TAKE NOTICE that the County of Dufferin will hold a Public Meeting pursuant to subsection 22 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13, as amended, regarding a County Official Plan Amendment for the lands municipally known as 514504 2nd Line, Amaranth (File #: COPA 1-25).

PUBLIC MEETING
The public meeting is scheduled for Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 6:30 pm.

Location: Dufferin County Administration Office, Atrium, 55 Zina Street, Orangeville, L9W 1E5

Any person or public body wishing to participate in the meeting may attend in-person or virtually. To join the meeting virtually on Zoom, please use the following link:
https://dufferincounty-ca.zoom.us/j/85246647171
Password: 076890073

Written comments can be sent to the attention of the County Clerk by email or via regular mail to the address listed at the end of this notice.

The meeting will be livestreamed and will be available on the County’s website: https://www.dufferincounty.ca/council/meeting-agendas-minutes/

THE PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF THE OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT
The proposed County Official Plan Amendment application seeks to redesignate the lands municipally known as 514504 2nd Line, Amaranth from Prime Agricultural to Community Settlement Area to permit the development of a nineteen (19) unit residential subdivision.

LOCATION
Municipal Address: 514504 2nd Line, Amaranth ON
Legal Description: Part of Lot 19, Concession 2 being Parts 2, 5, and 8 of Plan 7R-6546
See map linked below for location of subject lands

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
A copy of the proposed official plan amendment and additional information is available at https://www.dufferincounty.ca/planning-development/application-process-fees/

OTHER RELATED APPLICATIONS
N/A

NOTIFICATION OF ADOPTION

If you wish to be notified of the adoption of the proposed official plan amendment, you must make a written request to the County Clerk at the address listed below. Such requests must include the name and mailing address/email address to which such notice should be sent.

NOTE: The approval authority for adopted County of Dufferin Official Plan Amendments is the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions of the public meeting or make written submissions to the County of Dufferin before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the County of Dufferin before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless in the opinion of the Tribunal there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

NOTICE OF COLLECTION, USE, AND DISCLOSURE

All personal information collected will be used to support Council in their deliberations and decision making, in accordance with Section 22 of the Planning Act and disclosed in full, including names, opinions, addresses and email, to any other persons requesting access to these records, or published as part of a public agenda. All information submitted to the County is subject to the Municipal Freedom of Information Act and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA). Questions about this notice of collection should be directed to the County Clerk.

DATED at Orangeville this 22nd day of January, 2026.

Michelle Dunne, County Clerk
55 Zina Street, Orangeville, ON L9W 1E5
Phone: 519-941-2816 ext. 2504
Email: clerk@dufferincounty.ca