Notice of Applications and Notice of a Public Meeting Concerning a Proposed Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-Law Amendment OPA No. 9 Z-02-26

Posted On Wednesday April 01, 2026

TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the City of Cornwall gives public notice of a receipt of an application for an Official Plan Amendment to consider a proposed Official Plan Amendment to the City of Cornwall Official Plan in accordance with Subsections 17(15) and 22 of the Planning Act R.S.O. 1990, as amended and receipt of a complete application for a Zoning By-Law Amendment to consider a proposed zoning amendment to the City of Cornwall Zoning By-Law 2022-001 under Section 34 of the Planning ac. R.S.O 1990 as amended.

LANDS AFFECTED: The subject property is legally described as PLAN 293 PT BLKS B AND C, RP; 52R8722, PARTS 9 TO 13, 15 AND 16 in the City of Cornwall, located at 3300 Vincent Massey Drive.

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Planning Advisory & Hearing Committee of the City of Cornwall will hold a public meeting on April 21, 2026 at 7:00pm in the Council Chambers of City Hall located at the 360 Pitt Street to gather public input regarding a proposed Zoning By-law Amendment to the Municipality’s Zoning By-law as amended and a proposed amendment to the City’s Official Plan.

PROPOSED OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT:

The purpose of Amendment No. OPA 9 to the Official Plan for the City of Cornwall, being an amendment initiated by an individual pursuant to Section 22 of the Planning Act, is to re-designate the subject property from Employment Area (EMP) and Open Space (OSP) to Urban Residential (U RES), to permit the construction of one (1) new single-family dwelling at 3300 Vincent Massey Drive.

PROPOSED ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT:

The proposed Zoning By-law Amendment to the City of Cornwall Zoning By-law would rezone the property from site-specific Employment Area General (EAG-1) to site-specific Residential 20 (RES20-XX), to permit the construction of one (1) new single-family dwelling at 3300 Vincent Massey Drive.

ANY PERSON may attend the public meeting and/or make written or verbal representation either in support of or in opposition to the proposed Official Plan Amendment and/or the proposed Zoning By-Law Amendment.

Written comments from the public are requested by April 15, 2026, for consideration and to be addressed at the public meeting.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION relating to the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment is available for inspection during office hours at the Civic Complex, located at 100 Water Street East, Cornwall, ON or by contacting planning@cornwall.ca.

FOR MORE INFORMATION about this matter, including information about appeal rights, contact the City of Cornwall Planning Division at (613) 930-2787 ext. 2329 (Jordan Suffel, Supervisor of Planning) or at planning@cornwall.ca.

If you wish to be notified of the decision of the City of Cornwall on the proposed zoning by-law amendment you must make a written request to the City of Page 2 of 4 OPA No. 9 & Z-02-26 Cornwall, 100 Water St E, Cornwall, ON K6H 6G4, Attention: Planning Division or at planning@cornwall.ca.

If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of council of the City of Cornwall to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Cornwall before the by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Cornwall before the by-law is passed, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to do so.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and material about this matter and a copy of the proposed official plan amendment will be available for inspection during office hours at the Civic Complex located at 100 Water St E, Cornwall, ON K6H 6G4.

If you wish to be notified of the decision of the City of Cornwall in respect of the proposed Official Plan Amendment, you must make a written request to the City of Cornwall, 100 Water St E, Cornwall, ON K6H 6G4, Attention: Planning Division or at planning@cornwall.ca.

If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Council of the City of Cornwall to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Cornwall before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Cornwall before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS the subject of an application under the Act for an amendment to a zoning by-law and an amendment to an official plan being files OPA No. 9 & Z-02-26 and is not the subject of an application under the Act for a minor variance or a consent or a Minister’s zoning order.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION relating to the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment is available between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday at the Civic Complex located at 100 Water St E, 2nd Floor, Cornwall, ON K6H 6G4.

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