Rural Area Zoning By-law Review

The Project Team is pleased to announce that the majority of the Countryside Zoning By-law, By-law 2022-053, is now in force and effect! The Zoning By-law, as approved by Council on September 26, 2022, was appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) by 17 parties.

The Township has been successful in scoping the appeals to bring most of the By-law into effect. Some zones, provisions, and schedules remain under appeal on either a site/area-specific or Township-wide basis. An annotated version of the Countryside Zoning By-law and Schedule A of the By-law are available in the Document Library. The Decision of the OLT regarding the approval of the un-appealed portions of Zoning By-law 2022-053, issued August 1, 2023, is also available in the Document Library.

Should you have any questions please contact the Policy Planning Team by email at policyplanning@king.ca, or by phone at (905) 833-5321, ext. 1004.

The Zoning By-law for the Countryside, By-law 2022-053, is subject to appeals to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT). Please refer to OLT Case No. OLT-22-004723 for the latest information on the appeals.

Township Planning Staff are in the process of reviewing the extent of these appeals, and at this time the entire Zoning By-law for the Countryside is under appeal. Updates on the status of the By-law will be posted on the Rural Area Zoning By-law page on SpeaKING: https://speaking.king.ca/rural-area-zoning-by-law-review.

Upon further review of the new Zoning By-law for the Countryside, Policy Planning Staff have noted two typographical errors in the final version of the By-law.

A Notice of Correction has been issued to all interested parties. The Notice of Correction details the errors that have been corrected administratively. The excerpt of the By-law identifying the corrections can be viewed here. These corrections are consistent with Staff’s recommendations and Council’s decision on the By-law. Parts 1 through 9 of the By-law that include the administrative change can be viewed here.

The Notice, By-law excerpt and updated text of the By-law are all also available in the Document Library.

Thank you to everyone who has continued to submit comments and provide feedback on the draft Zoning By-law for the Countryside! For those who have provided comments since June 2022, a Comment Response Matrix can be accessed on the SpeaKING project page.

As a reminder, the final draft of the By-law will be presented to Council for consideration of adoption at 6:00 pm on September 26, 2022. The Staff Report will be available online at: https://king.civicweb.net/Portal/ by Friday September 23, 2022. Should you wish to participate in the September 26 meeting you can submit written comments or speak to Council remotely (by audio-telephone). Please review the process for public participation at: www.king.ca/meetings.

Please email Aloma Dreher, Senior Planner – Policy at adreher@king.ca if you have any questions.

The Rural Zoning By-law Review Project Team are pleased to announce that the final draft of the Zoning By-law for the Countryside, and the associated Schedules have been prepared and are available on the SpeaKING project page.

Parts 1 through 9 of the Final Draft Zoning By-law for the Countryside can be accessed here. Parts 10 and 11 of the By-law, including all Exception Zones in Part 10, can be accessed here. Schedule A of the draft By-law can be viewed by clicking here, and Schedules B through E can be accessed here.

The final draft will return to Council on September 26, 2022 at 6:00 pm for consideration of adoption. The Staff Report will be available online at: https://king.civicweb.net/Portal/ by Friday September 23, 2022. Should you wish to participate in the September 26 meeting you can submit written comments or speak to Council remotely (by audio-telephone). Please review the process for public participation at: www.king.ca/meetings.

For those who have submitted comments since June 2022, a response matrix will be available in advance of the September 26 Council meeting. For those who commented in advance of June 2022, please view the June 2022 Comment Response Matrix.

Please email Aloma Dreher, Senior Planner – Policy at adreher@king.ca if you have any questions.

Thank you for your continued interest and participation in King Township’s Rural Area Zoning By-law Review.

Please be informed that the final draft Zoning By-law for the Countryside will not be presented to Council for adoption on Monday June 27, 2022 as originally communicated.

The Project Team apologizes for the delay. Additional time is necessary to address final comments that have been received. It is anticipated that the final draft By-law for the Countryside will be presented to Council for consideration of adoption in September 2022.

Additional details regarding the process and September 2022 date will be available in the coming weeks.

Please do not hesitate to contact Aloma Dreher, Policy Planner - Senior at adreher@king.ca if you have any questions.

Thank you to everyone who has participated in the development of the final draft Zoning By-law for the Countryside!

The Project Team are pleased to announce that the final draft of the Zoning By-law for the Countryside, and the associated Schedules have been prepared and are available on the SpeaKING project page.

The final draft will return to Council on June 27, 2022, at 6:00 pm for consideration of adoption. The Staff Report will be available online at: https://king.civicweb.net/Portal/ by Friday June 24, 2022. Should you wish to participate in the June 27 meeting by submitting written comments or speaking to Council remotely (by audio-telephone), please review the process for public participation at www.king.ca/meetings.

For those who submitted comments prior to the January 7, 2022, commenting deadline, a response matrix to all comments can also be accessed on the SpeaKING project page.

Please email Aloma Dreher, Senior Planner – Policy at adreher@king.ca if you have any questions.

The Project Team are happy to announce that they will be presenting the final draft of the Zoning By-law for the Countryside to Council on June 13, 2022 at 6:00pm. The presentation will be conducted virtually and members of the Public can watch the live stream of the presentation here.

The final draft of the By-law and accompanying Staff Report will return to Council on June 27, 2022 at 6:00pm for consideration of adoption. Should you wish to participate in the June 27 meeting by submitting written comments or speaking to Council remotely (by audio-telephone) please review the process for public participation at https://www.king.ca/meetings. The final draft of the By-law will be published following the June 13th presentation.

Thank you to all who have participated and provided comments! Please contact Aloma Dreher, Senior Policy Planner, at adreher@king.ca, or at 905-833-5321 x.1004 if you have any questions.

Thank you to everyone who has provided comments on the final Draft Zoning By-law for the Countryside!

The Project Team is reviewing all submissions received on the final Draft Zoning By-law for the Countryside and is committed to providing property owners or their agents opportunities to discuss their comments on the Draft with the Project Team. The Project Team will be reaching out to schedule one-on-one meetings throughout the month of April. The Final Zoning By-law for the Countryside is targeted to be brought forward to Council for adoption in June 2022.

Thank you to everyone who has participated in the process to date! Please email Aloma Dreher, Policy Planner at adreher@king.ca if you have any questions.

A Statutory Public Meeting on the Final Draft Zoning By-law was held by Township Council on December 6, 2021.

A copy of the presentation to Council is now available in the Document Library.

A copy of Staff Report #GMS-PL-2021-39 is available through the Important Links.

The Project Team kindly requests any comments on the Final Draft Zoning By-law for the Countryside on or before January 7, 2022. Comments can be emailed to Kristen Harrison at kharrison@king.ca

Thank you to all who have participated in the process to date!