Council was back in session on Monday for a Special Meeting to receive the third draft of the new Official Plan. Despite the early 5:30 p.m. start, there was no shortage of in-person and written delegations, or Council debate.
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The most recent and perhaps last major revision to the Town’s Official Plan has been posted and will be presented to Council at a Special Meeting on Monday, June 1st.
Among a few of the notable policies proposed by the consultants and Town Staff in the draft:
- Building heights of up to 12 storeys in the Downtown District.
- Removal of the Grimsby Beach Secondary Plan and replacement with “Area Specific Policies.”
- Residential neighbourhoods expected to accommodate intensification through ARUs and “modest low-rise development.”
- More density, with more flexibility to reduce or replace on-site parking.
- Certain planning procedures may shift toward less public notification, less public input, and less direct Council oversight.
The new Official Plan, once finalized, will shape how Grimsby grows until 2051. You can read the draft plan at: https://www.letstalkgrimsby.ca/…/172425/documents/169510
The Special Meeting of Council on Monday will start at 5:30 PM in Council Chambers at Town Hall and is open to the public. If you want to delegate on the matter, submit your request before 5:30 PM on Sunday at: https://eforms.grimsby.ca/Delegation-request-form
If you want to get your comments on the public record, you can email them to: grimsbyop@grimsby.ca
For more information about the Official Plan process, visit: https://www.letstalkgrimsby.ca/officialplan
The Town will be hosting a Public Information Centre (PIC) focusing on the “Future of Grimsby” on Tuesday June 18th at Town Hall from 6PM to 8PM. The drop-in event will cover three major planning undertakings at the Town, the Official Plan Review, Parks Master Plan and Transportation Master Plan.
According to the post on the Town’s website “this will be an in-person session which will give attendees the opportunity to provide input into the progress and direction of these significant studies”.
Your attendance and comments will help shape the future of Grimsby.
It’s “Groundhog Day” on June 5th for the Greenbelt property at 502 Winston Road when the Town hosts its last public meeting into the application to redesignate the property from “Specialty Crop – Tender Fruit & Grape Lands” to the lesser-protected “Rural” classification. If approved, this would be the first step towards potential major development of this Greenbelt land.
After the original change was put on hold and then outright rejected by the Province after their “Greenbelt fiasco”, the applicant is now trying (again) at the Town and Regional level.
If you wish to spectate or delegate your opinion on this Greenbelt property application, the meeting will be tomorrow (Wed June 5th) at 6PM at Town Hall, Council Chambers. If you wish to delegate by Zoom, you can email your request to planning@grimsby.ca and/or clerks@grimsby.ca
Meeting Agenda: https://bit.ly/3yOv1kJ
After the Province made good on their promise to rollback all their Greenbelt changes, the developers at 502 Winston have “reactivated” their original Town and Regional Official Plan Amendment applications. The applications are attempting to “redesignate” the Greenbelt property from Specialty Crop/Tender Fruit to the lesser protected Rural designation. This would “pave the way” for an urban boundary expansion and potentially significant development on those lakefront lands.
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With only today and tomorrow left before we know who will be representing us as the Council of 2022-2026, it is time for those voters who have yet to cast their ballot to reflect on the past 4 years of Council, and the campaigns of incumbents and new-faces trying to secure a seat in the horseshoe at Town Hall.
With the ground-game of candidates pretty much winding down at this point, lets look at some points of consideration if you are yet to cast your ballot.
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The Town will be hosting an “Open House” meeting for a development proposal of 116 stacked townhouses at 37 Bartlett Avenue on Monday July 18th, 2022 @ 6PM at Town Hall. The applicants, 2588732 Ontario Ltd., as part of their application are asking for Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendments to permit their proposal.
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As promised, we would post the updated date for the Planning & Development Committee “Open House” event for the Losani/Fifth Wheel proposal. It has been rescheduled for February 26th @ 6PM (Note the early start time) at Town Hall.
Remember No More Than Four? Century Condos (6 Doran & 21-23 Main Street) is back for another kick at the Planning can this coming Tuesday (October 9th) with an open-microphone public meeting. After reading some of the reports on the project, it will be a very interesting meeting.
In case you missed it, the Region recently put out a public notice that they are holding a public meeting on our current Regional Official Plan, and the new one targeted for completion in 2021. This is your chance to offer comments or ask questions of our regional officials and provide input as to what the near and not-so-near future of Niagara looks like.