Notice of Complete Application and Public Meeting - ZBA No. 54

Oral and written comments will be considered at the public meeting. Written comments will be accepted until 4:30 p.m. on Monday, January 27, 2025, and may be submitted to Briana Bloomfield, City Clerk as follows:

Electronic Mail: notice@owensound.ca

Regular Mail: 808 2nd Avenue East, Owen Sound, ON N4K 2H4

Written comments received by January 21, 2025 will appear on the Council Meeting agenda which will be available for review on January 22, 2025, on the Council and Committees webpage at www.owensound.ca/meetings. Written comments received by the deadline will be included in the agenda when it is republished after the meeting.

If you wish to participate in the public meeting electronically, you must contact the City Clerk by Friday, January 23, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. at bbloomfield@owensound.ca or 519-376-4440 ext. 1247 to be registered to participate in the public meeting.

To ensure that your comments are clearly understood and received prior to Council making a decision, you are strongly encouraged to submit written comments prior to the public meeting even if you intend to attend the public meeting.

Personal information is collected under the authority of the Planning Act. The information collected will be used to complete the Zoning By-law Amendment process and will form part of the public record. Questions about this collection should be addressed to Briana Bloomfield, City Clerk.

Additional Information:

If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Council of The Corporation of the City of Owen Sound to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to The Corporation of the City of Owen Sound 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 Corporation of the City of Owen Sound 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.

If you wish to be notified of the decision of The Corporation of the City of Owen Sound on the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment, you must make a written request to The Corporation of the City of Owen Sound at the address noted below.

For more information about this matter, including information about appeal rights, or to inspect additional materials related to the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment, please contact Sabine Robart, Planning Division by email at planning@owensound.ca or telephone at 519-376-4440 ext. 1236 Monday to Friday between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. or by visiting http://www.owensound.ca/development.

A copy of the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment is available on the website together with additional plans, background studies and reports submitted with the application.

The public meeting and all Council proceedings can be viewed live on Rogers Cable TV or the Rogers TV Website or viewed during and after the meeting on the City’s Council and Committees webpage.

If you are the owner of a building that contains 7 or more residential units, please post this notice in a location that is visible to all the residents.

Notice Date: January 7, 2025

Allison Penner Deputy Clerk

The Corporation of the City of Owen Sound

808 2nd Avenue East

Owen Sound, ON N4K 2H4

Telephone: 519-376-4440 ext. 1235 

Email: notice@owensound.ca