Notice of passing concerning the Comprehensive Zoning By-law

Notice of passing concerning the Comprehensive Zoning By-law for the Municipality of South Bruce pursuant to Section 34 of the Planning Act

Take Notice that the Council of the Municipality of South Bruce passed By-law 2024-34 on April 9, 2024, being a By-law to repeal and replace the Zoning By-law in accordance with Section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended.

The Zoning By-law will be applicable to all lands within the Municipality.

A copy of the By-law and Schedule is enclosed. Written and oral submissions were considered by Municipality of South Bruce Council as part of its deliberations and final decision on this matter and are reflected in the final by-law. One oral and one written submissions were received. A summary of those comments are below;
• Exterior side yard setbacks.
• Corner lot site triangle wording.
• Miscellaneous formatting and footnotes within the main document and mapping.
• Updates due to recent Conservation Authority changes.

The effect of By-law 2024-34 is to implement a new Comprehensive Zoning By-law, prepared under the requirements of Section 34 of the Planning Act, to regulate the types of land uses and the character, height, location, size and massing of buildings for all lands within the Municipality. A Zoning By-law is the Municipality’s primary tool to regulate the use of all land in the Municipality. The attached Zoning By-law will replace Municipality of South Bruce Zoning By-law No. 2011-63 and implement the policies of the Municipality and County’s Official Plans to provide new and updated zoning and development standards that reflect policy and regulatory initiatives at the Provincial and County level.

Additional information regarding the Comprehensive Zoning By-law is available for inspection from Monday to Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at the South Bruce Municipal Office at 21 Gordon St E, Teeswater, ON N0G 2S0, on the municipal website at www.southbruce.ca or by emailing the Chief Building Official, Phil VanHardeveld at cbo@southbruce.ca.

Appeal Rights: Only individuals, corporations and public bodies may appeal a by-law to the Ontario Land Tribunal. A notice of appeal may not be filed by an unincorporated association or group. However, a notice of appeal may be filed in the name of an individual who is a member of the association or the group on its behalf.

No person or public body shall be added as a party to the hearing of the appeal unless, before the by-law was passed, the person or public body made oral submissions at a public meeting or written submissions to the council or, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

Anyone wishing to appeal the decision is required to submit a Notice of Appeal (available at https://olt.gov.on.ca/appeals-process/)setting out the reasons for appeal, as well as the prescribed appeal fee required by the Tribunal.

The last date for Appeal of this Decision is April 30, 2024.

Appeals are to be filed with the Approval Authority:
Municipality of South Bruce c/o Vivian Kennedy, Clerk
21 Gordon Street East, P.O. Box 540 Teeswater, ON N0G 2S0
vkennedy@southbruce.ca