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TAKE NOTICE thattheCouncilofthe Corporation of the “Town of Whitdrurch-Stouffville will convene a public meetingonTuesday,October20,2009at7.00 PM in the Council Chambers, Municipal Offices, 4th Floor, 37 Sandiford Drive, Stouifville, Ontario to consider a proposed Official Plan Amendment pursuant to Sections 17 and 22 of the Planning Act. This Amendment proposes changes to the Town of Whitdiurch-Stouffville Official Plan to introduce; policies to implement provisions of the Provincial Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe of Ontario concerning future residential intensification within the Built Boundary of the Community of Stoufl‘ville Secondary Plan. [OCA‘I'ION NOTICE OF MEETING The proposed Amendment applies to lands «within the Community of Stouffville Secondary Plan shown as "Built Area Boundary” as shown on the map. The public meeting will be convened on Tuesday,0¢toberzo,2009at7:00l’flinthe Council Chambers, Town Municipal Ollioes, 37 Sandiferd Drive, 4th Floor, Stouifville, 0N. summertime Since March 2005, changes to the Planning Act, as well as the 2005 Provincial Policy Statement (PPS) and the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (Growth Plan) require municipalities to plan for residential intensification. The proposed Official Plan Amendment is intended to implement Provincial policies on residential intensification for inclusion in the Community of Stouffville Secondary Plan that would apply to lands within the Built Boundary as shown on the Map, excluding lands that are designated for employment uses and the Community’s greenlands system. The current policies of the Secondary Plan recognize the potential for permitting certain types of residential intensification. The intentofthe Amendment is to refine theexistingpoliciestobetterreflectthenewProvincial directions in particular, the Amendment introduces a residential intensification strategy which outlines how the Town's policies will encourage intensification while respecting the character of thecommunity, including: - identifying how the Town’s land use designations fit within the Region of York's intensification matrix, ~estab|ishing a target number of units to be developed through intensification, and - establishing incentives for intensification which conform with the policies of the Plan such as the potential for the establishment of a community improvement plan in the Western Approach Area and modifications to the bonus policies of the Plan. in addition, the Amendment includes refinements totheexlsthigpoliciesforresidentialand mixed useareas.sudiasthe(oreAreaandtheWestem Appiuadi Area, to encourage intensification such as MIMI density requirements; and enhancing the existing policies for the Core Area to encourage TIIESDAYOCTOIEIIO, 2009 AT 7:00 PM PROPOSED MIME" TO “IE 1m OF WHITCIIIIIIOI-S‘I’OIIEEVILLE OFFICIAL PEAII (WIMOE STOIIEEVILLE SECONDARY PM") INTENSIFIG‘I’IOII POLICIES PROPOSED DYTIIE TOWN OF WIIITCIIIIRCII-STOUFFVILIE FILE IIO. OPAO0.00Z WHITCHURCH-STOUFFVILLE "60W (gage (by; to we City " NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Town of the inclusion of a residential component in new development. Provisions of the proposed Official Plan Amendment, as appropriate, will be implemented in the proposed Comprehensive Zoning By-Iaw for the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville (File ZBA 09.018). REPRESENTING" Any person may attend the Public Meeting to make written or oral submissions on the proposed Official Plan Amendment. Should you be unable to attend the Public Meeting, your written submission will be received up to the time of the meeting. NOTICE OF DECISION If you wish to be notified of the adoption of the Official Plan Amenth or the refusal of a request to amend the Official Plan, you must make a written request to the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville, 37 Sandiford Drive, 4th Floor, Stouffville, Ontario L4A 7X5. (Fax 905-640-7957) APPEAL If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville before the proposed Official Plan Amendment is adopted, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the (ouncil of the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville, to the Ontario Municipal Board. lf a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville before the proposed Official Plan Amendment is adopted,tliepersonorpublicbodymaynotbe addedasapartytothehui‘lngofanappealbefore tbeOntarioMunlclpalBoardunlesantlieopinlonof the Board, there are reasonable grounds to add the personorpubllcbodyasaparty. can-n..-“ An Official Plan Amendment adopted by the Council of the Town of Whitchurch-Stouifville is forwarded to the Region of York for approval, unless it is determined that the Amendment is exempt from Regional approval during the review process. For an exempt Amendment, the decision to adopt by the Council of the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville becomes final, subject to any appeals during the! statutory appeal period. PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE Town staff and the project consultant will be hosting a Public Open House to provide the public more information and to answer questions on the proposed Official Plan Amendment in advance of the statutory public meeting. When: Where: Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville Municipal Office, Council Chambers 37 Sandiford Drive, 4th Floor Stouffville, Ontario ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ADDITIONAL INFORMATION on the proposed Official Plan Amendment is available at the Department of Planning and Building, Municipal Offices, 4th Floor, 37 Sandiford Drive, Stouffville during regular business hours (Monday to Friday 8:30 am. to 4:30 pm). The Official Plan Amendment document will be available on or after October 1, 2009. If you have any questions, please contact Alan Drozd, Manager of Planning, Department of Planning and Building, by telephone at (905) 640-1900 or (905) 895-2423, Ext 320 or e-mail: alan.drozd@townofws.com DATED at the TOWN OF WHITCHURCH-STOUFFVILLE this 26th day of September, 2009. Andrew McNeeiy, Director of Planning and Building Services Wednesday October 7, 2009 8:00 â€" 9:00 PM WWW“ mam A suspect in liquor thefts walks out of Stoufl'ville’s LCBO. A man remains at large after pilfering bottles of liquor from the [£80 at 5710 Main St., Stouffville, on several occasions. The suspect would enter the store, select bottles of liquor and conceal them in his bag. He would then walk by the cashiers and exit the store without paying. A Sun-Tribune reader, who said she saw a man matching the same description steal wine from an outlet in the Stouflville Walmart store earlier this year, called Crime Stoppers this week. Ifyou have any information about this crime, contact Crime Stoppers at l~800~222~TIPS, leave an anonymous tip on-line at www.1800222tips.com or text message to “TIPYORK + your message" to CRIMES (274637). For more information, go to www.1800222tips.com/inde)t Whitchurch-Stouffville Fire and Emergency Ser- vices could not determine the cause of the afternoon blaze that destroyed much of a Hoover Park Drive home earlier this month. The department has subsequently closed the investigation. Around 12:30 pm. on Sept. 3, a fire started in the garage of 208 Hoover Park D11, near Tenth Line. When homeowner Dora Confalone, who works for Sutton Group Town and Country, arrived home to quickly check on her teenaged daughters and mother, she could smell smoke outside the home, but not inside. The smoke detectors had yet to be activated within the two-storey brick home Liquor thief sought by Crime Stoppers Fire investigation closed that is about 10 years old. After searching the home top to bottom with her mother, Eileen Duffy, Ms ConfaJone opened the inside garage door. That is where she was met with a thick cloud of black smoke. Mrs. Duffy immediately called 911, while the girls â€"â€"Tara, 12, and Cashel, 14 â€" grabbed the dog, cat and six-week old kittens and evacuated. The fam- ily's pet lizard, however, was mistakenly left behind and perished. The home's two other occupants â€" Graham and Norman Grisold â€" were not home at the time. The Confalone family has been staying with rela- tives in Stouffville. â€" Sandra Bolan