Planning Notice - April 2025

THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF SHELBURNE
NOTICE OF COMPLETE APPLICATIONS
UNDER SECTIONS 22 AND 34 OF THE PLANNING ACT

Take notice that the Corporation of the Town of Shelburne has received complete applications for an
Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment. The Town will be processing the applications in
accordance with the Planning Act, and the applications are now being circulated to Town departments and
public agencies for technical review. Town Council may not make a decision for approval of the applications
until a Public Meeting is held in accordance with the Planning Act. Notice of a Public Meeting will be given
and a Public Meeting will be held to receive comments on the applications at a future date (to be
determined), in accordance with the Planning Act.

The land subject to the proposed Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment includes four
(4) properties having a combined land area of approximately 0.39 hectare (0.96 acre) located along the
north side of Andrew Street. From east to west, the properties have municipal addresses of 508, 512, 516
and 520 Andrew Street, respectively, each consisting of a fourplex dwelling for a total of 16 units. The
subject land is legally described as the West Part of Lot 32, Concession 2, Registered Plan 7R2413, Parts
2,3,4 and 5 in the Town of Shelburne, County of Dufferin. A map showing the location of the subject land
is provided with this notice.

The purpose and effect of the Official Plan Amendment application is to change the designation of the
subject lands from ‘Low-Density Residential’ to ‘High-Density Residential’ with site-specific exceptions to
the permitted dwelling types and minimum and maximum Gross Residential Densities.

The purpose and effect of the related application for Zoning By-law Amendment is to re-zone the subject
land from Residential Type Five (R-5) to Residential Type Five Exception X (R-5X). The proposed exception
zone standards include minimum landscape open space, minimum rear yard and parking requirements.

The applications propose two (2) four-storey apartment buildings consisting of 29 dwelling units, for a total
of 58 dwelling units.

Additional information relating to the proposed Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment is
available for inspection at the Town of Shelburne Municipal Office at 203 Main Street East, during office
hours and on the Town’s website at www.shelburne.ca. If you would like to make written submissions
pertaining to these applications, please address and deliver your comments to the Town Clerk. All written
submissions will become part of the public record. If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Town of
Shelburne in respect of the proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments, you must make a
written request to the Town at the address below.

If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Council of the Town of
Shelburne to the Ontario Land Tribute 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 Shelburne before the by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision and 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 do so. 

Dated at the Town of Shelburne on the 7th day of April, 2025.

Jennifer Willoughby, Clerk
Town of Shelburne
203 Main Street East
Shelburne, Ontario
L9V 3K7
Phone: 519-925-2600
Email: planning@shelburne.ca

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