TAKE NOTICE THAT an application for Consent has been submitted by Joe Cospito on behalf of Sioux Lookout Meno-Ya-Win Health Centre (SLMHC), for the subject lands locally known as 75 Fifth Avenue in the Municipality of Sioux Lookout. The application has been submitted under Section 53 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter p. 13, as amended.
The subject lands are shown on an image included in this notice.
The subject lands have a lot area of approximately 3.1 hectares (31,096 square metres) and lot frontage of 151 metres on Fifth Avenue. The subject lands are currently developed with the William A. George Extended Care Facility, a continuum of care facility.
The purpose of the Consent application is to create two new severed lots and one retained lot on the subject lands, for a total of three lots. The following are the lot standards for the proposed lots and are to be considered approximate until confirmed by a surveyor:
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Proposed Retained Lot | Proposed Severed Lot A | Proposed Severed Lot B |
| Lot Area (m2) | 28,458 | 1,327 | 1,312 |
| Lot Frontage (m) | 107 | 22 | 22 |
The property owner is proposing to develop each proposed severed lot with a two-storey quadruplex. The owner has submitted concurrent Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-Law Amendment applications to facilitate the development of the proposed quadruplex on each of the proposed severed lots. The Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-Law Amendment applications will be considered by Council at a Statutory Public Meeting on Wednesday, September 16th, 2026.
The Municipality of Sioux Lookout’s Committee of Adjustment will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. in Council Chambers at the Municipal Office to consider this application.
If you wish to provide comments on the application, please do so in writing to the Planning Coordinator in advance of the Public Hearing. You may also provide verbal comments by calling 807-737-2700 ext. 8003 and the comments will be transcribed and presented at the Public Hearing. Further, if you wish to attend or speak at the Public Hearing, please contact the Planning Coordinator before noon on Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026. If comments are not received by the above date, the Committee of Adjustment will assume there are no comments or concerns.
If a person or public body has the ability to appeal the decision of the Committee of Adjustment of Sioux Lookout in respect of the proposed consent to the Ontario Land Tribunal but does not make written or oral submissions to the Committee of Adjustment of Sioux Lookout before it gives or refuses to give a provisional consent, the Tribunal may dismiss the appeal.
If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Committee of Adjustment of Sioux Lookout in respect to the proposed consent, you must make a written submission to the Municipality of Sioux Lookout, located at 25 Fifth Avenue, Sioux Lookout, Ontario, P8T 1A4, or by email to [email protected].
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:
Opare Okyere, Planning Coordinator
Municipality of Sioux Lookout
PO Box 158, 25 Fifth Avenue
Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1A4
807-737-2700 ext. 8003
Email: [email protected]
Dated at the Municipality of Sioux Lookout on 7th August, 2026.
Key Map of Subject Lands
Proposed Lot Configuration
