TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Collingwood has received an application for a Zoning By-law Amendment under Section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P. 13, as amended. These applications are deemed to be complete submissions under Section 34(10.4) of the Planning Act.

AND TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Collingwood will hold a public meeting on Monday, December 4, 2023, on or about 5:00 p.m.

Any members of the public may attend in person (Council Chambers, 97 Hurontario Street, Collingwood) or virtually via Zoom webinar to consider a proposed Zoning By-law Amendment.

The public meeting will take place during the regular Committee of the Whole meeting, which is scheduled to commence following the Council meeting. For those attending virtually, a link to the webinar will be included on the December 4, 2023, Committee of the Whole agenda. Council and Committee of the Whole meeting agendas are located on the CivicWeb Portal or you can subscribe to receive an automatic email to meeting agendas.

Location: 329 Third Street, Collingwood

The proposed development is located on the north side of Third Street and between Walnut and Cedar Streets.

Legal description: Plan 73, Part Lots 28, 29, and 30 of Registered Plan 51R40341 (Part 1); Collingwood

Area: 0.136 hectares 

The purpose of the proposed Zoning By-law Amendments is to rezone the subject property to permit a detached accessory structure with a three-car garage on the main floor and loft for private recreational space and future accessory dwelling unit with a holding provision.  

The proposed Zoning By-law Amendment would rezone the subject parcel from Residential Second Density (R2) to Residential Second Density with a Special Exception and a Holding (H-XX) (R2-XX). The rezoning would recognize an increased maximum building height of 8.3 meters, an increased ground floor area of 110.9 square metres, permit the accessory structure to be located closer to a front lot line than the closest exterior wall of the residence, and a provide for a maximum gross floor area of 87.6 square metres. The holding provision would be placed on the accessory dwelling unit.

Any person may attend the public meeting and/or make written or verbal representation either in support of or in opposition to the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment. 

If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Council of the Town of Collingwood on the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment, you must make a written request to Planning Services, Town of Collingwood, P.O. Box 157, Collingwood, Ontario L9Y 3Z5 via email at: jnolan@collingwood.ca 

If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Town of Collingwood 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 Town of Collingwood 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 Collingwood 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 are the owner of any land that contains seven or more residential units, please post this notice in a location that is visible to all the residents.

FOR MORE INFORMATION about this matter, including information about appeal rights, contact:

Julie Nolan, Community Planner
jnolan@collingwood.ca or 705-445-1290 Ext. 3285 
Monday to Friday between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. 

Additional information and material regarding the proposed Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment is available to the public for inspection on this page of the Town’s website.