Notice of Public Meeting - Community Improvement Plan

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
CONCERNING A COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN
PURSUANT TO SECTION 28 OF THE PLANNING ACT

TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Township of Huron-Kinloss will hold a statutory Public Meeting on Monday, April 8, 2024 at 7:00 p.m., at the Township Council Chambers – 21 Queen Street Ripley, ON, to consider a Community Improvement Plan (CIP) under Section 28(4) of the Planning Act.

The Community Improvement Plan (CIP) will apply to all lands within the Township of Huron-Kinloss.

The purpose of the CIP is to adopt a program that will allow for opportunities that encourage the redevelopment, revitalization and improvement of private lands throughout the entire municipality by offering a variety of financial incentives. The CIP will apply to both settlement and rural areas of the Township and will allow for increased access by businesses and property owners in Huron-Kinloss to municipal funding opportunities and Bruce County’s Spruce the Bruce Program. A draft of the Community Improvement Plan is available for review on the Township website: Community Improvement Plan

If you wish to be notified of the adoption of the Community Improvement Plan, you must make a written request to the Clerk of the Township of Huron-Kinloss at the address noted below.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Township of Huron-Kinloss before the by-law adopting the Community Improvement Plan is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Council of the Township of Huron-Kinloss to the Ontario Land Tribunal.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to The Township of Huron-Kinloss before the by-law is passed, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to do so.

Comments and opinions submitted on these matters, including the originator’s name and address, become part of the public record, may be viewed by the general public and may be published in a staff report and Council Agenda.

The Draft Community Improvement Plan is available for review Monday to Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at the Municipal Office at 21 Queen Street Ripley, ON, on the municipal website here, or by emailing the Manager of Strategic Initiatives, Michelle Goetz at mgoetz@huronkinloss.com.

Dated this 20th day of March, 2024

Jennifer White, Clerk
PO Box 130, 21 Queen Street, Ripley
jwhite@huronkinloss.com
519-395-3735
1-844-395-3735