Body: Planning Committee Type: Document Meeting: Committee Date: 2021 Collection: Agenda Attachments Municipality: Frontenac County
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Planning Advisory Committee Planning Briefing September 9th, 2021
Where We Are Right Now • • •
All staff back in office as of September 7th. Planning inquiries and application volumes remain very high. On-line planning consultation forms are improving efficiency
Planning Applications Planning Applications
120
Number of Applications
100
40 20 0
91
89
80 60
104 Overall
98
65 57
53
48
47
37 North
33 21
23
11
13
2016
2017
North Frontenac
Central Frontenac
Central Frontenac
26 24
22 12
2018 Year
Frontenac Islands
2019 Overall
Frontenac
20
Frontenac Islands
2020 Linear (Overall)
Planning Applications and Inquiries •
Planning Applications Reached 104 in 2020
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By mid-September 2021, planning staff will have processed a total of 122 applications (over 3 townships), which is 117% of the volume of applications that were dealt with in 2020.
Planning Applications and Inquiries continued •
Current level of inquiries is high: • Approximately 5-6 formal pre-application meetings every week • Approximately 25-30 inquiries per week • Note: these numbers do not include follow-up questions after initial inquiry or questions about active applications
Ongoing Work – County •
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Communal Servicing – proposed ‘Business Plan’ for MSC to be reviewed by Governance Committee on September 9th Business Plan to be reviewed/endorsed by County Council at September 15th meeting • Final review by Townships by end of October, 2021
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Goal: establish regional utility in 1st Quarter 2022
Ongoing Work – Townships •
Central Frontenac Official Plan update • Adopted by Township Council on July 13th • PAC Review on September 9th • County Council – tentatively September 15th
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Sharbot Lake School Site Redevelopment • Engineering feasibility study – Federation of Canadian Municipalities Approved • Potential new development on communal services
Ongoing Work – Townships continued •
South Frontenac Official Plan update • Virtual Open Houses held in August • An online survey is active until September 30 th on the South Frontenac page of Engage Frontenac https://engagefrontenac.ca/official-planreview-south-frontenac-2040 • County staff in consultation with Township staff
Ongoing Work – Townships continued •
Marysville Secondary Plan • Final public review expected by end of 2021 • Prepare Official Plan Amendment for implementation
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Frontenac Islands Site Alteration By-law • Control fill being added to private lots, particularly waterfront lots.
Ongoing Work – Townships continued •
Frontenac Islands Development Charges By-law Update • Anticipation of more growth in Marysville
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Township Planning Fees Review • Working with North, Central, and Frontenac Islands staff to consider possible changes in fee structure and cost recovery.
Thank You.
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