NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
HEARING DATE: Monday, January 18, 2021 at 5:30 pm
PLACE: This will be a virtual / electronic meeting
Town Council approved Public Meetings to be held electronically during an Emergency through By-law 4296(2020).
The Town of Pelham will be livestreaming this Public Meeting at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/user/TownOfPelham
File Number: AM-10-20
Subject Lands: 1522 Pelham Street
Legal Description: Lot 3, Registered Plan 715 & Part of Lot 52 Registered Plan 717 (w/s of Pelham Street)
Public Meeting for a Zoning By-law Amendment in accordance with Section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended.
An application to amend the Zoning By-law was received for the property located on the west side of Pelham Street north of Highway 20, municipally known as 1522 Pelham Street (see reverse).
The applicant seeks approval to rezone the property from GC (General Commercial to a site-specific GC (General Commercial) zone to allow a four storey mixed use building containing 21 apartment dwellings and one ground floor commercial unit. The requested zoning change will also allow a maximum height of 13 metres, a maximum lot coverage of 50%, a maximum gross floor area of 71% for residential units, a minimum parking requirement of 1.2 metres / unit, delete the requirement for landscaped amenity space and allow a 0 metre setback for the parking area from the interior side lot lines.
YOUR INPUT IS ENCOURAGED: Please provide input by speaking at the public meeting or by making a written submission to the Town of Pelham. To provide input in writing for inclusion on the agenda or to request personal notice if the proposed amendment is adopted, please send all correspondence by noon on January 6, 2021 c/o Town Clerk, Nancy J. Bozzato, PO Box 400, 20 Pelham Town Square, Fonthill, Ontario, L0S 1E0. Comments and requests received after this date will still be received by Council, however they may not be published as part of the public meeting agenda. Verbal comments will be received by the Committee at the electronic public hearing via Zoom. To participate in the virtual meeting to provide oral input, please pre-register with the Clerk by sending an email to the email address noted below before 12:00pm noon on January 15, 2021. All registrants will be provided with instructions on how to use your computer, tablet or phone to participate in the remote electronic public meeting. Registrants will be notified of the Council’s Decision. If you have not submitted written comments or pre-registered and wish to submit a comment during the meeting, you may livestream the meeting from our YouTube Chanel and e-mail comments to clerks@pelham.ca during the public comment portion of the application only. Unless indicated otherwise, personal information and all comments will become part of the public record and may be publicly released.
NEED MORE INFORMATION: For more information, please contact Shannon Larocque, MCIP, RPP, Senior Planner, at 905-892-2607, ext. 319, or email at slarocque@pelham.ca. A copy of the Information Report regarding the proposed application as well as any additional information may be obtained on the Town’s website at https://events.pelham.ca/meetings or from the Community Planning and Development Department by appointment after 12:00 pm on Friday January 15, 2021.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make a written submission to the Town of Pelham on the Planning Act matters before the proposed Zoning By-law amendment is adopted, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal. Further, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there is reasonable grounds to do so.
If you wish to be notified of the decision regarding the proposed Zoning By-law amendment, you must make a written request to the Clerk of the Town of Pelham and such request must include the name and address to which such notice should be sent.
PROPOSED SITE PLAN
PROPOSED FRONT BUILDING ELEVATION
Electronic Public Meeting Procedures & How to Get Involved in a Town of Pelham Zoom Public Meeting
All Town of Pelham in person Public Meetings have been cancelled, instead the Town is holding all Public Meetings electronically via Zoom. Electronic Public Meetings have proven to be effective however the public can also participate and have their concerns heard by making written submissions and speaking directly with Town staff.
Notice of Public Meeting A Notice of Public Meeting will be mailed to the all persons listed as owners in the last revised assessment roll number within 120 meters of the subject property. The Public Meeting Notice can also be found at the Town of Pelham website for all applications being heard by electronic meetings: www.pelham.ca/public-notices
How to Submit Comments Public input on applications is invited. During this time, written comments are encouraged as the preferred method of receiving public input. Written comments may be sent by mail or e-mail to the attention of the Clerk. You may also drop written comments off at Town Hall in the drop box. You may also provide oral input by joining the electronic meeting.
Written Comments Please provide written input by mailing or e-mailing your comments to the Clerk by the date indicated on the Public Notice. You may also drop off written comments to Town Hall in the drop box.
Oral Submissions To participate in the remote electronic public meeting to provide oral input, please pre-register with the Clerk by telephone or email by the date indicated on the Public Notice. All registrants will be provided in advance of the meeting instructions on how to use your computer, tablet or phone to participate in the electronic meeting.
Please note, the Clerk will provide you the Zoom link and password in advance of the meeting. This is for pre-registered participants only and is not to be shared with others.
View the Meeting – E-mail Comments Live The remote electronic meeting can be viewed by live-streamed on the Town’s YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/TownOfPelham. While viewing the meeting live you may submit comments during your application of interest to: clerks@pelham.ca. Please note, if your comments are submitted after the public portion of the application you are interested in has been closed, your comments will not be considered. This method of public participation is not the preferred method as you may not submit your comments in time. Use this method at your own risk and the Town is not responsible for any livestream lag, disconnection or internet failures.
For more information, please contact:
Clerk, 20 Pelham Town Square, P.O. Box 400, Fonthill ON L0S 1E0 905-892-2607 ext. 315 njbozzato@pelham.ca
Deputy Clerk, 20 Pelham Town Square, P.O. Box 400, Fonthill ON L0S 1E0 905-892-2607 ext. 320 hwillford@pelham.ca
For technical questions, please contact: Shannon Larocque, Senior Planner 905-892-2607 ext. 319 slarocque@pelham.ca
Test Session Prior to the Public Meeting, participants are required to take part in a test Zoom session with Town staff. Testing will cover the audio and video quality of the participant's device; reviewing the process for participants to join the meeting; and reviewing the presentation process.
The test session will be held on the Monday prior to the meeting. The test session should take less than 15 minutes to complete. Note: other members of the public may be in the same test session. The Clerk or Deputy Clerk will contact you via email with your test session information.
Participant Process During Meetings
- Participants are required to join the meeting 15 minutes in advance of the start time for the Public Meeting.
- Participants are responsible for ensuring their background is free from offensive or vulgar material. If inappropriate material is visible you will be removed from the meeting.
- Vulgar or offensive langue / comments will not be tolerated. If inappropriate language is used you will be removed from the meeting.
- Participants’ microphones will remain off until they are called to speak.
- Once your comments have been heard by Council, your microphone will again be muted. Once voting on the item has taken place, participants will be removed from the meeting completely.
- Once removed from the Public Meeting, you can visit the Town’s YouTube if you wish to continue watching the meeting.
Technical Difficulties During Hearings
- Beyond the mandatory training session, Town staff will not provide technical assistance for participants before or during Public Meetings.
- If a participant’s connection to the meeting fails during the Public Meeting, Town Staff will attempt to make reasonable efforts to re-establish connection for a period of 5 minutes. If the connection cannot be re-established within 5 minutes, the comments received up to that point will be included as part of the official record and the meeting will continue.
- If a participant is not present when called upon by the Chair three times, the participant will be considered absent and the hearing will continue without the participant.
- If, in the Chair’s opinion, a participant’s audio / video is not of an acceptable quality, the Chair may require the participant to use the dial-in option or may defer the application until a regular meeting can be held.
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