[0:10] And welcome everyone to our
new
[0:14] meeting [laughter] room temporarily.
Um
[0:18] there's no uh
microphones here, so I'll have to speak
[0:21] a little louder than normal.
[0:25] So, welcome to the City of Quinte West
Committee of Adjustment meeting.
[0:30] The committee is made up of five
members. I'm a public member. My name is
[0:35] Harm Zijlstra, and I'll be the chair
this evening. And on my immediate left
[0:40] is public member Doug Phillips.
And on his left is public member David
[0:45] Jessup. And on our far left is
Councillor Jim Alyea.
[0:50] And on my immediate right is Anne-Marie
Cunningham. She's the Committee of
[0:54] Adjustment Coordinator. And on her right
is Kelly West, Manager of Planning
[0:59] Services.
>> [clears throat]
[1:02] » Because this is a hearing under the
Planning Act, when the committee gets to
[1:06] the applications for consideration, each
application will be brought up in the
[1:12] order listed on the agenda with an
opportunity for public input given prior
[1:17] to discussion and consideration by the
committee.
[1:21] If you wish to make a comment, please
raise your hand to be recognized by the
[1:25] chair.
Consent decisions made tonight will have
[1:29] a last day of appeal of July 29th, 2026.
And if anyone wishes to receive a copy
[1:37] of one of the notices of decision,
please use the pad of paper provided by
[1:41] the sign-in sheet to indicate your name,
mailing address, or email address,
[1:48] and which decision you would like a copy
of, and it will be sent to you.
[1:53] If anyone has not signed in
on the sign-in sheet, please do so
[1:57] as this is used for the minutes of the
meeting.
[2:06] Can I have any disclosures of pecuniary
interest?
[2:09] » No.
>> Hearing none.
[2:11] Approval of the agenda for this evening,
July the 9th.
[2:14] » I'll move.
>> Moved by Dave, seconded seconded by
[2:18] uh Doug, sorry.
[2:22] All in favor?
Carried.
[2:25] And approval of the minutes of June the
11th,
[2:28] 2026.
>> I'll move.
[2:30] » Moved by June, seconded by Doug. All in
favor?
[2:34] Carried. Thank you.
[2:39] First application is
consent application B16-26M.
[2:46] The owner is
Katie Jane McCauley.
[2:51] The legal description is part lot four,
concession two. The address is 251
[2:57] Stockdale Road in Murray Ward.
[3:02] » [clears throat]
>> And the purpose of the application is to
[3:04] sever a parcel land for lot addition
purposes,
[3:08] which would add land to the adjoining
property at 241 Stockdale Road.
[3:14] The severed would have a frontage of
15.24
[3:17] m, a depth of 114.70
m, and a total area of 0.4 ha.
[3:25] And the retained would have a frontage
of 77.9
[3:29] m, with an irregular depth, and a total
area of 15.8 ha.
[3:37] Any comments or concerns from the public
regarding this application?
[3:44] » Yeah.
>> What's your recommendation, Mr.
[3:47] Chairman?
>> I'll second that.
[3:51] » Moved by uh Jim, seconded by David.
>> Yep.
[3:57] » That application B16-26M
by Katie Jane McCauley to sever a parcel
[4:03] of land for lot addition purposes at 251
Stockdale Road, part lot 4, concession 2
[4:10] in the former Township of Murray
is hereby approved subject to the
[4:14] following conditions. One, that a
registered
[4:18] survey for the severed parcel be
submitted to the city.
[4:21] Two, that a draft transfer for the
severed parcel be submitted to the city.
[4:26] Three, that the tax account for the
subject property be paid up to date.
[4:31] Four, that a zoning bylaw amendment be
in effect for the severed lands pursuant
[4:35] to the Planning Act.
And five, [clears throat] that the
[4:39] severed parcel be deeded as a lot
addition
[4:43] uh to the recipient property
and the applicant's lawyer submit an
[4:48] undertaking to register consolidation on
title giving effect to the lot addition.
[4:54] And six, that the applicant's lawyer
submit a legal opinion verifying that
[4:58] the lot addition lands will merge on
title
[5:02] with the recipient parcel under the
Planning Act.
[5:05] All in favor?
Carried. Thank you.
[5:11] » [clears throat]
[5:18] » Next application is consent application
B17-26M.
[5:24] The owners are Thomas and Alida
St. Dennis.
[5:29] Legal description is part lot 20,
concession 4. The address is 1595 County
[5:35] Road 28 in Murray Ward.
[5:42] And the purpose of the application is to
sever a parcel of land which would
[5:46] create one new vacant lot.
This application relates to consent
[5:51] application B 18-26M
which is being processed concurrently.
[5:59] I believe they're the same size, too.
[6:04] A little bit different? Okay.
[6:14] The severed parcel would have a frontage
of 48 m, a depth of 89 m, a total area
[6:19] of 0.44 ha.
And the retained would have a frontage
[6:24] of 228
m, a depth of 886 m,
[6:30] and total area of 39.6 ha.
[6:39] Lot description for
uh B 18-26M,
[6:46] the severed would have a frontage of 47
m,
[6:50] a depth of 89 m, total area of 0.4 ha,
and the retained would have frontage of
[6:57] 228 m,
depth of 886 m, and total area of 39.6
[7:04] ha.
Any comments or concerns from the public
[7:08] regarding this application?
[7:14] This two easy.
>> [laughter]
[7:17] » I'll move that both.
>> I'll move by Doug.
[7:21] » I'll second.
>> Second by Jim.
[7:23] » Vote. Vote. Vote. Abstain.
>> Yes, both.
[7:25] » We're doing both? Yeah.
>> [clears throat]
[7:27] » Yeah, both of them.
>> Yeah, both. Okay.
[7:29] » Confirm. The second one has the extra
condition.
[7:32] » Are they aware of that? Okay.
>> Uh yes.
[7:39] » [clears throat]
[7:41] » It's been moved and seconded that
application B17
[7:46] that 26M by Thomas and Alida St. Dennis
to several parts of land at 1595 County
[7:53] Road 28, part lot 20, concession 4 in
the former Township of Murray is hereby
[7:59] approved subject to the following
conditions.
[8:02] One, that a registered survey for the
parcel be submitted to the city. Two,
[8:07] that a draft transfer for the severed
parts be submitted to the city.
[8:11] Three, that the tax account for the
subject property be paid up to date.
[8:17] Four, that a zoning bylaw amendment be
in effect for the severed parcel
[8:21] and retained lands pursuant to the
Planning Act.
[8:25] And five, that lot grading grading and
drainage plan for the severed lot
[8:31] showing a building envelope based on the
required setbacks of the zoning bylaw
[8:37] prepared by a professional engineer be
submitted to the satisfaction of the
[8:41] city
and the applicant
[8:44] enter into an agreement with the city
written it and registered on title by
[8:49] the city's solicitor at the
applicant's cost
[8:53] addressing the owner's obligation to
notify any purchaser of the requirement
[8:59] to comply with the approved lot grading
and drainage plan.
[9:04] And six, that parcels of land measuring
13 m from the center line of the road
[9:09] along the
along the
[9:14] I don't think kind of road 28, right?
>> Yeah.
[9:16] » For road widening purposes to the
corporation of what? City of Quinte West
[9:21] at no cost
to the satisfaction of public works.
[9:29] All favor this one.
The other one
[9:34] same conditions.
[9:39] And say
things only
[9:42] added to B18-26N
as is that all wetland offsetting works
[9:49] associated with the Lower Trent
Conservation Permit B25-221
[9:54] are completed and a subsequent permit is
obtained from the Lower Trent
[9:59] Conservation for the removal of the
wetland on the severed lot
[10:04] to the satisfaction of the Lower Trent
Conservation.
[10:09] Are you aware of that one?
[10:12] » Yep.
>> Okay.
[10:15] All in favor?
>> Carried.
[10:17] » Thank you.
[10:28] » [clears throat]
>> Next application is consent application
[10:31] B19-26S.
The owner
[10:35] Craig and Tammy Dero.
The legal
[10:39] description is part lots 22 and 23,
concession 4. The address is 338
[10:45] Harrington Road in Sidney Ward.
[10:50] » [clears throat]
[10:53] » Uh for background on this application,
consent application B
[10:58] 19-26S
applies to lands owned by Craig and
[11:02] Tammy Dero
located at 338 Harrington Road in Sidney
[11:07] Ward.
The applicant is proposing to sever a
[11:11] 9.5
ha parcel of land from the 58.1 ha
[11:17] property.
The owners have applied have also
[11:21] applied concurrently for a zoning bylaw
amendment file number DO9-S12-26
[11:31] to rezone both the
proposed severed and retained parcels.
[11:36] On January 21st,
2026,
[11:40] City of Quinte West Council approved an
official plan amendment, file number
[11:47] DO9-S28-25,
[11:52] which placed the subject property into a
site specific policy area 43
[11:59] in order to permit the creation of a new
agricultural lot,
[12:03] bylaw number 26-004,
[12:08] enacts site specific policy area 43 and
states the following.
[12:15] Notwithstanding any provisions of this
plan to the contrary as it pertains to
[12:20] the minis- property municipally known as
338 Harrington Road, legally described
[12:27] as part of lots 22 and 23, concession 4
in the former Township of Sidney, now in
[12:34] the City of Quinte West,
the creation of a new agricultural lot
[12:39] with the reduced lot area and frontage
shall be permitted,
[12:43] resulting in
in a severed parcel of approximately
[12:47] 14.6 hectares
with 195
[12:52] m of frontage and a retained parcel of
approximately 43.6
[12:57] hectares
and 57 m of frontage.
[13:02] Although it should be noted that the
proposed lot sizes presented in this
[13:06] application differ from what was
approved under the official plan
[13:09] amendment, the owners have indicated
that the lot areas and frontages applied
[13:15] for under this consent are more
reflective of their long-term plans and
[13:20] ongoing agricultural operations.
[13:26] Okay, the purpose of the this
application is to sever a parcel of land
[13:30] which would create one new developed
lot.
[13:34] The severed lot would have a frontage of
158.3
[13:37] m, a depth of 563.9
m, and total area of 9.5 ha.
[13:45] And the retained would have a frontage
of 71.8
[13:49] m, a depth of 935.5
m, and area of 48.6 ha.
[13:59] Any comments or concerns from the public
regarding this application?
[14:06] You are good now. Any comments or
concerns from the committee?
[14:09] » What was the recommendation, Mr. Chair?
>> For working lot.
[14:14] Moved by
uh Jim, and seconded by David.
[14:18] That application B-19-26-S
by Craig and Tammy Gerow to sever a
[14:24] parcel of land at 338 Harrington Road,
part lots 22 and 23, concession four, in
[14:31] the former Township of Sydney, is hereby
approved
[14:35] subject to the following conditions.
One, that a registered survey for the
[14:39] severed parcel be submitted to the city.
Two, that a draft transfer for the
[14:43] severed parcel be submitted to the city.
Three, that the tax account for the
[14:48] subject property be paid up to date.
Four, that a zoning bylaw amendment be
[14:53] in this effect for the severed and
retained lands pursuant to the Planning
[14:57] Act.
>> [clears throat]
[14:59] » And five, that the applicant apply for
and subsequently obtain an approved
[15:03] access entrance permit
for the retained lands and install the
[15:09] new entrance to the satisfaction of
Public Works.
[15:12] And a permit to be obtained from the
Lower Trent Conservation
[15:17] in the location proposed through
technical memos prepared by Oak Ridge
[15:22] Environmental
Limited to the satisfaction of Lower
[15:26] Trent Conservation.
>> [clears throat]
[15:29] » At 6:00 that a parcel of land measuring
10 m
[15:33] from the center line of the road
along the frontage and severed
[15:38] and retained lands along Harrington Road
be conveyed to road widening purposes to
[15:43] the corporation
of the city of Quinte West at no cost to
[15:47] the satisfaction of public works.
All in favor?
[15:51] Carried. Thank you.
[15:56] My job was easy tonight.
>> [laughter]
[15:59] » Hope you weren't
Frank got by this room.
[16:04] That's very good.
Any other business to come before this
[16:07] committee?
[16:10] Hearing none, can I have a motion to
adjourn?
[16:12] » Move to adjourn.
>> Moved by David, seconded by David.
[16:16] » Where's the signing sheet, sir?
>> Signing sheet?
[16:19] » By the door.
>> I have one here. Sorry.
[16:21] I just move it in here so you don't you
got to walk through there.
[16:25] » That's good.
>> I'm good. Thank you.
[16:27] » See you.
>> See you later. See you.