Notice of Adoption of a new Official Plan for the Town of Penetanguishene
NOTICE OF ADOPTION
OF A NEW OFFICIAL PLAN FOR THE
TOWN OF PENETANGUISHENE
TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Penetanguishene passed By-Law 2018-49 to adopt a new Official Plan, on the 27th day of June 2018, pursuant to Sections 26 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13, as amended.
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PURPOSE |
The purpose of the Town’s new Official Plan is to provide policies to guide development in the Town until 2031. |
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EFFECT |
Adoption of By-law 2018-49 and the Town’s new Official Plan has the effect of repealing the Town’s existing Official Plan and all subsequent amendments. |
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SUBJECT LANDS |
All lands with the Town of Penetanguishene. |
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HOW WERE PUBLIC COMMENTS CONSIDERED |
All public comments on the drafts of the Official Plan were summarized and assessed in a matrix that is available on the Town’s website: https://www.penetanguishene.ca/en/business/official-plan.asp |
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MORE INFORMATION |
The new Official Plan is available on the Town’s website: https://www.penetanguishene.ca/en/business/official-plan.asp and for inspection at Townhall on weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Please contact the Planning and Community Development Department for more information at planning@penetanguishene.ca or by telephone at 705-549-7453. |
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WHO TO CONTACT |
Andrea Betty, MCIP RPP Director of Planning and Community Development |
AND TAKE NOTICE THAT the County of Simcoe is the approval authority for the Official Plan. Any person or public body who submits a written request to the County of Simcoe will receive a Notice of Decision from the County. Such requests should be forwarded to:
David Parks, MCIP RPP
Director of Planning, Development and Tourism
County of Simcoe Administration Centre
1110 Highway 26
Midhurst, Ontario
L9X 1N6
WHO CAN FILE AN APPEAL
Only individuals, corporations or public bodies may appeal the decision of the County of Simcoe to the Tribunal. A notice of appeal may not be filed by an unincorporated association or group. However, a notice of appeal may be filed in the name of an individual who is a member of the association or group on its behalf.
No person or public body shall be added as a party to the hearing of the appeal unless, before the plan was adopted, the person or public body made oral submissions at a public meeting or written submissions to the council or, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.
DATED at the Town of Penetanguishene this 29th day of June, 2018.
Stacey Cooper, Clerk
Town of Penetanguishene
10 rue Robert St. West/Ouest
P.O. /C.P. Box 5009
Penetanguishene, Ontario
L9M 2G2