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TAKE NOTICE that the Affordability Committee of the Council of the Corporation of the City of Barrie will hold a public meeting for a City-initiated amendment to the Official Plan 2051 (May 2024), known hereafter as the Official Plan, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 6:00PM
THE PURPOSE of the application D30-001-2025 is to amend the Official Plan to conform to the new Provincial Planning Statement, 2024. The Provincial Planning Statement, 2024 (PPS 2024) came into effect on October 20, 2024 and replaces the Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 (PPS 2020) and A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (Growth Plan), which are currently referenced provincial documents in the Official Plan. The Official Plan is the policy document that directs the future use of land, development, infrastructure and community building within the City, and it is required to be consistent with provincial planning legislation.
The proposed amendments to the Official Plan will include:
- Aligning the definition of Employment Area with the PPS 2024, meaning these areas are designated in an official plan for clusters of business and economic activities including manufacturing, research and development in connection with manufacturing, warehousing and goods movement, and associated retail and office uses, and ancillary
facilities; - Adding a new land use designation intended to recognize lands that no longer meet the definition of Employment Area, and includes institutional, retail commercial and offices that are not associated with a primary employment use;
- Corresponding modifications to the text of sections 2.3.5 Employment Areas, 2.6.9 Employment Area – Non-Industrial and 2.6.10 Employment Area – Industrial as it relates to the Land Use Policies being consistent with the new definition of Employment Area;
- Removing the lands designated as Employment Area – Non Industrial on Map 2 – Land Use from the Employment Area illustrated on Map 1 – Community Structure; and,
- General wording revisions to all sections of the plan that reference the PPS 2020 and the
Growth Plan.
The public meeting will be held in a virtual forum with electronic participation and in-person at City Hall. The meeting will be livestreamed on the City’s YouTube Channel http://youtube.com/citybarrie.
If you wish to provide oral comments (virtually or in-person) at the public meeting, please register in advance by emailing: cityclerks@barrie.ca or calling 705-739-4220, Ext. 5500 during regular office hours prior to Wednesday, February 26, 2025, by 12:00 p.m. Once you register, you will be provided information from the Legislative Services Branch on how to make your submission. If you would like to participate virtually, you will need access to a computer with internet service or a telephone.
Any person may attend the meeting and make representation or present submission respecting this matter. If you wish to make a written submission concerning this matter, please email or mail written comments to cityclerks@barrie.ca or City Hall, 70 Collier Street, PO Box 400, Barrie, ON L4M 4T5 (attention: City Clerk). Written comments must be received by Wednesday, February 26, 2025, by 12:00 p.m.
TAKE NOTICE that the Affordability Committee of the Council of the Corporation of the City of Barrie will hold a public meeting for a City-initiated amendment to the Official Plan 2051 (May 2024), known hereafter as the Official Plan, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 6:00PM
THE PURPOSE of the application D30-001-2025 is to amend the Official Plan to conform to the new Provincial Planning Statement, 2024. The Provincial Planning Statement, 2024 (PPS 2024) came into effect on October 20, 2024 and replaces the Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 (PPS 2020) and A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (Growth Plan), which are currently referenced provincial documents in the Official Plan. The Official Plan is the policy document that directs the future use of land, development, infrastructure and community building within the City, and it is required to be consistent with provincial planning legislation.
The proposed amendments to the Official Plan will include:
- Aligning the definition of Employment Area with the PPS 2024, meaning these areas are designated in an official plan for clusters of business and economic activities including manufacturing, research and development in connection with manufacturing, warehousing and goods movement, and associated retail and office uses, and ancillary
facilities; - Adding a new land use designation intended to recognize lands that no longer meet the definition of Employment Area, and includes institutional, retail commercial and offices that are not associated with a primary employment use;
- Corresponding modifications to the text of sections 2.3.5 Employment Areas, 2.6.9 Employment Area – Non-Industrial and 2.6.10 Employment Area – Industrial as it relates to the Land Use Policies being consistent with the new definition of Employment Area;
- Removing the lands designated as Employment Area – Non Industrial on Map 2 – Land Use from the Employment Area illustrated on Map 1 – Community Structure; and,
- General wording revisions to all sections of the plan that reference the PPS 2020 and the
Growth Plan.
The public meeting will be held in a virtual forum with electronic participation and in-person at City Hall. The meeting will be livestreamed on the City’s YouTube Channel http://youtube.com/citybarrie.
If you wish to provide oral comments (virtually or in-person) at the public meeting, please register in advance by emailing: cityclerks@barrie.ca or calling 705-739-4220, Ext. 5500 during regular office hours prior to Wednesday, February 26, 2025, by 12:00 p.m. Once you register, you will be provided information from the Legislative Services Branch on how to make your submission. If you would like to participate virtually, you will need access to a computer with internet service or a telephone.
Any person may attend the meeting and make representation or present submission respecting this matter. If you wish to make a written submission concerning this matter, please email or mail written comments to cityclerks@barrie.ca or City Hall, 70 Collier Street, PO Box 400, Barrie, ON L4M 4T5 (attention: City Clerk). Written comments must be received by Wednesday, February 26, 2025, by 12:00 p.m.