Permit as a Temporary Use the Keeping of Backyard Chickens

20 April 2018

NOTICE OF A

PUBLIC MEETING CONCERNING A

PROPOSED TEMPORARY USE   

TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to Section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Penetanguishene will hold a public meeting on Wednesday May 9, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, Townhall, 10 Robert Street West, Penetanguishene to consider a proposed Temporary Use under Zoning By-law 2000-02.

The proposed Zoning By-law Amendment (Z.A. 4/2018) relates to ALL RESIDENTIAL AND RURAL ZONED lands in the Town of Penetanguishene.  As the proposed amendment affects a wide area of the Town, no Location Map has been provided.

THE PURPOSE AND EFFECT of the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment is to permit as a Temporary Use the keeping of Backyard Chickens and to review a proposed “Backyard Chicken Pilot Program” in the Town of Penetanguishene.  The following describes in further details the proposed Temporary Use:

  • A new definition of Backyard Chickens for the purposes of this Temporary Use which shall be defined as:  “shall mean the use of lands, building or structures for keeping of chickens, with the exception of roosters, for the purposes of personal or domestic use.”
  • The new “Backyard Chicken Temporary Use” would be permitted on all residential and rural zoned land except those in a Wellhead Protection Area A (WHPA-A) and B (WHPA-B);
  • Require a minimum Lot Area of 460 square metres;
  • Prohibit the retail sale of any chickens or eggs produced on the property;
  • Propose a maximum of four (4) chickens per property;
  • Establish a minimum setback for a chicken coop of 3 metres from property lines and adjacent buildings;

The proposed regulations with respect to the Temporary Use would be implemented in a “Backyard Chickens Pilot Project” for  two (2) years upon approval of the Temporary Use.

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Section 34(10.11) of the Planning Act, the Application file is part of the public record and is available to the public for inspection.  If you are submitting letters, faxes, emails, presentations or other communications with the Town concerning this application, you should be aware that your name and the fact you communicated with the Town will become part of the public record. The Town will also make your communication and any personal information in it available to the public, unless you expressly request the Town to remove it.

ANY PERSON MAY attend the public meeting and make oral or written representation either in support of, or in opposition to, the proposed Temporary Use for Backyard Chickens.  If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Town of Penetanguishene before a zoning by-law amendment is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Council of the Town of Penetanguishene to the Local Planning Appeal the Tribunal. Also, if a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting, or make written submissions to the Town of Penetanguishene before a by-law amendment is passed the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to do so.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION regarding the proposed amendment is available to the public for inspection at the Penetanguishene Municipal Office between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday.


Dated at the Town of Penetanguishene 19th day of April, 2018. 

Stacey Cooper, Clerk

Town of Penetanguishene

10 rue Robert St. West/Ouest

P.O. /C.P. Box 5009

Penetanguishene, Ontario

L9M 2G2

 

 

 

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