The Corporation of the Town of Tecumseh

TAKENOTICEthat the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Tecumsehwill hold a virtual/electronic public meeting Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 5:00p.m. to consider a proposed Housekeeping Zoning By-law Amendment to the Sandwich South Zoning By-law 85-18 pursuant to the provisions of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990. It should be noted that his public meeting wasoriginally scheduled for September8, 2020 but had to be rescheduled due to technicaldifficulties associated with the software/programthatfacilitates the virtual/electronic public meetings.

Currently, there are three separate settlement areas in the Town’s Official Plan pertaining to lands within the former Sandwich South area, thatcollectively, identify areas where long-term urban uses are to be established. Within each of these three settlement areas, future developmentlands are either within a Hamlet Development Designation (requiring further study and Official Plan amendmentsto determine andidentify the ultimate preferred urban land uses)or a specific urban land use designation (such as the Maidstone Hamlet Residential designation) (see Key Map on reverse for location of the subject lands).

These future development lands within settlement areas continue to be zoned “Agricultural Zone (A)” in the corresponding Sandwich South Zoning By-law 85-18, recognizing the current use of the lands for farming, prior to their development and conversion to urban uses. The current “Agricultural Zone (A)’ permits a wide range of agricultural uses,including but notlimited to livestock intensive agricultural uses and greenhouses. However,it is should be noted that mushroom farms are currently not a permitted use.

The proposed housekeeping amendment would havethe effect of changing the zoning on these landsto a site-specific “Agricultural Zone (A)” that would permit all of the usesin the “Agricultural Zone(A)” with the exception oflivestock intensive agricultural uses and greenhouses.In addition,it will continue to prohibit mushroom farms.

AnyPerson mayattend 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 a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Corporation of the Town of Tecumsehbefore the Zoning By-law amendmentis passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Tecumsehto the Local Planning AppealTribunal (LPAT).

If a person or public body does not make oral submissionsat a public meeting, or make written submissionsto the Corporation of the Town of Tecumseh before the Zoning By-law amendmentis passed, the person or public body may not be added as party to the hearing of an appeal before the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT)unless,in the opinion of the LPAT, thererpraieAAABeVA