NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A CONSENT & MINOR VARIANCE APPLICATION NO. B3-26/A9-26/A10-26
FOR A CONSENT & MINOR VARIANCE APPLICATION NO. A9-26/A10-26/B3-26
TAKE NOTICE that an application has been submitted for a Consent application and Minor Variance application on the property known legally as CON 11 E PT LOT 15, municipally know as 285 Barrie Street. The applicant has applied for a Consent application to sever an existing 1900m². The proposed severed parcel would be approximately 810m² in size and the retained parcel would be approximately 891.5m² in size. The applicant is also proposing to transfer approximately 200m² of land abutting Barrie Street (County Road 27) to the County of Simcoe for future road widening. Furthermore, the applicant is applying for relief from the following sections of Zoning By-law 2003-50: Section 17a) states that the minimum lot area of a parcel zoned R1 shall be 1,400m². The applicant is proposing a lot area of 891.5m² for the proposed retained lot and 810.0m² for the severed lot. Section 17b) states that the minimum lot frontage of a parcel zoned R1 shall be 23.0m². The applicant is proposing a lot frontage of 18.8m for the proposed severed lot and 22.0m for the retained lot.
AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that the Committee of Adjustment has appointed September 25th, 2026, for a Public Hearing to be held at approximately 10:00 a.m.
You may make a written submission through the undersigned Secretary-Treasurer in which your comments will be provided to the Committee of Adjustment prior to their decision on the application. If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Committee of Adjustment in respect of this application, you must make a written request to the Committee of Adjustment at the address shown above, or via email to ocurnew@essatownship.on.ca.
Dated this 4th day of September 2026.
Yours truly,
Owen Curnew
Development Planner/Secretary-Treasurer
(705) 424-9917 ext.104