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cameras aren't working
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is 4:07 p.m. and
we are now recording and you can begin

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>> Okay. Thank you and thanks for

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everyone's patience. Sorry for the delay
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the committee of adjustment and I'm
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There is a quorum of the committee
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uh Miss Assistant Secretary Treasurer
would you please begin this meeting with

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the land recognition statement?
>> Yes. The town of Pelum is situated on

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treaty land steeped in the ris rich rich
history of the first nations such as the

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Haduender Hodenosi and the initab
including the missagas of the credit

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first nation. This territory is covered
by the upper Canada treaties and is

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protected by the dish with one spoon
wampom agreement. Today many first

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nations mate and Inuit people from
across turtle island live and work in

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Niagara. The town of Pelum stands in
solidarity with all indigenous peoples

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past and present acknowledging that our
high standard of living is a result of

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the resources and lasting friendship of
indigenous peoples. Through you, Mr.

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Chair, you may proceed with your
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» Yeah, thank you. Uh so in terms of staff
that are here today, there's three

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members of the committee that will be
hearing uh the matters in front of us

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today. There's John Kappa, Sue Sarco,
and myself, Isaiah Banick. Um, we have

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the assistant secretary treasurer Jodi
Conte, um the legislative coordinator,

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Alex Lewis, planning manager, Shannon
Lorac, and engineering technician, Jim

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Leisma.
This is a hybrid hearing of the

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committee of adjustment for the town of
Pelum. Everyone present will be given an

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opportunity to comment on the
applications being heard. Agencies

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commenting on applications may request
that certain conditions be imposed

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should an application be approved.
Voicing objections to these conditions

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will not adversely affect the
committee's decision.

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The purpose of the application and
relative correspondence will be heard

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following which the applicant will be
given the opportunity to address the

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application. During the public portion
of each application, we will hear from

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anyone wishing to submit verbal
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the public portion will not be
considered. At the conclusion of the

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discussion, the committee will render a
decision and advise of any applicable

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conditions.
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determined by the committee following
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Copies of decisions will be mailed to
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the public that have submitted comments.
Notices of decision can also be obtained

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by request to the assistant secretary
treasurer. Committee members are asked

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to raise your hand if you would like to
speak and vote. Applicants, agents, and

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attendees are advised they're free to
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decision has been made on their
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Okay, let's move to uh item four,
approval of agenda. Is there a motion to

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approve today's agenda?
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» I move.
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» Okay, thank you. Um pecuniary interest.
Does any member of this panel have a

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pecuniary interest in accordance with
the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act

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in any of the applications to be
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» Uh, no, I do not.
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» And none for me either. Okay. Uh, Miss
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adjournment?
>> There have not been any requests for

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withdrawal or adjournment.
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ready to proceed to our uh, first
application today. This um is file

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A52026P
relating to a request for minor variance

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at 1169A
Maple Street. And we'll note that the

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committee is considering application A5.
Uh the assistant secretary treasurer

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will present this matter relating to
1169A Maple Street as well as file A6

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relating to 1169B Maple Street together
as they relate to adjacent semi-

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detached dwellings and seek identical
reductions to the required front yard

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setbacks and have received the same
agency comments. While the applications

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are under separate ownership, they will
be addressed concurrently for the

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purposes of staff presentation.
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do this combined presentation, each
application will be considered

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separately and will require its own
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the committee.
Okay. So with that, uh, Miss Conti,

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should we, uh, read this summary
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Okay. For committee of adjustment
hearing,

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the town of Pel.

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Okay.
>> The town of Pelum is holding hybrid

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committee of adjustment hearings. A
hybrid hearing involves a mix mixture of

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inperson and remote attendance and
participation. The following

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presentations are based upon the town of
Pelum's planning department report

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analysis. Please note that no decisions
have been made prior to this public

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hearing. All comments received from
commenting agencies and the public have

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been forwarded in full to the committee
of adjustment members for their

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consideration and will appear
summarized.

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Decorum. The committee of adjustment is
a formal public hearing requiring

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decorum. All comments are to be made
through the chair. If you have

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pre-registered to speak virtually or are
participating in person, you will be

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given an opportunity to address the
committee at the public portion of the

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meeting. If someone ahead of you has
made the same comments you wish to make,

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there is no need to repeat. Please keep
all comments concise. Comments received

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during the public portion of the
meeting. Otherwise, they will not be

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considered. Inappropriate comments are
not tolerated. If the quorum is lost,

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the meeting may be recessed and persons
will be asked to leave.

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So applications for minor variance for
files A52026P

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and A62026P.
A5 relates to 1169A Maple Street. The

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subject land is located on the east side
of Maple Street lying north of Camber

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Road. Legally described as part 7 East
Side Maple Avenue, plan 703, being parts

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three and four on reference plan 59R1
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municipally known as 1169A Maple Street.
For file A62026P,

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this relates to 1169B Maple Street. The
subject land is located on the east side

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of Maple Street, lying north of Camber
Road, legally described as part 7 East

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Side Maple Avenue, plan 703, and being
parts one and two on reference plan 59R

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1801 183. The applications seek relief
from section 6.1.3

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zone requirements for a semi- detached
dwelling for the maximum front yard to

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permit a maximum front yard setback of 8
m whereas the bylaw requires 6 meters.

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To date, the following comments have
been received from public works.

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Per the town CLI ECA process, it is
required that all alter alterations to

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the town sanitary collection system be
approved prior to installation by the

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town of Pelum. The application was
incomplete and a force main was

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installed in April 2025 without the
town's approval. As of the time of this

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application, the town has not received a
complete application for the alteration

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of a 50 millimeter force mane installed
at 1171 Maple Street. The town requires

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resubmission of all documents and
application forms for the alteration of

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the 50 millimeter force main and the
applicant is required to pay a fee of

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$1,820
for review and approval of the

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alteration and no public comments were
received at the time of writing the

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report.
Minor variance test one. The variance is

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minor in nature. Yes, the variance
proposes an additional 2 meters to the

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maximum front yard. The impact on the
surrounding neighborhood and adjacent

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properties is negligible given the
prevailing pattern of development along

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Maple Street where larger and varying
front yard setbacks are common. The

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proposed setback does not create adverse
impacts on adjacent properties in terms

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of privacy. Test two, is the variance
desirable for the development or use of

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land? Yes, a front yard setback of 8
meters allows the new dwellings to

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integrate well into the streetscape,
which is characterized by varying front

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yards. Locating the dwellings further
back on the lot may offer functional

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benefits such as enhanced landscaping
opportunities and an improved interface

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with adjacent properties and additional
parking opportunities. From an urban

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design perspective, the proposal
respects and reinforces the character of

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the area, which is a key objective of
appropriate development.

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Test three. Does the variance maintain
the general intent and purpose of the

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zoning bylaw? Yes. The general intent of
the maximum front yard setback provision

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is to regulate the placement of
buildings to ensure compatibility with

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surrounding development and maintain
high quality and consistent streetscape.

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Although the variant seeks relief from
the prescribed maximum setback, it

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upholds the broader intent by aligning
the new dwellings with the existing

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pattern of development on adjacent and
nearby lots. By permitting a greater

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setback, the proposal avoids the future
dwelling

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projecting greater into the front yard
relative to neighboring homes. Test

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four. Does the variance maintain the
general intent and purpose of the

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official plan?
Yes, the subject property is designated

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urban living area in the official plan
which permits lowdensity residential

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uses including semi- detached dwellings.
Permitting the increased front yard

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setback facilitates a design that is
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to a cohesive streetscape.
Based on the analysis, staff is of the

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opinion the variances are minor in
nature, conform to the general policies

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and intent of both the official plan and
zoning bylaw, and are appropriate for

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the development and use of the land.
Planning staff recommend that

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application number A52026P
be approved subject to the following

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conditions and that application number
A62026P

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be approved subject to the following
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Obtain all necessary building permits
prior to construction commencing to the

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satisfaction of the chief building
official

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and resubmit all required documents and
application forms for the alteration of

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the 50 millimeter force man located at
1171 Maple Street and pay a fee of

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$1,820
for review and approval to the

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satisfaction of the director of public
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Through you, Mr. chair. The applicant
and his agent are both here. Um,

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Lawrence Fairman and his agent, Jesse
Fairman.

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Thank you. Yes, you're welcome to come
forward. Um, just to speak again about

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process before we uh proceed. So, what
we'll do today is we're going to hear

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both items separately. So, we're going
to hear hear one and then move to the

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next one. and then of course invite you
to speak and anyone else in the room

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that would like to uh speak to this item
will be invited to do so afterwards as

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» So go ahead, start with your name
kindly. Thank you.

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» So I'm Jesse and this is my dad
Lawrence. And uh just a little

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background on the project is um my dad
had the adjacent property and we severed

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it about a year ago and we're going to
be building a semi- detached residence

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together to
on the parcel that we seed and about a

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year ago we installed the force man and
uh I talked to Jim earlier this morning

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because uh like I just don't agree with
the comment that we did it without

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permission um just because we did go
through all the process we had the

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pre-construction meeting with the city
and uh we hired a reputable contractor

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with Silver Line and I think just the
that transpired was that uh we were just

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missing a bit of information and I
talked to Jim this morning and he talked

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with Jason Mah and we're going to get
them that information because I haven't

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talked to our engineers since May of
last year. So I I didn't really know

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that this information was out.

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» I appreciate appreciate that comment. Um
uh perhaps we'll get some uh

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clarification from staff as well, but I
wanted to invite the committee if

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there's any comments or questions
before that or if you have the same same

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question as me perhaps.
Okay. Uh perhaps I'll ask uh uh Mr.

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Ledma uh for your comment on the comment
about the uh confusion around the uh uh

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the force main and the condition
relating to that. if you'd like to

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comment on staff's position. Thank you.
>> Uh three, Mr. Chair. Um yes, the we we

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spoke uh earlier regarding the um um
with this matter um last year. This uh

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this project um uh it came through a
committee as well uh for the severance

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of the the project and it went through a
uh development um agreement with uh with

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the town and the the owners. Um there
were some communication or

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miscommunication between the um the
engineer and um I should say

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with the engineer because we the town
had communicated a couple of times and

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tried to confirm and try to get that
information from from the engineer.

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However, we're not successful of
obtaining that um um uh that that

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document that we require. So um from our
communication earlier with uh with Jesse

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I think uh once we get that uh
information then we can get that cleared

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that condition cleared.
I see. So just as a matter of kind of

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confirmation here what the condition um
relates to is

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a resubmission of documents and
application forms. That's kind of part

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one. And then part two to it is paying a
fee relating to that. So is it your am I

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understanding correctly that it's your
view that the first part of the

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condition should remain and the second
part of the condition relating to the

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fee is not necessary anymore or did I
misunderstand what you're saying?

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» Yes, that is correct. Uh I got
confirmation from uh from our director

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that that can be waved um
with uh with the uh uh applicant

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submitting those additional informations
regarding the uh the force main.

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» Right.
>> And uh we could uh clear it off.

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» Right. Okay.
>> Okay. Mr. Beerman, does that make sense

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to you what what uh what my conversation
was there. So in other words, um there

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is a condition there relating to
submitting the documents. I think that's

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still required. Um but what what's being
proposed or what the committee would

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consider at least um is whether the fee
part would be removed. Does that does

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that make sense to you?
>> Yeah, that makes sense to us. I just

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wasn't aware there was anything
outstanding until uh this morning when I

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got the comments. So now I'll get on the
engineer to provide the information.

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» Okay, thank you. Now we can now we can
hear outside the room for the recording.

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Um okay, maybe I'll pause and invite uh
the committee again. any any questions

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on what I've or comments on what I've
asked?

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» No, I had the same kind of questions in
my head when I first came in today to

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read this, but now that we've kind of um
gone through it, I'm I'm comfortable

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with it being resolved.

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» Okay. Um any other questions for
the applicants? I don't think so. Okay.

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Um you're welcome to take a seat for for
now. Thank you. Um, anyone in the

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audience uh that would like to speak to
this matter?

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Doesn't look like it. Um, and I I don't
think there's anybody online either. Is

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there anyone online?

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No. Okay. Okay. Um, then should we close
the public portion of the meeting?

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» Yes. I move that we uh close the public
portion of the meeting.

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Okay, good.
>> I second.

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» Thank you. Yes. Need that. Um, any other
discussion or do we should we move to uh

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the agenda item? Any comments or
questions? I'm happy to read out um if

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it's convenient uh the amended motion if
that's uh that works.

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» That would be great.
>> Okay. Uh so what I will what I will do

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is um

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um I'm going to propose just to preempt
this that we will keep the condition um

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but I will read it in a way that will
remove the fee component but otherwise

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keep the balance of the condition. So,
um I will move that application A5206P

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be approved subject to the conditions in
the staff report as amended and

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specifically that condition two be
revised to read that the applicant

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resubmit all required documents and
application forms for the alteration of

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the 50 millimeter force man located at
1171 Maple street

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to the satisfaction of the director of
public works.

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Uh so with that I'll read the balance of
the motion as well. Um the reason uh so

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the application is made for minor
variance uh to permit a maximum front

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yard setback of 8 mters whereas the
bylaw requires 6 mters. Um we uh move to

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have this granted. The reasons being
that the variance is minor in nature as

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the increase to the maximum front yard
is 2 meters. The impact on the

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neighborhood and adjacent properties is
negligible and the proposal will not

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affect privacy and is consistent with
surrounding development. The intent and

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purpose of the zoning bylaw is met. The
intent and purpose of the official plan

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is met. The proposal is desirable for
the appropriate development of the land

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as the 8 meter frontyard setback is
compatible with the varied streetscapes

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and provides functional benefits while
maintaining the character of the area.

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The application is granted without
prejudice to any other application in

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the town of Pelum and the committee of
adjustment considered uh the written and

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oral comments and agrees with the minor
variance report and recommendations uh

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subject to the comment that I made that
this application meets the planning act

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tests for minor variance and the
conditions again to repeat them uh

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there's one condition that all necessary
building permits are obtained prior to

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construction commencing to the
satisfaction of the chief building

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official and the Second condition as
amended is that the applicant resubmit

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all required documents and application
forms for the alteration of the 50 mm

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force main located at 1171 Maple Street
to the satisfaction of the director of

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public works.

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» I mean I'll go ahead and make a motion
to vote on the amendment.

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» What do we need to second? Do we need to
second?

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» We need a second. Oh, I will second it.
Sorry.

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» We did it. We proceeded a bit unusually
here. Okay. Yeah.

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» So, second. Now we can uh do the do the
motion. Yes.

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» Go ahead.
>> All those in favor?

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» Yes.
>> Yes.

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» Yes.
>> Thank you.

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» Okay. Um so then that uh closes the
first part. So that's so we voted on a

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little bit. It's a little bit
convoluted, but just procedurally that

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was the first uh that was A. So now
we're going to do B. Um so uh we're

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welcome to proceed to the uh to be uh
Mr. Vir you're you're welcome to come

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back if there's uh any comments or any
different uh comments on this site if

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you'd like to make those if that's
unnecessary. It's fine not to do so as

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well. It doesn't look like you're going
to you're going to come up. I'll just

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confirm uh with Mr. Lema again that your
comments apply to this uh excuse me uh

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your comments apply to to this site as
well. I presume through you Mr. Chair.

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Yes, it does apply as well.
>> Okay, thank you. Um, anybody else in the

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room? I wouldn't expect so, but want to
ask for to make sure I'm absolutely

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clear that there's no one else wants to
speak to this item. Doesn't look like

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that. Okay. Um, should we uh close the
the public portion of the meeting?

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» I motion to close the public portion.
>> I second.

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» Okay. So, that's closed. Any comments
from the committee?

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» No.
>> Okay. Um,

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do you want to read should I read the
this motion as well for consistency?

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» Sure.
>> Okay. All right. Um, give me a moment.

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We'll go back through it. Um,
and uh,

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uh, so this is for file A6 um, 2026
relating to 1169B

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Maple Street, Pelum. And um this will
proceed um uh and I'm going to move as

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part of this motion that application
A62026P

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be approved subject to the conditions in
the staff report as amended. Uh spec but

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with a that condition two be revised to
read as follows. that the applicant

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resubmit all required documents and
application forms for the alteration of

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the 50 mm force main located at 1171
Maple Street to the satisfaction of the

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director of public works. Uh so to read
the entirety of the motion uh the

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application is made for minor variance
uh of a maximum front yard setback of 8

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mters whereas the bylaw requires 6 m.
Move that the application is granted.

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Reasons being that the variance is minor
in nature as the increase to the maximum

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front yard is 2 meters. The impact on
the neighborhood and adjacent properties

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is negligible and the proposal will not
affect privacy and is consistent with

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surrounding development. Uh the purpose
and intent of the zoning bylaw is met.

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The purpose and intent of the official
plan is met. The proposal is desirable

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for the use of the land as the 8 meter
frontyard setback is compatible with the

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varied streetscape and provides
functional benefits while maintaining

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the character of the area. The
application is granted without prejudice

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to any other application in the town of
Pelum. The committee of adjustment

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considered the written and oral comments
and agrees with the minor variance

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report analysis and recommendation that
this application meets the planning act

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test for minor variance.
um subject to the following two

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conditions. That all necessary building
permits are obtained prior to

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construction commencing to the
satisfaction of the chief building

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official and that the applicant resubmit
all required documents and application

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forms for the alteration of the 50 mm
force main located at 1171 Maple Street

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to the satisfaction of the director of
public works.

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And is there a seconder for my motion?
>> I second.

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» Thank you. Okay. And we want a vote as
well, I think.

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» Yes.
Yes for me.

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» Yes.
>> And yes for me as well.

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» Okay. Uh so that closes those two items.
Uh those uh variances are approved on

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both sites subject to the uh revised
conditions as noted. And uh with that we

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can move to the next item uh on the
agenda being the uh 198 Canborough Road

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uh which is the consent B5 2026P.

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Okay. So for file B5 2026P relating to
198 Cambero Road part 4, application is

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made for consent to convey 1562 meters
of land being part 4 to be added to the

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abuing property to the west being part 8
204 Campo Road. Part one is to be

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retained for continued residential use
of the property.

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To date, the following comments have
been received from public works,

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building department, tax department, and
Bell Canada. No comments. Niagara region

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has provided a comment stating regional
infrastructure planning and development

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staff offer no objections to the
proposed consent application as reviewed

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and no public comments were received at
the time of writing the planning report.

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Planning staff are of the opinion that
the proposed consent application is

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consistent with the provincial planning
statement and conforms with provincial

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Niagara and town official plans and are
appropriate for the development and use

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of the land and should be approved
subject to the recommended conditions.

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Planning staff recommend that
application number B52026P

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be approved subject to the following
conditions. that the applicant merge

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part four entitle with part eight and
provide a solicitor's undertaking to the

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secretary treasurer that the necessary
steps to implement conveyance will be

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taken together with a registerable legal
description of the subject parcel and

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the consolidated parcel. provide a copy
of the deposited reference plan for use

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in the issuance of the certificate of
consent and provide the final

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certification fee for the file in the
amount of $454

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and through you Mr. Chair the agent is
here from Upper Canada Consultants.

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» Okay. Thank you. Um could you please
start with your name for the record uh

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and then uh you may proceed. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Mr. Chair. My name is Ethan

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Lamman. I'm a planner with Upper Canada
Consultants. Um, so this is a bit of a a

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unique situation. This was an
application that was originally approved

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by this committee um back in 2021 along
with um a few uh uh lot creation

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applications as well. Um and when we get
the final certificate from the secretary

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treasurer, we have two years under the
planning act to affect that um that

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transaction with the land registry
office. And unfortunately, we just for

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whatever reason ran out of time and and
the decision lapsed. And so, uh, we're

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here before you again to to ask for the
the permission once again. Um, I would

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also point out that the the parts one,
two, and three, those three lots have

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been registered and created, so those
aren't part of the application. Um, and

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the road widenings as well have been
dedicated. Um, we just simply reused the

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previous uh, severance sketch back from
2021. Um, apart from that, I'm

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supportive of staff's anal analysis and
recommendation and don't have any

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concerns with the conditions. Um, and
I'll be happy to answer any questions.

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» Yeah. Thank you, Mr. Mom. Um, any
comments or questions?

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» No, I think you're presenting the same
pretty much situation that you did back

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when uh this first went through. So, no
questions for you specifically. Thank

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you.

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I have none.
>> Nothing for me either. Yeah. Thank you.

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Uh okay. Uh anybody in the room that
would like to speak to this matter like

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to speak to the application.
Doesn't look like that. Okay.

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Uh presume nobody online either. No. No
one registered for this. All right. Um

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Okay. Well, um, there's no Should we
close the public meeting?

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» I move the motion
>> and I second it.

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» Okay, so that closes the public portion.
Uh, many comments.

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» Um, my only comment is, you know, to the
town and I'm not sure specifically has

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anything changed or, you know, there's
been some time that has gone by. Um, are

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are all the conditions still the same? I
mean obviously they're they're here

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again but just to confirm that from the
town

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» you Mr. Chair I can confirm that staff
it's a new application and so staff has

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reviewed it in the context of all of the
current policies and um requirements

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that are in place and so the report that
you see before you and the

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recommendations in it reflect all the
current standards.

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» Great. Thank you very much.

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» Yeah.
Yeah, no uh no substantive kind of

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comments for me as well. I appreciate
what Miss Lorac said although it's a

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fresh application. Um you do have new
standards. There's I think there' be a

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new kind of PPS for example that's in
place and some other standards that may

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have changed slightly, but none of that
I take it to be material here in terms

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of changing the view that this is
appropriate um notwithstanding the the

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the consent lapsing. So I'm happy to
support it. I it satisfies the test as

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set out by planning staff in their
report. So, no problem uh from my point

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of view to satisfy those tasks.
Okay. Ready for a motion?

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» Yes. I motion to close at this point.
>> Would you like me to read it?

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» Sure. I'll
>> Okay. All right. File B5 2026P 198 Cro

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Road, part four on the sketch, just so
everybody knows. Um application for

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consent is to convey 1,562
square meters of land to be added to the

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abuing property to the west.
We move that it's granted. The above

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decision is subject to the following
conditions. To the satisfaction of the

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secretary treasurer merge part four in
title with part 8 providing a

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solicitor's undertaking to the secretary
treasurer that the necessary steps to

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implement conveyance will be taken.
provide a registerable legal description

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of the subject parcel and the
consolidated parcel and deposited

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reference plan.
And the third is provide final

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certification fee of $454.

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This decision is based on the finally
following reasons. The application

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conforms to and complies with the town
official plan, the Niagara official

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plan, provincial planning statement, and
the town zoning bylaws. This decision is

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rendered having regards to section 5124
and 5125 of the planning act. The

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committee considered all written and
oral submissions and finds that subject

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to the conditions, this application
meets planning act criteria and is

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consistent and complies with provincial
Niagara and town planning policies.

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And that is it.
>> We have a second on that.

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» I second.
>> Thank you.

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» Okay. And a vote.
>> Uh yes from me.

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» Yes.
>> Yes for me as well.

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Okay. So that uh uh closes off that
item. The uh consent is approved and I

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think that takes us near the end of the
agenda. There is minutes I think uh Miss

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Ki. So is there any comments discussion
on the minutes or should we move to a

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vote uh on that?
>> Nope.

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» I think we're fine.
>> Okay.

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» Comment motion motion to approve the
minutes.

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» Yeah.
>> Approved. I approve. I second.

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» Okay. Uh motion to adjurnn.
>> Motion to adjurnn.

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» I second. Okay.
>> Thank you.

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» It's ajourned. Yeah. Thank you.