Open House Public Meeting Notice
2010-05-10

Town of Laurentian Hills

NOTICE OF AN OPEN HOUSE AND PUBLIC MEETING
Town of Laurentian Hills Official Plan

TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Laurentian Hills will hold an open house and a public meeting in order to consider revisions to the Town’s Official Plan pursuant to the requirements of Sections 17 (17) and 17 (19) of the Planning Act, RSO 1990, as amended. The open house will be held on Tuesday, June 15, 2010, from 4:00 – 9:00 p.m., at the Municipal Office, 34465 Highway 17, Point Alexander. The public meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 7:00 p.m., also in the Municipal Office.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Town of Laurentian Hills is required to review its Official Plan every five years. As a result of the review and the requirements of the Planning Act, Council is holding an open house and a public meeting to provide the public with information on the proposed changes to its Official Plan. The Official Plan sets out policies for urban development in Chalk River balanced with opportunities for rural and waterfront development The intent of the plan is to also provide for resource management (minerals, mineral aggregates, forestry, water, wildlife habitat), and to ensure that cultural heritage resources are conserved. Updates to the plan touch on all of the above matters as well as to provide for revisions to ensure that the policies of the Plan are consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement, 2005.

ANY PERSON may attend the open house and public meeting and or make written or verbal presentation either in support of or in opposition to the proposed official plan. If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at the public meeting or make written submissions to the Town of Laurentian Hills before the proposed official plan is adopted, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Council of the Town of Laurentian Hills to the Ontario Municipal Board. If a person or public body does not make oral submissions to the Town of Laurentian Hills before the proposed official plan is adopted, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION related to the proposed official plan is available during regular office hours at the municipal offices and on the Town’s website.
IF YOU WISH TO BE NOTIFIED of the adoption of the proposed official plan, you must make a written request to the Clerk of the Town at the address given below.
Dated at the Town of Laurentian Hills this 7th day of May, 2010.

Wayne Kirby, CAO
Town of Laurentian Hills
344465 Highway 17
DEEP RIVER ON K0J 1P0

Tel. (613) 584-3114
Fax. (613) 584-3285
Email: cao@laurentianhills.on.ca