[2:08] Good afternoon everyone. Welcome to the
[2:10] Township of Mapleton Committee of
[2:12] Adjustments.
[2:14] I'm the secretary treasurer. My name is
[2:15] Larry Wheeler and we'll start the agenda
[2:19] with regrets and we have uh regrets from
[2:22] our member Jeff Dumering.
[2:25] Next item business is 1.2 two
[2:28] appointment of a chairperson. Do we have
[2:31] a recommendation?
[2:36] » The seconder.
[2:39] [laughter]
[2:41] >> Thank you.
[2:47] » Okay. So, um next item then becomes uh
[2:51] call for uh deferral or withdrawal of
[2:53] any matter before the committee. Do we
[2:55] have any?
[2:56] >> We do. Okay.
[2:59] Do we have any declarations of pecunary
[3:03] interest?
[3:05] None.
[3:07] All right.
[3:09] On to the minutes of the last meeting
[3:11] that we had. So, we had a committee of
[3:14] adjustment meeting dated July 15, 2026.
[3:18] And we have draft minutes.
[3:21] Um, there is a recommendation here that
[3:23] the minutes of the Township of Mapleton
[3:25] Committee of Adjustment meeting held on
[3:27] July 15, 2026 be confirmed as circulated
[3:31] in the agenda. Do we have a mover and a
[3:36] second for that?
[3:37] >> I'll move.
[3:39] >> Okay,
[3:40] >> I'll second.
[3:41] >> Benjamin's and Stanners.
[3:47] » All right. Now do we have any matters
[3:49] arising from the minutes anyone wishes
[3:52] to raise? None.
[3:56] Okay. So that moves us to our uh first hearing which is A20614.
[4:08] The location of this subject property is
[4:10] legally described as part of lot 17
[4:13] concession 8P and is municipally known
[4:16] as 73448
[4:18] line. Subject property is 40 hectares in
[4:22] size and is occupied by a residence and
[4:26] a dairy farm operation.
[4:32] The purpose and effect of this variance
[4:34] application is to provide relief from
[4:36] the required minimum distance separation
[4:39] to MDS2 from a type A use. The
[4:43] applicants are proposing to construct a
[4:45] dairy barn and manure tank and are
[4:48] seeking an MDS2 setback of 171 m whereas
[4:53] 220 m is required for the barn and 162 m
[5:00] whereas 298 m is required for the manure
[5:03] tank from the closest type A use. The
[5:07] other variances other variances may be
[5:09] considered where deemed appropriate.
[5:13] Do we have uh any um notifications or
[5:17] comments that have been received to date
[5:19] by the secretary treasurer?
[5:22] >> Thank you, sir. Staff can confirm that
[5:25] property owners, Mapleton staff and
[5:28] agencies were provided with the required
[5:30] notice on or before July 22nd.
[5:34] There is a comment summary included in
[5:36] the planners report. Proper on-site
[5:39] postings were completed July 23rd.
[5:42] Source water comments from our risk
[5:44] management inspector were received and
[5:47] there was no concerns expressed.
[5:49] County of Wellington comments from their
[5:51] planner Jamie Barnes were received and
[5:53] they're attached. And the GRCCA comments
[5:57] from their resource planning technician
[5:59] were received and they are attached.
[6:01] Thank you.
[6:06] Okay. Do we have any further comments
[6:08] from on behalf of the township planner
[6:11] for the on this application?
[6:15] » Thank you through your chair. No, we
[6:17] don't. We are we don't see any issues
[6:19] and we are in full support.
[6:25] So this is an opportunity for the owner
[6:27] Gary and Marilyn applic uh Martin and
[6:30] the applicant Cleon Martin to introduce
[6:32] themselves and speak to the application
[6:34] if there's any further clarification
[6:36] they wish to give.
[6:50] » Good afternoon. I'm Cleon Martin acting
[6:53] as the agent on behalf of Gary and
[6:55] Carolyn Martin on this uh file. Um I
[6:59] have no other comments. The u appreciate
[7:02] the planning staff support. I have no
[7:04] further comments.
[7:07] Thank you.
[7:09] Now I don't know that I see anybody but
[7:11] uh is there anybody here that wishes to
[7:14] speak to the proposal? Um, and if you do so, then you can give your name and
[7:20] address to planning staff. Anyone? None.
[7:26] I don't know that we have any questions
[7:29] then from any interested persons. So,
[7:31] I'll move to committee member questions
[7:35] uh of the owner applicant.
[7:38] And do we have anyone that has any
[7:40] questions on this particular
[7:43] application? Member Stanners.
[7:45] >> Thank you, Chair. No, I have no com no
[7:48] uh questions. I'm I was glad to see this
[7:51] neighbor's letter that uh there's
[7:53] somebody else in the township that's
[7:55] concerned about it and and they they're
[7:58] quite happy to see this. Go ahead. Quite
[8:00] often we never see any comments from
[8:03] anybody other than the applicant. So, I
[8:05] was really glad to see that there is a
[8:07] concerned citizen that and their comment
[8:08] was positive to it. Thank you.
[8:13] Okay, thanks. Anyone else with anything
[8:16] else to offer?
[8:18] >> Thank you, chair. I don't have any
[8:19] questions. I did do a site visit this
[8:22] morning and I think it makes good sense.
[8:24] It's taking the the um the barn and the
[8:27] manure storage away from the water
[8:29] course kind of midway back on the farm.
[8:32] So, um I think it's uh I'm have no
[8:35] further questions or comments.
[8:38] >> Thank you.
[8:40] So at this point it's uh up to the to
[8:44] the committee to uh either grant,
[8:48] refuse, defer or reserve uh a decision
[8:51] on this application and the four tests
[8:54] that are required for us to consider are
[8:57] is the variance minor in nature. Is the
[9:00] variance requested desirable for the
[9:02] appropriate development or use of the
[9:04] lands, building or structure?
[9:06] Does the variance maintain the general
[9:08] intent and purpose of the official plan?
[9:11] Does the variance maintain the general
[9:13] purpose and intent of the zoning bylaw?
[9:18] So based on on those those questions and
[9:21] the the um analysis by staff, there is a
[9:25] recommendation here that the minor
[9:27] variance applied for in application A
[9:29] 202614
[9:31] located at part of 7 part of lot 17
[9:34] concession 8 municipally known as 73448
[9:40] line to provide the following relief as
[9:42] proposed.
[9:44] a new livestock facility and manure
[9:46] storage.
[9:48] Um MDS2 set back to a type A use for a
[9:53] livestock facility. The required
[9:56] distance is 220 m proposed distance 171
[10:00] m difference of 49 m and MDS2 set back
[10:05] to a type A use manure storage
[10:09] requirement is 298 m. The proposal is
[10:13] for 162 meters. There's a difference of
[10:16] 136 meters.
[10:19] So at this point, I ask for a motion or
[10:23] a mover of the recommendation if we have
[10:26] one.
[10:26] >> I'll move that, Dennis.
[10:27] >> Okay. Member Sheik and a seconder.
[10:31] >> Seconded.
[10:32] >> Benjamin's. Okay. So, um, put that to a
[10:36] vote then. All in favor?
[10:41] All right.
[10:43] So we have a granting of that variance.
[12:30] Okay, we've had the circulation of the
[12:32] decision sheet um for this uh particular
[12:37] item. The hearing for minor variance A
[12:40] 202614 is now concluded.
[12:44] Thank you.
[12:56] So under general business, we have an
[12:58] item for upcoming hearing dates. Guess
[13:01] the question is for September 9th. Do we
[13:04] have any items at this point?
[13:13] » So we have nothing for September 9th,
[13:16] but we do have September 9th, October
[13:18] 14th, and November 18th as the next
[13:20] scheduled meetings of the committee.