11 | W aterloo C hronicle | T hursday,O ctober 15,2020 w aterloochronicle.ca NOTICE OF A FORMAL PUBLIC MEETING ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT Z-20-01 EXTENSION/AMENDMENT: TEMPORARY USE ZONING BY-LAW 2020-049 CITY OF WATERLOO SUPPORT∙OUR∙LOCAL∙ECONOMIC∙RECOVERY (S∙O∙L∙E∙R) INITIATIVE, CITY WIDE Monday, November 2, 2020, being held electronically TAKE NOTICE that the Council of The Corporation of the City of Waterloo will hold an electronic Formal Public Meeting on Monday, November 2, 2020, during the electronic Council Meeting, to consider the above noted application to extend/amendTemporary Use Zoning By-law 2020-049 pursuant to Sections 34 and 39 of the Planning Act. The Corporation of the City of Waterloo is proposing to extend/amend Zoning By-law 2020-049, a Temporary Use Zoning By-law pursuant to Section 39 of the Planning Act. By-law 2020-049 enables the City's Support Our Local Economic Recovery (SOLER) Initiative, including to: (1) allow off-street parking areas, loading spaces, and other spaces on private and public property to be temporarily used for commercial and cultural purposes; (2) temporarily allow outdoor display areas in any yard notwithstanding Section 3.P.1.4 of By-law 2018-050; (3) allow patios and outdoor display areas to temporarily obstruct and/or eliminate a parking space and/or loading space notwithstanding Section 3.P.2.3 of By-law 2018-050; (4) make available temporary site specific exemptions to Section 3.P.2.2 of By-law 2018-050 to allow temporary patios in yards abutting a Low Rise Residential Area; and (5) any other temporary use deemed appropriate by the City of Waterloo that is not currently permitted in the Zoning By-law. Temporary uses will be subject to the individual, business or artisan obtaining a license from the City ofWaterloo, and compliance with all conditions applied to the license. This meeting shall constitute the formal public meeting required under Sections 34 and 39 of The Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990, as amended. It is expected that Council will decide whether the application should be approved, denied or amended.A copy of the staff report will be available prior to the Public Meeting on the City's website. If Council approves the application, a by-law to amend the Zoning By-law will be passed. For further information regarding the above matter, please contact the City of Waterloo, Integrated Planning and Public Works, 2nd Floor, Waterloo City Centre, Waterloo, Ontario, by calling Joel Cotter at 519-747-8543 or email joel.cotter@waterloo.ca HOW TO GET INVOLVED: The purpose of the public meeting is to share information and to hear and consider public and stakeholder comments regarding the planning application as part of City Council's decision making process.The public is invited to watch and/or listen to the remote meeting on youtube.com/citywaterloo/live and may participate by submitting written comments in advance of the public meeting and/or arranging to speak to the application. TO SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS You can submit written comments, no later than 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 to ensure your comments are included in the City Council Agenda, in the following ways: • Via email to clerkinfo@waterloo.ca • By dropping off a hardcopy at Waterloo City Hall, addressed to the office of the City Clerk, 3rd floor, 100 Regina St S, Waterloo, ON • By placing a hardcopy in the after hours mail slot beside the side door entrance on William Street All written submissions should clearly state "Formal Public Meeting, November 2, Zoning By-lawAmendment Z-20-01" at the top of the letter/correspondence. TO SPEAK TO THE APPLICATION If you wish to speak to the Application, please contact the Legislative Services Division no later than 10:00 a.m. on Monday, November 2, 2020 by any of the following ways: • By phone at 519-747-8549 • By email to clerkinfo@waterloo.ca When we receive your registration, we will send you a confirmation message and instructions for participating in the remote public meeting. Instructions will also be provided during the meeting to ensure that those watching the remote public meeting will be given the opportunity to speak. We encourage the public to provide input into this important Zoning By-law Amendment application. Individuals may submit written/electronic comments. The public is informed and notified that names, addresses and comments may be made public. If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Corporation of the City of Waterloo before the by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of Council to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal. In addition, if a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting, or make written submissions to the Corporation of the City of Waterloo before the by-law is passed, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to do so. Julie Scott, Acting City Clerk, City of Waterloo. P. 519-886-1550 TTY. 1-866-786-3941waterloo.ca These days, the popularity of them are growing in places like New York, Toronto and Niagara on the Lake, he said. "We figured, why not St. Jacobs? Why not try and create a restaurant to be a desti- nation that people will come to outside market hours right through wintertime?" The investment will enable the business to extend its patio season far beyond what could be done with picnic tables, which are soon being removed, and comes at a time when distancing restrictions due to CO- VID-19 are hindering profitability. The in- side restaurant can only accommodate a maximum of five tables at the current time, with proper distancing in place, Brown noted. The outdoor spaces can be reserved on Google and are already filling up fast for October. "Safety is of utmost concern for us," said Brown, who noted the two-hour slots are actually only one hour, 45 minutes in dura- tion, with the other 15 minutes set aside ex- clusively for cleaning and sanitization. "It's a bubble for your social bubble es- sentially,"he said, "I would never sit anyone you don't know or don't have in your social bubble in the same bubble." Though he hopes to see patrons sitting inside them right up until spring. Before launching a new menu in the next couple weeks, The Village Biergarten, which specializes in authentic Mexican cuisine, is offering Oktoberfest favourites to help fill the festival void this fall, with sausages, pretzels, hot dogs and pulled pork to pair along with its selection of local craft beer, wine, cider and spirits. Plastic domes at the The Village Biergarten in St. Jacobs. Reddit photo NEWS Continued from page 10