Public Meeting for Official Plan & Zoning Bylaw Amendment

The Town has initiated amendments to the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to include policies and regulations with respect to short term accommodations within the Town. A Licensing By-law is also proposed. These policy and regulatory amendments will work together to better manage short term accommodations and address adverse impacts in the Town.

Tuesday, October 22, 2019
6:30 p.m.
Town Hall Council Chambers

The Draft Official Plan Amendment proposes to:

• Permit short term accommodations in the Downtown, Downtown Transitional Area, Good General Agricultural, Specialty Agricultural & Environmental Protection Two designations subject to specific policy requirements.
• Permit bed and breakfast establishments in residential designations.

The Draft Zoning By-law Amendment proposes to:

• Permit a bed and breakfast establishment in a residential zone subject to meeting parking, signage, Ontario Building Code, Ontario Fire Code and licensing requirements and being occupied as a principal residence by the owner/operator.

• Permit short term accommodations in Agricultural, Special Rural, Neighbourhood Commercial, General Commercial and Commercial Rural zones.

Your input is encouraged. We are listening.

Please provide input by speaking at the public meeting or by making a written submission to the Town of Pelham.  Unless indicated otherwise, personal 

information and all comments will become part of the public record and may be publicly released.  To provide input in writing for inclusion on the agenda or to request personal notice if the proposed amendments are adopted, please send all correspondence by noon on October 9, 2019 package c/o Town Clerk, Nancy J. Bozzato, PO Box 400, 20 Pelham Town Square, Fonthill, Ontario, L0S 1E0. 

Need more information? Contact us.

For more information, please contact Ms. Shannon Larocque, MCIP, RPP, Senior Planner, at 905-892-2607, ext. 319, or email at slarocque@pelham.ca. A copy of the Information Report regarding the proposed amendments may be obtained on the Town’s website at http://calendar.pelham.ca/council or at the Community Planning and Development Department (2nd Floor) after 12:00 pm on Wednesday, October 16, 2019.

Important information

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make a written submission to the Town of Pelham on the Planning Act matters 

before the proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendments are adopted, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal. Further, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there is reasonable grounds to do so.

If you wish to be notified of the decision regarding the proposed Zoning By-law and Official Plan amendments, you must make a written request to the Clerk of the Town of Pelham and such request must include the name and address to which such notice should be sent.