Welcome to my blog! MY primary objective is to alert my constituents and others in King Township about issues being reviewed at the upcoming Council meetings. I do this as I believe the quality of Council decisions is enhanced when the public is engaged. I hope that residents will make deputations and/or send emails to Council to express their opinion and/or to ask important questions. Also, I include notice of meetings and events which I think are particularly important. I welcome your comments, whether you agree or not with me, and only edit to eliminate inappropriate language.
Recent Posts
Sign Bylaw Renewal
On December 11 Council agenda there is a draft sign bylaw; it will be tabled for consideration and adoption at the January 8 Council. Revising the sign bylaw has been triggered primarily by feedback from our business community. As indicated in the report Staff has been working very closely with King Chamber of Commerce to address inadequacies in the current bylaw. In addition, as reviewed in...
New Official Plan for King
Pending approval from Council on December 11 the draft Official Plan will released for public review. As indicated in report the statutory public meeting will be in April; but it will be preceeded by several open house type events which will be excellent opportunity for you to provide feedback. In addition, you can submit questions and provide feedback to officialplanreview@king.ca. If you...
New Gas Station on Hwy 11/Bathurst
At December 11 Council meeting there is a statutory public meeting to address an application for a zoning bylaw amendment to facilitate development of a gas station with car wash and convenience store on Highway 11 west side of Bathurst. Here is the Staff report. As indicated the application includes rezoning a rear portion of property to "environmental protection zone" to protect an existing...
OPA application for Patton Street
At December 11 Council meeting there is a statutory public meeting to address an application for a zoning bylaw amendment (OPA) to rezone a lot to "Core Area King City. " As reviewed in the report this application is really a correction to what should have been included when the new King City Urban Area bylaw was done earlier this year.
Hello Bert, I agree totally with your point that there is the legislative means to ensure that designated properties are…
Under the Ontario Heritage Act Building standards by-law 35.3 (1) If a by-law passed under section 15.1 of the Building…
My thoughts: buildings with significant historical and architectural value deserve protection from loopholes in law. Lack of funds or will…
I agree with you that Council needs to address this demolition by neglect so that it cannot happen. This should…
I'll be there! And some of my friends too. Enjoy! Last year was an experience of a different kind, and…