Plans for a high-density 12-unit, 3-storey apartment building in the commercial core of downtown Port Elgin generated concerns about parking, privacy and…
Meeting provincial intensification and in-filling planning rules while maintaining the character and charm of old neighbourhoods will take some more work after…
Meeting provincial intensification and in-filling planning rules while maintaining the character and charm of old neighbourhoods will take some more work after…
Author of the article: Frances Learment
Publishing date: May 19, 2021 • 1 hour ago • 4 minute read • Details of a proposed rezoning to allow a four-unit low-rise rental townhouse development on Saugeen Street in Southampton was the subject of a public meeting, via Zoom, of the Town of Saugeen Shores Planing Committee meeting May 17. A planning report with a recommendation will be presented at the June planning meeting. [Bruce County]
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Developers that want to build bigger – and therefore more profitable – rental units ion small lots in Saugeen Shores will have to ensure the units remain rentals and aren’t sold by investors, further depleting an already tight rental market.
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A landowner who threatened to donate his property at the south end of Port Elgin to a nature conservancy if permission for a new lot was denied, received a rezoning allowing construction of a house and 7.9 metre detached garage from the Town of Saugeen Shores planning committee following a public meeting May 17. In March, Bruce County’s Land Division Committee – against the advice of staff – approved a 1.1 acre lot severance for Tom Fenton on the south side of Bruce Road 25, west of Highway 21.
At the planning meeting, held via Zoom, Bruce County senior planner Daniel Kingsbury noted the file had a “bit of a history” beginning in 2017 with a severance application.