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NOTICE OF COMPLETE APPLICATION AND PUBLIC MEETING TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF A ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT TAKE NOTICE that the Council for The Corporation of the Municipality of Powassan has received a complete application under Section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P. 13 as amended, to inform the public of a proposed Zoning By-law Amendment.
The public meeting is being held for the application described below to enable interested members of the public to understand and comment on the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment application.
DATE AND LOCATION OF PUBLIC MEETING
File #: 2026-04
Date: August 11, 2026
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Municipality of Powassan – 252 Clark Street (Fire Hall)
PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF THE ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT
The purpose and effect of the proposed Zoning By-Law Amendment is to amend the Restricted Area Zoning (By-Law No. 2003-38), as amended, for the lands generally described as Concession 5, Lot 5 & 6 HIMSWORTH, POWASSAN (Civic Address: 1527 Genesee Lake Road). The zoning amendment would rezone portions of the subject lands from Rural (RU) Zone to Environmental Protection (EP) Zone to reflect wetland features on the property identified through an Environmental Impact Study that was submitted with Consent applications B17 & B18/Powassan/2026. This rezoning application is required to fulfill conditions of these provisionally-approved Consents. A draft zoning amendment sketch is attached.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION A key map showing the land to which the proposed amendment applies is provided with this notice. Any person who participates in the meeting can speak to the application with questions, concerns or support.
No one other than the applicant, the municipality, certain public bodies and the Minister may file an appeal of the decision.
If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Council for the Corporation of the Municipality of Powassan in respect to the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment, you must submit a written request (with forwarding addresses) to the Clerk of the Municipality of Powassan at P.O. Box 250, 250 Clark Street, Powassan, Ontario, P0H 1Z0.
Additional information regarding the proposed amendment is available to the public for inspection at the Municipality of Powassan Municipal Office located at 250 Clark Street on Monday to Friday, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. please call
(705) 724-2813.
Mailing Date of this Notice: July 20, 2026
Kimberly Bester, Deputy-Clerk
Municipality of Powassan
kbester@powassan.net
NOTICE OF COMPLETE APPLICATION AND PUBLIC MEETING TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF A ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT