Take notice that the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Port Hope will hold a Public Meeting on Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 7:00 p.m., at Town Hall to consider an update of Zoning By-law 20/2010 which is the Comprehensive Zoning By-law that applies to all lands within the Municipality.
While most of the proposed Amendments apply to the text of the Zoning By-law only, the zoning of a limited number of properties is proposed to change shown on a number of key maps.
Purpose of the Amendment: The Municipality of Port Hope is proposing to update its Zoning By-law. This update is required to ensure that the Zoning By-law effectively implements the land use priorities of the Province and Municipality including housing affordability and economic development. The amendments seek to regulate development in accordance with best practices, ensure conformity and consistency with the Municipality of Port Hope Official Plan and use contemporary terminology that is easier to understand and interpret. In this regard, the amendments propose to:
- Update definitions where needed to improve clarity;
- Delete definitions that are no longer required;
- Introduce new land uses to support economic development;
- Remove unnecessary provisions;
- Clarify existing provisions where necessary to assist with interpretation; and
- Make minor ‘housekeeping’ changes to improve readability.
Some of the specific changes proposed are outlined below (please note that this list is not exhaustive):
- To permit ‘semi-detached dwellings’ in the RES-1 Zone;
- To delete the term ‘duplex dwelling’ and delete all related standards for this use;
- To replace the term existing ‘group home’ with ‘shared housing, supervised’ and to delete setbacks between group homes;
- To replace the existing term ‘boarding or rooming house’ with ‘shared housing’ and to simplify the regulatory rules for this use;
- To clarify a number of the dwelling unit definitions;
- To add the new land use ‘residential hospice’ into several Residential and Countryside Zones;
- To permit ‘apartment dwellings’ and ‘multiple-unit dwellings’ in the Downtown Commercial Zone;
- To add definitions for ‘dog and other pet daycare’, ‘data processing use’, ‘food truck’, ‘pet grooming’ and ‘micro-distillery’ and permit these uses in a number of zones;
- To add ‘dwelling, accessory’ as a permitted use in the Rural Commercial Zone; 2
- To delete the extra provisions related to hotels, motels and resorts such that the base standards of the zone only apply;
- To delete the term ‘aggregate transfer station’ and remove it as a permitted use in the Extractive Zone and the Oak Ridges Moraine – Extractive Industrial Zone;
- To delete the term ‘medical marijuana production facility’ and remove use from the General Employment Zone;
- To add ‘micro-brewery’ as a permitted use in the General Employment and Service Employment Zones;
- To define ‘cannabis-related use, outdoors’ and add as a permitted use in certain Countryside Zones;
- To permit ‘country inns’ with up to six guestrooms in certain Countryside Zones;
- To permit ‘farm experience and education activity’, ‘farm event venue (short-term)’ and ‘farm processing – value-added’ as permitted uses in certain Countryside Zones subject to new regulations for these uses;
- To permit ‘greenhouse, commercial’ in certain Countryside Zones;
- To permit accessory buildings in the front yard in a number of Countryside Zones;
- To clarify that decks are not to be considered as part of lot coverage;
- To permit minor increases in the amount of floor area in a required yard if a building is a non-complying building or structure;
- To permit legal non-conforming uses to expand by up to 10% of the existing floor area in Commercial Zones;
- To include new provisions regulating outdoor rooftop patios;
- To prohibit the parking or storage of shipping containers on a residential lot;
- To clarify that no additional parking is required when a change of use is proposed or when a building is expanded in the Downtown Commercial Zone;
- To add provisions on second driveways;
- To reduce the parking provisions for ‘apartment dwellings’ and ‘multiple-unit dwellings’;
- To eliminate the requirement to provide loading spaces;
- To make minor changes to existing exceptions to reflect changes made to terminology;
- To add a new A(43) Exception Zone that applies to Plan 173 in the Wesleyville area which indicates that no buildings, structures or parking, including the parking of recreational vehicles, shall be permitted; and
- To change the zoning of properties that are no longer in the Hamlets of Osaca, Elizabethville, Canton and Campbellcroft.
Additional Information
Additional information and material about the nature of amendments and mapping changes is available to the public via the municipal project webpage, e-mail, or by phone 905-885-2431, 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday.
For more information about this matter, including information about appeal rights, contact Theodhora Merepeza, Manager, Planning 905-885-2431 ext. 2507 or by email.
Any person may attend the Public Meeting and/or make written or verbal representation either in support of, or in opposition to the proposed by-law. Should you be unable to attend the Public Meeting, your written submission will be received at the address given below up until the time of the Public Meeting.
If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at the public meeting, or make written submissions to the Municipality of Port Hope in respect of proposed update of the Zoning By-law 20/2010 before the approval authority gives or refuses to give approval to the proposed housekeeping amendment, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Municipality of Port Hope to the Ontario Land Tribunal.
If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at the public meeting, or make written submissions to the Municipality of Port Hope in respect of the proposed in respect of proposed update of the Zoning By-law 20/2010 before the approval authority gives or refuses to give approval to the proposed housekeeping amendment 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 wish to be notified of the decision of the Municipality of Port Hope in respect of the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment, you must make a written request to the Municipality of Port Hope at the address 56 Queen Street, Port Hope ON, L1A 3Z9.
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