Notice of Public Meeting: Proposed Zoning By-law Amendment

File Number(s): RZ 2023-0001

A Public Meeting will be held to consider a proposed Zoning By-law Amendment application. Your input and insight will inform and shape plans that meet the needs of our community.

Meeting date: April 11, 2023 | Meeting start time: 7:00 p.m.

How to participate

The Town of Caledon offers a hybrid meeting model with multiple ways for members of the public to participate and engage with Council.

Attend In-Person

Members of the public may attend a meeting in-person and provide verbal comments regarding a proposed application(s) or sit in the gallery to watch the meeting. Although registration is not mandatory, members of the public are encouraged to complete the Participation Request Form, available at http://www.caledon.ca/speak-at-council.

Submit a Written Comment

Members of the public may submit a written comment regarding a proposed application(s) by completing the Participation Request Form, available at http://www.caledon.ca/speak-at-council.

Participate Virtually

Members of the public are welcome to participate via telephone or video conference through WebEx upon request. For more information on how to participate virtually, please complete the Participation Request Form, available at http://www.caledon.ca/speak-at-council. In addition, members of the public can watch meetings through the live stream available on the Town's website.

You can also ask questions or provide comments by:

Submitting written correspondence to agenda@caledon.ca and planning@caledon.ca for consideration during the Public Meeting. Please note that written comments will form part of the public record.
Contacting Planning staff or the Lead Planner during office hours by phone or email.
Booking an appointment to visit Town Hall to speak with Planning staff. Visit www.caledon.ca/development for more information.

Applicant and Location

Applicant: The Corporation of the Town of Caledon
Location: Settlement areas of Bolton, Caledon East, Inglewood, Mayfield West and Mono Road (for Additional Residential Units) and lands within Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan

Proposed Changes

The Province of Ontario’s Bill 23, the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022, made legislative changes to the Planning Act. The Bill required municipalities to permit the use of Additional Residential Units (ARU) within detached, semi-detached and townhouse dwellings, and/or within an accessory structure located on the same lot as a detached, semi-detached and townhouse dwelling (garden suite).

An ARU is typically referred to as an “apartment-in-house”, “second unit” or “basement apartment.” In addition, an ARU can be a “garden suite” located in an accessory building on the same lot. An ARU is only permitted on a parcel of urban residential land within a settlement where there are full urban services (sewage works and a municipal drinking water system, as provided by the Region of Peel). Within the Town of Caledon, this would include only the following settlement areas: Bolton, Caledon East, Inglewood, Mayfield West and Mono Road.

The Town of Caledon is required to conform to Bill 23 and permit the use of ARUs as defined by the Bill. The purpose of this public meeting is to present proposed Zoning By-law amendments that conform to the recently adopted Bill 23 ARU policies. This application will amend Comprehensive Zoning By-law 2006-50, as amended. The zoning changes proposed include (review draft Zoning By-law):

The establishment of an Additional Residential Units Overlay Zone that will prescribe provisions and standards for an ARU within detached, semi-detached and townhouse zones, in areas of Caledon that contain full municipal servicing. Matters considered will include use, scale and parking;
Revisions to provisions and standards of zones within the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan (2017), for conformity purposes.

The proposed Zoning By-law Amendment intends to conform to the Town of Caledon Official Plan. No development is proposed through this application.

Lead Planner

Rob Hughes, MCIP, RPP
Senior Planner, Strategic Policy Planning
Planning Department
905-584-2272
rob.hughes@caledon.ca

Additional Information

For more information about this matter, including a copy of the proposed Official Plan Amendment, additional information and material, please visit www.caledon.ca/notices or contact the Lead Planner at Town Hall from Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Appeal Procedure

If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Council of the Town of Caledon 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 the Clerk of the Town of Caledon before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Clerk of the Town of Caledon before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted, 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.

How to stay informed

If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Town of Caledon on the proposed Official Plan Amendment, you must make a written request to the Planning Department of the Town of Caledon, 6311 Old Church Road, Caledon, Ontario, L7C 1J6.

Accessibility

If you require an accessibility accommodation to attend or participate in this Public Meeting, or to access any materials related to this item in an alternate format please contact Legislative Services by phone at 905-584-2272 x.2366 or via email at legislative.services@caledon.ca. Requests should be submitted at least 10 days before the Public Meeting.

Multi-Tenant Landowners: Please post this notice in a visible location to all residents of the land.

Notice Date: March 16, 2023