EMK Construction Limited - Town of Markham

PUBLIC MEETINGNOTICE OF MEETINGYou are invited to attend a Public Meeting to be held by the Development Services Committee ofthe Town of Markham to consider an application by EMK Construction Limited and TreelawnConstruction Ltd. for a proposed draft plan of subdivision and zoning by-law amendment.DATE: Tuesday, October 2, 2007TIME:PLACE:7:00 p.m.Council ChambersAnthony Roman Centre101 Town Centre BoulevardMarkham, Ontario, L3R 9W3BACKGROUNDThe 14.02 hectare (34.64 ac) subject lands, municipally known as 10519 and 10521 WoodbineAvenue, are located on the east side of Woodbine Avenue, south of Elgin Mills Road, within theEast Cathedral Community. The subject lands contain two heritage buildings that are proposedto be preserved in situ.PROPOSALThe applicant is proposing to amend the zoning by-law to permit a draft plan of subdivisioncomprising 210 single detached units and a 0.74 hectare (1.8 ac) park block.. The 0.21 hectare(0.30 ac) lots located at the north end of the draft plan of subdivision will provide a transition tothe rural residential lots adjacent to the north.PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTThe purpose of the proposed amendments is to delete the lands from the Agriculture One (A1)zone of By-law 304-87 and incorporate it into appropriate residential zone categories within Bylaw177-96, as amended. The effect would be to implement the draft plan of subdivision.NOTE REGARDING PLAN OF SUBDIVISIONIf a person or public body that files an appeal of a decision of the Town of Markham, in respectof the proposed plan of subdivision, does not make oral submissions at the public meeting ormake written submissions to the Town of Markham before the proposed plan of subdivision isapproved or refused, the Ontario Municipal Board may dismiss the appeal.If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Town of Markham in respect of this proposedplan of subdivision, you must make a written request to the Clerk of the Town of Markham at theaddress noted above.NOTE REGARDING ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENTIf a person or public body that files an appeal of a decision of the Town of Markham in respectof the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment does not make oral submissions at a public meeting,or make written submissions to the Town of Markham, before the proposed zoning by-law isadopted, the Ontario Municipal Board may dismiss all or part of the appeal.ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONAdditional information is available from Stephen Kitagawa (ext. 4530) of the Town’s PlanningDepartment, tel. (905) 477-7000, quoting file numbers SU.06-108473 and ZA.06-108487.Written submissions may be mailed or personally delivered to the Clerk’s Department at theaddress noted above or by e-mail to judycarroll@markham.ca by not later than 4:30 p.m.September 27, 2007.

Personal information collected in response to this planning notice will be used to assist Townstaff and Council to process this application and will be made public.DATED September 12, 2007James Baird, MCIP, RPPCommissioner of Development ServicesJim JonesChairDevelopment Services CommitteeQ:\Development\Planning\APPL\SUBDIV\06 108473 EMK Construction Ltd\notice.doc