Boards and Committees

Committees and boards provide valuable input to Council.

The Committee of Adjustment is authorized by the Planning Act to consider applications for:

Minor variances from the provisions of the zoning by-law
Extensions, enlargements or variations of existing legal non-conforming uses under the zoning by-law
Land Division (severing a new lot from an existing lot, adding land to an existing lot, easements, mortgages or leases in excess of 21 years)
Determining whether a particular use conforms with the provisions of the zoning by-law where the uses of land, buildings or structures permitted in the by-law are defined in general terms

The County of Bruce Planning Department is responsible for the preparation of the planning reports and recommendations to the Committee for these applications.

The seven members of Council have been appointed to the Committee of Adjustment and meet as required monthly in conjunction with the Council Meeting (Planning Applications) scheduled on the second Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m.

Meeting Schedule, Agendas and Minutes

Visit the Agendas and Minutes page for the Committee of Adjustment meeting schedule, agendas and minutes.

Court of Revision

The Court of Revision hears appeals on assessments for proposed drainage work. The assessment includes the portion of the cost of the proposed drainage work to be collected as taxes from the landowner.

To appeal to the Court of Revision a landowner assessed for the drainage work must give a written notice of appeal to the Clerk at least ten days before the first sitting of the Court. The notice must state which land is assessed too high or too low or which land has not had proper consideration of its use.

A decision of the Court of Revision can be appealed to the Ontario Drainage Tribunal.

Court of Revision takes place once an appeal notice is received.

Meeting Schedule, Agendas and Minutes

Visit the Agendas and Minutes page for the Court of Revision meeting schedule, agendas and minutes.

Nuclear Waste Community Advisor Committee

In January 2020, the NWMO announced they had secured the sufficient amount of land in Municipality of South Bruce to continue studies for the DGR. This announcement meant that the Township of Huron-Kinloss was removed from the site-selection process and no longer considered a host community for the project.

In light of the Township of Huron-Kinloss no longer in the site selection process, Huron-Kinloss Council as agreed to dissolve the Nuclear Waste Community Advisory Committee (NWCAC). We thank our Committee Members for their dedication to keeping the community informed on the Adaptive Phased Management Project.

The Township will continue to keep our residents informed as future decisions unfold with this project.

Property Standards Committee

This Committee of Council has certain decision-making abilities and can decide if a Property Standards Order should be upheld, dismissed, modified or if an extension should be given.

When a property owner in the Township of Huron-Kinloss has been served a Property Standards Order they have the right to appeal it to the Property Standards Committee. The appeal request must be submitted in writing to the Secretary of the Committee.

The Property Standards Committee is made up of five members of the public. Meetings are held on an as needed basis and are open to the public.

Meeting Schedule, Agendas and Minutes

Visit the Agendas and Minutes page for the Property Standards Committee meeting schedule, agendas and minutes.

South Bruce OPP Detachment Board

Starting April 1, 2024, the Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 will be in place across Ontario. Under the CSPA requires there be an Ontario Provincial Police Detachment Board for each detachment that provides policing in a municipality or First Nations community.

The South Bruce OPP Detachment Board established under the Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 replaces the previous Police Services Boards and governs municipalities in South Bruce.

The Municipality of Arran-Elderslie, Municipality of Brockton, Township of Huron-Kinloss, Municipality of Kincardine, and Municipality of South Bruce form the South Bruce OPP Detachment Board.

The South Bruce OPP Detachment Board will be composed of 5 Council Seats, 2 Community Representatives and 2 Provincial Appointments for a total of 9 seats.

A Council member from each of the 5 municipalities have been appointed to the committee:

Municipality of Arran-Elderslie	Moiken Penner
Municipality of Brockton	Tim Elphick
Township of Huron-Kinloss	Don Murray
Municipality of Kincardine	Rory Cavanagh
Municipality of South Bruce	Nigel Van Dyk

Two Community Representatives will be appointed to the Board.

The Provincial appointees will be appointed by the Province.

Meetings will be held once the board is established and will take place as many times as the Committee deems necessary. Agendas and minutes will be posted on the website. Meetings will be open to the public.

Contact:

Jennifer Lawrie, Manager of Legislative Services/Clerk
Municipality of Kincardine
Jlawrie@kincardine.ca
518-396-3468

Christine Fraser-McDonald, Clerk
Municipality of Arran Elderslie
cfraser@arran-elderslie.ca
519-363-3039