There have been concerns circulating regarding the lake association’s request to amend the Six Mile Lake Community Plan section of the Township Official Plan. In particular, people are concerned that the amendment will prevent them from requesting variances if the amendment is approved.

The amendment, if approved, will not limit anyone’s ability to request or to obtain a variance for their property nor will it change the zoning for anyone’s property. It is not the intention of this amendment nor the lake association to limit anyone’s right to request a variance.

Nonetheless, it is apparent that the lake association has not done a good job of communicating the reasons for and ramifications of the request.

We hope to fix that with a Questions and Answers sheet that you can read at OPA Q&A.pdf.

Next week, we will be sending each property owner on Six Mile Lake a letter that includes the same Q&A sheet, a Township Notice and a personalized code to complete an on-line survey regarding the amendment. The survey will be open throughout the month of February and we will post the results on our website in the second week of March. We will post a link to the survey on our website and will also send it out to our email list.

The Township released a Notice of Public Meeting regarding the OPA request. You can read it at Notice of Public Meeting OPA No. 2.pdf.

The meeting is scheduled for April 11th, 2016 at 10:00am at the Township of Georgian Bay Offices. The deadline to comment on the proposed amendment is Monday, April 4th, 2016. The details on where to submit comments are included in the Notice of Public Meeting.

You can find more background information regarding the amendment request on our web site at sixmilelake.net/news/request-for-official-plan-amendment/ and sixmilelake.net/news/official-plan-amendment-and-public-notice/.

If you have questions or comments about the Official Plan Amendment Request please send an email to opainfo@SixMileLake.net

Sorry for the misunderstanding and thanks for your support.