Crystal Beach Secondary Plan

The Crystal Beach Secondary Plan was passed by the Town of Fort Erie Council on 22 November 2021 as By-law No. 143-2021 (OPA) and By-law No. 144-2021 (ZBA) . The Secondary Plan was subsequently appealed. The appeals were submitted to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) for assessment on 27 January 2022. At this stage of the appeal process the Town is waiting for direction from the OLT. For more detailed information regarding the appeal process please contact the OLT directly - https://olt.gov.on.ca/

Please find attached the RECIRCULATED Notification that the Council of the Town of Fort Erie passed By-law No. 143-2021, being a by-law to adopt Amendment No. 56 to the Official Plan for the Town of Fort Erie Planning Area on the 22 day of November, 2021 under Section 17(23) of the Planning Act. and By-law No. 144-2021 being a Zoning By-law to implement Amendment No. 56 to the Official Plan for the Town of Fort Erie, on the 22 day of November, 2021 under Section 34 of the Planning Act.

Please find the RECIRCULATED Notice of passing of By-law No.143 and By-law No.144 at the following links:

• By-law No. 143 Notification
• By-law No. 144 Notification

RECIRCULATED Notification of passing of the By-laws is provided on 23 December 2021. After the notification is issued, a 20-day appeal period will follow.

Please note that By-law No. 143 (CBSP Official Plan Amendment No.56) and By-law No.144 (Zoning By-law Amendment to implement OPA No. 56) were passed by the Town of Fort Erie Council at the Regular Council meeting on 22 November 2021. Please find the By-laws referred to in the "Reports & Information" window to the right of the screen.

Notice is provided on this day 2 December 2021 as per the Planning Act. Please find further details of the Notification via the links:

• By-law No. 143-2021 (OPA56) Notification
• By-law No. 144-2021 (ZBA) Notification

Please note that the final day for comment on the CBSP, before submission of the Recommendation Report to Council, will be end of business day Friday, August 13, 2021. These comments will be responded to by staff and recorded in the Recommendation Report to Council in mid-September.

Any additional comment after the above date and up until Wednesday, September 1, 2021 will be considered as an attachment and added to the report without staff comment.

The Draft Crystal Beach Secondary Plan Information Report is now available on the Fort Erie website under "Government" > "Agendas and Minutes" > "Council Agendas and Minutes", scroll down till you see 2021 > June 21, 2021 > Regular Council > Agenda, or see this link: Council Agendas and Minutes

Alternatively, click the link to the PDF here:

Regular Council Meeting Agenda Monday, June 21, 2021 - 6:00 PM

Recently the Draft Crystal Beach Secondary Plan was presented to the Crystal Beach Secondary Plan Community Focus Group and at Public Open House 3. The Draft Crystal Beach Secondary Plan will be presented at a Statutory Public Meeting on Monday, 21 June 2021, following which a final recommendation report will be presented to Town Council.

We invite you to participate in the Crystal Beach Secondary Plan Statutory Public Meeting on Monday, 21 June 2021 at 6:00 PM. Due to COVID19 restrictions, the Statutory Public Meeting will be held virtually. More information on viewing or participating in the Zoom Public Meeting can be found at https://www.forterie.ca/pages/CommunityPlanningPublicNotices. The Zoom link to the Public Meeting will be posted here one (1) hour before the scheduled meeting time. Alternatively, you can view the Public Meeting live on the Town of Fort Erie YouTube page at www.youtube.com/townofforterie.

More details on the Statutory Public Meeting, and how to participate, are provided in the box to the right of the screen named “Public Notifications”. Here you will find the folder named “Statutory Public Meeting” with the notice attached.

Please see a short presentation of the process thus far.

We invite you to provide your feedback on the Draft Crystal Beach Secondary Plan, by attending Public Open House No.3 on Tuesday, May 18th, 2021 at 5:00PM to 7:00PM. At this meeting you can learn more about the Draft Secondary Plan, and share your feedback, questions or concerns. The meeting will be held virtually due to COVID19 restrictions. You may participate in the following ways:

• Participate in the Zoom meeting (by computer or telephone). Participants will be queued in a virtual Zoom waiting room, and brought into the meeting one at a time. Each participate will be provided 5 minutes to speak, to ensure everyone has the opportunity to participate.

Participants are encouraged to register in advance, by contacting Mackenzie Ceci, Planning Technician, at mceci@forterie.ca or 905-871-1600 ext. 2514. Pre-registered participants will be provided a unique sign-in link in advance and further instruction for joining and participating in the Zoom Public Open House.

If time permits, non-registered participants will be queued to speak, following the registered participants.

• View the Public Open House live on the Town of Fort Erie YouTube page at www.youtube.com/townofforterie or click on the YouTube icon on the home page of the Town’s website (www.forterie.ca).

More information on viewing or participating in the Zoom Open House can be found at https://www.forterie.ca/pages/CommunityPlanningPublicNotices.

• If you are unable to attend the Public Open House, we encourage you to provide feedback through this ‘Let’s Talk Fort Erie’ webpage in the 'Comments & Input' or 'Survey' section, or write, email or call Town staff using the contact information provided at the bottom right of the main page.

Meet the Town’s new Neighbourhood Planner & Urban Designer, who has been appointed to complete the Crystal Beach Secondary Plan process. You will find Pieter’s contact information on the bottom right of the screen.

Since the last Public Open House meeting held in August 2019, staff have reviewed all comments received at the Open House, via email, by phone call and mail, and any other means provided. This input has been considered and integrated into the Draft Crystal Beach Secondary Plan documentation. These documents have been uploaded on this site, and include the draft mapping and land use schedules, draft Official Plan amendments, draft Zoning By-law amendments.