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Township of Chatsworth 316837 Highway 6, RR, Chatsworth, Ontario, MOH 160 ‘elophone 519-794-3232 Fax 519-794-4499 ‘Will Moore, CAO/Clerk - Grace Nayler, Treasurer / Assist CAO/Clerk ‘Chatsworth December 11, 2015 ‘Township of Chatsworth 316837 Highway 6 RR1 CHATSWORTH, Ontario NOH 169 Dear Meyor Pringle and Members of Council Re: Application for Zoning By-law Amendment Part Lot 22, Concession 13, Geographic Township of Sullivan, ‘Township of Chatsworth ‘Owne Merlin Martin Applicant: Lloyd Metzger ‘The following has been drafted to provide Council with planning comments conceming the above-noted rezoning application: “The subject property is located at the southeast comer of the Grey-Bruce Line / Sideroad 7 intersection. The site comprises approximately 40.39 hectares of land and is mostly farmed, A dwelling and farm buildings exist on the property. A 0.16 hectare residential lot has been severed from the original Crown lot ‘The Mennonite community is proposing to lease 0.67 hectares of the farm property for school purposes, The proposed sites located in the northwest comer ofthe farm parcel. ‘The school building(s) would be in the form of two portables. A new septe system would be instaled and water would be obtained from the well associated with the above-noted, ‘adjacen: 0.16 hectare residential lot, The existing entrance serving the nouse and farm buildings on the farm parcel would also serve as the means of access to the proposed ‘school site. An extension of the driveway would not be required ‘A Zoning By-law Amendment is necessary to rezone the 0.67 hectare site from “At” (Rural) to ‘I (Institutional), a zoning category that would allow for @ school. |The proposed rezoning would also reduce the Minimum Distance Separation (MDS) ‘requirement (pertaining to the barn to the northeast) from 220 metres to 206 metres, ‘The 40,39 hectare farm parcel is designated predominantly ‘Agricutural, with some ‘Hazard Land’, according to Schedule A (Land Use) to the County of Grey Official Pian, The area o' the farm property subject to the proposed rezoning is designated entirely “Agricultural The ‘Agricultural’ land use designation generally permits agiculture, forestry, conservation, limited non-farm residential and small-scale commercial and industrial ‘operations. Aiso permitted are churches, schools, cemeteries, community halls and other similar institutional uses on existing lots of records for communities whose primary means Cf transportation is horse drawn vehicles. According to the Official Plan, such uses may bbe permitted by way of an amendment to the local Zoning By-law rovided there is a

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