The Town of Oakville is excited to reopen our doors as soon as we can safely do so. All public health guidelines remain in effect.
Thu, 31 Aug 2017
You are invited to attend and provide input at this meeting hosted by Planning and Development Council.
The Planning Services department will be presenting a recommendation report with respect to the proposed official plan amendment at this meeting.
The purpose of this official plan amendment is to update the Town’s cultural heritage policies and associated definitions in the Livable Oakville Plan to be consistent with applicable Provincial legislation and policies, and to support the implementation of the Ontario Heritage Act and the Town’s Cultural Heritage Landscape Strategy.
The effect of the amendment within Section 5, Cultural Heritage, of the Plan is to improve the consistency of the terminology used, eliminate redundant policies, and modify existing policies to confirm that:
The effect of the amendment within Section 5, Cultural Heritage, of the Plan is also to add new policies that:
The effect of the amendment within Section 29, Interpretation, of the Plan is to modify the existing definitions of the terms “conserved” (or “conserve”), “cultural heritage landscape” and “cultural heritage resources”, and add new definitions for the terms “built heritage resource” and “heritage attributes”, to be consistent with Provincial policies. The above-noted terms are also to be italicized throughout the Plan to indicate that they are defined terms.
The subject lands pertain to the Livable Oakville Plan area, being all lands south of Dundas Street and north of Highway 407.
These lands are also subject to the proposed Town-initiated Urban Structure Official Plan Amendment, File No. 42.15.52.
If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to Council c/o the Town Clerk at the Town of Oakville, Clerk’s department, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON L6H 0H3 or at townclerk@oakville.ca before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted:
Any submission to the Planning and Development Council, either in hard copy or in electronic format, must be forwarded to the Clerk’s department for receipt no later than noon on Tuesday, September 26, 2017, to ensure its availability to the Members of Council at the meeting. Individuals making oral submissions at the public meeting are requested to submit a written outline of the submission to the Town Clerk. All submissions should include the full name and address of the presenter.
If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Town of Oakville on the proposed official plan amendment, you must make a written request to the Town Clerk at the Town of Oakville, Clerk’s department, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON L6H 0H3 or at TownClerk@oakville.ca
A copy of the proposed official plan amendment and information and material will be available to the public for inspection on or after Thursday, August 31, 2017 at the Town's Cultural Heritage Policy Updates Official Plan Amendment, 2017 page, or you may visit the Planning Services department between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, or contact Lesley E. Gill Woods, Senior Planner, Planning Services department at 905-845-6601, ext. 3261 (TTY 905-338-4200) or at lesley.gill-woods@oakville.ca
For more information about this matter, including information about preserving your appeal rights go to the Town's Cultural Heritage Policy Updates Official Plan Amendment, 2017 page, or you may visit the Planning Services department between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, or contact Lesley E. Gill Woods, Senior Planner, Planning Services department at 905-845-6601, ext. 3261 (TTY 905-338-4200) or at lesley.gill-woods@oakville.ca
If you have any accessibility needs, please advise Lesley Gill Woods one week before the meeting.
The personal information accompanying your submission is being collected under the authority of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended, and may form part of the public record which may be released to the public.
Dated at the Town of Oakville August 31, 2017