There also seemed to be some confusion regarding the Notices sent out for the Black Dog Entertainment application.

Councillor Pouget thanked Mr. Parks for his appearance and summarized their March 27 conversation and how she attempted to obtain answers, She asked if he received a letter from the town as he was supposed to regarding this?

Mr. Parks said he had not. It was Councillor Pouget’s understanding that three letters were mailed by Canada Post to the owners of all properties within 120 meters of the proposed development on March 15 2023; yet none of them have received it and they live immediately next door.

Mayor Prue then referred to a list showing every single one that was mailed out to, including every single unit in the Salmoni building.

Councillor McArthur asked if they could hear from staff and Mayor Prue wondered if the planner could explain and verify that these letters were sent out.

Chris Aspila, Dr. Planner, as he called himself, confirmed letters were mailed out March 15, 2023 by staff. 

A member of the audience asked how many to 252 were mailed out?

Mayor Michael Prue said it was a reasonable question, how many went to the Salmoni building?

Dr. Planner said all of the letters that are indicated in the appendix showed the roll numbers and the information of who was notified by the staff; it’s attached to the report. Aspila then said the Planning Act notices were required to go to the condo Corporation rather than the individual property owners.

I found one on the list sent to 252 Dalhousie Street.

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O. Reg. 545/06: ZONING BY-LAWS, HOLDING BY-LAWS AND INTERIM CONTROL BY-LAWS under  Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13 section 4 states, in part:

(4) Notice shall be given,

(a) by personal service or ordinary mail, to every owner of land within 120 metres of the subject land, subject to subsections (5) and (6); and

(b) by posting a notice, clearly visible and legible from a public highway or other place to which the public has access, at every separately assessed property within the subject land or, if posting on the property is impractical, at a nearby location chosen by the clerk of the municipality or the secretary-treasurer of the planning board.  O. Reg. 545/06, s. 5 (4).

(6) For the purposes of clause (4) (a), if a condominium development is located within 120 metres of the subject land, notice may be given to the condominium corporation, according to its most recent address for service or mailing address as registered under section 7 of the Condominium Act, 1998, instead of being given to all owners assessed in respect of the condominium development.  O. Reg. 545/06, s. 5 (6).

(7) Notice shall be given by publishing a notice in a newspaper that, in the opinion of the clerk of the municipality or the secretary-treasurer of the planning board, is of sufficiently general circulation in the area to which the proposed by-law would apply that it would give the public reasonable notice of the public meeting or open house, as the case may be.  O. Reg. 545/06, s. 5 (7).

(8) Every person and public body that has given the clerk of the municipality or the secretary-treasurer of the planning board a written request for a notice to which this section applies (including the person’s or public body’s address, fax number or email address) shall be given notice by personal service, ordinary mail, fax or email.  O. Reg. 545/06, s. 5 (8); O. Reg. 179/16, s. 2 (1).