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th ei fp .c a Th e IF P -H al to n H ill s | T hu rs da y, D ec em be r 5, 20 19 | 12 1 Halton Hills Drive, Halton Hills, L7G 5G2 | 905-873-2601 | 1-877-712-2205 | haltonhills.ca Notice of Public Meeting Applications for Amendments to the Town of Halton Hills Official Plan & Zoning By-law 12144 Steeles Avenue, Premier Gateway Employment Area ALL INTERESTED CITIZENS ARE WELCOME Monday, December 9, 2019 Council Chambers, Halton Hills Town Hall, 1 Halton Hills Drive, Halton Hills Please note: The Council Meeting will commence at 6 p.m. The Public Meeting will be held during the General Committee portion of the Council Meeting and may be preceded by other items therefore impacting the start time for this item. Please consult the agenda available online the Friday before the Monday meeting. General Committee for the Town of Halton Hills will conduct a Public Meeting to examine and discuss proposed applications to amend the Town of Halton Hills Official Plan and Zoning By-law 00-138, as amended. The proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendment applications apply to the lands legally described as Part of Lot 15, Concession 6, Town of Halton Hills, Regional Municipality of Halton. The subject lands are municipally known as 12144 Steeles Avenue (Premier Gateway Employment Area) - map below. The purpose and effect of the applications are to obtain the necessary land use approvals to permit accessory outdoor storage on a portion of the property. If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Town of Halton Hills on the proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments, please make a written request to the Town of Halton Hills - Planning & Development Department, 1 Halton Hills Drive, Halton Hills, Ontario L7G 5G2. Notes: 1. If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of Town of Halton Hills Council to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Town of Halton Hills before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted and the by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision. 2. If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Town of Halton Hills before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted and 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 Local Planning Appeal Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party. Any written comment/objection submitted to the Town of Halton Hills regarding these applications which are being processed under the Planning Act, may be made public as part of the application process. Additional information and material about the proposal can be obtained by visiting the Planning & Development Department at Halton Hills Town Hall during business hours, Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or by contacting the planner assigned to the file at 805-873-2601, ext. 2338. Town of Halton Hills Files: D09OPA19.002 and D14ZBA19.008 There's evidence of what goes on in the gazebo. Along the railing are crumbles of cannabis bud, empty vape cartridges, and candy wrappers litter the ground. Occa- sionally, empty liquor bottles turn up stashed in the shrubbery, said Diane Craw- ford, co-chair of the Friends of the Old Seed House. Just metres from both of Georgetown's high schools, the Old Seed House Garden is a natural, even intentional, place for stu- dents to congregate. "It's costing the town money," Crawford said. Pete Pritchard, the Friends' other co- chair, installed Christmas lights in the gar- den a few weeks ago, over a couple of hours - a task, he said, he doesn't mind but, none- theless, was still work. "Out of our Dominion Seed House Gar- den group, someone comes once a day to check," Pritchard said. This week, the volunteer discovered the lights had been torn down from the gazebo, several strands damaged beyond repair - the bulbs strewn about and many smashed. "We've got to do it again," Pritchard said. "We want it up for Light Up the Hills, so we've got to buy more lights." Despite the work of a dedicated group of gardeners, litter and vandalism have been a seasonal reality. Last year, the town had to clean away spray-painted graffiti and replace the rail- ings in the gazebo with much sturdier ones after they had been smashed. "There used to be a goose statue up on the knoll, but after the head got snapped off for the third time, we had to take the art out of here," Pritchard said. After all the wooden benches in the ga- zebo were vandalized, they had to be re- placed with more-expensive steel benches. "It wasn't as bad in the summer," Pritch- ard said. "Once the kids got back to school, it really ramped up again." NEWS GEORGETOWN PARK A TARGET FOR VANDALISM BRYAN MYERS bmyers@metroland.com SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AT THEIFP.CA