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Notice of Decision to Refuse an Official Plan Amendment

Posted On Wednesday October 19, 2022
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TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Municipality of Grey Highlands has refused an application to amend its Official Plan on October 5, 2022, under Section 22 of the Planning Act, as amended.

AND TAKE NOTICE that a person or public body may appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal in respect of the requested amendment by filing with the Clerk a notice of appeal setting out the reasons for the appeal and the specific part of the requested amendment to which the appeal applies. The notice of appeal must be accompanied by the fee required by the Ontario Land Tribunal. Last date for filing an appeal: November 8, 2022.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF PROPOSED OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT
The proposed official plan amendment (file no. OP04.2022) requested changes to the definition of "small scale" as it relates to on-farm diversified uses (OFDUs). The application sought to increase the maximum permitted area of structures related to OFDUs from 250 m2 to 750 m2, and to allow OFDUs on lots between 10 ha and 20 ha.
Council refused the application on the basis that a comprehensive change to an Official Plan policy should only be entertained through a scheduled comprehensive review initiated by the Municipality.

The decision of Council is final if a notice of appeal is not received on or before the last day for filing a notice of appeal.
A person or public body that requested an amendment to the official plan of the Municipality of Grey Highlands may appeal the refusal of the requested amendment to the Ontario Land Tribunal in respect of all or any part of the requested amendment by filing a notice of appeal with the Clerk of the Municipality of Grey Highlands at 206 Toronto Street South, Unit 1, Markdale, ON, N0C 1H0.

No person or public body shall be added as a party to the hearing of the appeal unless, before the requested official plan amendment was refused, the person or public body made oral submissions at a public meeting, if any, or written submissions to the council or, in the opinion of the Ontario Land Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party. O. Reg. 543/06, s. 12.
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DATED at the Municipality of Grey Highlands, this 19th day of October 2022
Matt Rapke, Senior Planner
Municipality of Grey Highlands, P.O. Box 409, Markdale, ON N0C 1H0
planning@greyhighlands.ca
www.greyhighlands.ca

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