The Town of Goderich has its new, simplified, Comprehensive Zoning By-Law.
At the municipal meeting on Monday, Councillors passed a new document that spells out what can be done where, and what can be built to do it.
Passage just about marks the end of a two-year process, according to the Town’s Chief Administrative Officer.
He says the approval of the Comprehensive Zoning By-Law will be advertised, giving residents a last opportunity to file objections.
Larry McCabe tells Bayshore Broadcasting News that the need for the new by-law became obvious after the tornado struck in August of 2011.
The CAO says there were too many revisions required to call it a matter of simple housekeeping.
McCabe terms the new Comprehensive Zoning By-law to be a thorough going-over, with the number of development zones and maps pertaining to them greatly reduced.
The CAO notes that after suggestions were incorporated from the final public meeting of November 4th, the Planning Department made only one further adjustment.
The Municipality lays out its own rules, but is then obligated to follow them.
Any citizen or business who believe it hasn’t– or that an exception to the zoning by-law is not warranted, can appeal a Town decision to the Ontario Municipal Board.
