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September 11, 2014 | 84 pages
Recreational vehicle parking may be limited Stacey Roy
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Sports - Brooke Henderson cuts a celebratory cake at the Smiths Falls Golf & Country Club Sept. 9 to mark her ranking as the world’s best amateur golfer. The stats formally changed Sept. 10 - Brooke’s 17th birthday. Henderson confirmed she is still committed to playing for Florida University next fall. See more inside.
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News -Councillors are looking for feedback from residents to a staff proposal to limit the amount of time property owners can park their recreational vehicles on their lawns. A public meeting was held Sept. 8 to discuss a series of wording changes and amendments to various bylaws in town. Niki McKernan, planner, explained because the changes are comprehensive in nature, meaning they affect all residential homes in the town, so there was no requirement under the Planning Act to notify all residents. The town did send notification out to some organizations with no concerns received. Residents like councillors Jay Brennan and Chris Cummings became staff’s first two complaints from taxpayers on the proposed changes. “We’re going to get some concern about that,” Brennan said. He is referring to a new time limit proposed for parking recreational vehicles and trailers on your property. If council accepts the amendment, residents will be allowed to have one recreational vehicle on their property, including trailers, so long as they are no longer than 8.5 metres. For those longer than that there is a time limit of three days. Brennan noted a senior snowbird couple in town who park their Winnebago on their property in the warm weather and use it to travel down south
in the winter as one example of someone who will be impacted by these proposed changes. Another resident who was sitting right across from the horseshoe voiced his concerns this week. Coun. Cummings challenged the amendments, saying he has a Sea-doo, trailer and utility trailer on his property and was told by staff that two of those must be removed if the bylaw amendment is approved. “Otherwise it gets a little excessive,” McKernan said. Cummings disagreed, saying: “I don’t think I’m unusual. I think that’s excessive to say that you can’t.” Under the proposed bylaw amendment Cummings and others like him would have to build a garage to house the additional item and go through the building process. Mayor Dennis Staples thanked staff for bringing this forward, adding he anticipates the town will hear from residents on this proposal in the coming weeks. “This will make it a bit more real,” the mayor said. Other changes • The public meeting touched on a couple of other amendment recommendations. The bylaw clause that addresses yard setback and height encroachment was changed to include the word “functional” accessory structures. This will include allowances for vents, air condition units, sump pumps, porches and a balcony that would exist outside of the main structure.
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• Wording around the definition of a group home was cleaned up following a recommendation from the town’s legal counsel. They have removed the wording of a licenced group home, the limit of maximum total residents and the requirement for a separation distance between group homes. “Perfect,” Staples said. The town recently amended their bylaw after they and two other communities were named in a Human Rights Tribunal suit. The changes made this summer effectively closed this suit for Smiths Falls. • Finally, wording around temporary residences on residential properties was clarified to limit their use for no more than three months provided the property is zoned residential as its primary use. Further to this, temporary residences like mobile homes are only allowed on residential properties if the primary residence is uninhabitable due to fire or flood, etc. Staff are also recommending the bylaw states residents can no longer live in their RV, street car, unlicenced vehicle or boat in the town. “Technically, you could live in it,” McKernan said of boats under the current bylaw. All of these items will return to a future committee-of-the-whole meeting for further discussion. Council is encouraging residents who may be impacted by the changes to provide their comments via email, mailed letter or formal delegation.
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