Owen Sound Committee of Adjustment Meeting Transcript — May 5, 2026

00:00:09 Speaker 01: Good afternoon.

00:00:12 Speaker 01: It is 3 p.m.

00:00:13 Speaker 01: I will now call this meeting to order.

00:00:22 Speaker 02: I'd like to welcome everyone here today to these hearings.

00:00:40 Speaker 02: The Committee of Adjustment is appointed by Council to consider consent applications and applications for minor variances to the Zoning Bylaw.

00:01:02 Speaker 02: Please be advised that any applicant agent that is in attendance at today's meeting for a specific application may leave the meeting once the application has been considered by the committee.

00:01:40 Speaker 02: Any applicant agent or member of the public wishing to address the committee for a specific application is reminded that presentations are limited to ten minutes per person.

00:02:00 Speaker 02: Are there any additional items from committee or staff members?

00:02:18 Speaker 02: Seeing none.

00:02:28 Speaker 02: Do any of the committee members have any interest arising out of the minutes from the last meeting or issues on the agenda?

00:02:45 Speaker 02: If so, please state the general nature thereof.

00:02:49 Speaker 02: Seeing none.

00:02:54 Speaker 02: Does any committee member have any comments or a motion regarding April seventh, twenty-twenty-six to be adopted today?

00:03:07 Speaker 02: Mr. Chairman, through you and to you, I make the motion to accept the minutes as read.

00:03:15 Speaker 02: Thank you.

00:03:17 Speaker 02: I call a vote.

00:03:20 Speaker 02: All those in favour.

00:03:22 Speaker 02: The motion is carried.

00:03:30 Speaker 02: Do any committee members have any comments or motions regarding the April twentieth special meeting to be adopted today?

00:03:40 Speaker 02: Somebody make a motion.

00:03:52 Speaker 02: Mr. Chairman, through you and to you, I again make the motion that the special meeting held for the 20th of April as read.

00:04:02 Speaker 02: Thank you.

00:04:04 Speaker 02: I'll call the vote.

00:04:07 Speaker 02: All those in favour.

00:04:13 Speaker 02: The motion is carried.

00:04:19 Speaker 02: There are no correspondence items being presented for consideration.

00:04:34 Speaker 02: Please be advised that the Planning Act of Ontario indicates that anyone other than the applicant or agent wishing to receive notice of the decision of the Committee of Adjustment,

00:04:55 Speaker 02: or in the event that the committee defers its decision or provides notice for further proceedings respecting the application,

00:05:16 Speaker 03: such person must leave their name and address in writing with the Secretary Treasurer of the committee prior to leaving the hearing by filling out the signing sheet located on the table outside council chambers.

00:05:26 Speaker 03: In addition, only the applicant, a minister,

00:05:37 Speaker 03: or specified person or public body that has an interest in the matter has the right to appeal the decision of the Committee of Adjustment within the defined appeal period.

00:06:03 Speaker 03: More information concerning how to appeal a decision of the Committee of Adjustment and the Ontario Land Tribunal may be obtained from the Community Services Department Planning Division at City Hall.

00:06:19 Speaker 03: The Committee of Adjustment today will consider two consent applications scheduled under this agenda item.

00:06:33 Speaker 03: The Planning Act requires that the public hearing held before the Committee of Adjustment decides whether to approve a consent application.

00:06:50 Speaker 03: The public hearing serves two purposes: first, to present the details and background of the application to the Committee of Adjustment and the public; second,

00:07:02 Speaker 03: to receive comments from the public and agencies before a decision is made.

00:07:16 Speaker 03: For each application, the Secretary Treasurer will summarize the proposed consents and correspondence received, and the Planning Division staff will provide any further information that is relevant to the application.

00:07:41 Speaker 04: From there, the applicant will be given an opportunity to make a presentation, followed by questions and presentations from the public, either in favour or in opposition to the application.

00:07:57 Speaker 04: All questions go through me, the Chair, and presentations are limited to a maximum of ten minutes.

00:08:10 Speaker 04: Committee members then have the opportunity to question the applicant, the Secretary Treasurer, Planning Division staff, or anyone giving presentations.

00:08:25 Speaker 04: The applicant will then be considered by the committee; applications will be considered by the committee.

00:08:39 Speaker 04: Will the Secretary Treasurer please advise how, when, and to whom the notices of public hearings were circulated?

00:08:59 Speaker 04: Through you, Mr. Chair, notice for these applications was posted on the subject properties on Monday, April twentieth, twenty-twenty-six, being at least fourteen days prior to the hearing.

00:09:19 Speaker 04: Notice for these applications was sent by mail to the assessed owners within 60 meters of the subject properties and was also circulated to those persons, departments,

00:09:34 Speaker 04: and agencies likely to have an interest in the applications, as legislated.

00:09:44 Speaker 04: Included with each notice was a legal description of the subject property and a description of the purpose of the proposed consent.

00:09:56 Speaker 04: The circulations were provided in accordance with the provisions of the Planning Act, R.S.O.

00:10:03 Speaker 04: 1990, Chapter P.13.

00:10:08 Speaker 02: I now declare this to be a public hearing for application B-03-2026.

00:10:20 Speaker 02: Miss Landry, would you please summarize the application and any correspondence received to date?

00:10:28 Speaker 02: Thank you, Mr. Chair.

00:10:41 Speaker 02: This is a consent application that was put forward by Barry's Construction and Insulation Limited.

00:11:02 Speaker 02: The official plan designation is residential waterfront mixed use in West Waterfront Study Area, and it is zoned as single residential R-1 and neighbourhood commercial C3.

00:11:26 Speaker 02: The legal description of the lands is Town Plot Brook Lot 45 Raglan E.S. for the dominant parcel and Part 3 Plan 16R-12242 for the servient parcel, City of Owen Sound, County of Grey;

00:11:50 Speaker 02: and the dominant parcel is known municipally as 2625 Third Avenue West.

00:11:57 Speaker 02: The lands were subject to consent application B05-2025,

00:12:12 Speaker 03: which had the effect of severing the rear portion of 2605 Third Avenue West for the purposes of a new residential building lot having approximately 17 meters of frontage on 26th Street West,

00:12:31 Speaker 03: 20 meters of lot depth, and 344 square meters of lot area.

00:12:49 Speaker 03: The lands were also subject to minor variance application A-06-2025 in order to provide relief from the provisions of the City Zoning Bylaw to facilitate the proposed lot creation and the construction of a single detached

00:13:07 Speaker 03: dwelling on the severed parcel.

00:13:11 Speaker 03: The subject consent application is proposing to establish drainage and access easements to the north and east side of the severed parcel,

00:13:27 Speaker 03: allowing surface drainage from the adjacent property to the north to discharge to an existing storm sewer on Twenty-Sixth Street West.

00:13:47 Speaker 03: Comments have been received without objection from the City's Engineering and Public Works Department, Ministry of Transportation, County of Grey, and the Saugeen Ojibway Nation Environmental Office.

00:13:56 Speaker 03: Thank you very much.

00:14:02 Speaker 04: Planning staff, would you please provide any additional information that may be relevant?

00:14:10 Speaker 04: Thank you, Mr. Chair, and through you; as noted by the Secretary Treasurer,

00:14:26 Speaker 04: the subject consent application is proposing to establish an easement to the rear and east side of a parcel severed through consent application B05-2025, to allow surface drainage from the adjacent property to the north,

00:14:44 Speaker 04: municipally known as 2625 Third Avenue West, to discharge to an existing storm sewer on Twenty-Sixth Street West.

00:14:52 Speaker 04: The site plan before you illustrates the limits of the proposed easement highlighted in green and dark blue;

00:15:11 Speaker 04: the area of the parcel severed through consent B05-2025 outlined in pink and considered the servient lands for the purposes of this application; and the area of the dominant parcel outlined in green,

00:15:27 Speaker 04: municipally known as 2625 Third Avenue West.

00:15:41 Speaker 04: As City staff understand it, conditions related to consent B05-2025 have been fulfilled, and the lands were transferred to the applicant Barry's Construction and Insulation as of April thirtieth, twenty-twenty-six.

00:15:58 Speaker 04: Policy 9324 of the City's Official Plan requires regard for criteria when considering an application for consent, as described in staff report CS-26034 before you.

00:16:08 Speaker 04: The subject consent meets the required criteria.

00:16:16 Speaker 04: The proposal is technical and minor in nature.

00:16:31 Speaker 04: The consent will ensure suitable drainage conditions to allow the development of a single detached dwelling on 2625 Third Avenue West.

00:17:02 Speaker 04: Conditions of approval will require the easement be registered on title to notify future property owners of the encumbrance as well as the rights and responsibilities regarding the easement.

00:17:30 Speaker 02: Works to existing stormwater infrastructure within the city's road allowance on 26th Street West will be required to implement the proposed grading and drainage plan submitted with the application;

00:17:35 Speaker 02: a servicing agreement with the City for this work is required as a condition of the consent approval.

00:17:35 Speaker 02: With that, Mr. Chair, staff are recommending that, in consideration of Report CS-2024-19 respecting a consent for an easement for property known as 2605 and 2625 Third Avenue West,

00:17:36 Speaker 02: the Committee approves Consent Application B03-2026 by Barry's Construction and Installation Limited, subject to the conditions outlined in Schedule E. Thank you very much.

00:17:36 Speaker 02: Does the applicant or agent wish to make a note?

00:17:38 Speaker 02: Okay.

00:17:38 Speaker 02: Just for the record, there are no members of the public here, so we shall go on.

00:17:38 Speaker 02: Are there any further questions or comments from the Committee to the applicant, Secretary Planning Division staff, or persons who made presentations?

00:17:38 Speaker 02: Seems none.

00:17:39 Speaker 02: Does any member of the Committee wish to make a motion for Application B03-2026?

00:17:39 Speaker 02: Through you, Chair.

00:17:40 Speaker 02: I'll make a motion to approve the application for B03-2026, subject to the conditions in Section E. Thank you very much.

00:17:40 Speaker 02: Does any member of the Committee wish to make a motion for Application B03-2026?

00:17:41 Speaker 02: Sorry.

00:17:42 Speaker 02: I'll call the vote.

00:17:42 Speaker 02: Sorry, I'm reading backwards.

00:17:42 Speaker 02: I'll call the vote.

00:17:42 Speaker 02: All those in favour.

00:17:44 Speaker 02: The motion is carried.

00:17:44 Speaker 02: Please be advised that there is a twenty-day appeal period during which time the applicant, the Minister, or specified person or public body has an interest in the matter may appeal today's decision.

00:17:45 Speaker 02: During the appeal period, no building permit may be issued or other work commenced.

00:17:45 Speaker 02: I now declare Public Hearing for B03-2026 to be concluded.

00:17:45 Speaker 02: The applicant may leave the meeting if they wish to do so.

00:17:47 Speaker 02: We're on to the next.

00:17:47 Speaker 02: I now declare this to be a public hearing for Application B04-2026.

00:17:47 Speaker 02: Ms. Landry, would you please summarise the application and any correspondence received to date?

00:17:47 Speaker 02: Thank you, Mr. Chair.

00:17:47 Speaker 02: This is a consent application that was put forward by Martin Webster on behalf of 1000133180 Ontario Inc. The Official Plan designation is Employment,

00:17:48 Speaker 02: and it is zoned as General Industrial M-1 with Special Provision 14.98 and Hazard Lands.

00:17:49 Speaker 02: The legal description of the lands is Range Eight EGR Part Park Lot Four Five RP-16 R-6691 Part One and Part Three RP-16 R-8583 Part Two, City of Owen Sound, County of Grey,

00:17:49 Speaker 02: and it is municipally as 1548 20th Street East.

00:17:49 Speaker 02: The applicant is proposing to sever the subject property to create a new industrial building lot.

00:17:50 Speaker 02: The vacant severed lot is proposed to have approximately 90.83 meters of frontage on 20th Street East, 108.13 meters of lot depth, and 9,224.2 square meters of lot area.

00:17:51 Speaker 02: The vacant retained lot is proposed to have approximately 93.06 meters of frontage on 16th Avenue East, 201.32 meters of lot depth, and 19,490.6 square meters of lot area.

00:17:51 Speaker 02: A previous consent application was granted by the City's Committee of Adjustment on February 20, 2024, to facilitate the proposed lot creation.

00:17:51 Speaker 02: However, conditions of the consent were never fulfilled, and the approval has lapsed.

00:17:52 Speaker 02: The lands are also subject to minor variance Application A09-2025,

00:17:52 Speaker 02: which provides relief from the minimum off-street parking requirements of the City's zoning bylaw to facilitate the development of the proposed severed parcel for an indoor storage facility.

00:17:52 Speaker 02: Comments have been received without objection from the City's Engineering and Public Works Department, Ministry of Transportation, County of Grey, and the Saugeen First Nation Environmental Office.

00:17:52 Speaker 02: Thank you very much.

00:17:53 Speaker 02: Planning staff, will you please provide any additional information that may be relevant?

00:17:53 Speaker 02: Thank you, Mr. Chair, and through you; the applicant Martin Webster is proposing to sever the subject lands municipally known as 1548 20th Street East for the purposes of a new industrial building lot.

00:17:53 Speaker 02: No new development on either the severed or retained parcels is proposed at this time.

00:17:53 Speaker 02: A previous consent application was granted by the City's Committee of Adjustment on February 20, 2024, to facilitate the proposed lot creation.

00:17:53 Speaker 02: However, conditions of the consent were never fulfilled within the two-year timeframe provided by the Planning Act and the approval has lapsed.

00:17:53 Speaker 02: The proposal remains unchanged from that presented to Committee in 2024 through Staff Report CS-2024-19 for Consent B01-2024.

00:17:54 Speaker 02: Conditions of approval, as recommended by staff, generally remain the same.

00:17:54 Speaker 02: The proposed consent satisfies the criteria outlined by Policy 9324 of the City's Official Plan, including that the severed parcel fronts onto 20th Avenue East and the retained parcel fronts onto Sixteenth Street East,

00:17:54 Speaker 02: both of which are existing assumed public roads maintained on a year-round basis.

00:17:55 Speaker 02: The subject lands are located within an existing built-up industrial area of the City with access to existing municipal services.

00:17:55 Speaker 02: The size of the severed and retained parcels exceeds the minimum lot and frontage requirements of the General Industrial M-1 zone and are therefore appropriate for the intended industrial land use.

00:17:55 Speaker 02: As it relates to suitable soil and drainage conditions, the subject consent application proposes to sever the property at the City's existing stormwater drainage infrastructure, which is part of the East Bluffs Drainage Channel.

00:17:56 Speaker 02: There are existing drainage easements that detail the City's rights and responsibilities for the management of stormwater in this area.

00:17:56 Speaker 02: Recommended conditions of approval will require that the reference plan prepared in support of the consent accurately reflect the existing easements in favour of the City,

00:17:57 Speaker 02: and that the easements remain registered on title to the properties as required.

00:17:57 Speaker 02: Comments received from the Saugeen First Nation Environmental Office also require the completion of an archaeological assessment as a condition of the consent approval.

00:17:58 Speaker 02: With that, Mr. Chair, City staff are recommending that, in consideration of Report CS-2024-19 respecting a consent for lot creation for property known as 1548 20th Street East,

00:17:58 Speaker 02: the Committee of Adjustment approves Consent B04-2026 by Martin Webster on behalf of 1000133180 Ontario Inc., subject to the conditions outlined in Schedule E. Thank you very much.

00:17:59 Speaker 02: There is no applicant or agent here; just for the record, and there are no members of the public.

00:17:59 Speaker 02: Are there any further questions or comments from the Committee to the Secretary Treasurer or the Planning Division staff?

00:18:00 Speaker 02: Seeing none.

00:18:00 Speaker 02: Would one of the members like to make a motion for Application B04-2026?

00:18:02 Speaker 02: Through you, Chair.

00:18:02 Speaker 02: I will make a motion that we approve the application for B04-2026, subject to the conditions laid out in Section E. Thank you very much.

00:18:02 Speaker 02: I will call a vote.

00:18:03 Speaker 02: All those in favour.

00:18:03 Speaker 02: The motion is carried.

00:18:04 Speaker 02: Please be advised there is a 20-day appeal period during which time the applicant, the Minister, or specified person or public body that has an interest in the matter may appeal today's decision.

00:18:05 Speaker 02: During this appeal period, no building permit may be issued or other work commenced.

00:18:05 Speaker 02: I now declare Public Hearing for B04-2026 to be concluded.

00:18:06 Speaker 02: The applicant has left the building.

00:18:06 Speaker 02: There is no correspondence being presented for information.

00:18:07 Speaker 02: No additional business was added at the beginning of the meeting, so we will move to Item 10, which is the next regular scheduled meeting for June 2, 2026. It is now 3:18 p.m. I declare this meeting adjourned.