Notice of Second Public Meeting - Zoning By-law Amendment

TAKE NOTICE that Council of the Corporation of the City of Dryden will hold a second Public Meeting for the purpose of giving the public further opportunity to submit comments and make representations in respect of the Zoning By-law Amendment. The second Public Meeting will be held for the Zoning By-law Amendment in accordance with the requirements of Section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, cP.13, as amended.

THE SECOND PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE HELD IN-PERSON IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND VIRTUALLY THROUGH MICROSOFT TEAMS BY THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF DRYDEN COUNCIL ON MONDAY, JULY 13TH, 2026, AT 5:00 P.M.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 14521 HIGHWAY 17 EAST AND IS LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS PART LOT 16, CONCESSION 6, PCL 25197 SEC DKF, ZEALAND. 

THE PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF the proposed amendment is to rezone the subject property from the Rural (RU) Zone to the Extractive Industrial (MX) Zone to permit the establishment of a pit and quarry use on the subject property.  The owner has submitted numerous technical studies in support of the Zoning By-law Amendment application to the City which have been reviewed.

A Public Meeting for this application was previously held on August 12, 2024. Following that meeting, Council directed that additional information be gathered before the matter is brought back forward for consideration. Since the previous Public Meeting, the applicant has provided additional information, including a Traffic Impact Assessment, and has been granted a conditional entrance permit from the Ministry of Transportation. 

The purpose of this additional Public Meeting is to provide Council and the public with an opportunity to consider the additional information now available before Council makes a decision on the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment.

Details on the application and meeting are included in the attached PDF.