Notice of Public Hearing for the Committee of Adjustment Consent Application B012025WL July 30

Get involved with your input. The Township of West Lincoln Committee of Adjustment will hold a public hearing in accordance with Section 45 of the Planning Act at an accessible facility where the matter below will be considered. The meeting will take place:

Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Council Chambers, 318 Canborough Street, Smithville (in person)

About the Application for Consent

B01/2025WL – Zuidersma (Agent, Jeremy Brown – Niagara Planning Consultants)
Property Address: 1538 Regional Road 20 (find location map below)

A consent application has been applied for to permit an infill (lot creation) severance for the lands located at 1538 Regional Road 20 within the Hamlet of Bismark. The land being severed is proposed to be 1.42 hectares (3.51 acres) shown as Part 1 on the survey sketch and is currently vacant. The remnant farmland, being Part 2 on the survey sketch will be approximately 27.6 hectares (68.20 acres) following the severance. 

If approved, a condition will be required that the severed holding (Part 1) be zoned to Residential Low Density ‘R1A’ and the remnant farmland (Part 2) be zoned to Agricultural ‘A’ with a site specific provision to recognize the existing dwelling and shop constructed and the typical rezoning to Agriculturally Purposes Only ‘APO’ is not possible due to these established uses. (Please see survey sketch for reference).

How to provide comments

Any person may attend the meeting and/or provide written or verbal comments on the above noted severance. We ask that any written  comments be provided by Monday, July 21, 2025, to have them included in the Staff’s report for the application. Please submit your  comments electronically to Stephanie Pouliot, spouliot@westlincoln.ca, with the file number for the application or via the Township’s dropbox in the back parking lot. 

If you submit comments after this date, they may not be included in the Staff’s report. The comments will instead be read into the public  record during the meeting. Please ensure all comments have been submitted prior to Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at 4 p.m. While  residents are encouraged to make written submissions to the Committee, members of the public will also be able to provide verbal comments at Committee of Adjustment meeting. Any written comments received with regard to this application will constitute part of the public record for this particular file, in accordance with the Planning Act.

Important information about making a submission

If the applicant, the Minister or a specified person or public body that has an interest in the matter that files an appeal of a decision of the Committee of Adjustment in respect of the proposed severance does not make written submissions to the Committee of Adjustment before it gives or refuses the severance application, the Ontario Land Tribunal may dismiss the appeal.

Planning documents and background material for any application is available during regular office hours by contacting the planning department at 905-957-3346 or planning@westlincoln.ca and making an appointment.

Copies of the Staff Report will be available on Friday, July 25, 2025, after 4 p.m. If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Committee of Adjustment in respect of the proposed severance, you must make a written  request to:

Stephanie Pouliot, Secretary Treasurer to the Committee of Adjustment
Township of West Lincoln, 318 Canborough Street, Smithville, ON L0R 2A0
spouliot@westlincoln.ca