[0:09] what you want to throw the presentation up

[0:20] now there we go

[0:36] good evening everybody welcome to um our second open house of the day for the

[0:42] new tiny zoning bylaw we're just

[0:47] we'll give it a couple minutes or maybe a minute or two as the participants

[0:51] start to join the meeting thank you

[0:58] uh

[1:54] looks like we still have a few folks joining so i'll just give it another

[1:58] minute

[2:24] okay it looks like our participant numbers have stabilized for the

[2:29] time being so uh thank you everybody uh who's joined

[2:33] us this evening for uh our second virtual open house

[2:38] uh related to the new tiny zoning bylaw um we're gonna start off today with um

[2:46] a presentation um walking everybody through

[2:50] how the interactive zoning map works to find the zoning of a property and then a

[2:54] presentation of the highlights of the changes

[2:57] and then we'll get into questions and answers

[3:01] um so just want to introduce the project team

[3:04] i'm sean person director of planning and development with the township tiny

[3:09] um with me from tiny um is also sandra matson our planner roberts cesaro

[3:16] our gis it specialist and pamela zimmerman

[3:21] our planning administrative coordinator um that's the the tiny team as well we

[3:27] also have uh mr west crown and mr jamie robinson

[3:31] from mhbc planning um we're our consulting team

[3:36] uh who are prepared to bylaw and uh leading the project

[3:41] so i've kind of already spoken about the presentation we're gonna review how to

[3:45] view the new zoning by law um we're going to walk through the key

[3:49] directions um in the new bylaw and then we'll open it up to questions and

[3:54] comments um so with that this virtual open house

[3:59] um regarding the new zoning bylaws persuaded to section 34 of the planning

[4:03] act the township has identified

[4:07] the township and council has identified community consultation and participation

[4:12] as key priorities for this project all participants are expected to adhere

[4:17] to the following governing principles and guidelines tonight

[4:21] statutory public open house will maintain a welcoming inclusive

[4:25] atmosphere at all times regardless of any individual's perspective

[4:29] all participants will be treated with respect and courtesy

[4:33] the focus will remain on principles before personalities

[4:38] it's going to be a one-hour session if we go over because of questions we

[4:43] can definitely accommodate that uh comments and questions will be

[4:47] accepted uh during the open house solely through

[4:51] the zoom question and answer function and oral responses will be provided so

[4:57] at the bottom of your tablet or computer you'll see a q a

[5:01] um just click on that and you can type in the questions and we'll read each one

[5:05] and answer them the open house will be cared by myself

[5:11] and every effort should be made to keep the questions and comments on topic of

[5:15] the new zoning bylaws specifically that's why we're here tonight questions

[5:19] and comments that fall outside of the scope of the biola may not be answered

[5:24] questions and comments will be read out loud followed by an oral response every

[5:28] effort will be made to address each question

[5:30] if resources are needed in providing response a link can be provided

[5:35] in the written response area of the question and answer feature

[5:39] where we don't have all the relevant information at hand or a longer answer

[5:43] needs to be provided or we need to dig a little deeper to get a proper answer for

[5:48] you uh we'll be we'll be asking you to email

[5:52] your question to our project email address

[5:55] new zoning bylaw at tiny.ca so that we can provide a more thorough

[6:00] response

[6:04] so with that i can walk everybody through the interactive zoning map wes

[6:09] if you can stop sharing for a moment i can share my screen

[6:14] perfect

[6:22] so the interactive zoning map that we have where you can find the zoning of a

[6:26] property is available on the township tiny webpage so this is the home page

[6:30] www.tiny.ca

[6:34] so if you just put your cursor over business and development and then click

[6:38] on planning and development that will take you to the planning and

[6:42] development home page and this icon here

[6:47] is the new zoning by la the link to the new zoning biola project

[6:51] page on that

[6:55] so here's the new tiny zoning bylaw project page um all of the most

[7:00] up-to-date information relative to this project that's kept on this one page

[7:04] and um specifically with regards to the open house we have three links in this

[7:09] in this box here notice of the open house

[7:13] the draft new zoning by bylaw text and we'll be referring to this document uh

[7:18] through the presentation this is the actual text of the bylaw

[7:22] um that provides all the um the key uh regulations but related to uh

[7:28] the zoning pilot itself the actual document and so what i want to feature

[7:32] the new interactive zoning map so i'm just going to click on

[7:42] this and here's the uh new here's the new tiny zoning interactive map so

[7:49] there's a number of ways you can search for a property um you can type in the

[7:53] address or if there is no address in the case of a vacant lot for example

[8:00] you can type in the roll number that's the long number on

[8:05] your that you'd find on your tax bill that starts with four three six eight

[8:10] so i'm just gonna i'm just going to type in the

[8:13] township a tiny municipal building address here

[8:17] that's 130 on beach road west and you can see that

[8:22] that as you type in the address it will automatically come up so

[8:26] i'm just going to hit enter

[8:30] and there we go it highlights the property

[8:33] and it look it shows the municipal address if there is one in this case 130

[8:38] it shows the street and if you zoom in you can see that the property zoning is

[8:43] i which

[8:45] in this case is institutional and if you're not sure what the zone

[8:49] code means for a property i'm just looking around you can see an

[8:54] ru here or a gl or an rr

[8:58] and all that information is found in the text

[9:03] document of the zoning bylaw so you can also um scroll around

[9:11] and we can see here um there's some colors as well um on the on this

[9:16] interactive map so i'm just gonna go over here to where it says layers

[9:20] click on that and i'm just going to open up these different layers that we can

[9:24] see what these colors are so i'm just going to click on this plus button

[9:29] open all these up

[9:34] so this lighter red color you can see here that um it refers to the nipissing

[9:40] ridge overlay and uh wes and jamie will be touching on that in the presentation

[9:44] and all the information like i said is in the text of the bylaw

[9:48] um and then over here um in perkinsfield

[9:52] um we have a wellhead protection overlays

[9:56] so we can see what these different codes are and these all correspond in the

[10:00] actual text bylaw as well as over here this purple color

[10:06] is the heronia airport overlay

[10:11] and you can also scroll around and find the zoning of a

[10:14] property just using the map so in this case i'll just click on

[10:19] perkinsfield park and if i zoom in i can see it's zoned os

[10:24] which in the case of this property is open space

[10:28] and the address of the property will

[10:31] actually come up with the roll number so that that's that's how the that's how

[10:36] the zoning tool works when you're trying to find out what is the zone what is

[10:39] going to be what is the new zoning of my property

[10:50] so with that i will turn things over to wes and jamie to walk us through the

[10:55] powerpoint presentation that they prepared for us tonight

[10:59] and um and then at the end like i said we will

[11:03] we will be reading all the questions and answers so if you have a question

[11:07] that you think of through the presentation please type it in and then

[11:10] we'll address them all at the end

[11:16] thank you thanks sean um so i'm gonna take the first part of

[11:20] the presentation and then wes we'll back clean up and finish things off

[11:24] uh just to start off what we've completed so far project was initiated

[11:29] back in 2021 there was an initial council workshop followed by a technical

[11:35] memorandum that outlined some of the key aspects to be considered

[11:38] as part of the zoning bylaw update there was a survey conducted and a subsequent

[11:43] technical memorandum completed that provided an overview of some of the

[11:48] responses to that survey and then most recently the

[11:53] first draft of the document has been released that's the purpose of today's

[11:56] meeting is to provide the public with some of the highlights

[12:01] of the of the first draft of the official plan and provide an opportunity

[12:05] for some questions and answers as we complete today's exercise sean or wes

[12:11] right in terms of uh the reason why the zoning

[12:16] bylaws being being completed if the planning act requires that whenever a

[12:22] municipality undertakes an official plan review or updates its official plan that

[12:26] within three years of that exercise the municipality is also required to

[12:32] update their zoning bylaw and that's precisely the process that's being

[12:36] undertaken here the new official plan was adopted in 28

[12:40] november of 2018 by the township council and then the

[12:45] approval authorities the county of simcoe for the official plan and the

[12:49] county approved that document in december of 2021.

[12:54] so again this document is implementing that this document will repeal and

[12:58] replace the current official current zoning bylaw

[13:02] and it does include a number of

[13:06] modifications to the text to deal with um

[13:10] with current planning issues also to implement the new policies that

[13:15] are contained within the within the official plan

[13:18] and also there's updates to the zoning schedules to more closely align the zone

[13:23] schedules with the with the new updated official plan

[13:27] schedules

[13:32] you'll notice when you review the two documents both the official plan and

[13:36] zoning bylaw the structure of the mapping is is is similar

[13:41] uh the official plan is a is a document that provides policy direction and a

[13:46] snapshot of what the municipality uh it's its land use characteristics

[13:51] will be uh in the next 20 years that's what the

[13:54] objective is where the zoning really recognizes what's on the land today

[13:59] and uh you will notice in reviewing the zoning bylaw that there is some new

[14:04] nomenclature in some of the zones and that nomenclature closely aligns with

[14:09] the uh with the nomenclature and the official plan

[14:13] one example of this is that there's now a green land zone in the zoning by-law

[14:18] which there wasn't in the current zoning by-law but that's consistent with

[14:23] the terminology in the official plan next slide was

[14:29] in terms of how the uh how the bylaws structured there is a

[14:34] user's guide at the outset of the by-law which which will inform the reader on

[14:39] how to how to use the bylaw and where to look up

[14:42] their property on the schedules and how to navigate through the different

[14:46] sections i know most people don't use a zoning bio until

[14:50] they're proposing to build it build a new building on their

[14:53] property either a new house or an accessory building and that's when when

[14:58] the rules come into play and and the bylaws tries to be user friendly to

[15:02] provide a guide to that there's a number of illustrations and also definitions in

[15:07] the bylaw which help to guide the user and provide examples of of what the

[15:12] bylaw is referring to and it speaks to different yards and how heights measured

[15:16] for example and those sorts of things from the structure of the bylaw i won't

[15:21] review the whole the complete structure a few things i

[15:25] just want to highlight on are section two dealing with general provisions

[15:29] these are provisions that that apply to every property in the municipality

[15:34] so regardless of what zone your property may be in or the property you're

[15:38] interested in those general provisions could apply so it's important to

[15:42] review those when evaluating how your property may be used

[15:49] section 4 outlines permitted uses and it's provided in a tabular format

[15:54] so for each zone there's a series of permitted uses and how the bylaw

[15:58] functions is that if the use isn't specifically identified as permitted

[16:03] then it's it's not allowed in the bylaw so the bylaw functions in a permissive

[16:09] context section 5 outlines zone standards so

[16:13] that's the section that establishes

[16:17] what the front yard setback is how high your building can be how much law

[16:21] coverage you can have those sorts of things so that's where

[16:24] the that's what the zone standards does and then the remaining sections outline

[16:28] exceptions for unique properties and definitions that apply through bylaw

[16:34] one point just with respect to exceptions

[16:37] the current zoning bylaw contains a number of exceptions

[16:41] uh we along with staff at the township have been through all of their

[16:45] exceptions and identified which ones

[16:48] should be maintained and which ones could be removed there's a number of

[16:52] instances where structures specific

[16:55] exceptions may have been provided to construct

[16:59] a dwelling or a building at a specific reduced setback or in a specific

[17:03] location on the lot once those buildings are constructed

[17:07] there's really no need for those exceptions moving forward so there's

[17:10] many instances we've where we've reduced the number of exceptions in this new

[17:14] bylaw west

[17:18] uh this sec this just in this slide intends to provide an overview of the

[17:22] format and structure of the bylaw you can see that

[17:26] we've included exceptions in a table format as opposed to the the

[17:32] current current format

[17:36] there's a couple of reasons for this it provides it's very easy to see what

[17:40] additional uses or what or only what uses are permitted on

[17:44] specific properties and specific zone requirements it makes it easy to craft

[17:49] amendments to the bylaw and it makes it easy to update the zoning bylaws so

[17:54] there's a few administrative tools that are

[17:56] we find the tables are are quite handy wes

[18:02] uh one point of that's always interesting with the zoning bylaw is how

[18:07] does it the bylaw treat existing uses that might predate the passing of the

[18:12] zoning bylaw and

[18:14] probably everybody's heard of the term grandfathering so that's what we're

[18:18] talking about we're talking about legal non-conforming uses and legal

[18:21] non-complying structures is structures that predated the passing

[18:26] of the zoning bylaw we see a lot of these structures in areas along the

[18:30] shoreline where are the current bylaw

[18:33] and even the proposed bylaw proposed setbacks

[18:39] that are fairly substantial or historically

[18:42] developed and may have been constructed closer to the shoreline than what the

[18:46] bylaws actually permit so the

[18:49] the pilot does establish specific dates in it for

[18:53] when structures would be considered legal non-complying and where they would

[18:57] be grandfathered wes

[19:01] in terms of transition provisions and wes used this term this afternoon so i'm

[19:06] going to steal it we tried to establish a principle of fairness in establishing

[19:10] this bylaw and and

[19:14] and one of those items of fairness is that if someone had received a minor

[19:19] variance under the current zoning bylaw basically we've proposed a five-year

[19:24] grace period under the proposed bylaw which would allow that variance to stay

[19:29] in effect and they could get their building permit within that five-year

[19:32] time period we do think it's important that there is so there is a sunset

[19:36] clause at the end of the day these things can be

[19:40] difficult from an administration perspective if too much time lapses so

[19:44] the second area of transition was related to specifically building permits

[19:48] so if you have that minor variance application or if you have a site plan

[19:52] application that's been executed if you do have a transition period in

[19:57] which to obtain building permits for those

[20:00] instruments as well plus

[20:05] the other piece of fairness that's been proposed is

[20:08] relates to the ep zone boundaries we wanted to provide a little bit of

[20:12] flexibility in the bylaw with respect to the limits of these boundaries and not

[20:16] require zoning amendments for i will call it

[20:20] refinements to those zone boundaries so for example if

[20:24] an ep zone boundary crosses an area of a landscape lot adjacent to a house for

[20:30] for example in an additions proposed that house or a

[20:34] or a deck is proposed to be added where justification is provided and

[20:41] where it's obvious that there's no environmental feature in that area the

[20:45] bylaw does permit refinements to those zone limits without an amending zoning

[20:49] vial application to be applied for

[20:54] there's four overlay zones that are proposed to be added to the zone to this

[20:58] new zoning bylaw the first one deals with the nipissing ridge and that's

[21:02] implementing the feature that we've included in the official plan as well

[21:06] what it establishes is [Music]

[21:09] it's basically to ensure that development could proceed

[21:15] in proximity to that nipissing ridge or or

[21:19] slightly within it provided that there's no

[21:23] clearly no impact on that feature so provides that there needs to be a review

[21:28] of that feature it's really kind of like a yield sign or a caution sign

[21:32] that needs to be demonstrated that there won't be any impact prior to development

[21:36] proceeding similarly the next two items wellhead

[21:40] protection area and issues contributing area those are items that are have been

[21:44] included through an amendment to the current zoning bylaw when the

[21:47] municipality undertook uh a implementation exercise related to the

[21:53] source water protection plan for

[21:56] um lake simcoe and south southern georgia bay

[22:00] and those policies have been included in the currents or sorry those regulations

[22:05] have been incurred included in the current zoning bylaw and the mappings

[22:09] also been updated again it's somewhat of a caution sign that

[22:13] that's that says that if you're proposing certain uses

[22:17] within these wellhead protection areas there may need to be some further review

[22:22] and some some site plan control for example

[22:26] applied to ensure there's no impact on these wellhead features in order to

[22:30] protect municipal drinking water supplies that's the focus and then

[22:34] finally with the airport this is an overlay and to ensure the proper

[22:39] functioning of the airport so would would apply to uses and heights of

[22:43] buildings and structures in proximity to the airport

[22:50] additional dwelling units now you'll see in brackets secondary units that's the

[22:54] term that's used in the official plan the province has recently updated the

[22:59] planning act of ontario to allow for

[23:04] up to two accessory units within with any dwelling unit in this in a

[23:09] single-family home or within a semi-detached unit or row houses as the

[23:13] case may be so that's why the terminologies change to

[23:17] additional dwelling units the what's

[23:20] important from this bylaws perspective is that additional units are not

[23:24] additional dwelling units are not permitted in the shoreline zone or the

[23:28] limited service uh shoreline zone

[23:32] uh that implements the policies that are contained in the official plan

[23:36] and there's a number of reasons for that firstly shoreline areas are areas that

[23:43] exist primarily because of recreational

[23:46] development and there's also potential concerns with

[23:49] density intensity of use of properties if etc or if secondary units are

[23:54] permitted or additional units are permitted on shoreline properties

[23:57] and this approach to not permitting additional dwelling units and shoreline

[24:01] properties is a an approach that's employed by a

[24:05] number of shoreline municipalities across the province because there's

[24:08] often late capacity concerns and those sorts of things

[24:12] related to the servicing of of shoreline properties

[24:17] additional dwelling units are permitted as of right in

[24:20] in most other zones within the zoning bylaw where

[24:24] uh where dwelling units are permitted there are however some standards that

[24:29] are outlined in the zoning bilo that must be met in order to be able to

[24:34] develop an accessory dwelling unit and there's also some size limitations

[24:38] associated with them as well next slide was

[24:43] so i think this is where you're taking over wes

[24:46] oh you're on mute there we go

[24:51] thanks guys um um

[24:53] i'll take i think i have a number of slides

[24:57] uh to go through and then we'll get to the

[25:00] questions that people are posting on the q a function uh don't forget if you've

[25:05] got questions post them there and and once the presentation's done

[25:10] sean will moderate and review each of the questions and either

[25:15] ask jamie or i or or sean himself will respond to the questions so that we

[25:20] respond to each and every question that's posted uh through this open house

[25:26] so uh the draft bylaw

[25:30] that's currently under consideration proposes

[25:34] no changes to the current prohibition on backyard chickens both in the zoning

[25:39] bylaw and in the municipalities uh livestock

[25:42] bylaw as well and there are a number of reasons that

[25:46] we've done that if you have reviewed the technical

[25:50] memorandums number one and two you'll note that we identified to

[25:55] council that if they wish to choose to establish a

[26:00] uh a backyard chicken or an urban chicken

[26:03] program in the municipality that we recommended that the municipality

[26:08] consider a temporary use bylaw approach to establish a pilot program

[26:14] in the municipality and subject to the public input that we

[26:18] received tonight and up to the closing of the comments on

[26:23] the first draft of the public meeting council may provide further directions

[26:28] to its staff and its project team to reconsider

[26:34] the backyard chicken program either within this bylaw

[26:38] or in another approach in the municipality there were a number of

[26:42] concerns that uh that we identified both by

[26:47] uh the simcoe county federation of agriculture and the provincial minister

[26:51] of agriculture and the concerns that the backyard chicken programs had

[26:56] on commercial

[26:59] poultry operations in the municipalities and those amongst others were some of

[27:03] the concerns why we thought at this point in time anyways we would

[27:07] not change the current prohibition and looking for public further public

[27:12] comment and input as we get through and go through this

[27:17] process

[27:23] so uh this is a new element that we've added into the bylaw for boat docks and

[27:29] boat lifts this is contained in uh section 2.4 of the bylaw

[27:34] uh tiny has not previously

[27:38] regulated boat docks or boat lifts and as a result of some recent court

[27:43] decisions municipalities are moving into providing

[27:48] zoning regulations for docs in particular

[27:52] the provisions that are contained in in 2.4

[27:56] set out setbacks for docs as part of a maximum extension into the

[28:03] into the water and of course as you know as required by the bylaw you must be the

[28:08] legal owner of the lands where the docks are constructed and connected uh to the

[28:14] shoreline

[28:18] the bunkie provisions in the current bylaw are carried forward into the new

[28:23] bilo so the provisions and definition definitions

[28:26] are pretty much left the same again

[28:30] bunkies are not permitted for rental or commercial purposes

[28:35] much like the existing and current bylaw however we've provided clarification in

[28:41] the bylaw that washrooms will be permitted under

[28:45] the new bylaw in bunkies when it's approved uh by council

[28:52] you'll note in the bylaw that there is a placeholder

[28:57] in the draft by law with respect to cannabis production and

[29:02] we're looking for and waiting for further council direction

[29:06] um council has decided to undertake a review policy review policy and

[29:11] regulatory review with respect to cannabis production as part of a

[29:15] separate process and we'll be holding a separate public consultation

[29:20] meeting as part of that as well you'll note that there is a staff report that's

[29:25] noted here where a preliminary direction for

[29:30] contents for the proposed official plan amendment and zoning by law amendment

[29:34] have been identified but generally the

[29:39] cannabis production would be permitted in the industrial agricultural and rural

[29:44] designations in the official plan but subject to a zoning bylaw amendment

[29:50] application process and public consultation as a result

[29:54] so cannabis production would not be

[29:57] permitted based on these preliminary directions as of right in the

[30:01] municipality zoning bylaw so if you're interested in that aspect

[30:06] of planning regulation and policy in tiny

[30:10] you can go to the municipalities website and search that that particular staff

[30:16] report and follow along with the the process as the municipality

[30:21] considers establishing new policies and regulations uh for legal cannabis

[30:26] production in the municipality

[30:29] um we've added new uh definitions and provisions

[30:34] for outdoor residential lighting to the proposed bylaw

[30:39] and we've included limited regulations requiring dark sky compliant residential

[30:45] lighting in section 222 of the draft bylaw municipality have a number of

[30:52] tools that are available to them to regulate outdoor lighting and we've

[30:58] chosen to at this point to include some new provisions for outdoor lighting and

[31:02] looking for public review and public comments on the provisions that we've

[31:07] proposed so far we've also added

[31:12] new provisions to the proposed bylaw dealing with retaining walls currently

[31:17] the the current bylaw does not contain any standards or regulations with

[31:21] respect to rain retaining walls um we're proposing to establish regulations

[31:28] that will work with the requirements of the ontario building code with respect

[31:32] to when you do or don't need a permit for retaining walls and the proposed

[31:38] setbacks for the retaining walls that are contained in the new zoning bylaw

[31:41] are based on the height of the proposed wall so for retaining walls that are

[31:46] less than a meter in height they would be permitted

[31:49] on the property line for retaining walls that are one meter

[31:54] in height or greater they must meet the setbacks for accessory structures and

[31:59] these are all set out in section 228 of the new proposed zoning bylaw

[32:07] the existing bylaw has a number of provisions with respect to

[32:12] steep slopes that are not mapped on the municipality's zoning schedules this is

[32:18] different than the nipissing ridge which in the new

[32:22] bylaw is a specific overlay zone and has some very specific and detailed

[32:27] regulations the current bylaw has setback standards

[32:31] from steep slopes but they are currently defined as one to three slope or about

[32:37] 73 percent the proposal in the draft bylaw is to establish the

[32:45] same uh setback 15 meters from most deep slopes but for a three to one slope or

[32:50] 33 percent so any slope that's greater than a three to one or thirty three

[32:55] percent uh all new construction and development will have to be set back

[33:00] uh 15 meters uh from that slope of course recognizing that uh you know

[33:06] this this is imposing a greater standard in

[33:09] the proposed new bylaw we've included a

[33:13] provision in the bylaw that will allow a lesser setback

[33:18] without an amendment to the bylaw where it's approved by the municipality and in

[33:22] particular where sufficient technical and or survey and engineering

[33:27] information is submitted to the town's engineering

[33:31] department for their review and approval and that

[33:35] would permit the municipality to approve a lesser setback

[33:40] storage containers are currently storage containers or sea

[33:45] containers are currently prohibited in the township

[33:49] of tiny and the proposed bylaw will continue

[33:54] that pres that prohibition in all residential zones so uh storage

[33:59] containers as uh storage structures uh will be prohibited in the new bylaw but

[34:06] they will be permitted in other zones for personal use up to a maximum of

[34:12] three storage containers subject to the standard requirements for building

[34:17] permits building fees development charges and of

[34:21] course compliance with all the relevant setbacks of the the appropriate zone

[34:26] um temporary use of storage containers are permitted in residential zones but

[34:33] associated with construction projects and as soon as the permit or the

[34:37] construction is complete uh the uh storage container will have to be

[34:42] removed but they are only permitted to exist on

[34:46] the property up to a maximum of one year i know we had a question this afternoon

[34:51] about applications for the use of sea cans or

[34:55] storage containers for residential dwellings and if they

[34:59] are part of a building permit application

[35:03] they could be repurposed for that use

[35:07] subject to the full requirement of the ontario building code and the zoning

[35:11] bylaw typically that would also require

[35:15] retaining a engineer to confirm you know the compliance of those

[35:22] repurposed structures to the minimum requirements of the

[35:26] ontario building code

[35:31] we've all been uh dealing with the new county waste bins

[35:36] um and in particular in a rural municipality like tiny

[35:40] finding a locations of those that work for homeowners where they may

[35:45] have longer driveways and where the homes are significantly set back

[35:50] from the roads themselves we've proposed new provisions in the

[35:54] bylaw to permit encroachments into the

[35:57] required front yard to allow the construction of a storage

[36:01] structure uh to support this you know the

[36:05] the keeping of these county waste bins and so a three meter

[36:10] so this storage structure will be permitted within three meters of the

[36:15] front lot line again not within the road allowance but on the private property

[36:19] they need to be set back uh one meter from the side lot lines and a

[36:24] maximum size of five square meters uh is proposed in section 217 of the draft

[36:32] by-law and we're looking for comments um on whether we've we've got these

[36:36] proposed regulations right whether we need to make further refinements uh to

[36:41] recognize that we've gone to this new uh county waste bin system

[36:47] you'll see much like the cannabis production

[36:50] the draft bylaw has a placeholder for short-term rental regulations

[36:57] and we will

[36:59] update the bylaw once council direction with respect to short-term rentals has

[37:05] been provided for those of you that haven't been following along councils is

[37:10] has established a specific task force who's been requested

[37:15] to develop a comprehensive response to short-term rentals and that task force

[37:20] includes local residents and members of council and staff as well

[37:25] once the task force reports back to council

[37:29] and the proposed direction both a policy and regulatory one

[37:35] the bylaw will be updated based on those decisions of counsel

[37:40] and and

[37:42] appropriately amended to reflect those directions from council if you're

[37:46] looking for more information with respect to the short-term rental

[37:50] work that's currently underway in the municipality uh we've provided the

[37:55] link to the in the municipalities website uh for short-term rentals

[38:00] um there are two new zone categories the ep1 and ep2 in the

[38:07] zoning bylaw the ep1 zone recognizes the

[38:12] provincially significant wetlands that are designated environmental protection

[38:17] in the new official plan the ep2 zone

[38:21] includes all other evaluated wetlands in any other wetland uh in the municipality

[38:28] that is two hectares or greater for both of the ep1 and ep2 zones buildings and

[38:34] structures and site alteration are not permitted

[38:38] the ep2 zone does not have a specific setback that's required

[38:44] to it there is a setback of i believe 30 meters to the ep1 zone that's contained

[38:49] in the draft bylaw and i think as jamie had indicated

[38:53] earlier we've included a provision in the bylaw that allows refinements to the

[38:57] ep2 zone without amendment to the bylaw

[39:01] subject to sufficient information being submitted to the municipality and

[39:06] the township approving that there is a new zoning

[39:11] zone in the municipality that reflects the green lands

[39:15] designation in the official plan and that's the gl zone it excludes all the

[39:21] wetlands that are contained within the greenland's designation but it includes

[39:25] all other lands that are

[39:28] designated greenlands in the official plan and recognizing that this is a

[39:33] major new initiative in the official plan

[39:37] the official plan included

[39:40] a limited range of uses that would be permitted as of right within the green

[39:45] land zone and that's what we've carried forward into the new zoning bylaw so the

[39:50] gl zone permits and recognizes existing uses

[39:54] as legal uses and it would also permit the construction of new single detached

[40:00] uh residential dwellings and accessory uses that go along with that residential

[40:05] dwelling as of right within the gl zone

[40:10] um one of the major changes with respect to

[40:14] performance standards in the bylaw relates to the

[40:17] interior side yard setbacks particularly uh

[40:21] in the shoreline residential zone where

[40:24] the new proposed interior side yard setback for new dwellings is three

[40:29] meters on one side and 1.8 meters on the other side and that does not change

[40:36] based on the number of stories if you're at all familiar with the existing bylaw

[40:40] you'll know that there's a step back provision that as the height of the

[40:44] building increases you're required to be set back further from the uh the side

[40:49] lot lines and we remove removed that for a number of reasons particularly

[40:54] because it was resulting in uh significant increases in height of

[40:59] dwellings within the within the shoreline area

[41:02] there is a provision in the proposed bylaw that would allow

[41:05] attached garages and card ports to encroach into the 1.8 meter side lot

[41:12] line up to one meter subject to meeting the requirements of

[41:16] the zoning bylaw we've added new provisions to the bylaw

[41:20] to regulate the location of private sports courts uh in the municipality so

[41:26] tennis courts pickleball courts basketball courts etc so this is a new

[41:30] provision and there's a new definition and the requirement in the bylaw is that

[41:36] the location of new sports courts must meet the same setback standards

[41:41] that are established for accessory structures within the applicable

[41:46] zone and there's also some specific fencing and lighting

[41:50] provisions related to private sports courts that are contained within the

[41:56] proposed bylaw as well as i indicated earlier one of the issues

[42:01] that we identified in the review of the current bylaw in particular a review of

[42:06] the historic minor variances and building

[42:09] permits was that the height of buildings was

[42:12] particularly in the shoreline area was beginning to creep up

[42:16] and so the current bylaw defines maximum building height as the midpoint between

[42:22] the peak and eaves of the of the slanted or sloped roof

[42:26] structure and what we've uh what we've proposed in the for in the new bylaw

[42:32] is to define maximum highest the highest point of the roof structure which we

[42:37] think is uh complementary to some of the other changes that we've made in the

[42:41] bylaw that will help control uh the massing and built form of structures

[42:46] within the shoreline area uh in the municipality

[42:50] so that's our uh very brief uh presentation which i think

[42:55] captures some of the main major new items in the bylaw and

[42:59] the highlights of the bylaw the next steps in this process

[43:04] we're looking for in addition to the comments that we'll be uh considering

[43:09] shortly but comments can continue to be

[43:12] submitted to the municipality by march 17th and those that are

[43:18] submitted to the new zoning bylaw at tiny.ca

[43:22] email address those will be considered when we look at

[43:26] the first draft first public draft of the bylaw and consider further

[43:30] refinements to it that will lead us to prepare a what we

[43:35] heard report and recommended revisions to the draft by law that will then go to

[43:40] council for their instructions and directions to the project team

[43:45] the next step of the process obviously is the scheduling of the statutory

[43:49] public meeting where additional public input and comments can be received and

[43:53] then the last step of the process is to prepare the bylaw for consideration uh

[43:59] and passing by council so uh i think that wraps up the

[44:04] presentation sean just a reminder to everybody the uh the

[44:09] email address for the project is listed here uh the project web page and the the

[44:15] web page address is located here as well and if you want to continue to receive

[44:22] and you haven't done it yet uh go to tinyconnect and include the new tiny

[44:27] zoning bylaws one of your preferences so that any notice and all notices with

[44:32] respect to the news on new zoning bylaw project will be

[44:36] provided to you through that that

[44:40] service at the tiny connect service so i think that's it sean for the formal

[44:46] presentation and we're ready for the questions and comments

[44:51] that's great uh thanks wes and jamie for that presentation um

[44:56] so what we're going to do now is we're going to go through each one of the

[44:59] questions if there if there's some questions i

[45:03] notice there's a lot of questions a lot of interest in the first session too

[45:06] with regards to backyard chickens and why there are uh no provisions in the

[45:10] new biola with regards to that west did touch on that so we will uh the first

[45:14] question here deals with that but if we're if we're answering the same

[45:17] question we will we'll skip over the same ones

[45:20] um similarly quest mentioned with regards to the short-term rental i know

[45:24] there's a lot of interest in the township right now with regards to that

[45:27] issue and uh that task force is working

[45:30] towards um making recommendations to council on that so we're not going to be

[45:34] answering specific questions on the church and rental

[45:38] task force and the work that they're doing

[45:40] we just recommend folks that they uh go to the

[45:43] short-term rental web page that the township has which has

[45:47] all the agendas the minutes and all the live stream um

[45:52] youtube feed for all the meetings and all the information can be found in one

[45:55] location there so okay so i'll start off

[45:59] first question i would like to know why the results of

[46:02] the public survey are being cherry picked specifically why are the 68

[46:06] percent of residents in favor of backyard chickens being dismissed when

[46:09] other favorable survey results are being proceeded with included in the draft by

[46:13] law updates requiring residents to further demonstrate their support by

[46:17] email seems unjust in the ways of both residence time and township resources

[46:20] wes you touched on this a little bit in the presentation as to the reasons why

[46:24] we didn't include it so maybe if you just want to reiterate that and then

[46:27] provide any other information with regard to that

[46:30] um i see a number of other questions with regards to the backyard chicken so

[46:34] this will be uh we'll prove we'll try to provide a fulsome uh response here sure

[46:39] thanks sean um if uh if anyone had a chance to review

[46:46] the earlier uh reports that were prepared as part of this process

[46:50] we identified a number of issues with uh with respect to the backyard chickens

[46:57] and we did recommend to council that if they

[47:00] wanted to proceed with a backyard chicken or urban chicken

[47:05] program that they may want to consider a temporary use bylaw approach

[47:12] and a regulatory or licensing bylaw approach as well as an option to

[47:17] consider we felt based on

[47:21] our environmental scan our review of what what's happening out there in other

[47:26] municipalities and what other you know the concerns if you will

[47:31] with respect to backyard chickens that we would not include it um in the draft

[47:36] by law at this time but that's subject to

[47:40] public review and comment and continued support

[47:44] for the request that we would go back to

[47:47] council and seek their direction instructions as

[47:50] to how they want to proceed do they want to proceed by way of

[47:54] including it in this by-law do they want to include as we originally had

[47:58] recommended to include it in a temporary use by-law approach and

[48:03] licensing bylaw approach all of these would require

[48:09] concurrent amendments to the municipalities

[48:12] and sean i'm going to call it the livestock bylaw

[48:15] but there's another bylaw that currently regulates the keeping of livestock

[48:20] in residential zones in the municipality and it would require amendments to that

[48:25] bylaw as well if council choose to uh to go that route and so

[48:30] you know the purpose of this public meeting

[48:33] is to test the proposal within the new zoning bylaw

[48:40] to get public comment and input on it and if the direction is is clear then

[48:46] we'll we'll discuss this with council and seek their further instructions on

[48:51] how they want us to proceed it's not been uh you know it's not being

[48:56] eliminated if you will um at this point it's just not been included in this

[49:00] draft by law and uh subject to the comments from the

[49:05] public we'll uh we'll uh canvas council and see where

[49:08] they want us to go

[49:12] thanks for that uh fulsome response west actually just want to note just doing

[49:16] this canada participants although this is not a council meeting we do have a

[49:21] member of council with us this evening

[49:24] counselor cindy hastings is in attendance

[49:28] um listening to the conversation and the and the questions and answers so thank

[49:32] you councillor hastings for joining us tonight um we also have our chief

[49:36] municipal law enforcement officer stephen harvey he's the one that's

[49:40] tasked with enforcing this bylaw once it um is enforced in effect and he's also

[49:45] uh listening to the questions and answers so thank you uh

[49:48] mr harvey for joining us as well um next question um if i type in plan 83

[49:55] park heartland 325

[49:58] um i can answer that i think what this question is referring to is um

[50:03] searching the interactive zoning map by typing in

[50:07] a legal description that that is not an option when you're when you're searching

[50:12] a property there's only two options one is to type in

[50:16] the address of the property and like i noted in the demonstration if

[50:21] if there is no address of the property you can type in

[50:25] the roll number and you can find the roll number

[50:28] on your tax bill it's the number that starts with 4368

[50:33] and then it's quite a long number but if you type that in

[50:37] the tool will bring you to the property

[50:44] okay here's a question um we have another one on buy kirk chickens

[50:47] i'll just uh i'll just bypass that one based on west's response

[50:52] are there any disadvantages drawbacks when we live at a lot now greenbelt

[50:57] which will be declared ep 2 under the new bylaw

[51:01] there will still be all town services etc it would just not be possible to

[51:06] build any new structure in the future question mark

[51:12] do you want me to take that one jamie

[51:16] um so uh

[51:22] the one um unique things about zoning bylaws is

[51:26] that they don't act retroactively so if you have an existing

[51:31] property with existing buildings and structures on that property if the

[51:35] property is rezoned to ep2

[51:39] then your existing structures would be legal non-conforming and or legal

[51:45] non-complying and they would continue to be permitted

[51:49] on the property we indicated in the presentation that

[51:54] recognizing that uh that through the official plan in the

[51:58] zoning by-law is not an exact science of defining

[52:03] the location of the ep1 or the ep2 zone lines that we've included a provision

[52:09] that allows some refinement of those lines in particular the ep2 line

[52:14] through you know the production of additional

[52:17] information or site inspections i know sean and his team is working with the

[52:22] seven sound environmental association on um the process and procedure for how the

[52:29] municipality will uh allow and undertake the refinements

[52:33] of the ep2 zones so it's not necessarily that

[52:39] you would not be permitted to construct a new structure

[52:42] but there would need to be a direct discussion with the municipality uh

[52:48] around those questions um and i'm gonna suggest janine that

[52:53] you know if you can send us an email to the

[52:56] new tiny bylaw at uh a new zoning bylaw at tiny.ca

[53:02] with a specific address for the property we can look into it a little bit further

[53:06] and provide you a more a more detailed response with respect to

[53:10] your particular property thanks wes next question is how

[53:15] or why does an area acquire the ep2 standard

[53:19] is it possible to know what exactly is being protected and boundaries of the

[53:22] area i can take this question so just similar to what wes was just talking

[53:25] about maybe just a little bit of background when we when when the

[53:29] township prepared new official plan

[53:32] we had the severance sound environmental association

[53:35] um prepare a comprehensive natural heritage study which mapped

[53:40] all features um including significant woodlands significant valley lands

[53:46] um and um as well as other wetlands uh which is which is a specific direction

[53:53] from the province um for us to map

[53:56] those specific areas so there's two ep categories there's an ep1 which is a

[54:02] provincially significant woodland that mapping comes specifically from the

[54:06] province to the ministry of natural resources

[54:09] and then the ep2 zone that specifically relates to the other

[54:13] wetlands and that was done through uh aerial image

[54:18] interpretation and

[54:20] and and review so

[54:22] you know i we know that we didn't get all of those

[54:26] ep 2 zones correct and that's why we've set up a refinement process that does

[54:32] not require owners to do site-specific zoning amendments to

[54:36] refine that ep 2 zone category for example if an ep2 zone

[54:43] is on somebody's

[54:46] landscape lawn and it's very clear that it's incorrect refinements can be made

[54:51] to correct those situations

[54:55] um next question our property is on gl is it buildable

[55:01] you want me to take that or sure so the zoning bylaw if if you have

[55:09] a look at the permitted uses table in the zoning bilo under gl which is

[55:14] greenlands it does identify that there that a

[55:18] a dwelling unit is a permitted use on those existing vacant lots so there is

[55:22] an opportunity within that within a vacant lot that's current that's

[55:25] proposed to be sewn gl to construct your dwelling and

[55:31] accessory buildings on them

[55:35] thanks jamie you have another backyard question

[55:40] backyard chicken question but i believe that that's been answered at this point

[55:45] um [Music]

[55:47] here's one why is there no wellhead protection for

[55:51] the aquifer providing water to shoreline areas

[55:54] maybe i'll take that just because i was involved with the source protection

[55:58] implementation documents so specifically what's included

[56:03] in the wellhead protection areas is specifically related to municipal

[56:07] drinking water supplies and the reason that a reason for that is

[56:12] that the

[56:15] legislation so the clean water act specifically applies to municipal

[56:19] drinking water supplies it doesn't apply to individual wells

[56:23] so what we've done is really here implement the official planned policies

[56:29] and the official planned mapping that relates to source water protection so

[56:34] that's that's the the short and the long answer of it is it's municipal water

[56:38] supplies and it's it flows from the um

[56:43] from the clean water act through the source protection plan

[56:46] into the official plan and then ultimately implemented through the bile

[56:50] so it's a municipal drinking water supply

[56:53] issue thanks jamie

[56:56] next question can you please define what gross floor area is

[57:02] i'll take this one if i can sean uh i can refer uh justine to

[57:09] page 7109 of the draft bylaw

[57:14] and this is in the letter f section of the by-law

[57:18] unfortunately there are actually three terms that are

[57:22] related to floor area and so you'll find the definition for floor area gross or

[57:28] gross floor area in that section on that page of the bylaw

[57:33] take a look at it there are three different terms for floor area and

[57:36] there's different ground

[57:38] a gross floor area so take a look at those

[57:41] janine and if you have any further questions after you've looked at at that

[57:46] let us know please thanks wes

[57:51] next question i may have missed a session in your presentation regarding

[57:54] beach ownership and beach property lines thank you for your apply

[57:58] so i can take this um so we we actually didn't uh

[58:02] didn't speak to beach ownership and beach property lines in this in the

[58:07] presentation because it's not it's not an issue or it's not it's not an item

[58:12] that's dealt with in the zoning while the zoning pilot does not um define

[58:16] boundaries of properties that's that's that's illegal

[58:20] um that's a legal matter the zoning biola only deals with land use

[58:26] anything else to add to that jamie or wes

[58:30] no just the oh i guess the only thing would be that if someone's interested in

[58:34] understanding which property line is their front property line or their rear

[58:39] property line or interior side property line there's specific definitions

[58:44] in the bylaw that that refer to and you'd go to lot line first so it says

[58:49] lot line front lot line side lot line rear and from that you can determine

[58:54] what your required setbacks are for accessory buildings and principal

[58:57] buildings and the illustrations in the user's guide at the bylaw that shows you

[59:03] in relation to a number of different typical lots

[59:07] where the front rear side etc of the property is good point yes

[59:14] thanks guys i'm back backyard chicken question which

[59:18] i'll if we've answered you have a short term

[59:21] rental question again please visit the township attorney webpage with regards

[59:27] to short-term rentals um to get all the updated information

[59:31] relative to the task force work

[59:36] issues contributing areas with respect to legally existing and municipally

[59:40] serviced hamlet residential zones please advise how this newly included overlay

[59:46] will impact the property owner's ability to obtain a building permit and install

[59:51] a septic system suitable for residential purposes

[59:56] i can take that um so the

[1:00:00] the mapping that's included within the source protection

[1:00:04] planning documents and then implemented through the zoning bylaw

[1:00:08] is uh is not focused on residential

[1:00:12] development it's focused on non-residential development and

[1:00:16] non-residential uses so your ability to obtain a septic

[1:00:20] system permit uh provided it complies with the ontario

[1:00:24] building code it wouldn't affect your ability to obtain a septic system and

[1:00:29] we've jamie we've included a very specific provision which comes right out

[1:00:32] of the source protection plan that says for lots of record that exist on the

[1:00:38] date of the approval of the source protection plan

[1:00:40] a small on-site sewage system is permitted

[1:00:44] so that that's reflected in the proposed bylaw as well

[1:00:50] perfect thanks guys

[1:00:52] um next question what is our u zone mean i can take that

[1:00:57] uh the ru zone is the rural zone and uh that that would be that would be

[1:01:03] mapped in compliance with the official plan also being rural so

[1:01:08] if you're interested in seeing the permitted uses or zone standards

[1:01:14] um in the ru zone please um review the text

[1:01:19] uh of the of the zoning bylaw if you have any questions please let us know

[1:01:27] referring to the notice of today's meeting would you currently provide

[1:01:30] complete clarity around what one needs to do in order to preserve the right to

[1:01:34] appeal the new zoning bylaw or become party to an appeal where one has no need

[1:01:39] to comment on the current draft there may be a need to comment on subsequent

[1:01:43] draft when short-term accommodation provisions are included

[1:01:50] so in order to preserve your appeal rights

[1:01:53] uh one would have to comment on the zoning bylaw it could be the first draft

[1:01:57] it could be the second draft it could be at any point leading up to and including

[1:02:02] the public meeting uh what is also important however which

[1:02:06] has changed is that in order to be notified of the decision of counsel with

[1:02:11] respect to the bylaw an individual has to specifically request to be notified

[1:02:16] of that decision so if it's if you want to be notified of

[1:02:19] this decision you should make that request to uh

[1:02:23] um to either the the web page or to the clerk that uh you would like to be

[1:02:28] notified of that this specific decision so

[1:02:32] to summarize as long as you provide comments throughout the process you

[1:02:36] would have the ability to appeal thanks jamie so just to be clear

[1:02:41] robert doesn't need to provide comment on this draft craft one if there's no

[1:02:46] need to but future draft if he would like to he should provide

[1:02:51] comments on that draft

[1:02:54] perfect thank you

[1:02:58] um i was unable to hear the answer provided to my question when i was um

[1:03:03] will i be able to receive access to answers video for a few follow-up any

[1:03:06] objections great question we had this in the first session as well

[1:03:10] what we're going to try to do is have both recordings of the first and second

[1:03:15] presentation available on the project page

[1:03:18] so that they're available to the public

[1:03:27] okay backyard chickens i think i just want to speak to one

[1:03:33] point there it was like oh sure it was an item that just i think one poor

[1:03:37] portion of that was why have they not received any comments on the comments

[1:03:42] that have been provided so an individual's provided feedback on the

[1:03:45] process and they haven't got a response to their comment

[1:03:49] just in terms of how this process typically unfolds is

[1:03:54] that individual responses to each comment

[1:03:57] aren't provided as they come in however

[1:04:01] what we are undertaking is preparing a comment summary table that outlines all

[1:04:06] the comments that are provided in writing through this process

[1:04:10] provides a response to those comments and that gets included

[1:04:14] in the staff report that ultimately goes along with the bylaw to counsel so

[1:04:20] there's a clear understanding of the relationship

[1:04:23] between the comments and how they've been considered and

[1:04:26] ultimately what changes have been made are not made with respect to the bylaws

[1:04:30] so you shouldn't expect a comment a reply to every email that you send in on

[1:04:34] this but you're you can we can assure you that they're being

[1:04:38] tracked and they're being included in a comment summary table thanks jamie and

[1:04:42] just just for everybody's knowledge when once once you submit a comment

[1:04:46] um to the to the uh project email address you will get an auto response

[1:04:51] which means we've received it and it will be included in the review

[1:04:55] if it's a question or clarification you will get a response back from us on

[1:05:00] those types of questions

[1:05:08] um next question uh why are tourist establishments not permitted in

[1:05:13] shoreline zones

[1:05:17] you want me to take that one jamie um

[1:05:22] so the uh

[1:05:24] tourist establishments as defined by the zoning bylaw existing

[1:05:29] ones are recognized uh within the proposed new bylaw

[1:05:35] but the establishment of new ones um the policy framework is set out in

[1:05:40] the official plan and it would require an application to amend the zoning bylaw

[1:05:45] to establish new tourist establishments in the municipality through that

[1:05:51] application process and in accordance with the policy guidance that's

[1:05:54] contained within the official plan so we're

[1:05:58] typically not in the habit of pre-zoning properties for

[1:06:03] new uses it is an application driven process and it would be up to the

[1:06:08] property owner to determine whether they wanted to proceed

[1:06:12] with an application of that basis

[1:06:19] thanks wes

[1:06:23] the township's new official plan states conditions for a second dwelling unit

[1:06:27] however none of the restrictions contained in the township's new zonium

[1:06:31] biologists section 2.2 are contained here

[1:06:35] why

[1:06:38] i will take take that

[1:06:43] so in terms of second dwelling units the op does the sort of the official

[1:06:48] plan does contain policies that provide some direction to the zoning bylaw

[1:06:54] uh the zoning bylaw does include in section 2.2

[1:06:58] a number of um a number of regulations that do apply to

[1:07:02] secondary dwelling units or accessories sorry

[1:07:05] additional dwelling units i keep getting that terminology mixed out but it's

[1:07:10] additional dwelling units so there is a number of

[1:07:12] restrictions and and limitations included in the zoning model

[1:07:17] that flow from those greater greater policies in the official plan

[1:07:27] we do have a question about another one about backyard chickens they

[1:07:30] specifically ask about um what the concerns are around backyard chickens

[1:07:34] wes i believe you touched upon that already uh with regards to to that

[1:07:39] sure and just to

[1:07:43] list if you will the concerns that were identified based on

[1:07:48] our best practices review

[1:07:51] questions around legal non-conforming use

[1:07:55] agricultural community concerns animal disease

[1:07:59] costs public health and groundwater concerns one of the things that we found

[1:08:05] very clearly in our review was that many of the municipalities that were

[1:08:10] permitting backyard chickens like guelph toronto

[1:08:14] kitchener were municipalities that were provided with full municipal water and

[1:08:20] full municipal sewers

[1:08:22] and obviously tiny not having that

[1:08:27] benefit relies on groundwater

[1:08:30] for all of its

[1:08:33] you know drinking water supply both municipal systems and private systems

[1:08:38] and obviously concerns about allowing

[1:08:42] additional you know

[1:08:45] backyard chickens if you will in residential zones particularly where

[1:08:49] the lots are smaller you know the lots are side by side there

[1:08:53] was a potential concern for uh groundwater impacts and those were part

[1:08:58] of the thinking uh why at least at this point we had not included it as a

[1:09:02] general permission in the proposed new bylaw but again

[1:09:07] um subject to community and public input

[1:09:12] it is something that we will go back to council with and seek their instruction

[1:09:16] and direction as to how they want to proceed thanks wes

[1:09:21] uh the next one's with regards to a short-term rental question again um

[1:09:26] this is uh something we're just we're not we're not dealing with tonight

[1:09:29] that's not the purpose of tonight's meeting but we will get because

[1:09:34] specifically working on that project

[1:09:40] next question can blue water beach dunes be declared as zone ep2

[1:09:49] i can maybe take that question um

[1:09:52] ep 2 zone currently as sean mentioned reflects other wetlands

[1:09:58] that's not to say it couldn't include other environmental features so if that

[1:10:02] if there are features that individuals would like included in

[1:10:06] in um in the ep 2 zone they can certainly provide comments to that

[1:10:10] effect and we could review those comments and

[1:10:14] and consider uh whether they whether it would be appropriate or not to include

[1:10:20] those features i like we can't provide you with an absolute yes or no tonight

[1:10:24] but it's certainly something that we could look at

[1:10:29] thanks jamie

[1:10:37] isn't putting a fence into the water a bylaw issue and should be included into

[1:10:42] the zoning by law

[1:10:49] who wants to take that yeah that's a really good question and

[1:10:55] i don't have a quick answer for that one that may be one that we actually have to

[1:11:00] think about some more and and provide our response

[1:11:03] um at a later stage certainly the new bylaw

[1:11:09] is including provisions for the first time for uh

[1:11:13] docks and boat lifts

[1:11:16] um but is offensive structure is a fence

[1:11:20] something that's uh particularly uh in the

[1:11:24] you know that's located in the water is that something that's regulated by the

[1:11:26] zoning violence something i i don't have a quick answer for sean

[1:11:30] unfortunately okay thanks i can just confirm that some bylaws do

[1:11:34] include provisions related defense but often it's left to offense by law which

[1:11:39] is enacted under the munis black but certainly something as west mentioned

[1:11:44] could be uh or should be looked at in more detail

[1:11:52] yeah i can't confirm that the current donating by law deals with the height of

[1:11:57] a fence not not not with regards to the specific

[1:12:01] um location on the property unless we're in the wall and not in water not in the

[1:12:06] water yeah where we don't have jurisdiction

[1:12:14] uh were detached dwellings not allowed on the previous ep2 lands that are now

[1:12:20] zone gl

[1:12:24] so maybe i can answer that question um so if if you if you had a property

[1:12:30] that was previously zoned if we didn't have an ep we don't have an

[1:12:35] ep2 zone in the current bylaw we have an ep-1 zone in the current file uh

[1:12:39] the current ep1 zone in the current bylaw deals with all wetlands

[1:12:44] um and and and through the detailed mapping that was done through the seven

[1:12:48] sovereignty environmental association it's true that additional lands have now

[1:12:54] been zoned with an ep but i will say that there are other properties in the

[1:12:59] township that were historically zoned ep-1 that are now zoned green lands

[1:13:04] because it was determined that there's no wetland feature on those properties

[1:13:08] so in the in the current bylaw if you have a property that's ep one and you

[1:13:13] cannot you would not be allowed to build a dwelling if you're going to be zoned

[1:13:19] gl or greenland and then you buy a lot you would be allowed

[1:13:23] to build a dwelling on that property

[1:13:36] okay here's a question uh one last question is it possible to

[1:13:40] have our property excluded from the zoning change or is there nothing we can

[1:13:45] do and then in brackets from green belt to green lands and mostly ep2

[1:13:55] maybe i'll respond to that one uh sean

[1:14:01] jeanine submits comments to the website and very specifically asks us to look at

[1:14:06] the zoning of the property we can do that as part of this process

[1:14:10] right now obviously we're guided by the

[1:14:13] designations in the new official plan that's been recently approved uh finally

[1:14:18] approved by the county in december of last year um but based on uh you know

[1:14:23] the comments that we receive we can look at it and see whether there's some

[1:14:27] refinement that can happen at this stage in the process

[1:14:32] and just to that point it may be helpful if

[1:14:35] you could provide some evidence to the effect of why it shouldn't be included

[1:14:39] as ep2 for example if you've got photographic evidence or or certain any

[1:14:44] information you can provide that details what what you believe a more appropriate

[1:14:49] zone should be for that person thanks jimmy

[1:14:53] yeah just just just another point with this one if it's if your property is

[1:14:58] currently his own green belt um it will be likely going to green

[1:15:02] lands that's not that that that that is in compliance with the new official plan

[1:15:07] because the new official plan does not have a green

[1:15:10] belt designation um

[1:15:13] uh but it has a green lands designation um but if yeah please send us an email

[1:15:18] with regards to any information you have with regard to the ep

[1:15:22] because like i said earlier we didn't get all of them correct and

[1:15:25] there is a refinement process we can and if we can deal with it before the bile

[1:15:29] has passed then we can definitely do that

[1:15:43] some more questions comments about backyard trick is we definitely got a

[1:15:46] lot of comments in the first session about that dude so please please send an

[1:15:50] email to our project webpage and we'll definitely include those comments to

[1:15:54] capital and report back

[1:15:59] where do i find regulations on boat lifts showing up on the shoreline

[1:16:07] so so that's section 2.4

[1:16:10] of the draft bylaw and if you go to the project website on the municipalities

[1:16:16] [Music] website

[1:16:18] you can download a copy of the of the proposed bylaw and if you look in

[1:16:23] section 2.4 docs and boatlift regulations are

[1:16:28] contained in there

[1:16:34] thanks wes down to our last question if you have

[1:16:38] any other questions please uh please type them in now

[1:16:42] um on your map earlier you wrote homes that

[1:16:45] were built with apartments prior to 1977 is this grandfather in and can the

[1:16:50] apartment be a rental can you clarify

[1:16:57] i think that might be helpful to have us to maybe provide provide

[1:17:02] us with an email with the specifics around this that specific one

[1:17:06] but just generally speaking um if this bylaw is approved with the

[1:17:12] new um legal non-conforming non-complying date of 1977

[1:17:17] if you if if an owner can prove that a use

[1:17:21] um is as existent before that date it would

[1:17:24] be considered grandfathered and yet sorry and it continued it can't

[1:17:31] just have existed it would need to have been a continuous use

[1:17:35] correct yes thanks jamie sean just to to add to that

[1:17:41] where the zoning is resolved so for example if the

[1:17:44] use was determined to be legal non-conforming

[1:17:48] and continued

[1:17:50] it may be recognized by the new by-law but to make it fully legal you may need

[1:17:55] to get the appropriate permits under the ontario building code to bring that unit

[1:17:59] in compliance with the minimum safety standards for rental accommodation

[1:18:04] so that may be something that through that additional email we can

[1:18:08] provide a more detailed response yeah thank you

[1:18:12] very much wes good point

[1:18:18] we have no more questions um wes maybe while we're just wrapping

[1:18:24] up if you want to share your screen and just show the um

[1:18:28] the project um

[1:18:32] email address for everybody just as a follow-up so we can get all questions

[1:18:37] going to to the correct spot

[1:18:42] so the email address is new zoning bylaw at tiny.ca

[1:18:49] i just see another question coming with regards to backyard chickens so if if uh

[1:18:54] paulette if you've already uh emailed us with regards to the to

[1:18:58] this it will be included um in in the review back to council so

[1:19:04] along with all the other ones that we've received so we've already done that

[1:19:07] you've done everything you can with regards to uh the review of draft one of

[1:19:12] this new bylaw

[1:19:15] um one more question when waterfront owner wants to build new decks close to

[1:19:19] water there's bile on setbacks so why won't fencing be considered in the bylaw

[1:19:24] rules so it's definitely something like wes

[1:19:27] and jamie have said that we're going to work that's something that we will

[1:19:30] review and take back i see west making notes there

[1:19:33] so we will we will look at that to see if we can put something

[1:19:37] or if it's appropriate to recommend something to council in the next review

[1:19:41] so thank you for bringing that to our attention

[1:19:55] give everybody another

[1:19:58] minute if there's any other questions but i just want to thank everybody for

[1:20:04] uh for coming tonight um and participating in uh in the

[1:20:09] preparation and review of the new bylaw um you know all comments and questions

[1:20:14] are important to us and if there's things that we've missed or we can make

[1:20:17] things better um in the next draft we'd uh really we'd like we appreciate

[1:20:23] those comments and questions coming in so we can think about those things

[1:20:27] before the bylaw gets finalized and gets put

[1:20:33] any um any uh comments and questions um

[1:20:37] please uh please let us know we have one more question here will there be a

[1:20:40] public input on the next draft yes there will be um so the next steps will be

[1:20:45] uh we'll be reporting back to council with all the comments and questions

[1:20:48] we've received please get us if you haven't done so already please

[1:20:52] email your comments um to the project webpage

[1:20:57] i'll show you to the project email uh before

[1:21:01] uh the end of next week okay it will be march 17th and it will

[1:21:05] be included in the review um

[1:21:09] of the draft one and then we'll be reporting back to council when we do

[1:21:13] prepare draft2 we will be having a public meeting

[1:21:17] at that stage and yes that will be an opportunity for the public to provide

[1:21:21] input

[1:21:32] okay thank you very much everybody i think uh we can wrap up for tonight and

[1:21:37] um yeah please let us know if you have any

[1:21:39] further questions thank you thank you yeah thanks everybody have a

[1:21:44] good uh have a good evening thanks

Statutory Public Open House for New Zoning By-law - Session Two

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