Notice of Public Meeting - Zoning By-Law & Official Plan Amendment Plan of Subdivision

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TAKE NOTICE that Council will hold a Public Meeting on Thursday June 18, 2026, for the purposes of providing information to the public on proposed Plan of Subdivision and amendments to the Official Plan and Zoning By-law relative to the redevelopment of the property known as Shevlin Wood Yard.

The Town is seeking to redesignate the property legally described as MCIRVINE LOT 22-24 RIV RGE;PLAN SM43 BLK A & B & SM129;LOT 15 RP 48R3445 PTS 1-3;PCL 15-2, from Future Development to Mixed-Use, to subdivide this land into several parcels, and further to re-zone these parcels from Future Development to a mix of Residential Type Two, Mixed-Use, Open Space, and General Commercial. The purpose of these planning processes is to enable the development of the former Wood Yard as per conceptual plans from the Land Use Economic Development Feasibility Study for the Redevelopment of the Shevlin Wood Yard and Gateway to Fort Frances report.

The Town of Fort Frances will hold a public meeting to provide interested parties the opportunity to make comments, identify issues, and provide additional information relative to the proposed amendments. Any person may attend the public meeting and/or make written or verbal representation either in support of or in opposition to the proposal. Individuals making an oral submission at the Public Meeting are requested to submit a written outline to the Town Clerk.

The public meeting will be held:

Meeting Date:           June 18th, 2026

Meeting Time:          5:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as can be accommodated

Location:                   Fort Frances Civic Centre – Council Chambers

If you wish to be notified of subsequent meetings or the adoption of the proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment and Plan of Subdivision, or of the refusal of a request to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law and Plan of Subdivision, you must make a written request to the Clerk’s Office, 320 Portage Avenue, Fort Frances, ON P9A 3P9.                     

For more information about this matter, including information about appeal rights, contact the Municipal Planner between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on weekdays at 807-274-5323 ext. 1216 or by email at jburrows@fortfrances.ca.

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Appeals:

If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of The Council of the Town of Fort Frances to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Town of Fort Frances before the by-law, official plan amendment, and plan of subdivision is passed and approved, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting, or make written submissions to the Town of Fort Frances before the by-law, official plan amendment, and plan of subdivision is passed and approved, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

 

 Jonathan Burrows, CBO/Municipal Planner

Town of Fort Frances

320 Portage Avenue

                                                                                    Fort Frances, ON P9A 3P9

Dated Thursday May 28th, 2026