Planning and Development

Township Initiated Housekeeping Zoning By-Law Amendment 

Notice of Public Meeting for a Township-Initiated Amendment (Housekeeping) to the Township of East Garafraxa Comprehensive Zoning By-Law 60-2004, As Amended

Township File: Z8-24

Take Notice that the Council for the Corporation of the Township of East Garafraxa will hold a Public Meeting on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. to consider housekeeping amendments to the Township’s Comprehensive Zoning By-Law 60-2004, as amended, pursuant to Section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13, as amended.

The Council Meeting/Public Meeting will be conducted as a hybrid meeting, allowing both in-person and remote participation. The meeting will be held in the Council Chambers at the Township Administration Office, located at 065371 Dufferin County Road 3, Unit 2, East Garafraxa, L9W 7J8. The meeting registration link is available on the Township website in the Council Calendar on the applicable date.

Purpose and Effect: The purpose and effect of the proposed housekeeping amendment to the Township of East Garafraxa Comprehensive Zoning By-law 60-2004, as amended, is to address matters to improve the application and interpretation of the By-Law. The changes include a number of formatting, technical and interpretation issues that make it easier to use.

There is no key map attached to this notice given that the provisions of this by-law shall apply to the entire Township.

For additional information including commenting periods, please review the full Notice of Public Meeting dated December 24, 2024
 

A copy of the proposed draft Zoning By-Law (Housekeeping) Amendment can be found at the following link.  

Marsville Water System Expansion - Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Study

Notice of Completion Marsville Water System Expansion Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Study 

The Study
The Township of East Garafraxa has identified that the existing water system in Marsville does not have capacity to support future water demands for approved growth. The Township completed a Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (EA) to identify the preferred method of providing these demands. All lands designated within the current Community Boundary of Marsville in the Official Plan were considered.

A copy of the full notice is available at the following link NOTICE OF COMPLETION Marsville Water System Expansion Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Study dated September 8, 2023

The final report can be found at the following link Marsville Water System Expansion Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (Schedule B) Project File Report - September 2023, the file is contained in a Dropbox folder due to the file size, and due to the file size, it may take a few minutes to download. A paper copy of the report is available at the Township office during office hours. 

Project File Report

In accordance with the EA Act, the project file documenting Phase 1 and 2 of the project has been placed on the public record and is available for review for a minimum of 30 days starting September 8, 2023 and ending October 13, 2023. To provide comments or concerns about this project, please contact Carley Dixon and Peter Avgoustis by October 13, 2023.

R.J. Burnside & Associates Ltd.
Carley Dixon, P.Eng. - Project Manager
15 Townline
Orangeville ON L9W 3R4
Phone: 226-486-1542
Carley.Dixon@rjburnside.com 

Township of East Garafraxa
Peter Avgoustis - Chief Administrative Officer
065371 Dufferin County Road 3, Unit 2
East Garafraxa ON L9W 7J8
Phone: 226-259-9400
pavgoustis@eastgarafraxa.ca 

If there are outstanding concerns regarding potential adverse impacts to constitutionally protected Aboriginal and treaty rights, a request for an order requiring a higher level of study or conditions on those matters should be addressed in writing to the Minister of the Environment and the Director of the Environmental Assessment Branch. Requests should include the requester contact information and full name. The request should be sent by October 13, 2023, to the addresses below as well as to Carley Dixon and Peter Avgoustis.

Minister Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks 777 Bay Street, 5th Floor Toronto ON M7A 2J3 Minister.mecp@ontario.ca

Director Environmental Assessment Branch Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks 135 St. Clair Avenue West, 1st Floor Toronto ON M4V 1P5 EABDirector@ontario.ca 

More information about a request for an order (referred to as a Section 16(6) Order) can be found at the following website:
https://www.ontario.ca/page/class-environmental-assessments-section-16-order 

Comments about other project concerns should be directed to the Township for a response. If no orders are received, the Township intends to proceed with detailed design and construction as outlined in the project file report subject to approvals needed for detail design, municipal priorities, and financial arrangements with developers.
Project and notice information will be made accessible upon request in accordance with the Accessibility Standard for Information and Communication under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. Please note that information will be collected in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record.

Notice of Public Information Centre for the Marsville Water System Expansion
Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Study

• Public Information Centre Presentation Material 
• Public Comment Sheet - Please submit completed forms to either of the study team members below on or before Friday, July 7, 2023. Your input and comments are appreciated.

Carley Dixon, P.Eng.
Project Manager
15 Townline
Orangeville, ON L9W 3R4
T: 226-486-1542
E: Carley.Dixon@rjburnside.com 

Peter Avgoustis
Chief Administrative Officer
065371 Dufferin County Road 3, Unit 2
East Garafraxa ON L9W 7J8
T: 226-259-9400
E: pavgoustis@eastgarafraxa.ca 

The Study
The Township of East Garafraxa has identified that the existing water system in Marsville does not have capacity to support future water demands for approved growth. The Township is initiating a Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (EA) to identify the preferred method of providing for these demands. The EA will review all lands designated within the current Community Boundary of Marsville in the Official Plan. 

Public Information Centre (PIC) – Comments Invited
Public consultation is vital to this study. The Township would like to ensure that anyone interested in this study has the opportunity to get involved and provide input on the project’s implementation. A PIC has been arranged to describe the proposed project and the preliminary preferred solution, obtain feedback from the public, and, identify the next steps in the process. Presentation materials pertaining to the study will be made available on the Township’s website.

PIC Drop-in Centre
Date: Thursday, June 15, 2023
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Place: Township of East Garafraxa - 065371 Dufferin County Road 3, Unit 2, East Garafraxa L9W 7J8

Please see the full Notice of Public Information Centre dated May 26, 2023 for more details.

Township of East Garafraxa Notice of Study Commencement Marsville Water System Expansion Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Study

The Township of East Garafraxa has identified that the existing water system in Marsville does not have capacity available to support future water demands for growth. The Township is initiating a Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (EA) to identify the preferred method of providing for these demands. The EA will review all lands designated within the Community Boundary of Marsville in the Official Plan as shown in the map on the Notice. 

For additional details please review the Notice of Study Commencement Marsville Water System Expansion Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Study dated May 6, 2022. 

EA Update:  Background work is underway as part of the study including drilling test wells which will occur in November/December of 2022.  We expect to have the Public Information Centre in Spring 2023 to provide the public with further information.

Marsville Estates Inc. (MEI) Proposed Subdivision 

Subject Property: 063076 County Road 3, Concession 14 East Part Lot 5 (corner of County Road 3 and County Road 24 (Trafalgar))

Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) Appeal - Draft Plan of Subdivision (file S1-20) and Zoning By-Law Amendment (file Z5-20)

OLT Case Numbers: OLT-22-004307, OLT-22-004308
OLT Lead Case Number: OLT-22-004307
Municipality/Upper Tier: East Garafraxa/Dufferin
Subject Property Address:63076 County Road 3
Reference Numbers: Z5-20, S1-20

Please refer to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) decision dated April 25, 2024 for details on the decision regarding the Draft Plan of Subdivision and applicable Zoning By-Law Amendment. 

Marsville South Proposed Subdivision 

Subject Property: Concession 13, East Part Lot 5 (corner of County Road 3 and the 13th Line) 

The Statutory Public Meeting for Draft Plan of Subdivision file S2-22 and Zoning By-Law Amendment Z7-22 (referred to as Marsville South) will be held on April 8, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. 

The meeting will be held as a hybrid meeting, with Members of Council participating either in-person in the Council Chambers at the Township Administration Office or remotely.

Members of the public are invited to attend and participate at the meeting in-person or remotely by registering for the meeting. The Zoom registration link can be found on the Township website in the Council Calendar under the applicable date.

Purpose:

Draft Plan of Subdivision: The proposed Draft Plan of Subdivision known as Marsville South contains 91 residential lots for single detached dwellings, along with a combined Park/Water Infrastructure Block, and Stormwater Management facilities. A rural road cross section is proposed for the internal road system, with a multi-use path included on one side of the road within the right-of-way. A maintenance access path surrounds the Stormwater Management Pond. The proposed Draft Plan of Subdivision will be serviced by a municipal water system, which will include a new municipal supply well and private septic systems.

An expansion to the existing Marsville municipal water system is required to accommodate the development. The expansion project has completed the required Municipal Class Environmental Assessment which is available on the Township’s website.

Zoning By-Law Amendment: The associated zoning by-law amendment is to rezone the subject property from Rural to Hamlet Residential Exception to permit reduced minimum lot areas from 0.6 ha (1.5 ac) to 0.19 ha (0.5 ac) and reduced minimum lot frontages from 30m to 23.5m, and to rezone an area to Open Space to accommodate the combined Park/Water Infrastructure Block and Stormwater Management facilities. A small area on the subject property will be rezoned to Environmental Protection to recognize the Grand River Conservation Authority regulated area.

Please refer to the Notice dated March 18, 2025 for additional details. 

1. Application Cover Letter, prepared by GSP Group, dated November 11, 2024;
2. Detailed Response Matrix, prepared by GSP Group, dated November 11, 2024;
3. Draft Plan of Subdivision Drawing, prepared by GSP Group Inc., dated June 7, 2024;
4. Planning Justification Addendum Report, prepared by GSP Group Inc., dated November 2024;
5. Engineering Response Letter, prepared by GM BluePlan (GEI Consultants), dated November 8, 2024;
6. Functional Servicing Report, prepared by GM BluePlan (GEI Consultants), dated November 2024;
7. Civil Engineering Drawing Set Revision 2, prepared by GM BluePlan (GEI Consultants), dated November 8, 2024;
8. Detailed Response Letter to Engineering comments, prepared by GM BluePlan, dated November 8, 2024;
9. Hydrogeological Study Addendum Letter, prepared by GEI Consultants, dated August 7, 2024;
10. Noise Feasibility Study, prepared by HGC Engineering, dated August 12, 2024;
11. Transportation Impact Study, prepared by Salvini Consulting, dated October, 2024;
12. Environmental Impact Study Addendum Letter, prepared by NRSI, dated September 12, 2024

For additional information with respect to the applications please contact the Township Planning Consultant:

Jennifer Maestre, MCIP RPP, Associate, Fotenn Consultants Inc.
416-789-4530 ext. 116
jmaestre@eastgarafraxa.ca 

Marsville North Proposed Subdivision

Subject Property: 191384 13th Line, Concession 13, East Part Lot 6 RP 7R1800 Parts 2 to 4 (immediately north of the existing subdivision on the north side of County Road 3) 

Notice of Public Hearing dated March 18, 2025

The Statutory Public Meeting for Draft Plan of Subdivision file S1-14 and Zoning By-Law Amendment Z5-14 (referred to as Marsville North) will be held on April 8, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. 

The meeting will be held as a hybrid meeting, with Members of Council participating either in-person in the Council Chambers at the Township Administration Office or remotely.

Members of the public are invited to attend and participate at the meeting in-person or remotely by registering for the meeting. The Zoom registration link can be found on the Township website in the Council Calendar under the applicable date.

Purpose:

Draft Plan of Subdivision: The proposed Draft Plan of Subdivision known as Marsville North contains 30 residential lots for single detached dwellings, along with one park block and Stormwater Management Facilities. An urban road cross section is proposed for the internal road system. The proposed Draft Plan of Subdivision will be serviced by a municipal water system which will include a new municipal supply well and private septic systems.

An expansion to the existing Marsville municipal water system is required to accommodate the development. The expansion project has completed the required Municipal Class Environmental Assessment which is available on the Township’s website.

Zoning By-Law Amendment: The associated zoning by-law amendment is to rezone the subject property from Rural to Hamlet Residential Exception to permit reduced minimum lot areas from 0.6 ha (1.5 ac) to 0.19 ha (0.5 ac) and reduced minimum lot frontages from 30 m to 24.3 m, and to rezone areas to Open Space to accommodate the two stormwater management facilities and park block.

Please refer to the Notice dated March 18, 2025 for additional details.  

The following background material/documents have been submitted in support of the applications:

1. Application Cover Letter, prepared by GSP Group, dated November 11, 2024;
2. Detailed Response Matrix, prepared by GSP Group, dated November 11, 2024;
3. Draft Plan of Subdivision Drawing, prepared by GSP Group Inc., dated June 7, 2024;
4. Planning Justification Addendum Report, prepared by GSP Group Inc., dated November 2024;
5. Engineering Response Letter, prepared by GM BluePlan (GEI Consultants), dated November 8, 2024;
6. Functional Servicing Report, prepared by GM BluePlan (GEI Consultants), dated November 2024;
7. Civil Engineering Drawing Set Revision 2, prepared by GM BluePlan (GEI Consultants), dated November 8, 2024;
8. Detailed Response Letter to Engineering comments, prepared by GM BluePlan, dated November 8, 2024;
9. Foundation Recommendations prepared by JLP dated November 8, 2024;
10. Groundwater Level Monitoring Report, prepared by GEI Consultants, dated August 7, 2024;
11. Transportation Response to comments, prepared by Salvini Consulting, dated November 7 2024

For additional information with respect to the applications please contact the Township Planning Consultant:

Jennifer Maestre, MCIP RPP, Associate, Fotenn Consultants Inc.
416-789-4530 ext. 116
jmaestre@eastgarafraxa.ca