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Get involved with your input. The Township of West Lincoln Growth and Sustainability Committee will hold a Public Meeting in accordance with the Planning Act where the matter(s) below will be considered. The meeting will take place:

Date: Monday, October 14, 2025
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Hybrid Meeting (in person and virtual attendance*), Township Administration, 318 Canborough Street, Smithville, Ontario

*Those who wish to provide comments at a meeting virtually (Zoom), must register in advance by contacting Justin Paylove, Manager of Legislative Services/Clerk, at jpaylove@westlincoln.ca or 905-957-3346 ext. 5129.

About the Planning Application

Name: Rudy and Janine Kerec (1185 Port Davidson Road)
File: 1601-008-25 (Zoning By-Law Amendment -Temporary Use By-Law)

An application for a Temporary Use By-law has been made by Rudy and Janine Kerec to add a temporary use to the property legally described as Concession 2, Part Lot 5 RP 30R508; PART 1, formerly in the Township of Gainsborough, now in the Township of West Lincoln, Regional Municipality of Niagara, municipally known as 1185 Port Davidson Road.

The Temporary Use application is requesting to temporarily permit an accessory dwelling unit (garden suite) with a maximum floor area no greater than 57.5 m² on the agriculturally zoned property for a maximum of 20 years to allow a relative to live close to their family members who reside on the property. (Please see the site plan.)

If you have any questions about this application, please contact Stephanie Pouliot, Planner, at spouliot@westlincoln.ca or 905-957-3346 ext. 5140.

How to have your comments heard

Please submit your written comments to jpaylove@westlincoln.ca with the file number for the application by 4 p.m. Friday, October 3, 2025, to have them included in Staff’s report for the application. If you submit comments after this date, they will not be included in Staff’s report. Any comments received after October 3, 2025, and before October 14, 2025, will be read into the public record during the specified meeting. 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 and Council in person or virtually through Zoom. Please contact Justin Paylove, Manager of Legislative Services/Clerk, at jpaylove@westlincoln.ca to register to speak at the meeting and indicate if you will need a link to the Zoom meeting.

Important information about making a submission

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Township of West Lincoln Growth and Sustainability Committee before a by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Council of the Township of West Lincoln to the Ontario Land Tribunal. Additionally, should no oral or written submissions be made, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to do so. Individuals who make written submissions with respect to a Planning Act application should be aware that their submission and any personal information in their correspondence will become part of the public record and made available to the Applicant, Committee and Council.  

For more information: The documents and background material for this application can be made available by contacting West Lincoln’s Growth and Sustainability Department at:

Phone: 905-957-3346
Email: planning@westlincoln.ca

Copies of the Staff Report will be available Friday, October 10, 2025, after 4 p.m., on the Township’s website.

If you would like to be notified of Township Council’s decision with respect to any planning application, you must make a written request (specifying which file numbers) to: Justin Paylove, Manager of Legislative Services/Clerk, at jpaylove@westlincoln.ca.