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DN:COM-ZON.GPA REPORT
Meeting: General Purpose and Administration Committee File
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Date: Monday, April 22, 1991 Res. #
Report PD- 99 -91 File #: DEV 91-011 By-Law#
Subject: PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING BY-LAW
MINIMUM LOT SIZE REQUIREMENT IN THE 'RESIDENTIAL HAMLET (RH) l ZONE
FILE: DEV 91-011
Recommendations:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and
Administration Committee recommend to Council the following:
1 THAT Report PD- 99 -91 be received;
2 . THAT Staff be authorized to advertise in local newspapers to advise
the general public of the date and time of a Public Meeting to be
held in relation to the proposed amendment to the Comprehensive
Zoning By-law to amend the minimum lot size requirement in the
'Residential Hamlet (RH) l Zone.
1. BACKGROUND
1. 1 The Town of Newcastle Official Plan (Section 9 .4 viii) states that
the minimum lot size for new residential lots in hamlets with or
without municipal water systems shall be 0 .4 ha (4000 sq.m. ) .
Reduction of the minimum lot size requires an amendment to the
Plan.
1.2 Virtually all hamlet residential lands in the Town, with the
exception of Orono, are zoned 'Residential Hamlet (RH) I Zone by the
Town's Comprehensive Zoning By-law. Section 9 of the By-law, which
outlines the zone provisions for the IRHI zone, indicates the
minimum lot area for new lots in the IRHI zone to be 3000 sq.m.
(0 .3 ha) .
2 . STAFF COMMENTS
2 . 1 Staff propose to bring the minimum lot area requirement for hamlet
residential lots in the Comprehensive Zoning By-law into conformity
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with the Town of Newcastle Official Plan. The proposed amendment
to By-law 84-63 would amend the provisions of the 'Residential
Hamlet (RH) Zone' by increasing the 'Lot Area (minimum) ' from 3000
square metres to 4000 square metres (Section 9 .2 .a) .
2 .2 Prior to Town Council passing an amendment to the Comprehensive
Zoning By-law, the Planning Act requires the Municipality to hold
a Public Meeting and further requires that notice be provided to
the affected residents .
2 .3 The proposed amendment would apply to every hamlet in the Town,
with the exception of Orono. Staff do not consider it practical to
provide notice by pre-paid first class mail to every property
owner and tenant within the 'RH' zone. In order to satisfy the
requirements of the Planning Act with respect to public notice, it
is therefore recommended that notice be placed in local newspapers.
Respectfully submitted, Recommended for presentation
to the Committee
Franklin Wu, M.C. I .P. Lawrence Kotseff
Director of Planning Chief A istrative
and Development Officer
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9 April 1991