servicing. So when sewer line is being
run

650
00:56:59,799 --> 00:57:08,079
um between the septic and the building
there they need to be served separately

651
00:57:05,359 --> 00:57:08,079
for each

652
00:57:09,720 --> 00:57:17,680
document. So next we have the definition
for accessory building structures or

653
00:57:14,839 --> 00:57:22,799
uses. This proposed amendment was simple
change in the order of the words. Um so

654
00:57:20,000 --> 00:57:28,559
in this regard accessory refers to a
building structure a use that is

655
00:57:25,839 --> 00:57:33,660
incidental subordinate and exclusively
devoted to the principal building

656
00:57:30,559 --> 00:57:38,480
structure or use and located on same
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657
00:57:36,359 --> 00:57:42,480
law. So a little bit more on the
details. Um they shall not be erected

658
00:57:41,119 --> 00:57:46,240
prior to the construction of the
permitted

659
00:57:43,720 --> 00:57:49,760
dwelling where it's necessary and it
should be necessary the storage of tools

660
00:57:47,920 --> 00:57:54,200
and materials in connection with the
construction of a new dwelling and it

661
00:57:52,400 --> 00:57:58,559
shall only be used for
storage. The township is currently

662
00:57:56,240 --> 00:58:03,119
enforcing existing provisions but this
amendment provides mechanisms that will

663
00:58:00,400 --> 00:58:06,799
prevent any future misuse of what was
always intended to be an accessory

664
00:58:05,119 --> 00:58:11,200
structure.
So permits for access restored sheds

665
00:58:08,880 --> 00:58:14,160
will now be issued at the same time as
the primary building

666
00:58:15,240 --> 00:58:22,880
permit. In keeping with the previous
slide, another proposed regulation um on

667
00:58:20,880 --> 00:58:27,760
this is the time frames within which
accessory structures can exist on a

668
00:58:25,680 --> 00:58:32,000
property while the new building is being
constructed.

669
00:58:29,280 --> 00:58:35,640
So the most provision state where the
principal dwelling is not substantially

670
00:58:34,000 --> 00:58:40,240
commenced within one
year of issuing a building permit or

671
00:58:38,559 --> 00:58:45,680
where the applicant does not obtain an
occupancy permit within 3 years of the

672
00:58:42,720 --> 00:58:51,079
building permit uh that the chief
building official would have certain

673
00:58:47,440 --> 00:58:56,319
provisions that say to work with
the provision also reinforces the

674
00:58:53,680 --> 00:59:01,680
minimum premediard set requirements
which apply to all zones And it

675
00:58:58,720 --> 00:59:08,319
specializes specializes that accessory
uses shall not occupy more than 15% of

676
00:59:05,520 --> 00:59:12,559
the total lot area. Now any of you that
have larger rural blocks I know that's

677
00:59:10,079 --> 00:59:12,559
quite a lot of

678
00:59:13,000 --> 00:59:21,359
land. to continually accessing buildings
and

679
00:59:17,079 --> 00:59:21,359
structures. The proposed amendment

680
00:59:23,880 --> 00:59:32,079
to the proposed amendment to section
3.11.7 primarily applies to properties

681
00:59:29,920 --> 00:59:37,839
within the hands where a mix of
residential and or rural zones and

682
00:59:34,799 --> 00:59:42,319
associated uses exist. But it does not
include land that are truly zoned for

683
00:59:39,680 --> 00:59:48,319
employment purposes. And in this regard,
we refer to section

684
00:59:44,920 --> 00:59:52,880
3.45.9.4 of the uh bylaw. There's a copy
at the back uh which confirms that

685
00:59:50,400 --> 00:59:57,680
detached ADUs shall be considered
accessory building structures or uses

686
00:59:55,359 --> 01:00:00,680
for the purposes of calculating block
coverage which again is

687
00:59:59,470 --> 01:00:06,400
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15%. Um it also recognizes instances

688
01:00:03,760 --> 01:00:10,720
where within hamlets where that lot
coverage could be increased to 20%. And

689
01:00:08,720 --> 01:00:14,880
that just recognizes that the the lot
size is smaller and the development is

690
01:00:12,400 --> 01:00:14,880
more

691
01:00:16,280 --> 01:00:25,119
compact. Okay, keep it up. So, next
definition is additional dwelling units

692
01:00:22,319 --> 01:00:30,160
or ADUs as we refer to them. Uh these
are also known by the province of

693
01:00:26,960 --> 01:00:34,319
Ontario as additional residential units.
Uh and this use classification was

694
01:00:32,000 --> 01:00:39,720
originally proposed to substitute
secondary dwellings which we'll point to

695
01:00:37,280 --> 01:00:44,359
or granny suites as you might know
them. So in this regard if the new use

696
01:00:42,400 --> 01:00:49,760
is permitted as additional dwelling
units by council secondary dwellings

697
01:00:47,760 --> 01:00:54,160
would no longer be permitted in all
zones with the exception of the

698
01:00:51,599 --> 01:00:58,720
residential limited services zone which
I will turn to

699
01:00:56,119 --> 01:01:02,319
short. Well, before I continue with
additional dwelling units, uh it's

700
01:01:00,480 --> 01:01:05,520
important to note that um this could
substantially increase the amount of

701
01:01:03,760 --> 01:01:08,799
development that you would be permitted
to do on your properties. This is a

702
01:01:07,119 --> 01:01:13,599
positive change that everybody could
potentially benefit

703
01:01:10,520 --> 01:01:18,240
from. And um I have to inform you also
that township's not actually obliged to

704
01:01:15,280 --> 01:01:21,599
do this, right? All of these government
regulations and that have been

705
01:01:19,760 --> 01:01:27,119
introduced to accelerate housing
delivery on across Ontario do apply

706
01:01:24,319 --> 01:01:30,799
primarily to uh urban areas that don't
apply to rural townships in the same

707
01:01:28,799 --> 01:01:35,200
way. So this is actually a proactive
measure that we're taking to allow

708
01:01:33,280 --> 01:01:38,839
additional development and provide new
housing in the township.

709
01:01:39,280 --> 01:01:46,319
So, we're trying to be creative and
proactive in this process. Um, and

710
01:01:44,160 --> 01:01:50,480
potentially, um, on lots that have
sufficient land, etc., able to service

711
01:01:48,559 --> 01:01:56,160
them, you would be permitted to have up
to two additional dwelling units on your

712
01:01:52,520 --> 01:02:01,920
property. That includes one attached ADU
and one detached ADU.

713
01:01:59,920 --> 01:02:06,000
And the idea is really to try and
accelerate the delivery of affordable

714
01:02:04,160 --> 01:02:09,760
and table attainable housing because we
know that the shortages and that's

715
01:02:07,680 --> 01:02:14,319
bumping up rents and bumping up the
price of land etc. So the more smaller

716
01:02:12,079 --> 01:02:18,880
units that we can build the more that
price can come down be affordable for

717
01:02:16,599 --> 01:02:23,200
everybody and the overall intent behind
this therefore is to diversify that

718
01:02:20,720 --> 01:02:27,200
supply and there's funding for it too.
If anybody's checked out the District of

719
01:02:25,040 --> 01:02:31,440
Nicholas Social Service Administration
Board or federal government programs,

720
01:02:29,680 --> 01:02:35,280
you can receive sizable amounts of money
up to $50,000 per

721
01:02:43,480 --> 01:02:51,359
unit. Okay. So, a maximum of three
dwelling units is uh allowable per

722
01:02:48,720 --> 01:02:55,200
eligible lot of which a maximum of two
within the primary building. So it's the

723
01:02:53,040 --> 01:02:59,760
same as what was the secondary school.
The reason is that you have more than

724
01:02:56,720 --> 01:03:04,160
two units within one building then it's
then categorized as a residential

725
01:03:01,760 --> 01:03:08,640
multiple attached. There's different
regulations of that and it means you

726
01:03:05,760 --> 01:03:08,640
have to get

727
01:03:14,200 --> 01:03:21,280
change. So the prescribed zones in which
ADUs will be permitted are the

728
01:03:18,920 --> 01:03:27,280
residential residential first density
zone, the residential second density

729
01:03:23,839 --> 01:03:31,200
zone and the rural zone and the
introductions of ADUs will require prior

730
01:03:29,520 --> 01:03:36,240
approval from the North Bay mat
conservation authority and won't be able

731
01:03:33,440 --> 01:03:41,119
to include uh mobile homes, recreational
vehicles, hunt camps, guest cabins,

732
01:03:38,880 --> 01:03:46,440
shipping containers or any other
structure that is not designed for human

733
01:03:43,440 --> 01:03:46,440
occupation.

734
01:03:47,520 --> 01:03:58,880
So the minimum of any habitable ADU is
188 square ft or square ft 17.5

735
01:03:56,039 --> 01:04:05,599
m and the gross floor area of the ADU
shall not exceed 60% the total gross

736
01:04:02,319 --> 01:04:10,720
floor area of the primary residence and
where an ADU conversion is proposed

737
01:04:07,760 --> 01:04:14,480
that's another provision um in which
case a new dwelling will be built and

738
01:04:12,880 --> 01:04:20,000
what is the existing dwelling will
prefer to be an

739
01:04:15,720 --> 01:04:24,720
ADU that um shall not be 60% greater in
terms of this floor space area than the

740
01:04:22,240 --> 01:04:24,720
original

741
01:04:25,319 --> 01:04:32,079
Dwell.
Okay. So the final provision for ADUs is

742
01:04:30,240 --> 01:04:37,200
that they should be located in the rear
or sideyard of the primary dwelling in

743
01:04:34,960 --> 01:04:41,920
the residential first and second density
zones. That's the

744
01:04:38,599 --> 01:04:46,160
hands. In the rural areas, there's more
flexibility around where these ad could

745
01:04:44,079 --> 01:04:49,440
be provided subject to kind of setbacks
and buffering

746
01:04:51,240 --> 01:04:59,920
landscaping. So as you've likely
gathered by now the definition further

747
01:04:55,920 --> 01:05:05,079
distinguished into attach detached ads
and on the screen you can see the

748
01:05:02,480 --> 01:05:10,640
proposed definition for an attached
ADU. So let's read this. It's a

749
01:05:08,160 --> 01:05:15,599
self-contained dwelling unit with
separate kitchen bathroom facilities

750
01:05:13,359 --> 01:05:22,559
within a single detached or semi-
detached dwelling of the same lot as

751
01:05:19,000 --> 01:05:26,839
constructed, renovated or altered and
considered

752
01:05:24,200 --> 01:05:32,400
attached
easily. Um so next we have additional

753
01:05:29,599 --> 01:05:35,760
dwelling units detached. Uh and on
screen you can see the prop definition

754
01:05:34,000 --> 01:05:39,839
for this. uh is required to be
positioned within the rear yard or

755
01:05:37,480 --> 01:05:43,000
sideyard of the same lot that
accommodates the primary single detached

756
01:05:41,920 --> 01:05:47,359
dwelling
unit. Also, as mentioned, there could be

757
01:05:45,359 --> 01:05:53,520
some exceptions to proposed uh
positioning of that within the

758
01:05:49,160 --> 01:05:53,520
row. Please do speak to us about

759
01:05:53,960 --> 01:06:00,240
that. So, as mentioned, there is this
potential to convert. So if you have a

760
01:05:58,640 --> 01:06:03,520
property, you want to build another
potentially larger property on on the

761
01:06:02,160 --> 01:06:07,200
property to maybe you've got a
multigenerational family household,

762
01:06:05,520 --> 01:06:11,760
something like that, we're going to
allow for this. Um so the next

763
01:06:09,599 --> 01:06:16,880
definition, I say digital dwelling unit
conversion and the intent behind this is

764
01:06:14,160 --> 01:06:20,000
to provide a way for families to grow
and invest into their property at the

765
01:06:18,480 --> 01:06:25,680
time.
The proposed new single family dwelling

766
01:06:22,480 --> 01:06:31,760
should not exceed 2,000 square ft or be
more than 60% larger than the original

767
01:06:29,079 --> 01:06:36,000
dwelling. And let's uh be clear on this
as well. The 60% that's considerably

768
01:06:34,400 --> 01:06:38,640
larger than what the average is across
the province. We've done a lot of

769
01:06:37,200 --> 01:06:44,799
research on this over the last couple
years and the average is about

770
01:06:41,319 --> 01:06:49,559
45%. We're looking to exceed that.
And the key again is that these detached

771
01:06:46,960 --> 01:06:53,920
ADUs cannot be severed from the main
property. So changes in the same

772
01:06:55,559 --> 01:07:02,640
legal. Next we have secondary dwellings.
So the proposed amendment to the

773
01:06:59,920 --> 01:07:06,559
comprehensive zoning bylaw um originally
proposed to delete this um but this was

774
01:07:05,039 --> 01:07:11,280
based upon the township's understanding
that some of the local lakes are

775
01:07:08,880 --> 01:07:14,559
increasingly subject to declining water
quality and lake health. And it's

776
01:07:13,280 --> 01:07:18,240
something that we've seen evident
through the increase in algae blooms in

777
01:07:16,319 --> 01:07:21,559
the last few years, meaning that these
lakes are increasingly vulnerable to

778
01:07:20,480 --> 01:07:25,920
additional
development. So the original proposal to

779
01:07:23,839 --> 01:07:29,440
remove this from the RLS was based on
professional opinions that were given to

780
01:07:27,599 --> 01:07:35,359
us by the North Bay natural conservation
authority which we are required to um

781
01:07:32,480 --> 01:07:39,039
abide by applicable law.
The township is also aware of other

782
01:07:37,119 --> 01:07:43,280
studies and professional opinions taken
back over two decades which have

783
01:07:41,119 --> 01:07:46,480
indicated the declining lake health is a
problem needs to be

784
01:07:51,799 --> 01:07:59,520
addressed. Okay. Um so it was also
decided the second dwelling unit

785
01:07:56,559 --> 01:08:03,520
provision um may remain in place for the
residential limited services zone for

786
01:08:01,359 --> 01:08:08,799
the time being. This is until we can do
some updated studies. Um there was some

787
01:08:06,160 --> 01:08:12,960
conversations uh at the planning
advisory committee which is appointed to

788
01:08:11,119 --> 01:08:18,400
kind of advise and guide on these
matters. Um and it was felt that until

789
01:08:16,560 --> 01:08:22,480
we were clear on that position that we
should stick with that as the the way

790
01:08:20,480 --> 01:08:27,480
forward. So there's no change within the
RLS to anybody that might consider

791
01:08:24,719 --> 01:08:32,400
asking that question. no change.
But however, recognizing the

792
01:08:29,759 --> 01:08:35,920
uncertainty, um we are committed to
doing the further studies at some

793
01:08:36,920 --> 01:08:44,000
stage. In the meantime, uh any
applications for secondary dwelling

794
01:08:41,520 --> 01:08:47,920
units within the RS zone will be
considered on a casebyase basis. So

795
01:08:46,560 --> 01:08:52,560
we'll consult with the conservation
authority anyway as we always oblig to

796
01:08:49,920 --> 01:08:57,440
do on every single application and we'll
we'll see we'll see what is the response

797
01:08:54,239 --> 01:08:57,440
and we'll try and get the best

798
01:09:01,080 --> 01:09:08,719
output. Okay. So next one is hunt camps.
Had that on the screen earlier there,

799
01:09:06,960 --> 01:09:12,880
but hunt camps are not currently
permitted anywhere in the township of

800
01:09:10,239 --> 01:09:17,279
Bonfield, but if this bylaw is passed,
they will now be permitted in select

801
01:09:18,520 --> 01:09:25,679
locations. Um they are seasonal
structures. They're not permitted for

802
01:09:23,359 --> 01:09:30,239
year round occupancy. Um, and if the
bylaws pass, they should not exceed a

803
01:09:27,759 --> 01:09:36,239
maximum gross floor area of 800 square f
feet or

804
01:09:32,279 --> 01:09:40,640
74.3636 square meters. Um, they would
only be permitted in the rural zone and

805
01:09:38,799 --> 01:09:48,040
applicants uh would need to have at
least 10 hectares or 25 acres under

806
01:09:44,400 --> 01:09:52,319
their ownership to construct
camp. On this point, um it's important

807
01:09:50,799 --> 01:09:57,239
to note that some robust discussions
have again happened at the climate

808
01:09:54,159 --> 01:10:02,800
advisory committee level and on council.
Um initially it was proposed that um it

809
01:10:00,320 --> 01:10:08,239
would be just one hectare for one camp.
Uh one one of the members of council did

810
01:10:05,040 --> 01:10:12,800
uh raise concerns around that. Um and so
uh no council was contradicting that.

811
01:10:10,800 --> 01:10:16,719
Let's say um it was agreed that we
should move forward consultation on the

812
01:10:14,560 --> 01:10:20,960
basis of 10 hectares which is where
we're at today.

813
01:10:18,880 --> 01:10:25,199
But in this uh context, it's important
to note that Chisum Township only

814
01:10:23,440 --> 01:10:30,719
permits and counts and lots that are
minimum 20 hectares in size. So what

815
01:10:28,400 --> 01:10:34,280
we're proposing is already half of what
that size is.

816
01:10:36,960 --> 01:10:46,159
Half of what is and the size currently
proposed in Bonfield. Uh so the maximum

817
01:10:43,120 --> 01:10:51,600
size of 100 building in Chisum is also
less than that proposed in Bondfield

818
01:10:48,000 --> 01:10:51,600
being just 600 square ft

819
01:10:52,199 --> 01:10:59,199
1,800. There's obviously some concerns
around immenity considerations. So land

820
01:10:57,600 --> 01:11:02,880
compatibility is somebody owns a
property next door. Do you want hunt

821
01:11:00,960 --> 01:11:08,480
camp right on your doorstep and a one
hectare lot? There's potential for

822
01:11:05,120 --> 01:11:12,159
noise, traffic generation complaints.
People are not happy in that

823
01:11:10,239 --> 01:11:17,080
circumstance frankly. So that's
something that we need to take on take

824
01:11:14,239 --> 01:11:21,600
on board as we we
policy. Um and whatever the final

825
01:11:19,520 --> 01:11:25,520
outcome is regarding size resell
accounts, uh it's key to not is they

826
01:11:23,760 --> 01:11:29,840
must comply with the Ontario building
code as all structures should and must

827
01:11:28,000 --> 01:11:36,239
be obtained uh from the chief building
official prior to the construction of

828
01:11:32,159 --> 01:11:36,239
home camp wood stove decks or

829
01:11:37,640 --> 01:11:43,120
plumbing. Next we have shipping
containers. These are not currently

830
01:11:41,600 --> 01:11:47,040
permitted anywhere in the township
beyond the smaller shipping uh

831
01:11:44,960 --> 01:11:54,640
containers that we see. They're typical
8 by 20 ft ones um which are 15 square

832
01:11:51,679 --> 01:11:58,239
meters and they do benefit from
permitted development rights. But

833
01:11:56,960 --> 01:12:02,640
recognizing these have been more
frequently used in the township. It was

834
01:11:59,920 --> 01:12:06,080
upon two counselors uh and staff that we
developed a policy around this. Again,

835
01:12:04,800 --> 01:12:11,280
it's been subject to lots of
consultation these past few

836
01:12:08,040 --> 01:12:16,400
years. So now uh shipping containers
will be permitted in the township, not

837
01:12:13,120 --> 01:12:21,600
just permitted ones but other ones. Um,
so long as um if if you're attaching

838
01:12:18,960 --> 01:12:26,520
them or if they're not being used for
anything that's other than just personal

839
01:12:23,120 --> 01:12:32,159
storage um or they're greater than
161.5 square ft that they will require a

840
01:12:30,040 --> 01:12:35,920
building. So again, you can reach out to
us anytime and we can answer that help

841
01:12:34,000 --> 01:12:39,360
you in terms of the placement of it all
the rest.

842
01:12:38,080 --> 01:12:43,600
So, it's important to reaffirm that
shipping containment itself is not

843
01:12:41,040 --> 01:12:48,320
considered a permitted use and cannot
therefore be placed on the property

844
01:12:45,920 --> 01:12:52,080
except where it's accessory to an
existing or proposed primary building.

845
01:12:50,960 --> 01:12:54,920
So, you need to have a house or
something on there to have an accessory

846
01:12:53,840 --> 01:12:59,199
shipping
container. In all cases, the shipping

847
01:12:57,360 --> 01:13:02,960
container shall comply with the Ontario
building code and all all applicable

848
01:13:01,440 --> 01:13:07,520
laws.
In addition, the amendment to zoning

849
01:13:05,040 --> 01:13:13,199
bylaw post restrictions on the height
and placement of shipping containers uh

850
01:13:10,560 --> 01:13:20,560
so to prevent stacking uh this limit is
5 m. It also directs these not be placed

851
01:13:16,239 --> 01:13:20,560
within 2 m of the main building in all

852
01:13:22,600 --> 01:13:29,920
zones. Getting there. Uh so the
provisions on uh shipping containers

853
01:13:27,920 --> 01:13:34,640
continue by stating these shall not be
permitted within the shore road

854
01:13:31,199 --> 01:13:39,280
allowance or any area where section 28
permit is required by the north

855
01:13:36,880 --> 01:13:43,440
conservation authority. We don't want
the shipping containers floating off

856
01:13:40,960 --> 01:13:48,400
into work. And it also proposes a
minimum landscape buffer of 30 mters

857
01:13:46,800 --> 01:13:53,360
around the perimeter of the property to
ensure satisfactory screening of the

858
01:13:50,880 --> 01:14:00,679
shipping container unless uh some kind
of design solution can be brought

859
01:13:55,960 --> 01:14:05,040
forward siding fences landscape
buffer. So these should be rust

860
01:14:02,760 --> 01:14:09,679
protected. Markings should be removed.
Nobody wants big giant container

861
01:14:07,520 --> 01:14:15,040
lettering all over it and they should be
painted neutral color not used for

862
01:14:11,600 --> 01:14:15,040
marketing or advertising

863
01:14:17,159 --> 01:14:26,159
purposes. The following slides also
apply uh so to all applicable zones. The

864
01:14:24,080 --> 01:14:31,280
first provision applies to access to
properties. Um these confirmed access

865
01:14:28,719 --> 01:14:36,320
shall be provided by the existing point
of access to the primary dwelling. uh a

866
01:14:34,159 --> 01:14:41,440
new secondary access is permitted which
um would be served by a municipal road

867
01:14:39,760 --> 01:14:44,520
um and it should not have a diverse
impact in the traffic flows and things

868
01:14:43,440 --> 01:14:49,360
like
that

869
01:14:46,280 --> 01:14:53,199
etc and where a provincial highway is
concerned that's where the access would

870
01:14:51,040 --> 01:14:58,120
be uh permission would be required from
the MTO as it would for any access of a

871
01:14:55,920 --> 01:15:06,520
provincial
highway of course the municipal level

872
01:15:00,920 --> 01:15:10,480
Alex the works um assist you
there. So no on park

873
01:15:12,120 --> 01:15:21,679
matters. Um section
3.45.9.7 confirms each proposed ADU

874
01:15:18,800 --> 01:15:25,440
shall have one designated parking space
which can include tandem parking spaces.

875
01:15:24,000 --> 01:15:31,719
So particular outlets where it's a
little bit more compact. Um that might

876
01:15:28,320 --> 01:15:31,719
be the solution.

877
01:15:44,080 --> 01:15:51,640
Um, next we have building requirements.
Maybe I better deal with this first. So,

878
01:15:48,640 --> 01:15:56,640
apparently it's a black Ford uh F250
F150 um registration. Is

879
01:15:57,960 --> 01:16:01,360
that says

880
01:16:01,640 --> 01:16:06,430
BV72525? Apparently it's blocking
somebody else in. So if you don't mind

881
01:16:05,920 --> 01:16:10,280
moving
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882
01:16:08,040 --> 01:16:15,199
it anybody
moving.

883
01:16:12,199 --> 01:16:15,199
Okay

884
01:16:19,239 --> 01:16:29,679
150. Okay. Um so now to the building
design standards um this confirms that a

885
01:16:26,159 --> 01:16:34,000
maximum of one attached ADU shall be
permitted in that detached well as long

886
01:16:32,400 --> 01:16:39,080
as it does not alter the character of
the street scene and again cannot be

887
01:16:35,840 --> 01:16:43,679
seeded legally. It's not a standalone um
unit. The entrance should be located

888
01:16:41,520 --> 01:16:48,159
located at the ground level unless
building code or fire code dictates

889
01:16:45,719 --> 01:16:50,800
otherwise and the designated parking
spot should be

890
01:16:51,400 --> 01:17:01,199
provided. Now the detachus uh that unit
shall be provided in the same lot as the

891
01:16:57,040 --> 01:17:01,199
primary structure so under the same

892
01:17:02,679 --> 01:17:10,320
ownership. This bit refers to um kind of
the servicing arrangements. So uh the

893
01:17:08,080 --> 01:17:14,800
need to obtain an on-site sewage system
permit from the North Bay M conservation

894
01:17:12,400 --> 01:17:20,000
authority or a file review certificate
to confirm that where an ADU is proposed

895
01:17:17,920 --> 01:17:25,760
it will tie into the existing septic and
then this is capacity to achieve that

896
01:17:22,199 --> 01:17:29,600
role. Nobody wants them backing up and
this will ensure that the existing

897
01:17:27,280 --> 01:17:34,560
system has the capacity to accommodate
those additional loads. In all cases,

898
01:17:32,080 --> 01:17:40,480
the on-site sewage system proposed in
association with the ADU um is required

899
01:17:38,320 --> 01:17:45,840
to meet the minimum clearance distances
as required in section 8.2 of the

900
01:17:42,960 --> 01:17:45,840
Ontario building

901
01:17:47,159 --> 01:17:54,560
code. Okay. So, in terms of planning
policies related to the creation of new

902
01:17:51,520 --> 01:17:59,679
lots, um important to notice that um
where the lot is less than um 0.6 six

903
01:17:57,520 --> 01:18:05,679
hectares or has less than 60 meters of
frontage, a hydrogeeological assessment

904
01:18:02,560 --> 01:18:09,360
may be required um in order to allow
that to take place as it would for the

905
01:18:07,679 --> 01:18:12,760
creation of new lots. So that's not a
policy change. It's just applying what

906
01:18:11,280 --> 01:18:17,120
already
exists. Other provisions require access

907
01:18:15,199 --> 01:18:21,199
to a designated laundry facility,
whether standalone or shared. Um there

908
01:18:19,520 --> 01:18:25,600
were some questions raised about this
which we'll likely hear about tonight

909
01:18:22,840 --> 01:18:31,000
but it's a requirement of the Ontario
building code. We have no authority on

910
01:18:27,760 --> 01:18:36,000
that matter. It needs to have laundry
services and also that the ADUs uh shall

911
01:18:33,920 --> 01:18:40,400
not adversely impact the immunity
character or functional and committed

912
01:18:37,600 --> 01:18:40,400
use of adjoining

913
01:18:42,199 --> 01:18:49,360
properties. So section 3.45.97
45.9.17 relates to occupancy and

914
01:18:47,600 --> 01:18:53,040
confirms that the occupancy of these
ADUs can be anybody. Doesn't have to be

915
01:18:51,600 --> 01:18:59,440
a family member. Doesn't have to be
somebody on um social assistance. Any

916
01:18:56,239 --> 01:19:01,840
person is entitled to rent or occupy
with the

917
01:19:01,960 --> 01:19:09,440
unit. And finally, for the rules and
regulations to be observed, proponents

918
01:19:06,560 --> 01:19:12,560
of any post primary ADU conversions,
that's the flip that we said if you want

919
01:19:10,960 --> 01:19:16,719
to build a bigger home on property where
you want to got one, are required to

920
01:19:14,640 --> 01:19:20,960
sign a written agreement with the
township confirming uh the existing

921
01:19:18,880 --> 01:19:26,880
principal dwelling will become a
detached

922
01:19:23,560 --> 01:19:30,800
ADU. So, I'm going to wrap up here. Here
you can see how the expansion of these

923
01:19:28,480 --> 01:19:35,920
new admitted uses uh under the proposed
changes are applied in the residential

924
01:19:33,600 --> 01:19:40,960
first density zone and the residential
second density zone which is the

925
01:19:38,679 --> 01:19:47,440
hamlets. Existing provisions for
secondary dwellings and garden suites

926
01:19:43,199 --> 01:19:52,080
will be removed. However, up to two ADUs
shall be permitted in appropriate

927
01:19:49,120 --> 01:19:54,880
locations circumstances to a net gain in
the amount of housing that you can

928
01:19:53,360 --> 01:19:59,580
provide.
This includes one attached ADU and one

929
01:19:58,320 --> 01:20:04,719
detached
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930
01:20:02,199 --> 01:20:09,120
ADU. And in the residential limited
services zone, existing provisions for

931
01:20:06,960 --> 01:20:14,400
secondary dwellings shall be maintained
as is. However, garden suites uh which

932
01:20:12,560 --> 01:20:18,960
uh we are not aware of any in the
township will be removed.

933
01:20:17,280 --> 01:20:23,679
over permitted users to be retained
within the residential limited services

934
01:20:20,880 --> 01:20:28,400
zone, including cottage if you have one
or single detached dwelling. You can

935
01:20:26,320 --> 01:20:33,600
still have a a guest cabin or a bonkey
as you might know it. And uh but that

936
01:20:31,120 --> 01:20:38,400
should be for seasonal use only and will
not have its own servicing

937
01:20:36,120 --> 01:20:42,080
arrangement. And in the rural zone,
existing provisions for secondary

938
01:20:39,920 --> 01:20:46,800
dwellings will be removed as they are
for all zones except the adolescent and

939
01:20:44,960 --> 01:20:49,880
garden suites would never have permitted
use in the rural zone anyway. So that

940
01:20:48,560 --> 01:20:55,920
doesn't
apply. So instead in the rural zones up

941
01:20:53,040 --> 01:21:02,080
to two ADUs can be provided, one
attached, one detached. Um and that's

942
01:21:00,320 --> 01:21:05,080
it. So with that, I'll pass it back to
Mickey.

943
01:21:10,080 --> 01:21:13,600
There is

944
01:21:15,060 --> 01:21:18,270
[Music]

945
01:21:26,440 --> 01:21:33,480
no um so we shared a great deal of
technical information. So to summarize,

946
01:21:32,080 --> 01:21:38,960
bylaws
20259 and 10 are amending other bylaws

947
01:21:37,120 --> 01:21:44,800
that currently prohibit the use of
trailers on vacant land. The intent of

948
01:21:42,239 --> 01:21:49,440
this these is to now permit the use of
trailers on vacant land. There are

949
01:21:47,520 --> 01:21:53,520
regulations required in order to use the
trailer, but we'll present that later

950
01:21:51,199 --> 01:21:57,440
tonight. Without these amendments, the
rules would stay the same and nobody can

951
01:21:55,280 --> 01:22:03,679
use a trailer in the town in the
township. So these trailer bylaws

952
01:22:00,639 --> 01:22:09,120
address yes you want to you yes we will
use them you they're allowed to be used

953
01:22:06,159 --> 01:22:14,760
in the rule zone and what the setbacks
are. So those are the only three

954
01:22:11,440 --> 01:22:18,600
amendments in open for discussion on the
comments. By law

955
01:22:17,000 --> 01:22:24,159
2025
11 is one making it a requirement that

956
01:22:22,239 --> 01:22:29,040
for vacant land you must take out an
accessory structure building permit at

957
01:22:26,239 --> 01:22:33,040
the same time as the primary dwelling
permit. You will have significant time

958
01:22:31,360 --> 01:22:37,040
to build the house, but vacant land
cannot be used, cannot be issued an

959
01:22:35,360 --> 01:22:40,679
accessory structure permit since there
is nothing for it to be accessory to.

960
01:22:39,360 --> 01:22:45,120
It's a timing
change. Number two is the use of

961
01:22:42,800 --> 01:22:48,719
shipping containers will be permitted.
Yes, they have to be set back on the

962
01:22:46,800 --> 01:22:53,840
road as any accessory structure
currently does and they have to remain

963
01:22:51,880 --> 01:22:57,520
attractive. We have heard that the
community wants more community pride and

964
01:22:55,679 --> 01:23:04,400
ensuring that your yard is neat will
achieve this. Smaller units used as

965
01:23:00,080 --> 01:23:09,280
storage only under 161.5 square feet do
not need a permit. However, a container

966
01:23:06,960 --> 01:23:14,080
over the over that is considered a
building under the Ontario building code

967
01:23:10,960 --> 01:23:18,320
act and does require a permit. Any
container that is modified from its

968
01:23:16,159 --> 01:23:24,239
manufactured state in the use of the
container must have a permit if it's not

969
01:23:21,360 --> 01:23:28,719
for storage. Those are provincial rules
and in place to keep everyone safe. So

970
01:23:26,480 --> 01:23:33,520
those are the existing ones. Number
three is we have removed garden suites

971
01:23:30,960 --> 01:23:38,320
as is an outdated term and adus will
replace the concepts. Garden suites

972
01:23:35,760 --> 01:23:42,560
regulated through the planning act for a
period of 20 years. There must be an

973
01:23:40,480 --> 01:23:47,440
agreement and typically there is a very
large deposit required to ensure that it

974
01:23:45,199 --> 01:23:54,000
is removed. The township does not know
of any such sweets in Bonfield and ADUs

975
01:23:50,639 --> 01:23:59,280
are far less restrictive restrictive and
they do not require deposits.

976
01:23:56,400 --> 01:24:04,800
Number four, secondary dwellings in most
zones are also being replaced with the

977
01:24:01,520 --> 01:24:09,199
new ADU concept. The caveat here is the
residential limited services zone, which

978
01:24:07,040 --> 01:24:14,080
is typically the waterfront. We have
evidence included in our 2012 official

979
01:24:11,920 --> 01:24:18,400
plan that the lakes are at or near
capacity for development. Properties are

980
01:24:16,560 --> 01:24:23,199
or were calculated as single family
dwellings for cottages when the studies

981
01:24:20,400 --> 01:24:27,280
were conducted over the last 20 years.
New studies are required before more

982
01:24:25,600 --> 01:24:32,480
than one dwelling can be constructed on
the property. Council left the bylaw as

983
01:24:29,920 --> 01:24:38,480
is for the RLS zone allowing the
secondary zone which means that one wall

984
01:24:36,000 --> 01:24:44,159
of a secondary has to be connected to
the primary dwelling and that's only for

985
01:24:40,639 --> 01:24:48,400
the RLS and it's um so it's not a rule
that's

986
01:24:45,239 --> 01:24:52,320
changing. Additional dwelling units
would now be permitted. The township has

987
01:24:50,560 --> 01:24:56,080
had several requests from family members
saying they want to build on a section

988
01:24:54,159 --> 01:25:00,719
of their property to allow a parent or a
child to stay, but they want to give

989
01:24:58,000 --> 01:25:05,120
them privacy and independence. In 2024,
the province amended the planning act to

990
01:25:02,719 --> 01:25:08,560
allow this. In fact, we mandated it for
larger centers, but not for rural

991
01:25:06,960 --> 01:25:14,159
communities. If you were on a municipal
water and sewer system, it was mandated

992
01:25:10,800 --> 01:25:17,520
three as a right, but not for Bonfield.
Council recognized that the need exists

993
01:25:16,000 --> 01:25:22,000
here and are creating the rules that
give residents the tools and

994
01:25:18,840 --> 01:25:26,159
opportunities they requested. So now
turn to the meeting um back over to

995
01:25:24,000 --> 01:25:32,239
Mayor Bquette. But before I do, I just
want to clarify that in in when we come

996
01:25:29,040 --> 01:25:38,040
to the public comments, the comment um
or the the three issues on the trailer

997
01:25:34,800 --> 01:25:44,400
bylaw and any of the issues in two um
202511 that Simon spoke to, we do have

998
01:25:41,199 --> 01:25:48,320
written comments and we have some um
submitted comments where they will speak

999
01:25:46,480 --> 01:25:52,239
to those and then we will open it up to
the floor for questions after that. If

1000
01:25:50,639 --> 01:25:57,199
there are any questions about the
trailer regulations, that is opened

1001
01:25:55,120 --> 01:26:01,040
later after the the presentation on
trailers and short-term rentals and

1002
01:25:59,040 --> 01:26:08,520
those had to be submitted by yesterday
at noon. And then we'll so I pass this

1003
01:26:04,800 --> 01:26:08,520
back over to Pette.

1004
01:26:11,920 --> 01:26:19,440
Has any person has a person or public
body made a written submission to the

1005
01:26:17,520 --> 01:26:22,440
town?
Yes.

1006
01:26:35,480 --> 01:26:47,920
Okay. So, these are the ones for the
2025-1 which I just spoke to. Um, so

1007
01:26:43,600 --> 01:26:52,159
this one is from Nat Bertan Burton.
So with respect to public input

1008
01:26:49,679 --> 01:26:56,320
regarding shipping containers, I have no
problem with a well-maintained shipping

1009
01:26:54,159 --> 01:27:00,400
container and personal property,
especially if it's well placed on the

1010
01:26:57,920 --> 01:27:05,199
property, i.e. with consideration for
neighbors, office setbacks,

1011
01:27:02,520 --> 01:27:09,440
etc. They're solid, secure, and great
for storage. We'd rather have that

1012
01:27:07,760 --> 01:27:16,000
beautiful lot that ends up looking like
a dump uh from pro property owners lack

1013
01:27:12,639 --> 01:27:20,400
of storage options. Besides, Bonfield
was built specifically because of the

1014
01:27:18,199 --> 01:27:24,880
railway. So, there's a cultural aspect
to it that cannot be denied. In fact,

1015
01:27:23,440 --> 01:27:30,080
seems like a great opportunity for
Bonfield to celebrate a railroad by

1016
01:27:26,960 --> 01:27:34,190
using the Cam as a symbol of its growth.
Just takes a little creativity and

1017
01:27:31,760 --> 01:27:39,600
thinking outside the box to make it
[Music]

1018
01:27:35,639 --> 01:27:44,159
work. Next comment is from Diana Joa.
Um, although I can appreciate that the

1019
01:27:41,920 --> 01:27:48,000
bylaws have to be written with a certain
amount of legal ease, I found some of

1020
01:27:46,400 --> 01:27:52,080
this to be difficult and confusing to
read. So, apologies in advance if my

1021
01:27:50,560 --> 01:27:56,880
questions or comments have been
addressed in the documents already. I

1022
01:27:54,639 --> 01:28:01,120
will not be making a presentation at the
March 18th 25 meeting. Here are my

1023
01:27:59,840 --> 01:28:05,600
questions and comments for your
consideration.

1024
01:28:03,120 --> 01:28:05,600
bylaw

1025
01:28:05,800 --> 01:28:12,800
2024-42.3. What does it mean to have a
valid license with the township or field

1026
01:28:10,400 --> 01:28:17,600
for recreational vehicles or trailers
and how is the fee schedule

1027
01:28:15,320 --> 01:28:21,920
determined? How will the township deal
with the property owners who are

1028
01:28:18,880 --> 01:28:26,800
currently in non-compliance with new and
in some cases existing bylaws as it

1029
01:28:24,239 --> 01:28:32,800
pertains to the placement number and use
of trailers and other secondary living

1030
01:28:29,639 --> 01:28:37,600
units? Will these be grandfiled? How
property tax has been adjusted to

1031
01:28:34,400 --> 01:28:42,960
account for these spaces and how was the
120day usage of these units arrived at?

1032
01:28:40,880 --> 01:28:48,480
I think it is outside the scope of the
township to mandate that additional

1033
01:28:45,199 --> 01:28:52,800
units must include laundry facilities.
In terms of parking of spaces, if the

1034
01:28:50,880 --> 01:28:57,840
intention is to provide easy access for
emergency vehicles and to prohibit

1035
01:28:54,880 --> 01:29:02,639
street parking, perhaps the bylaw should
simply state those requirements and let

1036
01:29:00,000 --> 01:29:06,159
the homeowner determine how to meet the
requirements of their property. Thank

1037
01:29:04,800 --> 01:29:11,520
you for the opportunity to contribute
the process respectfully and team

1038
01:29:09,199 --> 01:29:16,400
director.
The next one is from Pat just say in

1039
01:29:14,480 --> 01:29:22,639
terms of response that we will provide
response in the next section

1040
01:29:19,080 --> 01:29:27,520
right so this one's from Pat Kelly to
Bonfield tangent may counselors I would

1041
01:29:25,280 --> 01:29:31,520
like some questions answered I was
wondering who decided not to have

1042
01:29:29,199 --> 01:29:36,639
trailers and lengthen property I didn't
see any discussion on any council

1043
01:29:33,520 --> 01:29:40,880
meeting or corporate service meeting
planning department to allow trailers

1044
01:29:38,800 --> 01:29:48,000
and water from property
then refers to a survey some statistics

1045
01:29:43,840 --> 01:29:54,000
where they say yes uh by 180 people and
no by 20 people. I only saw one

1046
01:29:52,239 --> 01:29:58,239
corporate service meeting where Jason
Corbit said there would not be trailers

1047
01:29:56,480 --> 01:30:03,840
on lake from property at the beginning
beginning of the meeting. I also noted

1048
01:30:00,880 --> 01:30:10,239
that trailer parks and both uh Lake
Talon and Lake Northbing in multiple

1049
01:30:07,120 --> 01:30:15,840
townships have trailers at Lakefront as
prime locations. Why are individual land

1050
01:30:13,360 --> 01:30:20,920
owners not allowed the same privilege?
Why is Vonville Township acting like it

1051
01:30:17,920 --> 01:30:25,920
is a homeowners association regulating
everything? This is a rural community.

1052
01:30:23,360 --> 01:30:31,120
There is no sewer or water treatment
plants, no garbage pickup, and one of

1053
01:30:28,480 --> 01:30:34,280
the highest tax rates with no service
and care.

1054
01:30:39,870 --> 01:30:42,989
[Music]

1055
01:30:50,840 --> 01:31:01,239
Okay, sure.
So in reply from Pat Countyy's um

1056
01:30:57,480 --> 01:31:07,440
and questions. Thank you. Um
so not having trailers on the waterfront

1057
01:31:04,320 --> 01:31:10,960
there are or in the RLS zone. So there
are several subdivision agreements which

1058
01:31:09,120 --> 01:31:15,600
we spoke about before and they
explicitly prohibit trailers to be used

1059
01:31:13,600 --> 01:31:19,840
on those lots. So we carried that
forward into this

1060
01:31:17,080 --> 01:31:27,520
bylaw. They are no trailers to protect
our lakes. Um there are trailers.

1061
01:31:24,199 --> 01:31:33,040
Um we have had a number of concerns on
what they where the septic and how is

1062
01:31:30,239 --> 01:31:36,159
that managed. Um and then that will
obviously not protect our lakes. We've

1063
01:31:34,639 --> 01:31:40,480
heard through the strategic plan through
our surveys that we everybody wants our

1064
01:31:38,639 --> 01:31:44,000
lakes to be protected. This is one way
that we can do that. Children are not

1065
01:31:42,400 --> 01:31:47,520
currently allowed anywhere. So we're
opening it into the rule as we explained

1066
01:31:46,159 --> 01:31:53,679
that you know we have to start
somewhere. Let's start where we know it

1067
01:31:50,000 --> 01:32:02,840
will be safer and on the lake on the RLS
we want to be available for the prime

1068
01:31:56,960 --> 01:32:02,840
developments um for cottages and homes

1069
01:32:03,440 --> 01:32:06,440
taxes

1070
01:32:18,159 --> 01:32:23,199
Have you? So, we actually have a few
people who submitted in a question and

1071
01:32:21,840 --> 01:32:28,600
we're going to get to them first and
then we'll open it up for the floor for

1072
01:32:24,960 --> 01:32:28,600
questions. Okay.

1073
01:32:28,800 --> 01:32:31,760
Yeah, we'll get to all the

1074
01:32:40,760 --> 01:32:43,760
answers.

1075
01:32:49,000 --> 01:32:56,040
Any person that is attending the public
meeting shall be afforded an opportunity

1076
01:32:54,400 --> 01:32:59,719
to make an oral
representation in respect of the zoning

1077
01:32:58,480 --> 01:33:05,120
bylaw
proposal. Does any person attending wish

1078
01:33:02,719 --> 01:33:08,600
to make an oral presentation for zoning
bylaw amendments?

1079
01:33:17,440 --> 01:33:27,440
nine people that will be making a
presentation. Uh speakers shall be

1080
01:33:23,600 --> 01:33:34,159
entitled to address the council focusing
on the topic of discussion. There are

1081
01:33:30,719 --> 01:33:40,920
several participants and we ask that you
keep your your comments to council on

1082
01:33:37,679 --> 01:33:47,920
target so that we can hear everybody's
concern. All speakers must identify

1083
01:33:44,840 --> 01:33:53,679
themselves to the recording secretary by
name, address, and contact telephone

1084
01:33:51,440 --> 01:33:58,000
number.
There shall be no comments or

1085
01:33:58,199 --> 01:34:03,600
outcry made during the individual's

1086
01:34:03,719 --> 01:34:13,520
address. Should you not conduct yourself
in an orderly fashion, you may be asked

1087
01:34:09,199 --> 01:34:19,360
to leave. The committee may or may not
be able to answer your questions or

1088
01:34:16,040 --> 01:34:23,880
concerns at this time, but we shall do
our best to ensure that any unanswered

1089
01:34:21,840 --> 01:34:30,560
questions will be followed
up. And I have a list of nine names to

1090
01:34:27,960 --> 01:34:36,080
speak and I'll call them out according
to the way their name was in the order

1091
01:34:33,679 --> 01:34:41,120
they were submitted. And I'd just like
to say for people standing up there,

1092
01:34:38,880 --> 01:34:45,280
there's six or seven chairs. If you'd
like to come and sit here at the

1093
01:35:08,760 --> 01:35:20,199
front Um, I'll probably ask you to come
up here so and speak at the mic so that

1094
01:35:16,239 --> 01:35:24,199
people can hear you. And first we have
Trevor Bottle.

1095
01:35:45,840 --> 01:35:49,440
Kathy Gray

1096
01:35:49,560 --> 01:35:53,800
setbacks. You're happy.

1097
01:36:05,920 --> 01:36:09,639
So my question

1098
01:36:14,960 --> 01:36:22,080
on livestock trailers. So, some
livestock trailers have amenities in

1099
01:36:19,440 --> 01:36:26,320
them, some don't. So, are they included
in this fee or not included in this

1100
01:36:24,000 --> 01:36:33,360
licensing fee? And then the other part
of it is that this thing literally says

1101
01:36:29,440 --> 01:36:38,880
no on any lands, no trailer can be
stored or maintained for more than 120

1102
01:36:36,560 --> 01:36:45,120
days. My livestock trailer is on my
property 365 days a year unless I need

1103
01:36:41,679 --> 01:36:45,120
it to transfer

1104
01:36:45,239 --> 01:36:54,080
over and I don't agree to pay this
township or any other

1105
01:36:50,520 --> 01:36:54,080
township on my own

1106
01:36:59,000 --> 01:37:06,719
property. This is just not ours. Yeah,
that's your question. Yeah, thank you.

1107
01:37:05,040 --> 01:37:12,719
Thanks for the question. or not, they
not do. Yeah. So, uh trailers, so this

1108
01:37:09,920 --> 01:37:16,719
bylaw only deals with trailers on vacant
property, trailers on a property that

1109
01:37:14,960 --> 01:37:20,000
already is a residence. So, if you have
a travel trailer that you park in the

1110
01:37:18,400 --> 01:37:24,119
property, you have family that comes
over that stays with you for part of the

1111
01:37:21,920 --> 01:37:28,960
summer, they use your travel trailer.
Absolutely. Nothing is changing about

1112
01:37:26,159 --> 01:37:33,840
that. You are allowed. For sure. We can
ensure that's clear because the

1113
01:37:30,480 --> 01:37:38,280
intention this makes it seem like I have
my voice or my

1114
01:37:43,199 --> 01:37:52,159
I was just having chat. I'm asking them
to change the wording of this bylaw as

1115
01:37:48,800 --> 01:37:56,639
far as how it reads right now. It seems
like you can only have your livestock

1116
01:37:54,400 --> 01:38:03,360
trailer or your camper trailer stored or
maintained is what it says for 120 days

1117
01:37:59,360 --> 01:38:08,560
on any property. So that is just not
specific enough to be and leaves way too

1118
01:38:06,800 --> 01:38:12,239
much room for this council to
arbitrarily charge people

1119
01:38:18,440 --> 01:38:25,440
not feedback. Obviously, if there's
ambiguity in the bylaw, we want to make

1120
01:38:23,440 --> 01:38:31,400
sure that there's no ambiguity. It is
the only intention is to deal with

1121
01:38:27,360 --> 01:38:34,400
trailers on on vacant property.
So,

1122
01:38:36,840 --> 01:38:42,440
Davidson, do we have this question? You
can't remember question.

1123
01:38:51,679 --> 01:38:54,920
Yeah, sure.

1124
01:39:32,920 --> 01:39:39,560
[Music]
Uh, I guess my question was, um, I think

1125
01:39:38,159 --> 01:39:48,520
you're trying to deal with some of these
issues. Um but every day I drive home

1126
01:39:44,000 --> 01:39:53,239
and um to my left as I drive down my
road huge fields

1127
01:39:55,840 --> 01:40:02,560
[Music]
um as far as I know

1128
01:40:07,719 --> 01:40:10,880
there's bas

1129
01:40:13,560 --> 01:40:24,400
and several
people. They use the road. They used a

1130
01:40:22,159 --> 01:40:32,199
road in the winter. They use the grading
of the road to get to their houses and

1131
01:40:27,440 --> 01:40:37,440
campers and cottages with um I don't
know codes, all those things. So, I have

1132
01:40:35,600 --> 01:40:43,080
a little bit of concerns. I those
concerns over two years ago and nothing

1133
01:40:40,360 --> 01:40:47,760
happened. I was told that there was a
bylaw from the township that dealt with

1134
01:40:45,679 --> 01:40:53,000
that and that the matter would be being
dealt with. In the meantime, I believe

1135
01:40:50,159 --> 01:40:57,360
there's at least two other
trailer that are unlicensed

1136
01:41:02,320 --> 01:41:08,159
[Music]
unrely considered rental units in the

1137
01:41:05,840 --> 01:41:12,960
township that are within the primary
residences are in other buildings are

1138
01:41:10,960 --> 01:41:17,760
rented without boundary services being
supplied.

1139
01:41:15,440 --> 01:41:21,600
is if is the objective to make it easier
to create new housing units as per

1140
01:41:19,440 --> 01:41:26,159
provincial guidelines. This does not
make it easier. Current septic systems

1141
01:41:23,920 --> 01:41:31,280
and primary residents may be able to
handle a bathroom in addition to primary

1142
01:41:28,280 --> 01:41:35,440
resident current use. The Madawa
Conservation Authority would in all

1143
01:41:32,880 --> 01:41:40,159
likelihood upon inspection establish
substantial septic upgrades if logging

1144
01:41:37,520 --> 01:41:44,119
is included. This factor alone will not
encourage current homeowners in this

1145
01:41:41,600 --> 01:41:47,280
township to want to create more
important which

1146
01:41:57,159 --> 01:42:06,400
is next. You raised some important
concerns about uh how many failers we're

1147
01:42:03,360 --> 01:42:12,719
seeing on vacant pieces of property. Uh
as I think we've stated many a time

1148
01:42:08,800 --> 01:42:18,239
tonight. Uh there are noers for property
currently within the

1149
01:42:14,040 --> 01:42:23,760
US. Is it happening? Absolutely. Um so
this bylaw that's before us

1150
01:42:21,080 --> 01:42:27,760
tonight pause take a look at what was
currently uh in place. We're actually

1151
01:42:25,920 --> 01:42:36,239
going to open up the opportunity for B
for trailers to be permitted one per lot

1152
01:42:31,520 --> 01:42:40,960
in rural zones, but in Rusty areas, so
on lakefront properties or in the

1153
01:42:38,480 --> 01:42:46,239
hamlets, trailers are not permitted.
They will be enforced that trailers are

1154
01:42:42,800 --> 01:42:50,600
not to be forbidden on lakefront or in
the hamlets. I will turn it over to I

1155
01:42:48,480 --> 01:42:57,600
believe Mike will speak to
the public official. you'll speak to the

1156
01:42:54,000 --> 01:43:01,600
uh idea of the good evening. Uh so we
got a lot of questions about the laundry

1157
01:42:59,520 --> 01:43:05,600
facilities in the building. So it's
regulated under the Ontario building

1158
01:43:03,280 --> 01:43:11,199
code. So perhaps the building you speak
of was uh constructed prior to the code

1159
01:43:08,719 --> 01:43:15,639
being implemented whatever. So the
building code says laundry facilities or

1160
01:43:14,320 --> 01:43:21,440
space for
laundry shall be provided in every

1161
01:43:18,159 --> 01:43:26,239
dwelling unit. um it doesn't necessarily
have to be in that unit if it's a

1162
01:43:23,760 --> 01:43:29,679
secondary boiling attached as long as
it's in the building. It could be a

1163
01:43:27,760 --> 01:43:33,679
shared laundry facilities but when it's
become a shared laundry facilities

1164
01:43:31,760 --> 01:43:38,920
becomes complicated then that room has
to be fire separated from both units I

1165
01:43:37,360 --> 01:43:44,639
can't
build unit back to the house that allows

1166
01:43:41,760 --> 01:43:49,040
them to use my laundry. Yes. Yes, you
can. But now that laundry room must be

1167
01:43:46,719 --> 01:43:55,560
also fire separated because it's a
shared shared laundry facility. Same

1168
01:43:51,520 --> 01:43:55,560
thing if you had a shared entrance.

1169
01:43:56,719 --> 01:44:03,600
Okay. But there's also the ceiling and
the floor, right? So there there's a

1170
01:44:01,360 --> 01:44:07,600
possibility for it in the uh if you
build an ADU that's separated from the

1171
01:44:05,440 --> 01:44:13,360
main buildings, that ADU must have
laundry facilities. And when it's washer

1172
01:44:10,800 --> 01:44:18,199
and dryer, they put it in closets. Yeah.
It's not it's not washer and a dryer.

1173
01:44:18,560 --> 01:44:26,000
Yes, you might you might you might be
adding fixture units, but the building

1174
01:44:22,800 --> 01:44:30,639
code uh I can't I can't tell you don't
worry about it. It's a regulation under

1175
01:44:28,000 --> 01:44:36,080
the code. There's even another part in
the code that says you have to provide

1176
01:44:33,040 --> 01:44:41,119
electrical facility or gas or propane to
accommodate it. So there grants

1177
01:44:37,920 --> 01:44:46,080
available the homeowner to that so they
can upgrade. So, just so everybody

1178
01:44:43,520 --> 01:44:50,159
knows, I heard about the VSAP program
and there's two people in this community

1179
01:44:47,840 --> 01:44:54,440
that I talked to. They can get up to 50
grand for a secondary dwelling and they

1180
01:44:52,639 --> 01:45:00,520
both got it. They're both getting
$50,000 free,

1181
01:44:57,520 --> 01:45:00,520
right?

1182
01:45:01,320 --> 01:45:08,239
So, it's good. The federal federal
government also has a program for

1183
01:45:05,600 --> 01:45:11,520
varying super interest rates for if you
want to create additional volumes,

1184
01:45:10,000 --> 01:45:16,000
right?
couple years out back here.

1185
01:45:14,480 --> 01:45:19,760
So, I'm just saying the federal
government has a program for super low

1186
01:45:18,560 --> 01:45:24,719
interest rates if you want to create
additional dwelling units. And there's

1187
01:45:21,760 --> 01:45:28,800
two people in uh there's two people in
this community that I spoke to and

1188
01:45:26,239 --> 01:45:35,760
they're getting $50,000 each for having
created uh additional. So, there's a

1189
01:45:32,080 --> 01:45:41,440
possibility of two u two recipients and
they both got it. So,

1190
01:45:39,530 --> 01:45:49,119
[Music]
Okay, the question who's up next?

1191
01:45:44,639 --> 01:45:54,800
Uh, Jessica Chris Shepard. Additional
units and shipping containers. Come on

1192
01:45:51,920 --> 01:45:57,800
down.
Princess,

1193
01:46:09,679 --> 01:46:19,119
right? So, regarding the RV bylaw, um we
find the amendments very ambiguous. Um

1194
01:46:17,360 --> 01:46:27,159
at what point, at one point they were
allowed in the bylaw, the 201249 on your

1195
01:46:22,719 --> 01:46:27,159
property if it is not a vacant lot.

1196
01:46:31,440 --> 01:46:39,440
It
says, yeah, 3.22 of the bylaw, which

1197
01:46:37,280 --> 01:46:43,600
I've confused why you're saying allowed.
says no recreational vehicle shall be

1198
01:46:41,920 --> 01:46:48,760
used within the municipality for a
period of more than 90 days and then 10

1199
01:46:46,000 --> 01:46:55,360
consecutive months
relies. So it was allowed by the way I'm

1200
01:46:52,880 --> 01:46:58,600
reading it as long as it was 90 days and
10 months.

1201
01:46:59,679 --> 01:47:06,199
Yeah.
Um and then

1202
01:47:04,679 --> 01:47:14,400
um
25-9 the section says requires a license

1203
01:47:08,880 --> 01:47:18,560
just like the RV used on vacant land. Um
question what is the purpose of the

1204
01:47:16,080 --> 01:47:23,679
amendments? Is it to provide an income
to the township through the annual fee

1205
01:47:21,040 --> 01:47:29,760
or is it a concern for our environment
requiring septic copic or sewage pumping

1206
01:47:26,080 --> 01:47:33,560
or is it something else? Um, but most
citizens are requesting.

1207
01:47:37,920 --> 01:47:43,670
Yeah. So, let's start those questions.
[Music]

1208
01:47:43,920 --> 01:47:47,639
Do you want us to

1209
01:48:01,400 --> 01:48:07,199
Sorry. So in your questions, you have
questions about additional dwelling

1210
01:48:05,360 --> 01:48:10,960
units and storage containers as well as
the trailers. So the trailers are after

1211
01:48:09,040 --> 01:48:13,679
the presentation for trailers. So we'll
address those questions after, but if

1212
01:48:12,320 --> 01:48:20,320
you can move on to the additional
dwelling units and the containers.

1213
01:48:17,760 --> 01:48:24,800
Okay. Addition additional dwelling units
have been in this township for many

1214
01:48:21,840 --> 01:48:29,360
years. Um, I think we've covered
granny's all the jargon. Um, they are

1215
01:48:27,600 --> 01:48:33,360
not used for full-time occupation, nor
are they typically for seasons. Some

1216
01:48:31,679 --> 01:48:36,400
have all amenities such as running water
and full kitchenetss and bathrooms, and

1217
01:48:35,040 --> 01:48:41,119
some are used to sleep additional
cooking only. Since these ADUs already

1218
01:48:38,960 --> 01:48:47,679
exist, will this bylaw a limit require
them to obtain a building permit and or

1219
01:48:44,320 --> 01:48:51,199
be removed? Question. And some of these
units were built over 100 years ago. Why

1220
01:48:49,760 --> 01:48:54,239
would this township not grandfather
these units into this

1221
01:49:00,760 --> 01:49:12,199
by so you've um the one is since the
ADUs already exist then why would we

1222
01:49:08,800 --> 01:49:16,960
remove them um so ADUs have not been
permitted what is permitted are

1223
01:49:14,320 --> 01:49:22,440
secondary dwellings garden suites and in
the RLS they're also allowed to have a

1224
01:49:19,440 --> 01:49:28,880
guest cabin. A guest cabin
is which is used for providing sleeping

1225
01:49:25,840 --> 01:49:33,040
accommodations but no sanitary or
kitchen facilities. So if there are

1226
01:49:31,440 --> 01:49:37,600
facilities like that, they're not
allowed. They were there. Nobody was

1227
01:49:35,520 --> 01:49:39,760
there. But they are not allowed permits.
So they were probably built without

1228
01:49:38,639 --> 01:49:42,960
permits. They were probably built
without permissions. So they can't be

1229
01:49:41,440 --> 01:49:49,199
grandfathered in because they're not
legal. They were there for years.

1230
01:49:47,119 --> 01:49:54,080
Wait. Well, they've never if if they
don't have a permit and they're not of

1231
01:49:52,320 --> 01:50:00,400
permitted use. I said earlier that
zoning bylaws are an

1232
01:49:57,000 --> 01:50:04,480
exclusive government body bylaw. So in
those bylaws, unless it explicitly

1233
01:50:02,480 --> 01:50:09,119
states it's allowed, it is not allowed.
So what was explicitly allowed was

1234
01:50:06,880 --> 01:50:13,679
secondary dwellings, garden suites, and
the RLS zone had guest cabins and they

1235
01:50:11,920 --> 01:50:19,760
were defined. So they're very defined.
Bies is not defined in our zoning bylaw.

1236
01:50:16,480 --> 01:50:24,520
Yes, they exist. We know this. As long
as they don't have sanitary or kitchen,

1237
01:50:22,239 --> 01:50:31,760
then they will fall
under. We know that they exist in there.

1238
01:50:28,000 --> 01:50:37,840
Absolutely. They do exist.
They do exist. So, in RLS zone, you are

1239
01:50:35,199 --> 01:50:43,280
allowed to have a guest cabin. So, they
will fall under a guest cabin. But they

1240
01:50:41,119 --> 01:50:50,199
everybody calls them monkeys but that is
nothing like and the zone is technically

1241
01:50:46,560 --> 01:50:50,199
a guest cover.

1242
01:50:50,400 --> 01:50:58,400
Yeah. So the RLS refers to Okay. So what
if you're in the rural

1243
01:51:02,440 --> 01:51:09,440
zone? So the rural zone allowed
secondary dwellings and garden suites.

1244
01:51:07,760 --> 01:51:12,719
So we don't know of any garden suites.
We have not found any agreements. So if

1245
01:51:11,440 --> 01:51:17,040
there are secondary dwellings, a
secondary dwelling is attached to your

1246
01:51:14,960 --> 01:51:21,679
house. So one wall has to be attached
from the secondary to the primary house.

1247
01:51:19,360 --> 01:51:26,000
So if there were secondary dwellings on
your

1248
01:51:22,520 --> 01:51:29,440
property, then they do not meet zoning.
So on a case by case that that does

1249
01:51:27,760 --> 01:51:34,000
happen to anyone, you can certainly come
into the office, talk to Simon and our

1250
01:51:32,080 --> 01:51:39,040
planning department can help so that we
can do a legal non-conforming status if

1251
01:51:36,560 --> 01:51:43,599
it applies. There's no permit. No, it
exists. I can't. It's case by case and I

1252
01:51:41,520 --> 01:51:47,599
can't promise anything. It would have I
would have to look at the the property

1253
01:51:45,199 --> 01:51:52,880
itself.
No additional cost dwelling that's

1254
01:51:50,159 --> 01:51:58,639
there. It should be approved. Does it
have two dwellings on your property? If

1255
01:51:54,800 --> 01:52:03,360
a dwelling was purch or was was built
without a permit without any built

1256
01:52:01,040 --> 01:52:07,679
before I got there. Yeah. So, we would
have to look at that case by case. So

1257
01:52:05,520 --> 01:52:13,080
you kind there there would be a process
in order to do that but we can certainly

1258
01:52:09,199 --> 01:52:13,080
look at doing that for you.

1259
01:52:14,239 --> 01:52:21,679
And just to address that one thing um
I'm an environmental engineer and place

1260
01:52:19,119 --> 01:52:27,119
regulation all the time and the absence
of regulation saying that it's not

1261
01:52:24,400 --> 01:52:32,360
permitted or that something is permitted
is not that it's not peritted. If it

1262
01:52:29,599 --> 01:52:37,239
doesn't state that it's not
permitted, then there's nothing to say.

1263
01:52:41,400 --> 01:52:47,360
Containers storage buildings are a great
way of cleaning your yard and safely

1264
01:52:45,840 --> 01:52:53,440
securing your tools, equipment, and
materials. They look good and can be

1265
01:52:49,440 --> 01:52:58,000
extremely handy to the property owner.
My first question would be why does this

1266
01:52:55,520 --> 01:53:02,040
council need a bylaw to regulate sea
containers slash storage buildings?

1267
01:53:00,480 --> 01:53:07,159
That's question
one. Since C containers are the most

1268
01:53:04,639 --> 01:53:13,280
basic and
secure secure temporary storage that is

1269
01:53:11,040 --> 01:53:17,480
very easily moved for both the homeowner
and the township. Uh why would the

1270
01:53:15,520 --> 01:53:22,639
township promote the use
of not promote the use of sea containers

1271
01:53:20,800 --> 01:53:27,400
by not regulating them other than
meeting setbacks and accessibility?

1272
01:53:27,760 --> 01:53:34,639
Thank you. What a a great opportunity
again to clarify position. Currently

1273
01:53:32,320 --> 01:53:38,560
shipping containers are not permitted
over certain size. We're moving forward

1274
01:53:36,639 --> 01:53:44,000
with permitting them. So we agree with
you. It's a great storage solution. It's

1275
01:53:40,800 --> 01:53:48,840
safe. It's secure. If it's under Mike,
how many square feet?

1276
01:53:46,040 --> 01:53:53,440
161.4. So it's
161.4. There's no permit required.

1277
01:53:51,199 --> 01:54:00,159
Anything over that? Yes. Required, but
that's in the building that

1278
01:53:57,000 --> 01:54:04,800
us on their property. Been there for
years.

1279
01:54:02,800 --> 01:54:10,320
Sir, I guess the only thing the only
thing I can draw back to is what I've

1280
01:54:06,560 --> 01:54:15,920
said. We are being asked to enforce
bylaws equitably and equally across the

1281
01:54:13,040 --> 01:54:20,400
community by many people. So if you have
done something or if somebody is doing

1282
01:54:17,679 --> 01:54:24,320
something illegal, it's hard for us,
it's impossible for us to say that it's

1283
01:54:22,400 --> 01:54:28,239
legal non-conforming in order for it to
be legal

1284
01:54:25,159 --> 01:54:33,679
non-conforming to be legal. So it puts
us in a position of wanting to make sure

1285
01:54:30,800 --> 01:54:39,920
that we are already changing the the
bylaw for trailers. So, if for the uh

1286
01:54:38,000 --> 01:54:43,920
shipping containers, so if a shipping
container is on your property, um my

1287
01:54:42,560 --> 01:54:48,400
guess is Mike's not going to be coming
to your property to ask you to remove or

1288
01:54:45,760 --> 01:54:53,199
move your your shipping container before
this bylaw is passed. Well, a lot of

1289
01:54:51,440 --> 01:54:56,719
things are permitted with, as you saw,
the proper setbacks and we want to make

1290
01:54:55,040 --> 01:55:00,080
sure that they look good for our
community. We've heard lots of feedback

1291
01:54:58,159 --> 01:55:04,000
about that. whether they could paint it
or whether if it's too close to the road

1292
01:55:02,000 --> 01:55:09,599
that it's you know covered with tree
line or fencing or siding. So there's

1293
01:55:06,320 --> 01:55:09,599
there's opportunities to have

1294
01:55:14,760 --> 01:55:22,480
candes. Why would it be a problem for
this? It's it's not a problem

1295
01:55:20,520 --> 01:55:28,560
for we're on the same page. That's
fantastic.

1296
01:55:25,119 --> 01:55:34,119
Correct. It's not if we pass this bylaw,
we're allowing shipping containers on

1297
01:55:31,119 --> 01:55:34,119
properties.

1298
01:55:34,560 --> 01:55:40,480
Well, you need a building permit. Well,
you need a permit. Why? I'm not building

1299
01:55:37,760 --> 01:55:46,000
a container. Because that's the Ontario
building code, sir. That's not the

1300
01:55:41,920 --> 01:55:46,000
township of Bfield, Julie. I

1301
01:55:48,520 --> 01:55:52,679
don't might have

1302
01:55:55,520 --> 01:56:03,040
Yeah. So you mentioned no shipping
containers were are allowed and again I

1303
01:56:01,280 --> 01:56:10,440
read through the whole bylaw current
bylaw and I didn't see any

1304
01:56:05,880 --> 01:56:10,440
mention. So I'm just curious.

1305
01:56:14,560 --> 01:56:19,400
So again, it's not specific, but you're
saying,

1306
01:56:20,080 --> 01:56:26,239
as as the building official said or
somebody said, if somebody has a

1307
01:56:25,040 --> 01:56:32,639
shipping container on the property,
that's under the requirements for a

1308
01:56:29,679 --> 01:56:36,800
building permit under the side that that
is permitted. What we're now permitting

1309
01:56:34,480 --> 01:56:44,760
is large. So that will continue and
we're permitting larger cands to be on

1310
01:56:40,480 --> 01:56:49,520
people's problems. So we are very
much. We can't grandfather something

1311
01:56:46,960 --> 01:56:52,960
that has never had when it needed a
permit before. Didn't need a permit

1312
01:56:50,960 --> 01:56:58,239
before.
Well, I don't know what to tell you.

1313
01:56:54,719 --> 01:57:03,920
That's the province. So,
thank you very much. Who's

1314
01:57:00,520 --> 01:57:09,320
next? Who's next?
Wesley.

1315
01:57:06,320 --> 01:57:09,320
Wesley.

1316
01:57:11,599 --> 01:57:15,199
Okay, I believe there's no

1317
01:57:19,040 --> 01:57:24,199
[Music]

1318
01:57:29,719 --> 01:57:32,719
westman.

1319
01:57:42,679 --> 01:57:49,639
Should I go give you my information
first or talk?

1320
01:57:59,040 --> 01:58:11,800
Hello there. My name is Carmen Jan. Uh
here now. Good. Okay.

1321
01:58:07,960 --> 01:58:16,840
Um I live on Top Pond Road.
Um a previous lady has covered some of

1322
01:58:15,440 --> 01:58:23,119
my
concerns. Uh one of the things I wanted

1323
01:58:19,679 --> 01:58:31,679
to speak about is the RVs and use of
them and again uh that was cleared up.

1324
01:58:28,280 --> 01:58:36,480
So, it was very vague in the
description. Now, it's cleared up. So, I

1325
01:58:34,400 --> 01:58:40,630
know if you're going to have a dwelling
um on your property, you can keep your

1326
01:58:40,000 --> 01:58:44,070
RVs
[Music]

1327
01:58:42,040 --> 01:58:47,220
and Okay.
[Music]

1328
01:58:51,239 --> 01:59:01,400
Um, also I I was questioning uh I
noticed some fees about RVs, but again I

1329
01:58:59,679 --> 01:59:07,920
think that was cleared up. That's
concerning vacant plant. Okay, that's

1330
01:59:06,000 --> 01:59:10,920
how come it was so vague. I was
questioning

1331
01:59:17,520 --> 01:59:28,440
And there was a mention about
um inspections on the RVs and trailers

1332
01:59:26,880 --> 01:59:36,400
as you see
fit. I found I found that a

1333
01:59:32,599 --> 01:59:41,360
little rude in so many ways as to say
you can show up anytime and inspect

1334
01:59:38,880 --> 01:59:44,360
something.
me.

1335
01:59:48,599 --> 01:59:56,960
And just as a background, I worked in
the justice system for many

1336
01:59:53,239 --> 02:00:04,599
years and I know that the way that was
worded

1337
01:59:58,760 --> 02:00:04,599
uh is not really legit.

1338
02:00:10,060 --> 02:00:13,149
[Music]

1339
02:00:18,000 --> 02:00:25,920
I've always stated how much I've been
here for over 20 years and I love this

1340
02:00:24,080 --> 02:00:28,920
community. I love the peace and quiet,
friendliness.

1341
02:00:29,960 --> 02:00:39,480
Um but again when it comes to the amount
of taxes we do pay

1342
02:00:36,239 --> 02:00:47,360
uh we get very little
services. Um I do understand the cost of

1343
02:00:45,199 --> 02:00:52,920
uh maintaining. I know that's quite
expensive. I was very glad to hear that

1344
02:00:49,280 --> 02:01:01,159
you have equipment.
Um, and again, a lot of these fees I

1345
02:00:56,320 --> 02:01:01,159
found when it came to

1346
02:01:03,320 --> 02:01:14,960
um, Airbnbs or whatever.
Um, I've known many of my friends and

1347
02:01:12,080 --> 02:01:19,239
and colleagues that have these things
and they've never had to pay fees. They

1348
02:01:17,280 --> 02:01:24,199
pay more house
insurance because they're renting their

1349
02:01:22,560 --> 02:01:31,840
home to the
public, but I don't think the township

1350
02:01:28,080 --> 02:01:40,400
should take charge of dealing with stuff
like this and charging fees when people

1351
02:01:36,320 --> 02:01:47,000
own their property and they also pay
more insurance to offer an Airbnb

1352
02:01:44,000 --> 02:01:47,000
service.

1353
02:01:53,480 --> 02:02:01,040
Thanks. A few different things to touch
on. Uh so I will call on a couple of

1354
02:01:58,080 --> 02:02:07,360
different people if that's okay. Um let
me just go through messing. So

1355
02:02:04,639 --> 02:02:11,040
uh matter of RVs we've cleared up. Do
not understand these

1356
02:02:14,280 --> 02:02:22,880
property. Let's see here. Inspections on
vehicles uh on property as we see fit.

1357
02:02:20,639 --> 02:02:29,400
So again, I'll just reiterate. I'll go
back to the uh

1358
02:02:25,000 --> 02:02:34,159
uh to the trailer bylaw, we will go back
through our intention is to make sure

1359
02:02:31,679 --> 02:02:38,239
that it's clear and if it obviously
missed the mark, uh we will we will

1360
02:02:36,239 --> 02:02:42,480
ensure that we clean that up before
anything that's final. Um I will ask

1361
02:02:40,800 --> 02:02:48,080
Mike to perhaps come forward and speak
about the inspections and the

1362
02:02:44,400 --> 02:02:55,199
authorities that are granted to us and
inspect. So I'm chief official and also

1363
02:02:51,520 --> 02:03:01,440
the officer under the municipal
under the mal act and uh the building

1364
02:02:58,480 --> 02:03:04,639
code act and several other acts. Um I
have access to your prop like whatever

1365
02:03:03,119 --> 02:03:11,119
council decides is going to be the
bylaw. I have access to your properties

1366
02:03:06,880 --> 02:03:11,119
your reasonable time of day. Right.

1367
02:03:23,199 --> 02:03:30,400
So we under this legislation we do have
the right to and especially for

1368
02:03:26,960 --> 02:03:34,560
enforcing the bylaws. We do not go on
property. We are not these are not meant

1369
02:03:32,159 --> 02:03:39,199
to be intrusive. So, if you apply for a
trailer bylaw, you are going to make a

1370
02:03:36,480 --> 02:03:41,520
number of like statements in it. When
you apply for a short-term rental,

1371
02:03:40,560 --> 02:03:46,000
you're going to make a number of
statements in that. Then, our inspector

1372
02:03:44,239 --> 02:03:50,960
will go to make sure that what you said
is is accurate and truthful. And that is

1373
02:03:48,880 --> 02:03:54,800
all that those bylaws are intending to
do. So, there's even sections in there

1374
02:03:52,960 --> 02:03:58,320
that say that, you know, he will arrange
consent with the owners that you are

1375
02:03:56,320 --> 02:04:02,239
there when he goes to to do the
inspection or that you have somebody

1376
02:04:00,000 --> 02:04:05,440
there, then he will go and look at
those. They're not meant to be

1377
02:04:03,440 --> 02:04:11,040
intrusive. You'll see in the trailer and
the short-term rental presentation um

1378
02:04:08,080 --> 02:04:16,000
that we specifically say like we're not
looking for building code infractions.

1379
02:04:13,040 --> 02:04:19,920
We're not looking to say that your your
house built 10 years ago doesn't meet

1380
02:04:18,400 --> 02:04:23,840
the building code today. So, you have to
do a number of changes. That's not the

1381
02:04:21,760 --> 02:04:29,360
intent. The intent is that your
application says what is there and that

1382
02:04:26,880 --> 02:04:32,960
he can then sign his name to say yes, I
have checked and this is what it is. he

1383
02:04:31,280 --> 02:04:40,199
issues the license, he needs to make
sure that what he's issuing is correct.

1384
02:04:36,000 --> 02:04:40,199
Does the only it doesn't

1385
02:04:44,280 --> 02:04:47,399
[Music]

1386
02:04:51,480 --> 02:05:02,679
witnesses talking about this one?
I didn't hear the full question, but is

1387
02:04:57,679 --> 02:05:02,679
it inspections for a trailer or short?

1388
02:05:02,800 --> 02:05:05,800
Inspection.

1389
02:05:14,159 --> 02:05:20,159
We'll look into that.
I I don't know the details. I can't

1390
02:05:18,639 --> 02:05:23,440
answer to that. I can't speak to it. I
don't know the details, but I'm sure

1391
02:05:21,280 --> 02:05:28,080
that I'll look into that. Okay. And who
might be next?

1392
02:05:25,520 --> 02:05:28,080
Gina

1393
02:05:30,440 --> 02:05:38,639
Langu and Hunts.
Gina. Oh, there she

1394
02:05:36,360 --> 02:05:46,920
is. Gina is also a member of our
planning advisor. That's a lot of great

1395
02:05:41,639 --> 02:05:46,920
work. So, here you go. Thank you.

1396
02:06:10,320 --> 02:06:19,440
As mentioned, I'm an appointed member of
the planning advisory committee and I

1397
02:06:16,360 --> 02:06:24,719
started almost two years ago and I've
been been a member of the community for

1398
02:06:21,920 --> 02:06:32,239
over 35 years.
So um my comments so I I may have a lot

1399
02:06:28,880 --> 02:06:38,480
of input for planning advisory committee
and into a lot of discussions and

1400
02:06:35,520 --> 02:06:44,960
usually I'm known as one of the ones who
is kind of a devil advocate

1401
02:06:41,360 --> 02:06:51,679
uh to take in the opinions of everyone
and try to remain unbiased. So I find

1402
02:06:48,960 --> 02:06:58,040
bylaws in general are very restrictive
and often the most restrictive bylaw

1403
02:06:54,679 --> 02:07:03,599
contents are used from other
municipalities in our

1404
02:07:01,400 --> 02:07:08,000
municipality and also I feel that
council seems not to have the time to

1405
02:07:06,000 --> 02:07:12,800
fully review and understand the full
impact of such

1406
02:07:10,119 --> 02:07:17,760
recommendations. I had suggested to some
council members that they should suggest

1407
02:07:15,119 --> 02:07:23,360
to the CEO that the number of documents
preferred for a council meeting so that

1408
02:07:20,000 --> 02:07:29,360
proper time can be committed to council
members and to the public in order to

1409
02:07:25,679 --> 02:07:34,639
have time to view um and uh prepare for
a question or prepare for the meeting.

1410
02:07:32,000 --> 02:07:41,079
Uh I think like this full agenda for
town hall is an example of a lot we're

1411
02:07:38,079 --> 02:07:41,079
meeting

1412
02:07:43,360 --> 02:07:52,159
American example is extensive list of of
building fee increases that was

1413
02:07:48,880 --> 02:07:57,199
presented to council. It is it's kind of
hard to believe that you would think

1414
02:07:54,079 --> 02:08:05,159
that a 90 900 square foot dwelling
should be the same fee and cost as a

1415
02:08:00,360 --> 02:08:11,440
2400 square foot uh
dwelling $4,000.

1416
02:08:08,960 --> 02:08:18,800
So it doesn't seem to seem fair to the
person building a 900 square foot

1417
02:08:14,599 --> 02:08:24,719
well. Uh also the fee was 5K originally
and put to 4K after complaint and thanks

1418
02:08:22,320 --> 02:08:30,320
to two members in the community came out
to a council meeting and at least able

1419
02:08:28,239 --> 02:08:38,320
addressed. So, it's important for all of
us to go to council meetings and address

1420
02:08:34,040 --> 02:08:43,760
concerns and uh a minimum paint decrease
from the tenant volumes. So, it appeared

1421
02:08:42,000 --> 02:08:48,960
no consideration was taken for
affordable housing for builders to come

1422
02:08:46,320 --> 02:08:55,599
to our township to develop or build with
the fee schedule.

1423
02:08:51,679 --> 02:08:59,880
Will this fee schedule be reooked at for
building permit fees and building fees

1424
02:08:58,480 --> 02:09:07,440
for
AGUs? And unfortunately, it um a member

1425
02:09:03,280 --> 02:09:13,920
of our community did go out and um go to
other communities and uh did a lot of

1426
02:09:11,280 --> 02:09:20,800
data research and was found that our
current fees were higher.

1427
02:09:16,960 --> 02:09:27,520
So um what is and another thing is why
is it that RL zone with the highest tax

1428
02:09:24,079 --> 02:09:30,760
base and these services always seems to
be targeted.

1429
02:09:34,119 --> 02:09:45,040
Yeah, no wind gas, no trailers, no
ADU. Uh we're all for the

1430
02:09:41,560 --> 02:09:50,560
environment. Um we, you know, we live on
the lake. We're like to all be

1431
02:09:47,840 --> 02:09:57,920
responsible people. The majority I would
I would say that we are. And uh it's our

1432
02:09:54,599 --> 02:10:03,560
lake. It's our area. It's where we it's
where we play,

1433
02:09:59,800 --> 02:10:08,960
swim. Um so
um so why are we treated differently

1434
02:10:06,239 --> 02:10:15,079
like anyone else in other zones? And
what really is the issue? Is it seen as

1435
02:10:12,639 --> 02:10:21,639
another? It is seen as another
barrier and not uh and it seems m

1436
02:10:19,079 --> 02:10:26,000
municipalities not given its
support. Although secondary dwellings,

1437
02:10:24,159 --> 02:10:32,320
guest cab and garden suites have been
allowed since

1438
02:10:27,639 --> 02:10:37,719
2015. Um it is being uh except for
garden suites. However, we don't know

1439
02:10:35,280 --> 02:10:44,400
what the new OP will bring. official
plan. Uh I'm going to be back here

1440
02:10:40,480 --> 02:10:50,800
fighting, not fighting, but discussing
um RL zones being allowed to do

1441
02:10:48,119 --> 02:10:56,079
that. Uh waterfront property is
expensive and it's an aging population.

1442
02:10:53,760 --> 02:11:00,639
So if it was your intent to be looked
after by others to be able to stay in

1443
02:10:58,000 --> 02:11:05,760
your home because your home is on water
waterfront, you may not be able to stay

1444
02:11:03,040 --> 02:11:12,639
in your home and your aging plan may
have relied on a second dwelling or a

1445
02:11:09,360 --> 02:11:18,480
garden suite. both folks in an RLS zone
that may not happen. As in PCO and

1446
02:11:16,000 --> 02:11:24,000
planning administration recommendation
to council it states despite this

1447
02:11:21,040 --> 02:11:28,079
concession it is consensus and planning
that ADUs are not permitted along

1448
02:11:26,480 --> 02:11:33,520
waterfront properties in northern
Ontario staff continue to support the

1449
02:11:31,119 --> 02:11:41,000
proposed amendment
um for detached ADUs in the RLS zone. It

1450
02:11:38,320 --> 02:11:47,239
will be interesting to see what does uh
transpire for the secondary dwellings

1451
02:11:45,040 --> 02:11:56,239
especially as there was a lot of
discussion even in the new op to even uh

1452
02:11:52,320 --> 02:12:02,719
have a sleep cabin. So it it still has
to be discussed. We will only have it in

1453
02:11:59,199 --> 02:12:08,480
the 2013 but what will happen with the
new official uh plan comes out. I know

1454
02:12:06,880 --> 02:12:13,520
there's a lot of talk about the water
capacity in North Bay Manwalk

1455
02:12:10,719 --> 02:12:18,840
Conservation Authority, but I thought
that um as long as North Bay

1456
02:12:16,719 --> 02:12:28,880
Conservation Authority or any other
authority has no uh um problem with this

1457
02:12:24,159 --> 02:12:35,480
um having an additional dwelling or um
or a

1458
02:12:30,280 --> 02:12:35,480
trailer, why should not

1459
02:12:40,320 --> 02:12:49,440
And I don't understand the exchange of
PAC's recommendation of one hector uh

1460
02:12:45,840 --> 02:12:54,079
for a hunt count of 10 25 hectares. Not
only do people leave their lands to hunt

1461
02:12:51,520 --> 02:13:00,079
on crown land, many are given permission
to hunt on private lands. This was done

1462
02:12:57,280 --> 02:13:05,199
with one person's recommend a one
person's comment to municipal staff

1463
02:13:02,639 --> 02:13:11,639
according to the recommendation of staff
to council. How did that happen? It was

1464
02:13:08,239 --> 02:13:20,840
not the recommendation of PAC to
council. Um at this time uh am I allowed

1465
02:13:17,280 --> 02:13:20,840
to speak to trailers?

1466
02:13:23,719 --> 02:13:35,199
Okay. As I as I've mentioned in in many
PAC meetings

1467
02:13:29,599 --> 02:13:39,560
um we require more discussions and um to
not uh to find solutions so that we

1468
02:13:37,599 --> 02:13:44,880
don't have so many
constraints. Uh like I mentioned I

1469
02:13:41,920 --> 02:13:50,560
always try to keep an unbiased opinion
and in PAC as well everyone is under

1470
02:13:48,320 --> 02:13:57,440
challenging times and these constraints
can add to everyday stresses.

1471
02:13:54,480 --> 02:14:03,520
Uh although some some people would like
to see milliondoll homes, housing sales

1472
02:14:00,239 --> 02:14:08,239
data does not show that it is the market
for Bondville. More people are into

1473
02:14:05,960 --> 02:14:14,159
homesteading, rural living, and a
simpler life and enjoying what our area

1474
02:14:11,360 --> 02:14:17,159
provides in recreational and rural
living.

1475
02:14:22,639 --> 02:14:27,880
Thank you.
Thanks.

1476
02:14:32,239 --> 02:14:36,639
Right. Okay. There's a lot in here. So,
you should say

1477
02:14:37,639 --> 02:14:44,079
just first. Thank you for your
contributions to the planning advisory

1478
02:14:41,360 --> 02:14:48,000
committee. She is correct. She um does a
very good job of making sure that all of

1479
02:14:45,840 --> 02:14:55,679
those bylaws and all of the points when
we're crafting them are well thought

1480
02:14:51,000 --> 02:14:55,679
out. Sorry. Yes.

1481
02:14:55,719 --> 02:15:01,079
Um uh I also think I think

1482
02:15:04,000 --> 02:15:13,199
so um why is it that the RLS zone does
not have head cams, no trailers and no

1483
02:15:09,760 --> 02:15:18,239
edus? Um so as we discussed earlier that
we did hear through our surveys that our

1484
02:15:15,760 --> 02:15:23,679
lakes rivers and forests are important
to everyone. We do have an email as you

1485
02:15:21,199 --> 02:15:27,840
know from the North Bay man conservation
authority the planners the person who

1486
02:15:25,440 --> 02:15:31,360
has the authority we whenever there's a
planning application that the

1487
02:15:28,960 --> 02:15:35,119
municipality looks at we are mandated to
send it to the conservation authority

1488
02:15:32,960 --> 02:15:39,040
they provide a planning opinion on that
and that's what we have to take as the

1489
02:15:36,719 --> 02:15:44,320
authority. So we have to abide by the
initial the the email that we have is

1490
02:15:41,679 --> 02:15:48,880
that ADU should not be permitted in the
RLS zones because they are not factored

1491
02:15:46,560 --> 02:15:53,920
into the capacity. So Lake Island is at
capacity and we can't sever any more

1492
02:15:51,119 --> 02:15:57,280
lots off of that. So is at capacity. We
need to do more studies and until those

1493
02:15:55,679 --> 02:16:02,800
studies are done we cannot have
additional dwellings on those

1494
02:15:59,360 --> 02:16:08,639
properties. So we hope as you know at at
pack and at the council we did discuss

1495
02:16:05,800 --> 02:16:13,440
that once the north rock conservation
authority has the resources and the

1496
02:16:11,280 --> 02:16:17,840
staff in place that we will be looking
at and pushing for them to do those

1497
02:16:14,880 --> 02:16:22,159
studies. We're also looking at hiring or
or working with other universities to

1498
02:16:20,320 --> 02:16:25,920
see if we might be able to be doing
programs under environmental so they can

1499
02:16:24,239 --> 02:16:29,760
also help us get those studies done
faster. But until those studies are

1500
02:16:27,679 --> 02:16:35,439
done, we are very limited of what we're
allowed to do.

1501
02:16:32,800 --> 02:16:40,880
I thought at the meeting I thought it
was from one employee at North Bay Manaw

1502
02:16:38,719 --> 02:16:46,080
Conservation Authority and then I
thought that North Bay Manawa

1503
02:16:42,800 --> 02:16:52,760
Conservation Authority uh was not ready
to commit to that to what that one

1504
02:16:49,200 --> 02:16:52,760
employee said.

1505
02:16:55,760 --> 02:17:02,240
We'll have an email that employee was
the person who had the authority to give

1506
02:16:59,840 --> 02:17:06,080
us the information. I do not have
something in writing from the North

1507
02:17:04,160 --> 02:17:10,719
Conservation Authority to withdraw those
comments. We've asked um you'll know

1508
02:17:08,399 --> 02:17:14,160
that we asked that member from the North
Conservation to come to the planning

1509
02:17:12,399 --> 02:17:18,000
advisory committee so that he could
explain it to us and he was not allowed

1510
02:17:16,160 --> 02:17:20,960
to come. So, they are going through a
restructuring right now and as soon as

1511
02:17:19,679 --> 02:17:24,559
they have that done, then we can
certainly reook at doing these things.

1512
02:17:22,719 --> 02:17:30,639
But at this time we have to go by what
they told us to do. But we could since

1513
02:17:27,280 --> 02:17:35,679
he's left someone could like say if
someone wanted a

1514
02:17:32,519 --> 02:17:39,679
secondary dwelling tomorrow they could
go

1515
02:17:37,399 --> 02:17:43,920
to she's saying that if somebody wanted
a secondary dwelling in the RLS they

1516
02:17:41,840 --> 02:17:47,120
could go to North Bay conservation and
yes that is what we talked about earlier

1517
02:17:45,599 --> 02:17:52,000
where we said that we do not change the
rules in the RLS. So the RLS is allowed

1518
02:17:49,679 --> 02:17:56,240
to have a secondary dwelling. Again the
primary and secondary have to share a

1519
02:17:53,679 --> 02:18:01,599
wall but it cannot have a detached
additional dwelling unit. So we left the

1520
02:17:58,880 --> 02:18:08,800
secondary dwelling in the RLS because
there is a we can't speak today. Um and

1521
02:18:06,240 --> 02:18:13,359
we once that is is rectified and we have
the answers then we can we can report

1522
02:18:11,040 --> 02:18:19,399
but until we have that we can't change
what they've given us.

1523
02:18:16,080 --> 02:18:23,679
So, and some of your other
questions, I know we'll get to the

1524
02:18:21,439 --> 02:18:28,160
trailers after. We've already explained
the hunt camp and we are still looking

1525
02:18:26,319 --> 02:18:32,800
for opinions. So, if you have an opinion
on what the size of a hunting property

1526
02:18:29,920 --> 02:18:36,240
should be, please make sure to contact
council, contact the staff and let us

1527
02:18:34,960 --> 02:18:42,800
know what you feel that that would be
the most appropriate land.

1528
02:18:38,040 --> 02:18:48,319
Yes. Why did one change? Right. So at
the planning advisory committee staff

1529
02:18:44,479 --> 02:18:55,519
did not recommend a 2.5 acre property or
camp. So the plan advisory committee

1530
02:18:51,200 --> 02:18:59,639
staff did not recommend that
staff did not recommend that to the

1531
02:18:57,760 --> 02:19:04,559
planning advisory
committee. We feel that a staff that is

1532
02:19:02,880 --> 02:19:09,120
the same size as a building lot. We want
our building lots to be used for homes,

1533
02:19:06,960 --> 02:19:13,519
not for hunt camps. We did do a survey
of all of the lands around Crownland and

1534
02:19:11,840 --> 02:19:19,359
there are no properties in Crownland
that are 2.5 acres. So it's

1535
02:19:16,599 --> 02:19:25,359
not no we don't want people to divide
land to have four campgrounds on 100

1536
02:19:22,240 --> 02:19:30,000
acres. We'd rather have houses on those
and then if they go to me landing then

1537
02:19:28,160 --> 02:19:35,200
they can still but they have to have a
bigger and it did get changed. uh staff

1538
02:19:33,200 --> 02:19:39,479
didn't re didn't support the
recommendation of pack recommendation

1539
02:19:37,599 --> 02:19:44,080
went forward but
counselor asked about it. It was

1540
02:19:42,240 --> 02:19:47,679
discovered that staff did not give that
information to council. Council needs to

1541
02:19:46,240 --> 02:19:51,120
hear both sides in order to make an
informed decision just like we're asking

1542
02:19:49,439 --> 02:19:55,840
you to do tonight. Tell us what you
think the size of that law is. What

1543
02:19:53,439 --> 02:20:01,160
should a hunting property be? So it's
just to make an informed decision. We're

1544
02:19:57,680 --> 02:20:01,160
open to ideas.

1545
02:20:01,359 --> 02:20:09,439
I'll just add um to Gina's point, yes,
this is a long evening. There is a ton

1546
02:20:06,960 --> 02:20:14,319
of information coming at you. Uh this is
the second town hall meeting that we've

1547
02:20:11,120 --> 02:20:17,920
had in this council. I don't believe uh
previous councils have done town hall

1548
02:20:15,920 --> 02:20:22,720
meetings like this, but we want to be
open and have a conversation with their

1549
02:20:19,840 --> 02:20:27,200
constituents. So, here we are. I would
also just say we meet every two weeks as

1550
02:20:25,200 --> 02:20:31,040
council. It's an open public meeting.
You're all welcome to join. I'm not sure

1551
02:20:29,040 --> 02:20:35,120
the town hall will hold as many people,
but we would love to hear from you on

1552
02:20:33,439 --> 02:20:42,240
any of the items that are important to
you as well as well. Uh we all have

1553
02:20:39,359 --> 02:20:47,359
business cards that have mine has my
cell phone number on it. Uh it's

1554
02:20:44,240 --> 02:20:52,479
available in the front hall of the uh uh
of the town hall. Uh my cell phone

1555
02:20:49,840 --> 02:20:56,640
number I put out in social media. I
encourage, as I know other counselors do

1556
02:20:54,640 --> 02:21:00,960
and the mayor,
please, please reach out, reach out and

1557
02:20:59,280 --> 02:21:05,880
have a conversation with us. We would be
more than happy to have a conversation

1558
02:21:02,160 --> 02:21:05,880
and answer any questions.

1559
02:21:16,080 --> 02:21:21,600
She had one last question for ADUs and
the building permits and we've not

1560
02:21:19,520 --> 02:21:28,240
addressed that yet. So that will come to
council um within the

1561
02:21:24,680 --> 02:21:31,760
next we can do um all of the the user
fees and the permit fees we can't do

1562
02:21:29,680 --> 02:21:36,160
until the bylaws are actually passed. So
once our class we know what is the

1563
02:21:34,319 --> 02:21:41,880
what's in the B what are the provisions
that's when we can look at the rest of

1564
02:21:37,840 --> 02:21:41,880
the implementation act

1565
02:21:42,650 --> 02:21:45,709
[Music]

1566
02:22:08,960 --> 02:22:16,120
Can everyone hear me?
Hello virtual counselors.

1567
02:22:16,160 --> 02:22:22,000
In the last year and a half that I've
been following the township and of

1568
02:22:19,200 --> 02:22:26,160
Bonfield council and CEO, I have found
that matters are not being presented to

1569
02:22:23,840 --> 02:22:29,319
our community members in an obvious and
easily

1570
02:22:27,800 --> 02:22:34,720
understandable
way. Tonight I am speaking to all the

1571
02:22:32,000 --> 02:22:40,160
folks who are living in or own property
in RLS zone. To simplify things, we

1572
02:22:37,920 --> 02:22:45,760
consider that RLSO mainly refers to
waterfront property. So right now, if

1573
02:22:43,359 --> 02:22:50,920
you have a waterfront property, you are
allowed a secondary dwelling unit and a

1574
02:22:47,920 --> 02:22:56,000
garden suite. Been that way since
2013. If you have read and understood

1575
02:22:53,280 --> 02:23:00,080
the proposed changes from the township
website, you will see they are

1576
02:22:57,359 --> 02:23:04,399
attempting to remove this right. In
addition to this, they are developing a

1577
02:23:01,840 --> 02:23:11,920
bylaw that allows homeowners to build
additional dwelling units on their

1578
02:23:05,920 --> 02:23:16,399
property, but they have excluded this in
If they are truly allowing secondary

1579
02:23:14,080 --> 02:23:23,120
dwelling units in RLS zone, it would be
added to this by which it's not. DAO may

1580
02:23:21,359 --> 02:23:27,359
tell you, don't worry, we're alleviating
the secondary dwelling units in the

1581
02:23:24,800 --> 02:23:31,600
current bylaw plan. But keep in mind
that once the new plan and zoning

1582
02:23:29,359 --> 02:23:36,560
bylaws, which we haven't seen the final
draft of yet, once it's passed, they

1583
02:23:34,160 --> 02:23:41,120
will take the place of the government
and they have made no guarantees that

1584
02:23:38,560 --> 02:23:45,280
your rights will remain.
If this passes, you will likely be

1585
02:23:43,439 --> 02:23:49,359
losing your ability to have additional
living quarters on your property. So, if

1586
02:23:47,760 --> 02:23:53,840
you want to put in a granny suite for
your elderly parents,

1587
02:23:51,680 --> 02:23:57,680
um have a place for a caregiver when
you're older or somewhere for your

1588
02:23:55,439 --> 02:24:02,720
children to reside, you will likely no
longer be allowed. The CAO and planning

1589
02:24:00,800 --> 02:24:07,120
clerk have also said in meetings that my
wall conservation has restricted this

1590
02:24:04,800 --> 02:24:11,840
because the lake is at capacity, but
this is false. If you read the official

1591
02:24:09,600 --> 02:24:15,600
plan from the township for 2013, you'll
see that this already speaks to the

1592
02:24:13,280 --> 02:24:20,240
lakes being at capacity, it says that
Madawan Conservation Authority has to

1593
02:24:18,080 --> 02:24:23,359
make sure that septic systems for new
builds and renovations meet the

1594
02:24:21,600 --> 02:24:27,680
standards and will not impact the lake.
That's their job. Under the Conservation

1595
02:24:26,160 --> 02:24:32,479
Authorities Act, it is the
responsibility of the conservation

1596
02:24:29,520 --> 02:24:37,359
authority, not municipality, to regulate
development in andor near re rivers,

1597
02:24:34,880 --> 02:24:41,600
streams, flood planes, and wetlands.
They specifically say that if you're

1598
02:24:39,120 --> 02:24:47,120
building changing, increasing the size
of the building or adding dwelling

1599
02:24:43,520 --> 02:24:52,200
units, you may need a permit. They will
come to your property, look at things

1600
02:24:48,720 --> 02:24:57,280
like slope, drainage, building location,
vegetation, existing septic proposed

1601
02:24:55,040 --> 02:25:00,760
septic site. They will determine whether
or not you can go ahead with it because

1602
02:24:59,120 --> 02:25:06,319
they are the
experts. Keep in mind that Madawa

1603
02:25:03,280 --> 02:25:09,760
conservation review is required before
the township of Bonfield can get

1604
02:25:07,920 --> 02:25:13,840
involved and issue a building permit.
That's straight from the website. So if

1605
02:25:12,240 --> 02:25:18,120
they find your septic is not good enough
for a secondary dwelling unit, they will

1606
02:25:16,399 --> 02:25:22,560
not give your project
going. Why is the township assuming

1607
02:25:20,800 --> 02:25:26,399
expertise in this matter? Why is the
township imposing these heavy

1608
02:25:24,160 --> 02:25:32,000
restrictions on community members in the
RLS zone? I am here to implore council

1609
02:25:30,160 --> 02:25:36,479
to prove they are allowing secondary
dwelling units in RS zone by including

1610
02:25:34,720 --> 02:25:40,960
this zone in the additional dwelling
units bylaw. I am respectfully

1611
02:25:39,120 --> 02:25:44,560
requesting that you recognize that you
are not the environmental experts

1612
02:25:48,520 --> 02:25:53,080
here. Thank you for your time.

1613
02:26:06,800 --> 02:26:13,120
So, as Laura explained, yes, we have
secondary funds in the RLS. We're not

1614
02:26:11,200 --> 02:26:19,720
taking away any right that you currently
have that is still allowed in the RS.

1615
02:26:15,840 --> 02:26:24,560
It's still in the current zone by law.
Um in regard to the Northland

1616
02:26:22,240 --> 02:26:30,240
Conservation Authority, we as I said
before, we do have um an email a

1617
02:26:27,920 --> 02:26:35,920
document from them when we ask for them
to provide comments. We have to abide by

1618
02:26:32,720 --> 02:26:39,920
what they say and it's not just about
there and North Bay conservation is also

1619
02:26:38,160 --> 02:26:44,000
charged with looking after the natural
heritage and we actually pay the North

1620
02:26:41,760 --> 02:26:49,080
Bay Conservation Authority to help us
with those guidelines. So those are what

1621
02:26:45,840 --> 02:26:49,080
we use.

1622
02:26:58,160 --> 02:27:03,760
just to add to that. So all applicable
laws, that's the term, right? So within

1623
02:27:02,240 --> 02:27:08,399
the Ontario building code, I don't know
if Mike wants to speak to that, but we

1624
02:27:05,920 --> 02:27:13,040
are legally required to consult with and
to abide by the advice of the North

1625
02:27:10,960 --> 02:27:17,680
Conservation Authority. So it's not an
arbitrary decision of ourselves. We're

1626
02:27:15,200 --> 02:27:24,319
not claiming to be environmental experts
as smuggers do have background in this

1627
02:27:20,240 --> 02:27:29,040
um but um we are after consultation
advisory committee put in that policy on

1628
02:27:27,040 --> 02:27:32,960
pause. So you will still have your
secondary dwelling suit that will be

1629
02:27:30,720 --> 02:27:36,479
permitted but there'll be a case by case
basis. So there still involve the north

1630
02:27:34,640 --> 02:27:41,040
bay master conservation priority as it
would for any application anyway. Even

1631
02:27:38,720 --> 02:27:44,399
if it's bylaws and passed, they would
still be required to come do an

1632
02:27:42,399 --> 02:27:47,280
assessment of the property and guide you
and tell you whether you could

1633
02:27:45,439 --> 02:27:50,520
accommodate that unit or not. So nothing
has changed.

1634
02:27:53,359 --> 02:27:59,840
I can't guarantee anything and I don't
say that to be suspicious in any way. We

1635
02:27:58,080 --> 02:28:03,600
have to do these late capacity studies.
There's other people, yes, some people

1636
02:28:02,160 --> 02:28:07,439
proponents more development in the
waterfront. Other people write to us and

1637
02:28:05,840 --> 02:28:11,840
say they're deeply concerned by the
algae blues and that we can't swim in

1638
02:28:09,200 --> 02:28:16,120
those lakes anymore. So we our duty as a
council is to balance all these

1639
02:28:13,120 --> 02:28:16,120
perspectives.

1640
02:28:21,720 --> 02:28:25,840
Cameron Cameron

1641
02:28:27,960 --> 02:28:36,960
Cameron
Cameron. Okay, that was the last one.

1642
02:28:33,520 --> 02:28:40,800
Are we opening it up for some questions?
Yeah, new any new questions on top.

1643
02:28:39,200 --> 02:28:44,960
Hopefully we answered many of them, but
happy to take some questions. I will

1644
02:28:42,720 --> 02:28:49,760
just be cognizant of it's 9:30. We still
have more to go. So, if it's repeat

1645
02:28:47,120 --> 02:28:54,640
questions, hopefully, you know, we limit
those.

1646
02:28:52,080 --> 02:29:00,479
Hi, I just have a one question kind of
regarding Doug's um Doug's statements

1647
02:28:57,840 --> 02:29:06,160
there. I drive past those same places
and it's been several years and several

1648
02:29:02,840 --> 02:29:13,240
complaints and no enforcement. I want to
hear from council how they're going to

1649
02:29:08,479 --> 02:29:13,240
guarantee enforcement of this stuff.

1650
02:29:13,359 --> 02:29:21,200
Thank you. Um absolutely fair points.
This has been something that we heard in

1651
02:29:18,720 --> 02:29:26,080
the last election. Uh we wanted to get
this bylaw passed and we will be asking

1652
02:29:23,760 --> 02:29:30,319
for enforcement. So, uh, our viol
enforcement officer, Mike, will be

1653
02:29:28,000 --> 02:29:34,479
charged with, uh, extending those
properties with trailers illegally, uh,

1654
02:29:32,960 --> 02:29:40,399
working with the property owners to have
those trailers removed. Uh, and and

1655
02:29:37,200 --> 02:29:47,000
that's that's the path forward for sure.
So, you will be seeing enforcement uh,

1656
02:29:42,880 --> 02:29:47,000
in the coming coming months.

1657
02:29:47,280 --> 02:29:53,600
And we will say it's not happening
overnight. I mean obviously you know you

1658
02:29:51,280 --> 02:29:57,280
provide notice sometimes there legal
issues sometimes there but I think

1659
02:29:56,160 --> 02:30:03,200
promise you that we're going to be
actively working on this new study

1660
02:30:00,479 --> 02:30:07,200
councelor Corbett I'm sorry the name and
address oh sorry you mind just name

1661
02:30:05,680 --> 02:30:10,000
address
I just need your

1662
02:30:21,760 --> 02:30:29,680
My name and
address. Jesus Murphy. I've been here

1663
02:30:25,760 --> 02:30:35,439
for 45 almost 50 years. But Andre, you
know where I live. Anyway, uh thank you

1664
02:30:33,840 --> 02:30:40,840
very much. I'm not going to take much
time. I just have a few little talking

1665
02:30:37,920 --> 02:30:48,080
points. I'm Karen Gier.
Uh myself and my husband have had this

1666
02:30:44,240 --> 02:30:54,960
red and white for over 45 years. Uh I
just want to say that uh hopefully it's

1667
02:30:51,120 --> 02:31:00,800
going to open this year soon. We're
really really happy with that.

1668
02:30:58,319 --> 02:31:05,920
it wasn't for all of you supporting us
from Britain. But I can say the same

1669
02:31:03,280 --> 02:31:12,240
about uh the council, the current
council, I'm very very sorry, but um

1670
02:31:08,800 --> 02:31:17,920
it's been 17 months and not one of you
except for the mayor have come up to us

1671
02:31:15,600 --> 02:31:24,479
and said, "Geez, um is there anything we
can do or or sorry for your lot, you

1672
02:31:21,040 --> 02:31:32,840
know, sorry, you know, and uh not one
not one and we're a proud family. So you

1673
02:31:29,560 --> 02:31:38,720
know what kind of form of collection we
got. So that's not very nice you know in

1674
02:31:35,840 --> 02:31:44,120
a small community. But I just want to
say I don't really have any questions

1675
02:31:41,359 --> 02:31:49,840
but I do want to just
emphasize the uh the atmosphere we're

1676
02:31:47,680 --> 02:31:54,960
living in in this world right at this
moment. Number one the pandemic. It's

1677
02:31:52,880 --> 02:32:00,600
only been five years since we've got out
of it. And to date, people are still

1678
02:31:58,000 --> 02:32:05,000
feeling the mental effects of
it. Trade war. We're in the middle of a

1679
02:32:03,600 --> 02:32:10,160
trade
war. We're right in the middle of it

1680
02:32:07,359 --> 02:32:16,640
with our closest ally, the US survey.
We're also dealing with threats on our

1681
02:32:13,720 --> 02:32:20,840
sovereignty. Economic upheaval. We are
feeling the effects of a global economic

1682
02:32:18,800 --> 02:32:28,880
shift in our
world. Inflation. Inflation is up to

1683
02:32:24,000 --> 02:32:34,000
2.6%. 6% as of today. That means higher
groceries,

1684
02:32:30,640 --> 02:32:37,960
uh, higher bills all around. All around.
So, with all of this happening, you

1685
02:32:36,399 --> 02:32:45,280
know, I was thinking of all this this
morning, we're it's certainly not the

1686
02:32:40,479 --> 02:32:56,399
time for our local council and more
unrealistic threats and demands coming

1687
02:32:49,760 --> 02:33:03,040
from you people that we have voted for.
and and you are you're you're here to

1688
02:32:59,280 --> 02:33:07,920
represent us. Uh not not threaten us
with

1689
02:33:04,280 --> 02:33:11,240
$25,000 first offense, $50,000 for the
second offense.

1690
02:33:12,120 --> 02:33:18,960
Exactly. Council should be assisting the
taxpayers. I have heard that there is

1691
02:33:17,040 --> 02:33:25,439
some assistance, which is wonderful to
hear. This is what I'm here for, to

1692
02:33:20,640 --> 02:33:32,240
hear, to see, and to participate.
Um, but guys, you have to understand

1693
02:33:29,120 --> 02:33:38,960
this is a small community and and we're
a proud community and you have to assist

1694
02:33:35,359 --> 02:33:44,720
us, not throw these threats at us and
just try to help us. We'll try to help

1695
02:33:41,680 --> 02:33:49,280
you if you can try to help us. Okay? But
there is a petition. There is a petition

1696
02:33:47,520 --> 02:33:56,000
that's going around tonight and the
petition does say very good about what's

1697
02:33:52,240 --> 02:34:02,000
happening and um I know that if there's
enough signatures some of these bylaws

1698
02:33:58,479 --> 02:34:09,280
will not be passed. I know that and so
does most of the people in this hall. So

1699
02:34:05,520 --> 02:34:17,640
please uh just consider everything I've
said. Okay. Thank you very much.

1700
02:34:14,080 --> 02:34:17,640
Thank you very much.

1701
02:34:22,439 --> 02:34:31,920
Um, just curious, um, as a community, do
we get to vote on these bylaws? Because

1702
02:34:28,640 --> 02:34:38,280
I'm a single mom and all the financials
coming my way, I'm feeling extremely

1703
02:34:34,319 --> 02:34:38,280
bullied on my own.

1704
02:34:42,479 --> 02:34:47,920
The best way to engage in this process
is to be here tonight to bring your

1705
02:34:46,080 --> 02:34:51,800
comments forward for council here to
engage with your individual council

1706
02:34:49,520 --> 02:34:56,479
members or mayor. Share your
comments. Democracy takes time. We've

1707
02:34:54,160 --> 02:35:01,840
been working on this for two years. Uh
we want to engage with individuals

1708
02:34:59,439 --> 02:35:05,120
including yourself. I will give you my
business cardio for you. I will give you

1709
02:35:03,359 --> 02:35:08,720
that. happy to have any conversation
with you about your thoughts as I know

1710
02:35:07,120 --> 02:35:15,439
my other fellow counselors and mayors
will be also happy to have those

1711
02:35:11,640 --> 02:35:21,200
conversations. Our goal is not to stifle
or to infringe on your property. What we

1712
02:35:18,000 --> 02:35:28,000
have trying to do is actually open up
the ability for more things to happen on

1713
02:35:23,680 --> 02:35:28,000
your property. So we're not

1714
02:35:28,359 --> 02:35:37,680
allowed not. So right now, right now the
option

1715
02:35:34,359 --> 02:35:41,840
is, you know, we we change nothing and
then the bylaws get enforced and you

1716
02:35:40,240 --> 02:35:45,439
lose the trailers off your real
properties or the bylaws get enforced

1717
02:35:43,920 --> 02:35:48,960
and you have to take shipping containers
off of your property if they require

1718
02:35:47,280 --> 02:35:52,880
building code. We think that's
unreasonable. So we're trying to open

1719
02:35:50,640 --> 02:35:56,720
up. Council is open to the idea of
wanting to allow you to do more on your

1720
02:35:54,720 --> 02:36:01,960
property than you're currently able to
do. Why it feels restrictive is because

1721
02:35:59,359 --> 02:36:07,520
this municipality has turned a blind eye
to applying rules equitably for far too

1722
02:36:05,439 --> 02:36:12,000
long. So does it feel heavy-handed?
Sure. But the reality is is the exact

1723
02:36:10,240 --> 02:36:16,840
opposite. We're actually loosening what
is currently in place.

1724
02:36:14,560 --> 02:36:21,560
Why do you say that
when your house at any given time which

1725
02:36:20,080 --> 02:36:26,080
is
false

1726
02:36:23,160 --> 02:36:31,359
code he can only enter on a vacant
property but that's a that's a

1727
02:36:28,160 --> 02:36:35,840
dictatorship not a democracy
let's go with that let's start there you

1728
02:36:33,680 --> 02:36:35,840
don't want

1729
02:36:36,680 --> 02:36:42,359
to go like that

1730
02:36:50,880 --> 02:37:03,720
You all here standing here with just
so you're false and it's we have extreme

1731
02:36:58,080 --> 02:37:03,720
power. It's a power that we don't have.

1732
02:37:06,720 --> 02:37:11,720
Walking around. No,

1733
02:37:15,200 --> 02:37:22,479
you want me
where a dwelling is is occupied. I

1734
02:37:20,800 --> 02:37:28,240
cannot enter the dwelling or remain in
the dwelling. Correct. Correct. Can you

1735
02:37:26,080 --> 02:37:33,359
let him answer the dwelling? No, I never
said that. On the property, not in the

1736
02:37:30,640 --> 02:37:37,640
dwelling.
Did I say your dwelling?

1737
02:37:45,600 --> 02:37:51,760
So during buildings access during a
reasonable time of day, I can actually

1738
02:37:49,840 --> 02:37:56,000
access any property to determine if
there's an unsafe condition. Um or

1739
02:37:54,720 --> 02:38:00,640
somebody's constructed without a
building permit allowed to enter the

1740
02:37:57,840 --> 02:38:05,680
property, not the building. So you I
cannot enter a building that's occupied

1741
02:38:03,120 --> 02:38:11,120
unless I present my ID. I identify
myself and I ask it to enter and I also

1742
02:38:08,720 --> 02:38:15,359
have to say that you are allowed to
refuse my entry and in no way is it an

1743
02:38:13,359 --> 02:38:20,800
obstruction of the law inside a
dwelling. I consider that the code does

1744
02:38:17,439 --> 02:38:24,680
and I consider that myself and I will
not enter your dwelling.

1745
02:38:26,800 --> 02:38:32,000
Not in the
house.

1746
02:38:29,680 --> 02:38:37,200
an unoccupied house. I'll I'll verify
it. Yeah. I mean, listen, I think we all

1747
02:38:34,800 --> 02:38:40,800
heard him say property and at no time
did he say house. Uh I'm sure that we're

1748
02:38:39,439 --> 02:38:44,319
going to be able to see that on record
as well.

1749
02:38:42,160 --> 02:38:44,319
I

1750
02:38:56,200 --> 02:39:00,280
just don't really

1751
02:39:05,399 --> 02:39:12,720
um we did have vacant land. We went
through that process. We built a house.

1752
02:39:10,560 --> 02:39:19,680
Um the one question I do have is about
sink cans. Um my concern is I just built

1753
02:39:16,960 --> 02:39:25,399
actually a storage shed on my property
and the fee itself for the permit was

1754
02:39:23,040 --> 02:39:32,520
atrocious. I didn't get my permit in my
application before they went. So if I

1755
02:39:28,479 --> 02:39:38,439
have to get $500 permit for a
camp that is now not an affordable

1756
02:39:36,000 --> 02:39:45,439
storage solution. Yeah.
I like so I tend to invite them to buy

1757
02:39:42,240 --> 02:39:50,560
them as much as I can. That's all. Um,
but I can see people just going ahead

1758
02:39:47,439 --> 02:39:55,520
and doing it. It's kind of why they've
already done it. They they got the

1759
02:39:52,560 --> 02:39:59,200
trailers on the property because they
just went ahead and did it. They're

1760
02:39:57,280 --> 02:40:04,560
going to keep doing it. you're going to
end up coming to the properties and then

1761
02:40:01,040 --> 02:40:10,560
it's going to be another big I can see
why the fees but I would like to see

1762
02:40:07,600 --> 02:40:10,560
that if

1763
02:40:10,600 --> 02:40:21,120
cand storage that the fees for those
permits to get the but also clarity to

1764
02:40:18,399 --> 02:40:25,520
make sure that the cand
would actually get approved too because

1765
02:40:23,120 --> 02:40:28,399
I think of it I just built my shed and
the stuff I had to do to get approval

1766
02:40:27,520 --> 02:40:34,880
for
was a little nuts for me. So, if I had

1767
02:40:31,920 --> 02:40:40,000
to modify a CCAN to make it fit the
building, I don't know if the building

1768
02:40:36,800 --> 02:40:43,920
code includes anything that will cover a
C.

1769
02:40:41,760 --> 02:40:48,000
Is it covered under the building code?
Am I have to change the structure of it?

1770
02:40:46,080 --> 02:40:52,520
Am I have to change the doors? Am I
going to have to do a bunch of

1771
02:40:49,520 --> 02:40:52,520
modifications

1772
02:40:53,040 --> 02:41:01,800
and I have to pay? So, I'd like clear
before the actual rules come out. What

1773
02:40:59,600 --> 02:41:08,479
are my fees going to be if I put a CC
camp? I want to know those things before

1774
02:41:04,960 --> 02:41:15,200
the bylaw comes and I understand why you
have to pass a bylaw and then do some of

1775
02:41:10,240 --> 02:41:19,040
the work. But it declares is important.
Fair enough. Uh I

1776
02:41:21,120 --> 02:41:28,880
I'm I and I'm sure uh I speak for the
rest of the council point about the

1777
02:41:25,840 --> 02:41:34,080
fees. Um and we will obviously
reconsider and talk about and ensure

1778
02:41:31,120 --> 02:41:37,439
that our fees are reasonable uh and not
restrictive. Uh I'm not sure if you were

1779
02:41:36,160 --> 02:41:43,280
here the whole time. I want to make sure
that you know that there is no building

1780
02:41:39,600 --> 02:41:47,920
uh permit required for an 80 by 20 based
on the square foot of a shipping

1781
02:41:45,439 --> 02:41:51,280
container. It's only above and that is
actually part of the building code. I

1782
02:41:49,840 --> 02:41:57,040
don't know if we need more clarification
from Michael on that or if we understand

1783
02:41:54,160 --> 02:42:03,120
that. Yes.
I do. You want more clarification on

1784
02:42:00,560 --> 02:42:09,200
just something he said about the hydro
the height

1785
02:42:05,359 --> 02:42:14,080
hydro or height? Sorry.
So five meters.

1786
02:42:12,240 --> 02:42:17,200
Yeah. So basically it's saying if you're
going to do shipping containers, don't

1787
02:42:15,600 --> 02:42:21,920
stack them above one another because
there's Well, no, but five meters you

1788
02:42:19,920 --> 02:42:26,399
could get three cans high. Yeah. Yeah.
So typically So you're saying three cans

1789
02:42:24,240 --> 02:42:31,439
high is the limit. No, you can't stand
it because that's in that's in the

1790
02:42:28,560 --> 02:42:36,560
bylaw, too. So you said five feet
maximum. So the five meters coming five

1791
02:42:33,760 --> 02:42:41,439
meters. Sorry. The five meters is one of
the provisions for a shed. So it doesn't

1792
02:42:39,359 --> 02:42:46,960
really apply to why are we talking about
see and because we're slipping the seans

1793
02:42:44,479 --> 02:42:49,359
into the new exemption for sheds. You
can slip

1794
02:42:49,720 --> 02:42:57,280
it a little Does your she can exceed
five meters? I don't have one. Do you?

1795
02:42:55,200 --> 02:43:00,720
No, I don't have one and I certainly
encourage them. I'm just speaking to

1796
02:42:58,880 --> 02:43:04,240
what you said about five meters in
height. Yes, because that's the

1797
02:43:02,479 --> 02:43:07,520
provisions of a shed. So it can't be
attached to a dwelling not over 5

1798
02:43:06,240 --> 02:43:13,760
meters. If you're going to pass that
bylaw saying not over 5 m, then people

1799
02:43:10,560 --> 02:43:17,359
are going to stack seat pans up as high
as they can. There's a provision in the

1800
02:43:15,280 --> 02:43:22,399
bylaw that says you cannot stack. So
that's

1801
02:43:18,840 --> 02:43:26,640
that's it by welding them. Now it's not
that it's

1802
02:43:24,960 --> 02:43:32,040
okay. The other question and then I'm
done. You said something about I'm not

1803
02:43:30,160 --> 02:43:39,840
sure who was sorry I'm
trying should be not must be should be

1804
02:43:35,920 --> 02:43:46,319
painted to look nice
exactly who decides what's nice who

1805
02:43:43,680 --> 02:43:49,080
decides what color goes there who
decides whether you want to stand it on

1806
02:43:48,160 --> 02:43:55,040
its
end who makes these decisions it's easy

1807
02:43:52,319 --> 02:44:02,399
to pass the bylaw and say oh we've got
the power one more year Yeah, I know one

1808
02:43:58,479 --> 02:44:06,120
part here, but there you go.
Yeah, it's actually not easy to pass the

1809
02:44:04,160 --> 02:44:11,359
bylaw. And so
when no, when we're trying to balance

1810
02:44:09,279 --> 02:44:15,840
the feedback that we get, there are a
lot of people who don't like CS in the

1811
02:44:13,840 --> 02:44:20,960
in the communities. So what we're trying
to do is say we we we can appreciate why

1812
02:44:18,960 --> 02:44:25,439
it is a useful structure to have for
storage on people's properties. And the

1813
02:44:23,120 --> 02:44:30,319
balance is as long as we remove the
lettering and it's painted a uniform

1814
02:44:27,279 --> 02:44:36,800
natural color then at least we try to
make it more but that is too ambiguous.

1815
02:44:33,920 --> 02:44:40,240
It's a completely ambiguous statement. I
don't think well my favor from the crowd

1816
02:44:38,880 --> 02:44:48,960
tonight is people won't like to say that
we want beige pan tone 16001 as the

1817
02:44:44,000 --> 02:44:54,319
color memory. But but she is allowing
we're allowing it to be natural natural.

1818
02:44:52,960 --> 02:45:01,960
This is what I'm saying. It's not an
easy balance. No, but you're opening

1819
02:44:56,640 --> 02:45:01,960
yourselves up to ridicule. Yeah.

1820
02:45:10,240 --> 02:45:20,399
Hi, my name
is I've been living in here. for 50

1821
02:45:15,960 --> 02:45:20,399
years. I've been married for 50

1822
02:45:22,359 --> 02:45:30,840
years. I've been paying tax here ever
since I was 16 years

1823
02:45:27,640 --> 02:45:37,399
old and I'm talking about
trailers. I've got a trailers on naked

1824
02:45:34,600 --> 02:45:46,000
land on
what right here beside

1825
02:45:39,880 --> 02:45:51,600
me and I don't see any reason why I
can't camp in my trailer.

1826
02:45:49,279 --> 02:46:02,279
When we talk about cess poolool, we got
a open house for the washroom

1827
02:45:55,399 --> 02:46:07,800
outside and uh as water we use the
lake to wash the dishes and whatever I

1828
02:46:06,319 --> 02:46:15,160
have to
do. And other than that, I have a home

1829
02:46:12,560 --> 02:46:23,680
in Bonfield. I've been paying tax like I
said and I don't see what's the reason

1830
02:46:19,439 --> 02:46:28,720
that I can't camp only for the summer in
my trailer with my grandkids and enjoy

1831
02:46:36,040 --> 02:46:44,600
life and I don't see the the reason I
feel so discrimination

1832
02:46:42,160 --> 02:46:53,730
or not. It's on
real and I don't know I don't know about

1833
02:46:50,630 --> 02:46:53,730
[Music]

1834
02:46:55,680 --> 02:47:06,479
and we're using the same link
Bfield and there's trailer a little bit

1835
02:47:03,479 --> 02:47:06,479
everywhere

1836
02:47:10,200 --> 02:47:21,600
like and I'm paying The only reason they
want me to do is to sell the lake so

1837
02:47:18,319 --> 02:47:24,600
they can have a house that is worth
million.

1838
02:47:34,600 --> 02:47:45,520
So, so again, just reiterate, any
trailer, the any trailer currently on

1839
02:47:43,359 --> 02:47:49,040
lakefront property is there illegally
and it's been illegally for several

1840
02:47:47,359 --> 02:47:52,960
years. This has nothing to do with this
council saying that you're

1841
02:48:03,160 --> 02:48:07,760
in their trailer. We're going to find

1842
02:48:10,120 --> 02:48:15,160
$25,000. You're the one and you said

1843
02:48:15,720 --> 02:48:25,800
no% I stand behind my
I stand behind that I don't think

1844
02:48:22,080 --> 02:48:25,800
trailers should be onent.

1845
02:48:42,000 --> 02:48:46,040
Absolutely. Yes.

1846
02:48:56,240 --> 02:48:59,520
Got sick hands.

1847
02:49:02,040 --> 02:49:06,520
Okay, wrap this up.

1848
02:49:10,399 --> 02:49:12,720
Wrap it

1849
02:49:17,319 --> 02:49:21,640
up. Wrap it up.

1850
02:49:30,000 --> 02:49:37,520
Okay, I want to talk about
secants. Okay, why don't we allow 50

1851
02:49:35,120 --> 02:49:43,840
foot cands and not 40 foot cands?
They're engineered by the same people.

1852
02:49:39,600 --> 02:49:48,880
And who is uh employed by the township
that has No, never mind. Who's employed

1853
02:49:46,720 --> 02:49:55,800
by the township that is an engineer and
able to stamp a floating woody can over

1854
02:49:50,800 --> 02:49:55,800
a 20 foot can? Nobody

1855
02:50:05,920 --> 02:50:16,399
uh my authority lies under uh anything
over 161. So I'm telling you if you want

1856
02:50:13,920 --> 02:50:21,439
it doesn't matter it doesn't listen to
me if it's under 161 I can't ask you to

1857
02:50:19,760 --> 02:50:28,160
get an engineer I can't ask you for
nothing except

1858
02:50:23,399 --> 02:50:34,120
apply it's not it's not a building
under 20 ft is not a building it's not a

1859
02:50:31,600 --> 02:50:38,120
building I can't do It's
a gang.

1860
02:50:42,399 --> 02:50:52,279
It's a building over 161. I'm telling
you, if you want Yeah. And then it has

1861
02:50:47,840 --> 02:50:52,279
no authority except for the buying.

1862
02:50:56,080 --> 02:51:01,960
Yes, it's the same. But there's no
authority.

1863
02:50:58,960 --> 02:51:01,960
16.

1864
02:51:27,290 --> 02:51:34,439
[Music]
Well, uh, when you're talking about

1865
02:51:31,520 --> 02:51:40,720
sheep containers, I agree on the 20
footers as long as they're properly

1866
02:51:36,640 --> 02:51:45,560
placed, not in front of other people.
And I got some there. I know I got to

1867
02:51:43,520 --> 02:51:51,600
paint them, but you can't paint them
snow. But another thing

1868
02:51:48,120 --> 02:51:56,800
is, like I wanted to say a while ago,
the sea containers, the seeds can't get

1869
02:51:54,000 --> 02:52:01,300
in there as easy. Now, any of these
little buildings and sheds, they're a

1870
02:51:59,920 --> 02:52:05,439
lot of them are
[Music]

1871
02:52:02,439 --> 02:52:11,439
dinosaurs. 531 down here at the highway
and that bird shed. I think that maybe

1872
02:52:08,240 --> 02:52:16,160
the duty and inspector should be putting
more effort into getting that cleaned up

1873
02:52:14,160 --> 02:52:21,600
and make a lot more impressions of the
bombfield

1874
02:52:17,640 --> 02:52:26,680
area. But, uh, that is something to use
to do.

1875
02:52:23,880 --> 02:52:32,279
Now why I'm talking about
pillars when you're allowing these

1876
02:52:28,960 --> 02:52:38,319
pillars to be set up any of the houses
lots there's temporary use and say

1877
02:52:35,200 --> 02:52:42,800
they're going to use the washroom inside
I don't

1878
02:52:39,399 --> 02:52:48,399
agree because that's just open up the
kind of work to either you do or you

1879
02:52:45,240 --> 02:52:54,319
don't and another thing is what I want
to get out

1880
02:52:51,080 --> 02:52:59,760
there He hasn't emphasized of any
property being he for storage and

1881
02:52:57,840 --> 02:53:05,160
somebody to put up a storage area where
they can be

1882
02:53:01,319 --> 02:53:12,840
stored. I think that's something to be
considered something

1883
02:53:08,600 --> 02:53:12,840
for. Thank you.

1884
02:53:16,680 --> 02:53:29,279
So one more question. However, we still
have probably an hour to go. So,

1885
02:53:26,200 --> 02:53:34,120
um you would like to I'll give you the
phone. Um so, we'll give you a break

1886
02:53:33,120 --> 02:53:41,600
after
this lady comes up and a five minute

1887
02:53:38,000 --> 02:53:45,240
break to get a coffee to watch break and
then we'll move forward with the rest of

1888
02:53:43,760 --> 02:53:50,520
the presentation
on the trailers and uh

1889
02:53:49,279 --> 02:53:56,560
the
uh shortterm radicals,

1890
02:53:53,560 --> 02:53:56,560
right?

1891
02:54:05,400 --> 02:54:15,800
[Music]
Okay. So, can you point to me everywhere

1892
02:54:12,640 --> 02:54:15,800
that is

1893
02:54:21,920 --> 02:54:28,960
where it is in the bylaw bylaw does it
has to be a permitted use under zone or

1894
02:54:26,720 --> 02:54:33,760
any medicine it's not in there are
sections especially in bylaw

1895
02:54:31,399 --> 02:54:37,120
201806 I don't have that bylaw with me
today but those were the sections that

1896
02:54:35,840 --> 02:54:41,160
were in there that said that you cannot
have a trailer I don't know

1897
02:54:49,359 --> 02:54:54,840
but not on vacant name. That's only if
you have a dwelling.

1898
02:54:59,600 --> 02:55:06,880
If you are in the RL zone and you have a
dwelling on your property, you can have

1899
02:55:04,640 --> 02:55:11,880
a trailer with no license because you
have a dwelling. It cannot be on vacant

1900
02:55:09,920 --> 02:55:18,399
land. If you
live it's it's the vacant land that is

1901
02:55:14,560 --> 02:55:24,160
the concern. So that's what would have
if you have a house you can have a

1902
02:55:20,960 --> 02:55:27,600
trail. It doesn't matter on the zone.
It's the zone for a

1903
02:55:28,600 --> 02:55:37,120
vac. It's the zone on the vacant land
only that is enrolled for a trailer.

1904
02:55:35,120 --> 02:55:42,120
Everywhere else it is not permitted
unless there is a dwelling. I hope that

1905
02:55:39,279 --> 02:55:48,240
helps clear that up. How about vacant
land and permitted trailers? Why can

1906
02:55:45,920 --> 02:55:54,319
they not be stored on vacant land?
There's people in this hamlet here that

1907
02:55:50,960 --> 02:55:58,560
got vacant land and they have no place
to park their trailer beside their

1908
02:55:56,240 --> 02:56:05,120
house. They using the vacant land park
their trailer over the winter. Why is

1909
02:56:00,640 --> 02:56:08,640
not permitted? I pay tax on vacant land.
There's a provision in the zoning bar

1910
02:56:06,880 --> 02:56:13,680
that says that if you are the adjacent
land owner on the vacant land, you can

1911
02:56:11,760 --> 02:56:18,560
park it on your propert on that
property. You have to own the property

1912
02:56:15,840 --> 02:56:22,640
beside you in order to put the on to
store over the winter. Not to use to

1913
02:56:20,720 --> 02:56:25,840
store over the winter. You can do that.
That that permission is in

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02:56:25,880 --> 02:56:34,399
there in the cabinet area in the
R1 commit.

1915
02:56:32,560 --> 02:56:40,479
I will get back to make sure that I give
you the correct

1916
02:56:36,600 --> 02:56:40,479
answer. So I don't

1917
02:56:52,920 --> 02:57:01,359
know. This will conclude the public
session of this meeting. If anyone wants

1918
02:56:58,560 --> 02:57:06,880
to be notified of the decision of the
approval authority, you must fill out

1919
02:57:03,920 --> 02:57:12,640
the requested form at the back. If you
do not fill out the form, you will not

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02:57:09,359 --> 02:57:19,279
be notified. Council will be considering
these bylaws at the March the 25th

1921
02:57:16,080 --> 02:57:23,200
council meeting. Council appreciates all
the feedback.

1922
02:57:21,200 --> 02:57:27,240
This meeting was held for public
consultation prior to the consideration

1923
02:57:25,520 --> 02:57:31,680
of the proposed
bylaws

1924
02:57:28,840 --> 02:57:38,479
and I have to say there's a lot of
thought from the people here and they

1925
02:57:35,040 --> 02:57:44,319
are addressing their concerns and that's
our concerns as well. It certainly

1926
02:57:40,880 --> 02:57:49,920
should be. So, um, we're going to move
on. If you'd like to have a coffee or a

1927
02:57:46,800 --> 02:57:55,279
break for we're going to stick with five
minutes and then we're coming back and

1928
02:57:52,240 --> 02:58:02,720
we will have another presentation for
the uh, trailer and if the short-term

1929
02:57:59,800 --> 02:58:08,640
rentals and thank you. We'll continue
into our next agenda soon as you guys

1930
02:58:05,600 --> 02:58:11,960
have a copy and come back and sit down.
Thank you.

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02:58:18,800 --> 02:58:23,560
And we only got five minutes. That's
okay.

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02:58:31,200 --> 02:58:33,279
I'm

1933
02:58:51,319 --> 02:58:54,319
sorry.

1934
02:59:19,240 --> 02:59:22,479
Imagine it's a

1935
02:59:24,399 --> 02:59:27,399
Yeah.

1936
02:59:44,560 --> 02:59:46,800
Don't

1937
02:59:47,000 --> 02:59:50,479
forget to

1938
03:00:01,640 --> 03:00:07,240
do it. That's it.

1939
03:00:43,800 --> 03:00:48,279
Yeah, there's a good question.

1940
03:00:53,200 --> 03:00:55,760
How do we

1941
03:01:12,200 --> 03:01:18,800
increase this for me?
for maybe

1942
03:01:27,040 --> 03:01:29,520
That was

1943
03:01:38,200 --> 03:01:41,200
the All

1944
03:01:56,040 --> 03:02:00,040
right. Whatever.

1945
03:02:23,279 --> 03:02:26,279
Benefit.

1946
03:03:15,680 --> 03:03:17,920
Well,

1947
03:03:25,560 --> 03:03:30,439
simply talking about this

1948
03:03:32,960 --> 03:03:36,279
That was cool.

1949
03:04:02,640 --> 03:04:05,520
Even if let's

1950
03:04:17,479 --> 03:04:21,880
say so let's say

1951
03:04:31,439 --> 03:04:35,520
that should be
okay.

1952
03:04:41,319 --> 03:04:45,319
So maybe

1953
03:05:00,640 --> 03:05:04,279
Depends on what episode.

1954
03:05:40,200 --> 03:05:44,200
years. Awesome.

1955
03:06:42,479 --> 03:06:45,120
It's Just

1956
03:07:07,479 --> 03:07:11,640
make your eyes.

1957
03:07:37,040 --> 03:07:46,120
Can everybody go back to where we do the
final session?

1958
03:08:03,920 --> 03:08:10,000
just two really nice people just came up
like great presentation and we want to

1959
03:08:07,920 --> 03:08:18,000
work projects like there's different
people in this. Absolutely. It's just

1960
03:08:13,000 --> 03:08:18,000
people recording that. Sorry.

1961
03:08:20,479 --> 03:08:25,399
That's good.
It's fantastic.

1962
03:09:11,200 --> 03:09:14,880
Yeah. Yeah. I was

1963
03:09:22,600 --> 03:09:28,680
wondering I know there's there's lot of
Yes.

1964
03:11:27,120 --> 03:11:33,319
states,
please. We're going to start very

1965
03:11:30,319 --> 03:11:33,319
shortly.

1966
03:12:47,479 --> 03:12:50,880
start. I know.

1967
03:12:58,800 --> 03:13:01,200
It was

1968
03:13:22,439 --> 03:13:29,319
Ready to move on with the next part of
the preservation.

1969
03:13:33,520 --> 03:13:36,000
is on

1970
03:13:37,080 --> 03:13:40,319
trailers and

1971
03:13:55,880 --> 03:13:59,200
council contract.

1972
03:14:10,640 --> 03:14:16,359
for shortterm.
I know youus.

1973
03:14:18,720 --> 03:14:25,800
So the next presentation tonight
short-term rentals and revival

1974
03:14:30,160 --> 03:14:36,239
So council staff and community members
have been working on these byas for over

1975
03:14:34,000 --> 03:14:40,960
two years. There have been several
opportunities for public consultation as

1976
03:14:38,560 --> 03:14:44,640
evident on the slide. There have been
amendments from the first drafts as new

1977
03:14:42,720 --> 03:14:48,319
ideas and comments have come to light.
The community has shared diverse

1978
03:14:46,479 --> 03:14:51,520
opinions and the final drafts have been
reviewed by the legal team. We're going

1979
03:14:50,319 --> 03:14:55,680
to present the results of the
consultations among everyone here

1980
03:14:53,680 --> 03:15:00,479
tonight. The details on the making of
these bylaws are posted on the website

1981
03:14:58,319 --> 03:15:05,680
and all documents and meeting recordings
are posted and were updated as they

1982
03:15:03,200 --> 03:15:10,160
happened. If anyone wanted to comment or
speak to these two bylaws tonight,

1983
03:15:07,200 --> 03:15:16,080
submissions were to be in by yesterday,
Monday at the the 17th at noon. We

1984
03:15:13,680 --> 03:15:19,600
received some comments and there are
members of the community here tonight to

1985
03:15:17,600 --> 03:15:22,960
speak to those comments which we will do
after these presentations although I

1986
03:15:21,439 --> 03:15:25,439
think we've already done a number of
them.

1987
03:15:25,520 --> 03:15:32,880
We know we will not make everyone happy
with the final bylaws. There are

1988
03:15:30,000 --> 03:15:37,040
polarized opinions. Council council's
intent is to create these bylaws to

1989
03:15:35,279 --> 03:15:42,640
permit the uses and provide more
flexibility but in a way that ensures

1990
03:15:39,279 --> 03:15:42,640
everyone can still enjoy their

1991
03:15:47,720 --> 03:15:52,680
property. So we'll start with trailers.

1992
03:15:53,600 --> 03:16:00,160
Why is the township introducing the
trailer bylaw? The burnt rules do not

1993
03:15:57,680 --> 03:16:04,640
permit the use of a trailer on vacant
land. While there are mixed comments on

1994
03:16:02,319 --> 03:16:10,000
permitting them within Bonfield, they
are becoming a trend throughout Ontario

1995
03:16:06,960 --> 03:16:13,920
and one that is taken in up in Bonfield.
Council is considering this bylaw to now

1996
03:16:11,840 --> 03:16:18,319
allow trailers on vacant land with
regulations. The official name of the

1997
03:16:16,319 --> 03:16:21,399
bylaw is to license, regulate, and
govern travel trailers and recreation

1998
03:16:20,160 --> 03:16:27,359
vehicles in the township of the
bombfield. And tonight, we'll just refer

1999
03:16:23,920 --> 03:16:27,359
it to it as the trailer

2000
03:16:27,399 --> 03:16:35,760
bylaw. The bylaw applies to all to to
any trailer as defined on all property

2001
03:16:33,760 --> 03:16:40,000
within the township. However, there are
exceptions. If a property has an

2002
03:16:38,080 --> 03:16:45,520
assessed trailer, which means it's
considered a permanent structure and has

2003
03:16:43,359 --> 03:16:50,319
been assessed under the assessment act,
it does not require a license. This both

2004
03:16:47,760 --> 03:16:54,239
elsewhere in the zone well. The test has
two camping establishments and this

2005
03:16:52,319 --> 03:16:58,560
bylaw will not require trailers within
those two businesses to be licensed.

2006
03:16:56,560 --> 03:17:02,080
Section four of the bylaw also exempts
when there is a dwelling on the

2007
03:16:59,920 --> 03:17:07,120
property. The store trailer does not
need a trailer, sorry, a license. You

2008
03:17:05,600 --> 03:17:09,760
know, this is going to seem repetitive
because we've already had conversation

2009
03:17:08,399 --> 03:17:14,960
on a lot of the things that we were
talking about, but I'll still move

2010
03:17:11,120 --> 03:17:14,960
forward with the presentations we had.

2011
03:17:15,080 --> 03:17:21,600
So, so these definitions outline the
type of structure that the bylaw applies

2012
03:17:19,760 --> 03:17:25,520
to, whether they are recreational or
vehicles used for temporary eating and

2013
03:17:23,359 --> 03:17:29,520
sleeping or travel trailers that are
plenty manufactured for the temporary

2014
03:17:27,439 --> 03:17:33,680
use of living and accommodation. In
general, this covers all trailers meant

2015
03:17:31,279 --> 03:17:37,520
for temporary use. Removing the gears
and towing equipment renders used as

2016
03:17:35,439 --> 03:17:41,279
non- temporary structures involves under
a different section of the zoning by we

2017
03:17:39,680 --> 03:17:44,960
are focusing on permitting the use of
trailers in this for the

2018
03:17:46,120 --> 03:17:53,279
purpose the bylaw will permit trailers
to be licensed in the rule of zones of

2019
03:17:50,800 --> 03:17:57,600
detention. This means not in the hamlets
and not in the residential limited

2020
03:17:54,880 --> 03:18:01,359
services or commercial industrial zones.
In reviewing original subdivision

2021
03:17:59,359 --> 03:18:05,680
agreements, some dating back to the 60s
and 70s, there are provisions directly

2022
03:18:03,840 --> 03:18:10,399
in those agreements that say a trailer
is not permitted. We had carried that

2023
03:18:07,920 --> 03:18:14,960
forward into this volume. Licensed
trailers will be permitted to be used

2024
03:18:12,239 --> 03:18:19,600
from May 1st to December 15th of each
year and then stored from December 16th

2025
03:18:17,600 --> 03:18:23,920
to April 30th of the following year on
the same vacant lot. This means you do

2026
03:18:22,160 --> 03:18:28,359
not have to move your trailer off the
property at the end of the season.

2027
03:18:29,840 --> 03:18:35,840
In the research of preparing this bylaw,
best practices and lessons learned from

2028
03:18:34,000 --> 03:18:39,520
other communities were applied. While
council is willing to open the bylaw up

2029
03:18:37,600 --> 03:18:44,000
to the use of trailers, the regulations
within the bylaw are in place to start

2030
03:18:41,520 --> 03:18:48,560
small and evaluate their effectiveness.
The regulations set out in section 4 of

2031
03:18:46,080 --> 03:18:51,840
this bylaw are intended to maintain the
character of the neighborhood and

2032
03:18:49,680 --> 03:18:55,840
protect long-term health and safety.
Building permits cannot be issued for

2033
03:18:53,760 --> 03:18:59,840
accessory structures on vacant land.
Therefore, a licensed trailer cannot be

2034
03:18:57,680 --> 03:19:03,840
built cannot build or install any
structure that requires a building

2035
03:19:01,359 --> 03:19:06,920
permit. Decks will be permitted as long
as they are under 2 ft in height and

2036
03:19:05,600 --> 03:19:13,439
less than
100 10 square meters or 108 square ft.

2037
03:19:11,760 --> 03:19:18,640
I'm still a square feet with their
making me person. They cannot be

2038
03:19:16,239 --> 03:19:22,399
attached to the trailer. Storage sheds
less than 10 square meters with no

2039
03:19:20,800 --> 03:19:26,160
plumbing or heating will also be
permitted. It is understood that to

2040
03:19:24,160 --> 03:19:31,120
enjoy the property owners will need to
store lawnmowers, outdoor furniture and

2041
03:19:29,279 --> 03:19:36,200
such and these provisions will allow
that without contributing any others or

2042
03:19:33,520 --> 03:19:40,399
the building code
act. It's also understood that shade and

2043
03:19:38,720 --> 03:19:44,399
shelter outdoors. It is important to
enjoy the trailer as building permits

2044
03:19:42,479 --> 03:19:48,640
cannot be issued. Canopies, pop on
tents, and smart placement of a trailer

2045
03:19:46,160 --> 03:19:52,720
are all acceptable options. When
considering to license a trailer, there

2046
03:19:50,319 --> 03:19:57,520
are requirements for an entrance permit
and application for a civic address. So,

2047
03:19:55,439 --> 03:20:02,880
access to the property, especially for
emergencies, is important and mandatory

2048
03:19:59,760 --> 03:20:02,880
mandatory for health and

2049
03:20:03,239 --> 03:20:10,000
safety. One issue that repeatedly
surfaced in relation to trailers was the

2050
03:20:07,439 --> 03:20:14,000
environmental services. Concerns are
that the sewage and gray water are not

2051
03:20:11,680 --> 03:20:18,399
being managed properly and dumpstra onto
the ground surface. These actions are

2052
03:20:16,080 --> 03:20:23,520
inappropriate, illegal, and do not
promote long-term environmental

2053
03:20:21,000 --> 03:20:27,520
sustainability. Trailers do come with a
septic system that generally goes the

2054
03:20:25,439 --> 03:20:33,200
matter for a short period of time, but
certainly not for the length of the

2055
03:20:29,680 --> 03:20:37,120
permitted use under this file. The North
Conservation Authority issues permits

2056
03:20:34,800 --> 03:20:41,040
for gray water pit management. It's a
class two

2057
03:20:38,439 --> 03:20:44,560
system. For the sewage, the North Envir
Conservation Authority outlines classes

2058
03:20:42,880 --> 03:20:47,840
of systems that are appropriate for a
long-term

2059
03:20:45,479 --> 03:20:50,760
solution. And this could be a class one,
which is an outhouse or class 4, which

2060
03:20:50,000 --> 03:20:55,200
is a
VP. Another option is to enter into an

2061
03:20:53,359 --> 03:20:58,800
agreement with the company that will
pump out or allow you to dump at their

2062
03:20:57,120 --> 03:21:04,239
site for the system that comes with the
trail. A copy of the agreement is needed

2063
03:21:01,439 --> 03:21:09,279
when the application and proof of the
year is required for annual renewal.

2064
03:21:07,040 --> 03:21:13,600
When you get to slides, um, you'll see
that I have links into both of those

2065
03:21:11,920 --> 03:21:18,479
options from North Carolina Conservation
Authority, but you can see there are

2066
03:21:15,279 --> 03:21:18,479
several options for

2067
03:21:19,080 --> 03:21:25,040
considered. Also to note, trailers are
not permitted to be short-term rentals,

2068
03:21:23,359 --> 03:21:29,040
nor are they allowed to be stored on
township property. Property standards

2069
03:21:27,200 --> 03:21:33,840
and clean yards apply to the licensed
trailer and property. Grass must be

2070
03:21:31,120 --> 03:21:40,000
maintained, no outside storage, and no
garbage left. Trailer licenses will be

2071
03:21:37,120 --> 03:21:44,239
per trailer licenses will be provided 16
garbage takes for the landful site per

2072
03:21:41,840 --> 03:21:48,319
year. The license for the trailer is
meant for one trailer per property.

2073
03:21:46,479 --> 03:21:53,680
However, there are opportunities to
invite three additional trailers to the

2074
03:21:50,640 --> 03:21:57,680
lot for a maximum of 14 calendar days in
a

2075
03:21:55,000 --> 03:22:01,600
year. This provision allows for a larger
group who wants to get together on the

2076
03:21:59,359 --> 03:22:06,239
property for a long weekend or a special
occasion. There has to be a main

2077
03:22:04,319 --> 03:22:08,920
licensed trailer on the on the property
prior to the special occasion permits

2078
03:22:08,000 --> 03:22:13,200
being
issued. And the shorter time frame of

2079
03:22:11,600 --> 03:22:17,760
the additional trailers less more
enjoyment of the property while having

2080
03:22:14,880 --> 03:22:17,760
no risk to the

2081
03:22:26,680 --> 03:22:34,479
environment. The bylaw sets out the
guidelines for issuing the license. the

2082
03:22:31,760 --> 03:22:39,120
enforcement steps of the bylaw and the
appeals process should a license be

2083
03:22:36,239 --> 03:22:44,000
withdrawn. The slide show clearly shows
that compliance is our goal. So for

2084
03:22:41,600 --> 03:22:50,399
enforcement for the license the first
offense is an education that you have 10

2085
03:22:46,479 --> 03:22:56,000
or sorry 14 days to remedy any offense.
The second offense is a penalty and it's

2086
03:22:52,880 --> 03:23:00,160
seven days to remedy. The third offense,
the penalty issued an immediate

2087
03:22:58,319 --> 03:23:05,920
suspension of the license for a maximum
of two years and removal of the trailer

2088
03:23:02,479 --> 03:23:05,920
in any temporary use

2089
03:23:07,560 --> 03:23:14,720
structure. The trailer license will be
annual. There is a prescribed form and

2090
03:23:13,040 --> 03:23:19,600
when submitting you must include a site
plan, proof of ownership or consent of

2091
03:23:16,720 --> 03:23:23,359
the landowner, pictures of the trailer,
all servicing permits and the license

2092
03:23:21,600 --> 03:23:28,880
fee. There are additional questions
about electrical services and smoke

2093
03:23:25,920 --> 03:23:32,880
alarms. These will be annual testations.
In addition, if there is no entrance,

2094
03:23:31,040 --> 03:23:36,800
then the entrance permit application
request must be build out along with the

2095
03:23:38,279 --> 03:23:44,720
civic. So to conclude, this presentation
is meant to highlight the regulations

2096
03:23:42,560 --> 03:23:49,920
within the proposed bylaw. Council is
considering this bylaw to not not allow

2097
03:23:47,840 --> 03:23:52,720
the use of trailers in the rural zones
while keeping the character of the

2098
03:23:51,279 --> 03:23:56,560
neighborhood and ensuring the health and
safety factors are addressed. The bylaw

2099
03:23:54,800 --> 03:23:59,680
considers best practices, lessons
learned, and community

2100
03:24:02,600 --> 03:24:07,120
feedback. Now, the details of the
short-term

2101
03:24:07,960 --> 03:24:14,080
rental. The formal name of the bylaw is
to license, regulate, and govern

2102
03:24:12,239 --> 03:24:18,880
short-term rentals. Tonight, we will
reference it as the short-term rental or

2103
03:24:16,239 --> 03:24:22,960
an SDR bylaw. It applies to all
buildings within the tension. There is

2104
03:24:21,359 --> 03:24:27,439
if there is an existing short-term
rental, it will need to comply with this

2105
03:24:25,200 --> 03:24:29,920
bylaw. On this slide, there's also a
list of

2106
03:24:30,840 --> 03:24:36,560
exemptions. To understand some of the
provisions in the bylaw, it is first

2107
03:24:35,279 --> 03:24:43,840
important to understand some
definitions. A short-term rental means

2108
03:24:39,520 --> 03:24:48,080
all or part of a dwelling use to prov to
provide sleeping accommodations for any

2109
03:24:45,600 --> 03:24:52,600
rental period that is less than 28 days
in exchange for payment similar

2110
03:24:50,800 --> 03:24:57,680
commercial or industrial
use. A principal dwelling means a

2111
03:24:55,439 --> 03:25:02,640
dwelling that is owned or rented alone
or jointly with another person where the

2112
03:24:59,920 --> 03:25:08,640
person's is ordinarily a resident and
has designated the dwelling as their

2113
03:25:04,880 --> 03:25:08,640
primary place of residency.

2114
03:25:08,720 --> 03:25:15,439
A nonp principal dwelling
unit or short-term rental means a

2115
03:25:13,680 --> 03:25:19,239
short-term rental that is not someone's
principal dwelling unit. So where they

2116
03:25:17,840 --> 03:25:24,319
live somewhere
else. And a dedicated responsible person

2117
03:25:22,160 --> 03:25:29,200
means the owner or agent assigned by the
owner of the L E of the short-term

2118
03:25:26,720 --> 03:25:32,880
rental who shall be at least 18 years of
age to ensure that the short-term rental

2119
03:25:31,279 --> 03:25:38,000
was operating in accordance with the
provisions of this bylaw the license and

2120
03:25:35,439 --> 03:25:38,000
applicable

2121
03:25:39,319 --> 03:25:47,600
loss. A highlight of section two of the
short-term rental by to operate an STR

2122
03:25:44,960 --> 03:25:51,600
you must obtain a license. As we move
through the presentation, work details

2123
03:25:49,200 --> 03:25:55,920
nobody explained. Trailers will not be
licensed to operate as a short-term

2124
03:25:53,399 --> 03:26:00,560
rental. Licensed short-term rental shall
not be used for special events. We know

2125
03:25:58,160 --> 03:26:05,760
that a home or property and are
occasionally used to host weddings or

2126
03:26:03,520 --> 03:26:10,239
large celebrations. These are hosted by
the owner of the property. However, the

2127
03:26:07,920 --> 03:26:13,760
intent is to avoid weekend after weekend
of large gatherings. If there's no

2128
03:26:12,640 --> 03:26:17,760
restriction, then there is no
enforcement. Neighbors want to enjoy the

2129
03:26:15,920 --> 03:26:22,640
outdoors on their property too. This
ensures that they can and that the house

2130
03:26:20,160 --> 03:26:24,800
the house subject systems and parking is
not

2131
03:26:26,680 --> 03:26:33,439
overburdened. Continuing short-term
rental shall have a maximum of 10

2132
03:26:30,319 --> 03:26:38,399
overnight guests at any time. Each guest
room as marked on the application will

2133
03:26:35,200 --> 03:26:43,200
have a maximum occupancy of two guests.
To protect the owner and the guests, a 2

2134
03:26:40,920 --> 03:26:47,439
million insurance policy must be
submitted with the application. Parking

2135
03:26:45,439 --> 03:26:51,920
is to be enclosed within the short-term
rental property. This is summer and

2136
03:26:49,840 --> 03:26:55,840
winter. Owners must have a designated
parking area or areas that will

2137
03:26:54,160 --> 03:27:00,960
accommodate the number of guests they
rent to. This also applies to municipal

2138
03:26:58,239 --> 03:27:05,439
roads and private roads. If the owner is
not available, they must appoint a

2139
03:27:03,279 --> 03:27:10,800
dedicated responsible person and notify
the township. The contact information

2140
03:27:08,080 --> 03:27:14,399
will be posted on the mun website so
concerns regarding an a short-term

2141
03:27:12,640 --> 03:27:18,640
rental can be addressed prior to the
township becoming involved. The person

2142
03:27:16,800 --> 03:27:23,040
responsible must address the concern
within 60 minutes of a call or

2143
03:27:23,560 --> 03:27:29,600
email. Throughout this process, the
township has heard concerns from both

2144
03:27:27,920 --> 03:27:34,479
sides regarding permitting short-term
rentals on private roads.

2145
03:27:31,840 --> 03:27:37,920
The courts have ruled that the use is
residential and regardless of ownership

2146
03:27:36,319 --> 03:27:43,120
on the road, the township does not have
jurisdiction to restrict the use.

2147
03:27:40,640 --> 03:27:47,960
However, to the concerns we did hear,
the bylaw includes provisions for car

2148
03:27:45,359 --> 03:27:51,920
access. It is important that the guest
understands that properties and proper

2149
03:27:50,080 --> 03:27:56,560
roads may not have the same emergency
response times for a variety of reasons.

2150
03:27:54,800 --> 03:28:00,160
There are other provisions in the bylaw
that require the guests to be notified

2151
03:27:58,399 --> 03:28:03,840
of emergency envelopment township
information such as rental

2152
03:28:06,120 --> 03:28:14,319
landlites. Initially, there will be 50
short-term rental licenses issued per

2153
03:28:11,520 --> 03:28:18,399
year. Currently, we are aware of 35 in
the tension, but it's understood that

2154
03:28:16,000 --> 03:28:23,439
once this bylaw is adopted, more may be
started. This number will be reviewed if

2155
03:28:21,520 --> 03:28:28,080
the weight list warrants, but as we've
heard earlier tonight, housing is a

2156
03:28:25,200 --> 03:28:33,600
concern, so a balance must be struck.
This will ensure affordability as well

2157
03:28:29,920 --> 03:28:33,600
as attainable home

2158
03:28:33,640 --> 03:28:40,880
ownership. Class A licenses are for the
principal dwellings where the owner

2159
03:28:38,560 --> 03:28:45,120
resides and non-principal dwellings,
which are typically second homes or

2160
03:28:42,399 --> 03:28:50,439
cottages. A principal dwelling can rent
up to four bedrooms as the owner lives

2161
03:28:47,279 --> 03:28:56,319
and stays in the house. Facilities are
common areas and shared. A non-principal

2162
03:28:54,000 --> 03:29:00,560
dwelling is rented as a full suite. The
owner does doesn't stay in the dwelling.

2163
03:28:58,640 --> 03:29:05,439
It cannot be broken up into the sections
to be rented to more than one party at a

2164
03:29:02,880 --> 03:29:10,640
time. At the beginning of the year,
class A applications will be considered

2165
03:29:07,760 --> 03:29:15,080
prior to class B licenses. The fee for
any short-term rental is $1,200.

2166
03:29:19,120 --> 03:29:25,600
So, I have to pause for a moment because
under our procedure bylaw, um, we are

2167
03:29:23,600 --> 03:29:31,840
not allowed to have a council meeting go
past 10:30 without passing the Nan

2168
03:29:28,880 --> 03:29:34,840
council meeting. So, as it is past
10:30,

2169
03:30:10,239 --> 03:30:17,840
moved by Mr. Perstone seconded by
counc whereas the procedural

2170
03:30:16,840 --> 03:30:25,520
bylaw
[Music]

2171
03:30:19,479 --> 03:30:31,680
2023-48 section 10 1 states that no item
of business may be dealt with at a

2172
03:30:28,080 --> 03:30:36,800
regular council meeting after 10:30 p.m.
unless authorized by a resolution

2173
03:30:34,160 --> 03:30:42,000
supported by the majority of the
members. It hereby resolve that the

2174
03:30:39,359 --> 03:30:48,800
count that the members of council agree
to function after 10:30 p.m. All in

2175
03:30:45,800 --> 03:30:48,800
favor?

2176
03:31:00,279 --> 03:31:07,439
Carry. Class B licenses are for
corporations. The provision comes if a

2177
03:31:05,520 --> 03:31:11,960
corporation purchases a residential
building within the township solely for

2178
03:31:09,439 --> 03:31:15,800
the purposes of using it as a short-term
rental. The corporation has to list the

2179
03:31:14,720 --> 03:31:20,560
all of the
shareholders to certain rules and a

2180
03:31:18,479 --> 03:31:23,920
corporation is limited to one short-term
rental within the boundaries of

2181
03:31:21,760 --> 03:31:27,840
Bondville. Again, striking the balance
between allowing other uses for

2182
03:31:26,080 --> 03:31:33,040
homeowners and protecting the rights of
residents to enter the home ownership is

2183
03:31:30,880 --> 03:31:37,359
key. Class B applications will be
considered after class A applications,

2184
03:31:35,760 --> 03:31:42,399
meaning that all applications start
February 1st of each year. So, class B

2185
03:31:40,160 --> 03:31:47,040
will not be reviewed until March 1st in
a nominee year. This is to provide

2186
03:31:44,720 --> 03:31:51,760
current owners and residents the first
opportunity to take advantage of the

2187
03:31:48,880 --> 03:31:55,760
bylaw and offer a short-term rental.
When submitting the application, the

2188
03:31:53,680 --> 03:32:00,239
bylaw outlines all the documents
required regardless of the class. The

2189
03:31:58,479 --> 03:32:05,200
complete application will include a site
plan of the premises, floor plans,

2190
03:32:02,479 --> 03:32:08,960
labeling the guest rooms, listing the
dedicated responsible person, and

2191
03:32:06,800 --> 03:32:13,760
consent forms. There is a requirement
for an inspection. The inspection is not

2192
03:32:11,439 --> 03:32:18,319
intended to ensure new building code
provisions are adeared to. It is to

2193
03:32:16,000 --> 03:32:22,960
confirm the dwelling is as listed on the
site plan and floor plan and that there

2194
03:32:20,640 --> 03:32:28,359
are smoke alarms and CO detectors and
other safety factors. There are

2195
03:32:25,200 --> 03:32:33,279
provisions in the bylaw to address owner
consent. This process is not intended to

2196
03:32:30,960 --> 03:32:37,040
be intrusive, but to confirm if the
township is licensing a short-term

2197
03:32:35,120 --> 03:32:39,760
rental, the dwelling follows a
short-term rental

2198
03:32:40,920 --> 03:32:49,520
by. So, enforcement, much like the
trailer, the BA sets up guidance in for

2199
03:32:46,239 --> 03:32:53,680
issuing the license and enforcement sets
of the bylaw and the appeals process

2200
03:32:51,600 --> 03:32:58,720
should a license be revoked. Again, the
focus is on compliance, not punitive

2201
03:32:56,000 --> 03:32:58,720
measures.

2202
03:33:01,840 --> 03:33:07,840
The bylaw also includes a code of
conduct that must be displayed. This is

2203
03:33:06,000 --> 03:33:12,640
to ensure that the guest understands
their role in making short-term rental

2204
03:33:09,840 --> 03:33:17,439
successful as well. It is it also
includes sections for garbage and pets.

2205
03:33:15,439 --> 03:33:22,080
All rules that apply to residents shall
apply to rental guests. The dedicated

2206
03:33:20,160 --> 03:33:26,319
responsible person will play a main part
in ensuring that while council is

2207
03:33:24,319 --> 03:33:30,399
believes there are new opportunities for
tourists to visit the area, it will not

2208
03:33:28,319 --> 03:33:33,920
be detrimental to the peaceful enjoyment
that Bonfield residents are used

2209
03:33:35,239 --> 03:33:41,279
to. As indicated, those wishing to
address the Bow to submit their comments

2210
03:33:39,520 --> 03:33:45,279
prior to the meeting. So we can take
those comments at this time. So I'll

2211
03:33:43,120 --> 03:33:48,520
hand the feedback to Mary to review
those comments.

2212
03:35:11,200 --> 03:35:18,479
comment period. Anyone wishing to speak
needs to submit their comments by

2213
03:35:16,160 --> 03:35:24,319
Monday, March the 17th. So there are
people that put their names in and

2214
03:35:21,720 --> 03:35:31,680
uh it was clear that there would be a
twominut period to speak. We have to

2215
03:35:27,680 --> 03:35:31,680
ensure that this be held.

2216
03:35:33,080 --> 03:35:43,080
Um so
um for the oral

2217
03:35:40,120 --> 03:35:47,479
presentation is Kathy
Bray horse trailer.

2218
03:35:51,440 --> 03:35:56,040
[Music]
I think we answered it already. So I

2219
03:35:55,040 --> 03:36:00,600
think
you Norman Sher

2220
03:36:00,880 --> 03:36:04,520
Yeah, it's not

2221
03:36:09,880 --> 03:36:16,920
Jasmine. She's gone. Jessica Chris
Shepard.

2222
03:36:31,840 --> 03:36:38,399
like to see how justice is. You've
increased the counter meeting to four

2223
03:36:36,640 --> 03:36:42,319
hours by bringing so many firewalls in
at one time and I think that was a plan.

2224
03:36:40,399 --> 03:36:48,479
So you get everybody confused. This
township is being really deceptive and

2225
03:36:44,720 --> 03:36:53,279
really unfair. I've been penalized over
and over again and here's yet another

2226
03:36:50,399 --> 03:36:57,600
one.
So again, I'm reading uh on behalf of

2227
03:36:55,359 --> 03:37:02,800
Chris. Short-term rentals are dear to my
heart. I have personally been renting my

2228
03:36:59,760 --> 03:37:07,279
cottage since 2015. If you look at my
listing, you will see that my reviews

2229
03:37:04,720 --> 03:37:11,439
are excellent. My customers are mainly
repeat and I look after their needs

2230
03:37:08,880 --> 03:37:15,760
during their stay. These ten tenants
typically book their vacation rental the

2231
03:37:13,359 --> 03:37:20,880
year before and they spend money in our
township. They rent horses from banders.

2232
03:37:18,960 --> 03:37:25,359
They eat meals at a dinner bell and
rollies. They rent boats and visit all

2233
03:37:23,359 --> 03:37:31,279
the sites from Grasswell to the Talon
shoots, Oaklair and James Pottery. They

2234
03:37:28,319 --> 03:37:38,160
visit Madawa and North Bay. They bring
money to our community. I am not a

2235
03:37:35,120 --> 03:37:46,200
business. I rent my rental in order to
pay the exorbitant

2236
03:37:41,000 --> 03:37:46,200
taxes. They literally pay.

2237
03:37:47,760 --> 03:37:57,920
This is my passive rental income that I
use to pay the exorbitant

2238
03:37:54,760 --> 03:38:04,200
taxes. Uh why does this township feel
the need to bring in a short-term rental

2239
03:37:59,920 --> 03:38:09,439
bylaw that only allows 50
rentals? I would like to stress that

2240
03:38:06,640 --> 03:38:16,000
this is massive overreach.
Not only does it only allow 50 rentals,

2241
03:38:12,720 --> 03:38:21,600
you can only rent from no more than 150
calendar days a

2242
03:38:19,319 --> 03:38:27,479
year. And you have to have insurance
assurance of 2 million. And apparently

2243
03:38:23,680 --> 03:38:33,600
your parking has to be paved or
concreted or interlocking brick, which

2244
03:38:31,680 --> 03:38:36,600
wouldn't that be nice to have our roads
paved?

2245
03:38:39,439 --> 03:38:42,439
Lastly,

2246
03:38:46,479 --> 03:38:55,680
um lastly, uh this is absurd. We have
$20,000. So, the bylaw proposes a

2247
03:38:52,640 --> 03:39:01,359
$20,000 fine for not complying up to
$50,000 fine if refused a second time.

2248
03:38:59,200 --> 03:39:08,000
We have bylaws to garnish noise and
trans trespassing already.

2249
03:39:04,720 --> 03:39:12,760
Uh, my vacation rental is on 200 acres
and it doesn't bother anyone. Why does

2250
03:39:10,880 --> 03:39:19,239
the council need to threaten me with
fines for my private passive rental

2251
03:39:16,239 --> 03:39:19,239
income?

2252
03:39:36,960 --> 03:39:44,080
So, first if I can um why are we doing
because council was asked to um council

2253
03:39:42,399 --> 03:39:48,880
was asked to review the short-term mess
and that's when the constitution started

2254
03:39:46,399 --> 03:39:54,160
over two years ago. Um and these files
are informed by all that. Again, you can

2255
03:39:50,720 --> 03:39:57,920
see it on um online. Um parking does
need to be contained on your property.

2256
03:39:55,600 --> 03:40:02,239
So you are not taking up the road uh in
road space or you're not parking in

2257
03:40:00,000 --> 03:40:06,080
septics. Guests that do come might not
understand what the subject is. So there

2258
03:40:03,760 --> 03:40:11,840
are provisions for that as well. The
fines are standard language for fines in

2259
03:40:09,680 --> 03:40:17,040
all municipal bylaws. We can do
short-term or sorry we can do set fines.

2260
03:40:14,319 --> 03:40:21,120
Um and those set fines can you know
that's when we go to the provincial

2261
03:40:19,120 --> 03:40:25,319
offenses act and there are binds that
way. Um the when a court orders that you

2262
03:40:24,239 --> 03:40:30,239
have
not that you've contributed the bylaw

2263
03:40:28,160 --> 03:40:34,640
enough times through set fines, you can
go to courts and the court will set

2264
03:40:31,920 --> 03:40:40,640
those fines. We have to put a number in
the bylaw and typically those bylaws are

2265
03:40:37,439 --> 03:40:47,040
25,000 50,000. They're standard numbers
um and they're approved um through the

2266
03:40:43,279 --> 03:40:51,279
provincial fences act. Right now I am in
no comprevention. There's nothing I'm

2267
03:40:49,439 --> 03:40:55,439
doing that's wrong right now. There's
nothing. And you bring in this bylaw and

2268
03:40:53,600 --> 03:41:01,760
I will be a criminal and I will be
charged with 20,000

2269
03:40:58,439 --> 03:41:06,279
$50,000. I am a citizen of this township
and I don't need to be bullied like this

2270
03:41:10,960 --> 03:41:18,720
once the is entered in like once it's
approved and it's a criminal. You're you

2271
03:41:16,720 --> 03:41:23,200
need to get an application. No, then I'm
a criminal. If I don't react to your to

2272
03:41:21,279 --> 03:41:27,680
your bylaw, what doesn't exist right
now, I am a criminal. I'm going to be

2273
03:41:25,520 --> 03:41:30,399
fined and charged. It'll be put on my
taxes and you're going to have one in my

2274
03:41:29,200 --> 03:41:35,880
property. I've been pulled that a couple
of times. This is called bullying.

2275
03:41:41,279 --> 03:41:44,479
Well, let's move on to the

2276
03:41:47,560 --> 03:41:57,600
next All right. Um, we're move ahead
with um on short-term rentals. Dr. Paul

2277
03:42:08,600 --> 03:42:24,969
Preston. Thanks very much. been for 20
years in order for the same reason.

2278
03:42:18,070 --> 03:42:24,969
[Music]

2279
03:42:32,920 --> 03:42:36,139
[Music]

2280
03:42:38,660 --> 03:42:41,809
[Music]

2281
03:42:46,720 --> 03:42:56,129
across the
country. Thank

2282
03:42:50,790 --> 03:42:56,129
[Music]

2283
03:42:56,840 --> 03:43:00,840
you. 5

2284
03:43:06,350 --> 03:43:09,399
[Music]

2285
03:43:19,260 --> 03:43:38,799
[Music]
Operations should be aware of

2286
03:43:34,480 --> 03:43:38,799
[Music]

2287
03:43:40,080 --> 03:43:45,359
basic things
like school and

2288
03:43:46,279 --> 03:43:55,770
having come up
[Music]

2289
03:43:58,690 --> 03:44:01,809
[Music]

2290
03:44:02,520 --> 03:44:10,319
here. I think that I think worried that
it was too vague about parking because

2291
03:44:07,680 --> 03:44:14,040
it just said the parking uh two weeks
ago we couldn't get to our house because

2292
03:44:12,560 --> 03:44:18,560
trailers were
blocking get there. So I think they

2293
03:44:16,000 --> 03:44:24,479
should specify how many cars the
property can park and how many trailers

2294
03:44:22,239 --> 03:44:29,239
or boat trailers can be parked there
safely because that's that's a

2295
03:44:29,880 --> 03:44:33,060
[Music]

2296
03:44:46,399 --> 03:44:49,520
Thanks very much and thanks

2297
03:44:50,980 --> 03:44:55,020
[Music]

2298
03:45:00,120 --> 03:45:04,319
for Jessica. First

2299
03:45:06,120 --> 03:45:10,120
shepherd. Okay.

2300
03:45:13,050 --> 03:45:16,160
[Music]

2301
03:45:53,399 --> 03:46:06,479
about trailers and short-term rentals.
So, unable short-term rentals and it

2302
03:46:01,760 --> 03:46:12,359
seems like a lot of time legal expenses
has gone into this bylaw and staff

2303
03:46:09,439 --> 03:46:16,720
tanning and additional cost to
municipalities in regards to short-term

2304
03:46:14,960 --> 03:46:24,080
rentals.
what over uh I believe there's been over

2305
03:46:20,160 --> 03:46:28,319
12 meetings, few lawyer consultations
and bylaw

2306
03:46:25,560 --> 03:46:35,840
reviews. Recently, it showed on sites
that North Bay has only seven

2307
03:46:32,120 --> 03:46:42,239
licenses and East Fris only has two
shortterm rental license agreement. This

2308
03:46:39,319 --> 03:46:48,319
bylaw will not work.
It just questions if this is why other

2309
03:46:45,160 --> 03:46:55,760
municipalities may not have a bylaw and
rely on current bylaws and if needed

2310
03:46:51,120 --> 03:47:01,120
calls to OP, MNR or by the uh by the
concerned citizen and almost most rental

2311
03:47:01,239 --> 03:47:09,279
sites almost most rental sites have a
complaint process as well. It seemed

2312
03:47:07,120 --> 03:47:13,439
from the onset that no matter what
presentations were given, the

2313
03:47:11,359 --> 03:47:18,560
municipality was going ahead with the
original bylaw presented with minor

2314
03:47:15,920 --> 03:47:24,479
amendments to insurance and fee. And
this took a lot of public input to get

2315
03:47:21,439 --> 03:47:28,800
municipal staff council to consider. The
fee is still too high for the amount of

2316
03:47:26,399 --> 03:47:33,760
taxes the person already pays to the
township and people are concerned with

2317
03:47:31,120 --> 03:47:38,479
the required inspection of the property
and possible outcome. Even though

2318
03:47:36,000 --> 03:47:43,199
building inspector may give a clearer
picture of what a short-term rental

2319
03:47:40,640 --> 03:47:48,640
inspection would look like. This all
started by one petition a few years back

2320
03:47:46,479 --> 03:47:56,080
and not accurate numbers of short-term
rentals or accurate data on amount of

2321
03:47:51,600 --> 03:48:01,840
weeks rentals occurred. Also, the amount
of 35 I'm not really sure would be

2322
03:47:59,080 --> 03:48:06,560
accurate either because uh I think I
showed counselor Corbett that often when

2323
03:48:04,720 --> 03:48:13,359
you go and you count it could be
duplicate sites. Uh it could be um uh a

2324
03:48:11,359 --> 03:48:19,439
commercial property that is allowed to
rent cottages. So, um it's not just an

2325
03:48:17,439 --> 03:48:27,279
easy count of looking and counting, oh,
1 2 3 because that's not um uh proper

2326
03:48:24,239 --> 03:48:32,319
and accurate info. This bylaw is a lack
for person that may just want to rent

2327
03:48:29,040 --> 03:48:39,040
out a property for even a 4 to 6 week
period to assist with costs in uh and

2328
03:48:36,479 --> 03:48:43,520
provide accommodations to a community
that is lacking in available

2329
03:48:41,279 --> 03:48:48,960
accommodations.
It appeared that the last delication

2330
03:48:45,800 --> 03:48:53,040
opposing now it's about dogs was all
based on one rancher going off a road.

2331
03:48:51,279 --> 03:48:56,399
These things happen. I found it
interesting listening to the

2332
03:48:54,319 --> 03:49:01,120
presentation that no one stated the
large equipment and cement trucks were

2333
03:48:58,399 --> 03:49:06,319
building dwellings and many contractors
that may be unfamiliar with the road

2334
03:49:03,359 --> 03:49:11,279
were going in and out many many months
traveling through to access properties

2335
03:49:08,319 --> 03:49:16,640
in the area. So why was someone using
the road such a concern? Also are

2336
03:49:14,080 --> 03:49:22,880
non-service delivery vehicles accessing
properties and may not be the same

2337
03:49:19,160 --> 03:49:28,960
driver. No presenter, municipal staff,
council member could give any data of

2338
03:49:25,840 --> 03:49:34,239
calls to police MR noise bylaw
complaints andor being enforced

2339
03:49:31,760 --> 03:49:39,680
regarding short-term rentals within the
uh township. So is this where the

2340
03:49:36,720 --> 03:49:44,640
residents want tax dollars spent and
time of municipal staff spent to

2341
03:49:42,160 --> 03:49:51,000
implement and process with other
enforcement measurements already in

2342
03:49:47,279 --> 03:49:58,199
place. We already paid for OP
services and also people not everybody

2343
03:49:55,840 --> 03:50:05,359
can afford a cottage
nowadays. Like if my kids want to take

2344
03:50:01,840 --> 03:50:11,760
over our place, they can't. they're not
going to be able to they may need to

2345
03:50:08,000 --> 03:50:17,680
rent or um to do a short-term
accommodation for 3 to four weeks. It's

2346
03:50:15,120 --> 03:50:24,960
not just for the it's not just for the
rich because a normal person like if I

2347
03:50:22,000 --> 03:50:31,040
started out now or any member of my
family, they would not be able to afford

2348
03:50:27,840 --> 03:50:34,199
to live where we now live and enjoy.
Thank you.

2349
03:50:44,800 --> 03:50:55,359
really good.
Okay. Uh in regards to just um trailers

2350
03:50:51,760 --> 03:51:00,000
within RLL zones, the m uh the majority
of our stations in Ontario near water

2351
03:50:57,520 --> 03:51:06,319
bodies and province allows 21 days to
camp on with a trailer alongside crown

2352
03:51:03,080 --> 03:51:11,359
lands. This is their land and municipal
taxes on those lands may already be more

2353
03:51:08,960 --> 03:51:16,239
than a dwelling in the hamlet. Why the
600 fees for trailers?

2354
03:51:14,319 --> 03:51:22,399
um where did the amount come from and
what formula was used? I provided uh

2355
03:51:19,520 --> 03:51:27,840
council corporate with a bylaw from a
township that compromised and and

2356
03:51:24,800 --> 03:51:34,199
permitted 21 days of use of a trailer on
RLS lands. Why not here? Thank you.

2357
03:51:36,720 --> 03:51:41,880
Next we have Robin Edwards.

2358
03:51:58,479 --> 03:52:06,479
and I have two minutes. So, I thought
I'd give you a bit of background. Um,

2359
03:52:03,279 --> 03:52:12,399
I've been a taxpayer bondfield now for 5
years. We bought a waterfront property

2360
03:52:09,520 --> 03:52:16,640
uh to retire to. I live about four hours
south of here, but we wanted to buy a

2361
03:52:14,560 --> 03:52:21,279
piece of the near north for our seven
kids because again, they can't afford a

2362
03:52:19,040 --> 03:52:26,160
cottage. We knew when we bought our
cottage, we'd have to rent our cottage

2363
03:52:23,600 --> 03:52:32,640
in order to pay the mortgage. We also
knew that we are a buy local, invest

2364
03:52:28,640 --> 03:52:37,040
local. We put thousands of dollars into
repairing,

2365
03:52:34,120 --> 03:52:42,479
fixing, investing in our property, all
local money, all local trades people,

2366
03:52:39,439 --> 03:52:47,520
all local cleaners, local. We rent about
six weeks a year, mostly to friends,

2367
03:52:45,279 --> 03:52:53,359
family, and colleagues. But we do also
have a website and we write publicly.

2368
03:52:49,920 --> 03:52:57,640
I'm Mr. Preston's neighbor. There are no
dog attacks, no dog.

2369
03:53:05,760 --> 03:53:08,760
Yes.

2370
03:53:14,720 --> 03:53:21,920
We don't we do not
So this is what we live with. I don't

2371
03:53:19,840 --> 03:53:27,120
want it to become personal, but I can
say that this is a tough issue for every

2372
03:53:24,680 --> 03:53:34,399
community. Welling doesn't make the
issue go away or better. We have a

2373
03:53:31,199 --> 03:53:38,600
wonderful cottage. We have really been
trying hard to make a go of it. I don't

2374
03:53:36,720 --> 03:53:45,520
know if we can live with this. We're
trying. It's It's hard. It's hard to be

2375
03:53:42,399 --> 03:53:51,520
lied to and lied about. It's hard when a
bylaw like this is proposed that we have

2376
03:53:47,920 --> 03:53:56,479
to respond to an email in 60 minutes,
which we will, or a phone call, which we

2377
03:53:53,920 --> 03:54:00,239
will, but we can't call anybody about
what we go through in our cottage

2378
03:53:58,080 --> 03:54:05,199
because no one's going to come. No one's
going to answer within 60 minutes when

2379
03:54:02,960 --> 03:54:09,600
we're listening to parties and chaos
night after night after night and Mr.

2380
03:54:07,680 --> 03:54:12,840
Preston's multi-million dollar cottage
next door.

2381
03:54:12,980 --> 03:54:16,080
[Music]

2382
03:54:27,600 --> 03:54:32,199
some concerns about the policy.

2383
03:54:34,160 --> 03:54:42,479
One of the concerns that we have about
the policy is the timelines. So if the

2384
03:54:39,040 --> 03:54:46,640
policy is adopted and there isn't
anything that suggests how long we would

2385
03:54:44,160 --> 03:54:52,880
have in order to comply. So if the
policy say pass this month, can we get

2386
03:54:49,439 --> 03:54:58,319
60 days, 90 days, 120 days? Because it's
a lot. It's a lot of requirements and

2387
03:54:55,520 --> 03:55:03,439
the summer's coming and so is the ski
season and that matters to us. It

2388
03:55:00,319 --> 03:55:06,720
matters a lot. I don't know if um
council would consider putting in

2389
03:55:04,960 --> 03:55:12,319
timeline so we at least have an
opportunity a to comply and if we can't

2390
03:55:09,520 --> 03:55:16,319
comply but we make every effort possible
let's say it's a septic inspection

2391
03:55:14,399 --> 03:55:20,720
within a certain amount of time what if
we need a particular piece or part that

2392
03:55:18,319 --> 03:55:25,600
doesn't come in time I want to know that
my best efforts is enough I can comply

2393
03:55:23,040 --> 03:55:29,520
with the policy even if it means to no
fault of my own the parts not available

2394
03:55:27,359 --> 03:55:33,760
within a certain timeline so I think
it's they're reasonable steps we can

2395
03:55:31,439 --> 03:55:37,680
take to make this doable for those of us
that are going to try and make it

2396
03:55:35,080 --> 03:55:42,399
happen. So, that's my one question. My
other was about um the resources. Is

2397
03:55:40,800 --> 03:55:47,439
there going to be enough people to do
enough inspections to get through in

2398
03:55:44,800 --> 03:55:52,239
time? Again, if we do our best and do
our due diligence, are we even going to

2399
03:55:49,600 --> 03:55:57,279
be able to meet the requirements to make
it happen with the resources we have?

2400
03:55:55,359 --> 03:56:00,800
The only other question I had was about
grandfathering. Many of the short-term

2401
03:55:59,520 --> 03:56:04,080
um
policies across Ontario have

2402
03:56:02,479 --> 03:56:09,040
grandfathering provisions, but this
policy is silent about it. And we're

2403
03:56:07,199 --> 03:56:11,840
trying to make a go of this for our kids
more than anything and for our

2404
03:56:10,239 --> 03:56:15,279
retirement. But there are people in the
community that are doing it for income

2405
03:56:13,279 --> 03:56:21,120
in order to stay here, to live here, to
invest here, to pay their bills here.

2406
03:56:17,680 --> 03:56:25,199
And so, you know, for us, we might just
fail in our venture of this dream we

2407
03:56:23,199 --> 03:56:28,479
had. And I guess we have to live with
that. But for people trying to make a

2408
03:56:26,720 --> 03:56:33,120
livelihood here, I think there should be
grandfathering provisions so that it can

2409
03:56:31,120 --> 03:56:38,239
be um something that's reasonable and
can happen within um a manageable way.

2410
03:56:36,560 --> 03:56:41,560
So those are those are my only comments
on the policy.

2411
03:56:46,800 --> 03:56:52,000
Thank you. Next we have Lori

2412
03:56:53,479 --> 03:57:02,520
Land people.
200 acres. Father, nobody. I'm being

2413
03:56:58,800 --> 03:57:02,520
penalized for this.

2414
03:57:10,160 --> 03:57:13,479
No more questions.

2415
03:57:14,960 --> 03:57:21,720
Okay. Next, we're going to
um move on.

2416
03:57:26,080 --> 03:57:31,520
Um, so we did receive some written
comments as well. So

2417
03:57:31,880 --> 03:57:38,319
I'll please see our comments below
regarding the proposed RV

2418
03:57:35,960 --> 03:57:42,640
amendments. We understand that the
current bylaws have been have long

2419
03:57:40,560 --> 03:57:46,880
prohibited RVs on vacant lands. Much
like any other Ontario and northern

2420
03:57:44,520 --> 03:57:50,960
municipalities, we also recognize that
council is working to address an issue

2421
03:57:48,560 --> 03:57:54,840
you didn't create and we appreciate your
efforts to find a fair and practical

2422
03:57:52,720 --> 03:58:03,040
solution. We believe the proposed
amendments by law 202516 and by law

2423
03:57:59,800 --> 03:58:07,279
202510 aim to strike a balance by
setting clear guidelines and introducing

2424
03:58:05,040 --> 03:58:12,560
the licensing system. They offer a way
to allow temporary RV use while still

2425
03:58:09,840 --> 03:58:16,640
ensuring proper oversight. These changes
aim to create more fairness by ensuring

2426
03:58:15,120 --> 03:58:21,359
all property owners contribute to
municipal services. They also seek to

2427
03:58:19,040 --> 03:58:26,080
address concerns about unregulated RV
use like the creation of campground like

2428
03:58:23,680 --> 03:58:30,319
conditions with multiple RVs on
properties near permanent homes as well

2429
03:58:28,239 --> 03:58:35,199
as issues like noise, improper waste
disposal, and the potential impact of

2430
03:58:32,080 --> 03:58:39,359
our lakes and environment. No solution,
no solution is without its challenges,

2431
03:58:37,520 --> 03:58:42,800
but these amendments do consider the
interest of RV owners, permanent

2432
03:58:41,040 --> 03:58:46,880
residents, and the broader community. We
support council's efforts and are

2433
03:58:44,560 --> 03:58:52,439
hopeful that these changes will help
create a fair and enforceable path

2434
03:58:49,439 --> 03:58:52,439
forward.

2435
03:58:55,359 --> 03:59:00,199
I think that actually answered as well.

2436
03:59:01,359 --> 03:59:06,920
I can address some of the comments on
the short-term rental.

2437
03:59:05,050 --> 03:59:12,560
[Music]
Um there's the parking does not need to

2438
03:59:10,000 --> 03:59:16,560
be paid. Um but it does need to be
designated in this. So we'll certainly

2439
03:59:13,920 --> 03:59:20,640
bring that back in um as well. entry
that council will give the comments

2440
03:59:18,160 --> 03:59:24,800
regarding the timelines uh and the
applications and that are brought back

2441
03:59:22,960 --> 03:59:28,439
to the to the council meeting on March
25th as well.

2442
03:59:31,359 --> 03:59:34,359
Yes.

2443
03:59:36,000 --> 03:59:44,520
Yes. So we'll bring that back.
Yes. Um, and I think those are all the

2444
03:59:41,520 --> 03:59:44,520
major

2445
03:59:53,239 --> 04:00:01,000
trailer. Next, we
have a debate on whether we have the

2446
03:59:59,439 --> 04:00:07,840
fireworks
in Canada Day or the end of the summer

2447
04:00:04,560 --> 04:00:15,279
event. So, what's going to happen is uh
we'll have a the staff go out and count

2448
04:00:11,199 --> 04:00:23,279
the ones that will vote and uh for
Canada Day July 1st each year standard

2449
04:00:20,000 --> 04:00:31,120
date celebrate Canada's independence.
It's a national holiday. Summertime hot

2450
04:00:26,399 --> 04:00:36,319
at dusk is later fireb season volunteers
family time. No rush.

2451
04:00:33,840 --> 04:00:42,640
If Canada Day when there's a fire ban,
fireworks are cancelled and not

2452
04:00:39,359 --> 04:00:48,880
rescheduled till next year. Cancelled
end of summer

2453
04:00:44,199 --> 04:00:54,399
events. Event moves to an evening event,
barbecue, dinner, games, community,

2454
04:00:51,680 --> 04:01:02,319
fireworks,
etc. And then summer works or fireworks

2455
04:00:58,960 --> 04:01:07,760
end of the summer event. wise long
weekend before school and summer with

2456
04:01:04,640 --> 04:01:14,239
the bang. End summer with the bang.
Typically no fire bands at this time.

2457
04:01:10,720 --> 04:01:19,920
More residents in the area. School
September not as hot and dusk as

2458
04:01:16,840 --> 04:01:25,920
earlier. We have the volunteers rush
over to get ready for school. Have

2459
04:01:23,040 --> 04:01:33,120
summer event. Canada Day stays a midday
event. two community gatherings, events

2460
04:01:29,760 --> 04:01:41,120
to an evening event, stage to an evening
event, barbecue, dinner, games, music,

2461
04:01:36,279 --> 04:01:49,680
fireworks, and 6 p.m. till fireworks.
So, I guess I'll pass. Lou wants um the

2462
04:01:46,479 --> 04:01:53,000
fireworks for Canada Day and we're going
out to

2463
04:01:59,520 --> 04:02:06,560
We have a from the federal government to
celebrate Canada Day. They give us

2464
04:02:08,520 --> 04:02:12,920
$500 for that day.

2465
04:02:24,239 --> 04:02:30,160
Sorry, I got Can we get people just to
raise their hand so that we can just

2466
04:02:28,239 --> 04:02:33,359
Okay. Could you put your hand up if you
want to vote for Canada

2467
04:02:38,520 --> 04:02:48,080
today? Okay. So, if you're voting for
the end of the the end of the summer,

2468
04:02:45,040 --> 04:02:52,760
just leave your hands up.
Switch it, guys. This is who wants who

2469
04:02:49,760 --> 04:02:52,760
wants

2470
04:02:53,279 --> 04:03:01,080
end of summer. End of summer. Say it
again. I don't think they understand.

2471
04:03:05,680 --> 04:03:10,120
They changed. Yeah, they changed.

2472
04:03:10,560 --> 04:03:17,760
No, she said keep your hands down. So,
everybody put their hands down. No, it's

2473
04:03:14,880 --> 04:03:24,960
easier to count. If we tell we can ask
them for the end of summer be easier to

2474
04:03:20,960 --> 04:03:30,560
count. Okay. Okay. Explain that so we
can count against the Okay. She's

2475
04:03:27,520 --> 04:03:38,000
counting again. If your hands are up,
keep them up. That's for the fireworks

2476
04:03:34,080 --> 04:03:44,760
and Canada Day. If your hands are down,
those are are the ones looking for um

2477
04:03:41,199 --> 04:03:44,760
Labor Day weekends.

2478
04:04:01,040 --> 04:04:13,800
Look at the money. I got 13
for September long weekend. Me, too. So,

2479
04:04:08,319 --> 04:04:13,800
the rest is Canada. What's Canada date?

2480
04:04:21,120 --> 04:04:33,080
Okay. Um, our CEO told me we will have
fire fireworks on Canada

2481
04:04:28,520 --> 04:04:41,760
Day. Thanks for voting. Okay.
Next. Okay. What time is it? 11:05.

2482
04:04:38,199 --> 04:04:48,960
11:05. Thank you very much everybody for
staying here all evening and going over

2483
04:04:44,920 --> 04:04:55,600
everything. Um all of you have put your
hearts into this meeting and I thank you

2484
04:04:52,640 --> 04:05:03,279
so much. There's so much to consider.
There's so much to think about when you

2485
04:04:58,319 --> 04:05:08,319
hear what affects everyone. So um we'll
be considering

2486
04:05:05,680 --> 04:05:13,680
um some of the comments or the all of
the comments I should say and I want to

2487
04:05:11,600 --> 04:05:19,960
thank you very much for staying with us.
This is the latest meeting we've had

2488
04:05:15,680 --> 04:05:19,960
since we started. So

2489
04:05:24,319 --> 04:05:33,000
moved by councelor McInness, second by
councelor Clark that this meeting be

2490
04:05:29,040 --> 04:05:33,000
adjourned at 101.

2491
04:05:36,640 --> 04:05:40,199
Sorry 11.

2492
04:05:42,000 --> 04:05:45,479
your best friend.

2493
04:05:46,319 --> 04:05:50,040
End meeting for all.