Public Meeting - Loyalist Estates Phase 16

TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of Loyalist Township has received a complete application for a Draft Plan of Subdivision and a Zoning By-law Amendment, pursuant to the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended. The applications have been deemed complete under Sections 34(10.4) and 51(19.1) of the Planning Act.

AND TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of Loyalist Township will hold a Hybrid Public Meeting on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, at 6:00 p.m., or shortly thereafter as the matter can be heard, to consider the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment to Comprehensive Zoning By-law 2001-38, as amended, and a Draft Plan of Subdivision, in accordance with Sections 34(12) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990.

The Public Meeting will be a hybrid meeting, where participants can attend via the Zoom platform. Those attending through Zoom can find instructions on how to participate in the public meeting at the following link https://loyalist.civicweb.net/Portal/ prior to the meeting. The Zoom link can also be found on the Council Agenda prior to the meeting at the previous link. Alternatively, you may contact Avinash Soni, Approvals Planner at the contact details below in order to receive information on how to view and participate in the meeting through Zoom.

Loyalist Estates Phase 16 – Zoning By-law Amendment (D14-010-2024) and Draft Plan of Subdivision (D12-015-2024)

Location
The subject property consists of 0.44 hectares (+/-) in area and is located in Part of Lots 8, 9 and 10, Concession 1 and Broken Front Concession and part of the road allowance between Concession 1 and Broken Front Concession; designated as Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, Reference Plan 29R-7458; SAVE & EXCEPT Part 1 on 29R-8211; Part 1 on 29R-8210; Part 1 on 29R-11377 subject to an easement as in LX132826; former Village of Bath, now Loyalist Township, County of Lennox and Addington.

Key map

A key map is included below showing the location of the subject property.

Proposed Draft Plan of Subdivision
The proposed subdivision consists of two townhouse blocks—one containing five (5) streetfront dwelling units and the other containing four (4) streetfront dwelling units—for a total of nine (9) residential units. Each unit is proposed to have a minimum lot frontage ranging from 9.5 metres to 13.5 metres, with lot depths between approximately 31 and 42 metres. All units will front onto the existing developed portion of Country Club Drive.

Purpose and Effect of the Zoning By-law Amendment
The proposed amendment to Zoning By-law 2001-38, as amended, seeks to rezone the subject lands from Open Space (OS) Zone to Residential Type Five Exception Holding (R5-X-H) andResidential Type Five Exception Holding (R5-XX-H) Zones to facilitate the development of the proposed nine (9) townhouse units.
The Zoning By-law Amendment also proposes site-specific performance standards for the:

Residential Type Five Exception Holding (R5-X-H) Zone

• Introduce minimum frontage requirements
• Introduce minimum front yard setback for the dwelling unit
• Introduce minimum front yard setback for the garage
• Introduce maximum lot coverage for dwelling and for accessory buildings and structures
• Introduce provisions for open-sided roofed porches, decks, balconies, steps and ramps, covered or uncovered to project into the required yard setbacks

All other provisions of Residential Type Five (R5) Zone shall apply.

Residential Type Five Exception (R5-XX-H) Zone

• Introduce minimum frontage requirements
• Introduce minimum front yard setback for the dwelling unit
• Introduce minimum front yard setback for the garage
• Introduce minimum interior yard setback for end units
• Introduce minimum exterior yard setback
• Introduce maximum lot coverage for dwelling and for accessory buildings and structures
• Introduce minimum rear yard setback for an exterior non-corner, end streetfront dwelling unit
• Introduce provisions for open-sided roofed porches, decks, balconies, steps and ramps, covered or uncovered to project into the required yard setbacks

All other provisions of Residential Type Five (R5) Zone shall apply.

This notice is sent to you because you are either the applicant, a person having an interest in the property or an assessed owner of a neighbouring property. You are invited to attend this virtual Public Meeting to express your views about this application or to be represented by Counsel for this purpose. However, written comments submitted prior to the meeting are strongly encouraged.

Additional Information relating to the draft plan of subdivision and zoning amendment is available for inspection and can be sent to the requester by e-mail. A staff report pertaining to this application will be included in the Council Agenda and will be available prior to the meeting at the following link: https://loyalist.civicweb.net/Portal/.

It’s intended that a recommendation will be brought forward to a Council Meeting at a later date.
For more information about this matter, including information about preserving your appeal rights, please contact Avinash Soni, Approvals Planner, at 613-386-7351, extension 156 or through e-mail at asoni@loyalist.ca.

REPRESENTATION AND INFORMATION

ANY PERSON may attend the hybrid Public Meeting and make a verbal statement and/or make written representation either in support of or opposition to the proposed official plan and zoning by-law amendment applications.

If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of Loyalist Township Council to the Ontario Land Tribunal, but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to Loyalist Township before the approval authority gives or refuses to give approval to the draft plan of subdivision or by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision to the Ontario Land Tribunal.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to Loyalist Township in respect of the zoning by-law amendment and plan of subdivision before the by-law is passed, or the approval authority gives or refuses approval to the draft plan of subdivision, 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 add the person or public body as a party.

Please note that only the Landowner, applicant, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, a specified person or public bodies as outlined in the Planning Act may appeal decisions in respect of applications for zoning by-law amendment or the draft plan of subdivision to the Ontario Land Tribunal.

Notice of Collection: Personal information as defined by the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA) and oral and written comments provided at a public meeting, public consultation or other public process are collected, stored and disclosed in accordance with the Planning Act. This information may be posted on the Township’s website and/or made available to the public. Questions about this collection should be directed to the Municipal Clerk, Anne Kantharajah, at 263 Main Street, Odessa; by phone to: 613-386-7351 extension 121 or by email at clerk@loyalist.ca

If you wish to be notified of the decision of Loyalist Township Council on the proposed zoning by-law amendment and draft plan of subdivision, you must make a written request to:

Anne Kantharajah, Township Clerk

Loyalist Township, PO Box 70, 263 Main Street

Odessa, Ontario K0H 2H0

Dated at Loyalist Township this 15th day of July 2025.

If you are a person with a disability and need Loyalist Township information in another format, please contact 613-386-7351, ext. 100 between 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday or e-mail info@loyalist.ca