NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
APPLICATION FOR MINOR VARIANCE - M01-2025
Sioux Lookout Hotel Investment Corporation
10 STURGEON RIVER ROAD
MUNICIPALITY OF SIOUX LOOKOUT
TAKE NOTICE THAT an application for a Minor Variance has been submitted under Section 45 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter p. 13, by Ben Cohen, on behalf of Sioux Lookout Hotel Investment Corporation, for the subject lands located at 10 Sturgeon River Road in the Municipality of Sioux Lookout.
The subject lands are located within the Highway Commercial (CH) Zone in the Zoning By-law, and are designated Highway Commercial in the Official Plan. A key map showing the subject lands is included below.
The subject lands are currently vacant and the applicant is proposing to construct a new 70-suite hotel. The purpose of the Minor Variance application is to seek relief from the rear yard setback and the minimum parking space requirements for the proposed development. A variance from the following sections of the Zoning By-law is required:
- Section 4.18.1) Minimum Parking - 1 parking space per guest room plus 1 space per 10.0 square metres of gross floor area devoted to public uses such as dining rooms, licensed beverage rooms and banquet rooms is required in the Zoning By-law. A total of 90 parking spaces are required for the proposed development and the applicant is proposing a total of 52 parking spaces.
- Section 5.10.2 iii) Minimum Rear Yard – A 10.0 metre rear yard setback is required and the applicant is proposing a reduced rear yard setback of 5.0 metres.
The Sioux Lookout Committee of Adjustment will hold a Public Hearing on June 02, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. in Council Chambers at the Municipal Office to consider this application.
If you wish to make any written comments, please forward them to the undersigned prior to the hearing date, or you may attend the meeting and give verbal comments at the hearing. If you wish to participate or speak at the Public Hearing, please contact the undersigned before noon on June 02, 2025. If comments are not received by the above date, the Committee of Adjustment will assume there are no comments or concerns.
FOR MORE INFORMATION about this matter, contact the Planning Coordinator at the Municipal Office from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday to Friday. Information can also be provided by phone or email from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday by contacting the following:
Bright Opare, Planning Coordinator
Municipality of Sioux Lookout
PO Box 158, 25 Fifth Avenue
Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1A4
807-737-2700 ext. 2234
Email: [email protected]
Dated at the Municipality of Sioux Lookout on May 14, 2025
KEY MAP
Figure 1: Proposed Area of Development
Figure 2: Site Layout Plan
