Sarnia City Council will hold a Public Meeting on the proposed new Sarnia Comprehensive Zoning By-law on Monday, December 16th at 1:00pm.
The City of Sarnia has prepared a second draft of the new Comprehensive Zoning By-law.
The purpose of the application is to repeal and replace the current Zoning By-Law 85 of 2002 with the proposed new City-wide Zoning By-law. A Zoning By-Law is a tool used to implement the policies of the newly approved City of Sarnia Official Plan. This is a key document which controls the use of land, buildings, and structures, across all property within the City. The Zoning By-law informs where buildings may locate on a property, how they can be used, and what form they can take (e.g., detached house, mid-rise, etc.).
All comments submitted to date will be considered by staff. There is no requirement to resubmit comments provided prior to the previously scheduled Public Meeting.
All information including opinions, studies, presentations, reports, are considered part of the public record and may be posted on the City of Sarnia website. No key map is provided in this notice, as this new by-law would apply City-wide.
Any person wishing further information or clarification regarding the new Zoning By-law please visit https://www.speakupsarnia.ca/zoning.
How to Participate
You can participate in the public meeting(s) by submitting comments and/or speaking during the public meetings. You may submit comments by email to planning@sarnia.ca, mail to City of Sarnia, c/o Community Services Division, 255 Christina Street North, P.O. Box 3018, Sarnia ON N7T 7N2, or place them in the mail slot on the right hand side of the Christina Street, North entrance to City Hall.
To ensure your written comments are received by City Council, written comments must be received by 12:00PM (noon), Thursday, December 12th, 2024.
Speaking at the Public Meetings:
To participate in a public meeting(s), we encourage you to pre-register with the Clerks Department, by email to: clerks@sarnia.ca or phone at 519-332-0330 ext. 3320. Instructions for participating in the meeting will be provided following registration and online at https://www.sarnia.ca/virtualsarnia/ under Public Meetings.
Planning Act Appeal Information
If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the City of Sarnia 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 City of Sarnia before the Zoning By-law Amendments are adopted, 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 City of Sarnia before the Zoning By-law Amendments are 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.
If you wish to be notified of the decisions of the Sarnia City Council’s on the above-noted applications, you must make a written request to: City of Sarnia, c/o Community Services Division, 255 Christina Street North, P.O. Box 3018, Sarnia ON N7T 7N2.
Collection of Personal Information
Please be aware that if you are submitting correspondence to the City of Sarnia regarding any of this Application, your name, contact information and communications will become part of the public record that will be available to the general public, pursuant to the Planning Act and the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. For more information on this collection, please visit www.speakupsarnia.ca.
