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

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 •

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

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

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

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

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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