Design workshops are being held for King City on June 29 and for Schomberg on July 12 as input into creating new zoning by-laws for each.  Residents & business owners within these communities are needed as participants.  Intent of the new zoning by-laws is to provide effective conservation of the characters of the established subdivisions within the villages.  If you are able to participate please contact Sara Allin (sallin@king.ca).  See here for more information. (Scroll down to mid section of the page.)

At last Council (5/16) meeting the draft new zoning by-law for Nobleton was reviewed.  As the new zoning by-laws for King City and Schomberg are to be built on the Nobleton one I will comment on the latter to illustrate why these design workshops are important.  As is the case in all our villages there is one zone for single detached homes (R1).  The draft new Nobleton zoning by-law includes 5 zones.  Each of the zones are based on the current reality of the defined area; by that I mean the side yard setbacks, the height, the front yard setbacks reflect what is currently in place.  We now want to do same in King City and Schomberg.

I attended the workshop in Nobleton; without exaggeration I can say that participants were energized by the session.  So…even though it will be summer time please consider applying.