Mayor Steve Hammell called the public meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. He stated that the purpose of the public meeting was to consider a proposed Zoning By-law Amendment Z-2021-101 and a Local Official Plan Amendment – L-2022-014 for Abraflex (2004) Ltd..
Jenn Burnett, Planner for the County of Bruce, attended the meeting.
She noted that Abraflex (2004) Ltd. is proposing to reconfigure their land holdings to facilitate future development of the business park use. Previous submissions have been amended and reactivated.
The change would involve severing the existing Abraflex facility (lot area of 15,385 m2, with a frontage of 40.07 m on Bruce County Road 3) and the business office/residence (lot area of 9,156 m2, with a frontage of 238 m on North Street) into two separate parcels; thereby retaining a 15.05 ha vacant business park parcel with 219.63m of frontage onto North Street. No development is currently proposed for the retained parcel.
An Official Plan Amendment is required to remove the Special Policy Area constraint (SPA 3.10.1) from the lands and redesignate the proposed severed parcel on North Street from Industrial to Residential. A Zoning By-Law Amendment is required to rezone the severed parcels from BP1 – Business Park to R1 - Residential: Low Density Single. Related application B-2021-103 for a water and sewer easement to service the Abraflex facility was conditionally approved January 18, 2022.
She noted that there would be a holding provision included as part of the Zoning Amendment as there had been no previous engagement with SON.
Comments were received from the following agencies:
- Hydro One provided email comments dated May 12, 2023 noting no comments or concerns at
this time.
- In email comments dated May 15, 2023, the Historic Saugeen Métis (HSM) Lands, Resources
and Consultation Department noted no objection or opposition to the proposed Land
Severance(s), Zoning and Local Official Plan Amendment as presented.
Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority provided comments dated March 3, 2022 and May 26,
2023 requesting that a holding provision within 30 metres of the existing hazard land limit be
implemented on the proposed retained and severed residential lots. The purpose of the
holding zone would be to prohibit development and site alteration until SVCA is satisfied with a
slope stability study that assesses slope conditions and provides an erosion hazard setback to
future development.
- Bruce County Transportation Services noted no comment on the applications. (undated
correspondence)
- Residents: No written comments submitted by the report submission deadline.
- Arran-Elderslie Public Works - there is private water line to the existing house. This will need to be decommissioned as part of the severance application.
The Mayor asked Members of Council if they had any questions.
Councillor Dudgeon asked if the existing residence would be its own separate property.
Deputy Mayor Shaw asked if the residence will be rezoned residential and the remained of the property as commercial.
Councillor Penner asked if the residence would have a well and if the lagoons were now gone.
The Mayor asked Works Manager Scott McLeod if there were services. In order for the house to be serviced, the water and sewer mains would be required to extended on North Street.
The Mayor asked if the applicant or agent were present and wished to make a submission.
Juliane Von Westerhold was in attendance on behalf of the client.
The Mayor asked if any members of the public wished to make a submission either in favour or opposed to the proposed application.
The Mayor asked the Clerk if any correspondence had been received regarding the applications.
The Clerk noted that she had received no further correspondence.
Members of Council and the public were provided a final opportunity for questions prior to the closing of the public meeting.
No further questions were raised and the Mayor declared the public meeting closed at 9:19 a.m.
Subsequent to further dicussion, the following motion was passed: