Notice of Public Meeting

Notice of Public Meeting

Date: Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 5:30 PM

Place: This hearing will be a hybrid (virtual/in person) meeting.

Virtual Participation: Zoom Webinar / YouTube Livestream

In-person Participation: Town Hall, Council Chambers at 20 Pelham Town Square, Fonthill

Town Council approved hybrid meetings via By-law No. 4507 (2022). The Town of Pelham live webcast of the Public Meeting will be streaming at:

https://www.youtube.com/user/TownOfPelham/live

File Numbers: 26T19-02-2024 & AM-04-2024

Subject Lands: 729, 735, 743 Quaker Road (Maplewood Estates)

Public Meeting for Draft Plan of Subdivision and Zoning By-law Amendment in accordance with Sections 51 and 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended.

Applications for Draft Plan of Subdivision and Zoning By-law Amendment were received for the properties located at Part Township Lot 237 (see attached plan), known municipally as 729, 735, 743 Quaker Road in the Town of Pelham.

The proposed Plan of Subdivision would create:

14 Lots (Lots 1-14) for Single Detached Dwellings;
2 Blocks (Blocks 15-16) for eight (8) Street Townhouse Dwellings;
3 Blocks (Blocks 17-19) for six (6) Semi-Detached Dwellings;
1 Block (Block 20) for a future pedestrian walkway;
1 Block (Block 21) for a 0.3m reserve; and,
0.267 hectares for future roadways (Street ‘A’).

The requested Zoning By-law Amendment would rezone the lands from the Residential Development (RD) zone to a site-specific R2 (Residential Two), a site specific RM1 (Residential Multiple 1) zone, and site-specific OS (Open Space) zone to permit the residential uses proposed in the draft plan of subdivision.

Your Input is Encouraged: The Town of Pelham would appreciate receiving your written and/or verbal comments regarding this application. Unless indicated otherwise, personal information and all comments will become part of the public record and may be publicly released. To provide input in writing, or to request personal notice if the proposed applications are approved, please submit your correspondence or request by 12:00 PM on Tuesday, July 9, 2024 for inclusion in the public meeting agenda package c/o Town Clerk, William Tigert, PO Box 400, 20 Pelham Town Square, Fonthill, Ontario L0S 1E0, or by email at SLeach@pelham.ca. Comments and requests received after this date will still be received by Council, however they may not be published as part of the public meeting agenda. Verbal comments will be received by the Town at the public hearing via virtual or in-person participation. To provide verbal comments virtually at the hearing, please pre-register with the Town Clerk by sending an email to SLeach@pelham.ca before 12:00pm noon on Friday July 12, 2024. Zoom webinar registration information and procedure will be provided. To provide verbal comments in-person at the Public Meeting, pre-registration is encouraged but not required. Registrants will be notified of Council’s Decision. If you have not submitted written comments and wish to submit a comment live during the meeting, you may livestream the meeting from the Town of Pelham’s YouTube channel and e-mail comments to clerks@pelham.ca during the public portion of this application only. If your comments are not received during the public portion of the meeting, they will not be considered.

Need More Information: For more information, please contact Andrew Edwards, Planner, by email at aedwards@pelham.ca or at 905-980-6666 or 905-892-2607 ext. 324. A copy of the staff report regarding the proposed applications as well as any additional information may be obtained on the Town’s website at www.pelham.ca/MaplewoodEstates or at Town Hall by appointment after 12:00 PM on Friday, July 12, 2024.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Town of Pelham’s Municipal Council to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written statements to the Town of Pelham before the by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting, or make written submissions to the Town of Pelham before the by-law is passed, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to do so.

Dated at the Town of Pelham, this 21st day of June, 2024.