Notice of Public Meeting – Freight Container By-law

Township of Laird

NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING Zoning By-law Amendment

TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Laird will be holding a public meeting under Section 34 of the Planning Act to consider an amendment to the Township’s comprehensive zoning by-law. The meeting will be held on April 18, 2018 at 7:30 pm in the Municipal Office, 3 Pumpkin Point Road West, R. R. #4, Echo Bay, Ontario, P0S 1C0.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of the zoning amendment is to add zone regulations for Storage Containers, also referred to as C-cans and Freight Containers.

The effect of the amendment will be to regulate the location, length and width of Storage Containers. No key map is provided since this is a general amendment applicable to all properties in the municipality.

TAKE NOTICE that if you wish to be notified of the decision of the Township of Laird on the proposed zoning by-law amendment, you must make a written request to the Clerk of the Municipality at the address below. If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Township of Laird before the by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Laird to the Ontario Municipal Board. If a person or public body does not make oral submissions to the Township of Laird before the by-law is passed, the person or public body may not be added to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to do so. For more information about this matter please contact the Clerk during regular office hours at the address below.

Dated at the Township of this 22th day of March, 2018.

Phyllis L. MacKay Clerk-Treasurer, Township of Laird RR # 4, 3 Pumpkin Point Road West Echo Bay, ON POS IC0

Phone: (705)248-2395 Fax : (705)248-1138 E-mail : lairdtwp@soonet.ca