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Notice of Public Meeting - Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment - 4 and 6 Ivan St., 9 and 13 Foundry St. and 108 Erie St. N.

Leamington Council will hold a Public Meeting on Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers at the Leamington Municipal Building to receive comments regarding Official Plan Amendment Application OPA #6 and Zoning By-law Application ZBA #109 to allow the existing Leamington GMC Dealership as a permitted use in the Commercial Uptown Designation and Zone. Details and a map are provided on the attached Public Notice.

Anyone is welcome to attend the Public Meeting and/or make...

Reinvent This Space Finalists Selected

Nine entrepreneurs who want to set up shop in uptown Leamington are finalists in the Reinvent This Space contest.

Spearheaded by Mayor Hilda MacDonald, the contest will see the winner get a year's worth of rent up to $15,000 to locate a new business in uptown Leamington. The winner will also receive in-kind professional services from local business leaders to help the venture succeed.

The nine Reinvent This Space finalist (in no particular order) are:

• Knead Balance? (Holistic Wellness)
• bite (Salad...

Council Matters - September 24, 2019

At the Council meeting held on September 24, 2019, Council:

• A Public Meeting was held under the Planning Act. Council approved an application to sever a parcel of land at 1331 Mersea Road 1 and add it to the abutting vacant farm to the west.  Council also approved a Zoning By-law Amendment Application to change the zoning of the retained parcel from Agricultural General to Agricultural Hobby Farm.

• Council awarded a contract to Cobby Marine (1985) Inc., in the amount of $334,340 for shoreline works...

Notice of Public Information Centre - Leamington Stormwater Master Drainage Study for the Reid Drain, Silver Creek and Big Creek Watersheds

The Municipality of Leamington has prepared a Stormwater Master Drainage Study for the Reid Drain, Silver Creek, and Big Creek Watersheds. The study area is located within the jurisdictions of both the Essex Region Conservation Authority and the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority. The study was initiated to take an all-inclusive approach to assessing the impact of potential future development within the project area (see Figure 1 attached). The study evaluated the overall watershed...

Notice of Study Commencement - Southwest Leamington Storm Water Management Environmental Assessment and Design

The Municipality of Leamington is initiating a study to improve municipal drainage infrastructure in Southwest Leamington to support development in the area. The study will consider current drainage challenges, upgrades required and new infrastructure. 

A combined sanitary and stormwater sewer currently collects both household sewage and rainfall runoff within the existing developed area of Southwest Leamington. This study will also evaluate the potential to separate the sewers, which has a...