A new lot and holding a provision were among the issues discussed at Guelph-Eramosa’s July 11 council meeting.
New lot
The municipality was told by the Township of Woolwich that a resident at 1025 Maryhill Road would like to sever the lot.
“We received a notice of hearing from the Township of Woolwich for a consent application that they have received which would create a new lot in the Township of Guelph-Eramosa,” said former planning associate Kelsey Lang.
“The property is half in the Township of Woolwich and half in Guelph-Eramosa and the owner’s wishing to sever on the jurisdiction boundary line.”
The application has been submitted to the County of Wellington and will be brought to council on Aug. 8 through the normal process.
Lang said, “But getting out ahead of that we submitted comments to the Township of Woolwich saying that we requested that this consent application not be approved until the County of Wellington has also approved the consent application and that the consent application not be approved until the applicant got a minor variance as it is an undersized lot.”
Council ratified the comments and sent a copy of the resolution to Woolwich Township planning department.
Holding provision removal
Guelph-Eramosa Township has applied to “remove the future major roadway designation which stretches between the City of Guelph and the Town of Woolwich and City of Cambridge,” Lang said.
“There’s six properties in this area which have a holding provision on them to accommodate the future proposed roadway. As this roadway is no longer going to be proposed and the designation protecting the roadway corridor will be removed.”
The township is asking to remove the holding provisions as well. The six properties are designated rural employment area with a future major roadway, Lang explained.
Because the zoning of the six properties is not changing a public meeting is not required. All the township needs to do is issue a notice of its intention to pass the amending bylaw to remove the holding provision – but the bylaw won’t come into effect until the Official Plan Amendment comes into effect.
“In holding provisions when we remove them it’s the applicant who is the only person who can appeal the application, which in this case is the township,” Lang said.
The application will likely come back to council in September.
Thatcher Farms
Council approved a Thatcher Farms event on Sept. 24 – the Taste Real field dinner – to be recognized as a community event so it can apply for a special occasion permit from the LCBO.
Noise bylaw exemption
A noise bylaw exemption (until 1am) was granted for a Sept. 18 wedding on Sideroad 20 in Guelph-Eramosa Township.
