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Plan Area Notices

Plan Eastern Nova is a project to create a Municipal Planning Strategy (MPS) and Land Use Bylaw (LUB) for all areas of the Municipalities of Antigonish, Inverness, Richmond and Victoria Counties that currently do not have planning documents in place. This project will bring these municipalities into compliance with the Provincial mandate that all areas of Nova Scotia have comprehensive land use planning. Check project news at the Plan Eastern Nova website.

Cheticamp and Inverness Plan Areas: Notice of Public Hearing

Notice of Public Hearing

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Council of the Municipality of the County of Inverness intends to consider and, if deemed advisable, adopt amendments to the:

1. Chéticamp Land Use By-law by rezoning PID #50089127 and #50168004 (15038 Cabot Trail, Chéticamp) from the Commercial General (C-3) Zone to the Residential General (R-1) Zone;
2. Chéticamp Land Use By-law by rezoning a portion of PID 50097617 (see map) from Residential General (R-1) to Residential Multiple Family (R-3);
3. General provisions of the Inverness Land Use By-law to improve the clarity and application of the provision related to existing undersized lots;
4. Inverness Secondary Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law to allow detached accessory dwelling units in the Residential Urban (R-1) Zone.

Any written or oral presentations (in favour or opposition) to the proposed recommendations can be made before Municipal Council at a Public Hearing to be held on: Tuesday, March 14^th, 2023 at 7:30pm in Council Chambers at 285 Beech Hill Road, Antigonish County.

Staff Reports

• Chéticamp Plan: Application by Cabot Executive Suites Ltd. to amend the Cheticamp Land Use Bylaw to rezone a portion of PID 50097617 (Ch. de Susanne and Ch. Venette, Chéticamp) from R-1 to R-3.
• Richmond County: Municipal Heritage Property Designation Scoring Criteria
• Inverness Plan: Amendments to the Inverness Secondary Land Use By-law apply the existing undersized lot provisions to lots which do not meet both the minimum lot area and frontage and to allow the construction of accessory structures on existing undersized lots.
• Chéticamp Plan: Application to rezone PIDs 50089127 and 50168004 located on the Cabot Trail, Chéticamp from Commercial General (C-3) to Residential General (R-1) to allow the existing building to be converted into three dwelling units.
• Inverness Plan: Amendments to the Inverness Secondary Plan and Land Use By-law to permit Detached Accessory Dwelling Units in the Residential Urban (R-1) Zone.
• West River Antigonish Harbour Plan: Application by Eric Proctor to amend the Antigonish Land Use By-law by rezoning the property located at PID# 10127124 from Residential (R-1) to Residential Multi-Unit (R-2).
• West River Antigonish Harbour Plan: Development Agreement for a Seniors’ Multi-Unit Apartment Building on Lot 21-2, PID #10134633, Smith Way, Mount Cameron, Antigonish County.
• Central Antigonish Plan: Application to rezone a portion of the property identified by PID 01261379, Monks Head Rd, Pomquet, Antigonish County from the Rural Development (RD-1) Zone to Rural Commercial(RC-1) Zone.
• Central Richmond Plan: Application to enter into a Development Agreement for a maximum of 4 tourist cottages/cabins for Lot 18, PID 75144063, Orion Crescent, Walkerville, Richmond County
• St Peter's Plan: Application to rezone portions of properties for PIDs: 75052530, 75086868, 75086397, 75219568, 75136218 from the Residential Rural (R-2) zone to the Residential Village (R-1) zone.
• Eastern Antigonish Plan: Application by AA Harbour Enterprises Limited to amend the Eastern Antigonish County Land Use Bylaw to rezone PIDs 10093540 and 01297654 from RS-1 to R-2.
• Inverness Plan: Amendments to the Inverness Secondary Plan and Land Use By-law to permit Detached Accessory Dwelling Units in the Residential Urban (R-1) Zone (Revised).
• Inverness Plan: Amendments to the Inverness Secondary Plan and Land Use By-law to permit Detached Accessory Dwelling Units in the Residential Urban (R-1) Zone (Supplementary).