Public Notice:
Proposed Amendments to the Municipal Plan and Development Regulations General Development Standards

Council is considering an amendment to the Municipal Plan and three amendments to the General Development Standards of the Development Regulations.  In general terms, the amendments would provide greater clarity and flexibility in the application of the Development Regulations by:

• Allowing Council to recognize existing yard setbacks on single or double dwellings that existed prior to December 24, 2004
• Clarifying which architectural features and accessibility improvements may project into required yard setbacks.
• Clarifying Council’s authority to establish or re-establish building lines for individual streets or lots and to require new buildings to be located in accordance with those building lines.

The proposed amendments and additional information regarding the process are available at the Town Hall (256 Water Street) or can be viewed and downloaded from the Town’s website at carbonear.ca/draft-municipal-plan-info-and-notices/

Council will accept feedback on the proposal until October 2, 2026

Submissions can be made in writing to ian@uplandstudio.ca

or Ian Watson
c/o UPLAND Planning + Design
1489 Hollis Street, Level 2 Halifax, NS B3J 3M5

Town of Carbonear Proposed Amendments to the Municipal Plan Town of Carbonear Proposed Amendments to the Municipal Plan

 

Council is considering a request from the property owner to re-zone land at 100A Valley Road.
The request would require amendments to both the Carbonear Municipal Plan and the Carbonear Development Regulations. The request is intended to allow the construction of an extension to an existing seasonal dwelling and to convert theseasonal dwelling to a single dwelling. In general terms, the proposed amendments would re-designate the lands from “Rural” to “Residential” on the Future Land Use Map of the Municipal Plan, and re-zone the lands from “Rural” to “Residential Rural” on the Zoning Map of the Development Regulations.
The proposed amendments and additional information regarding the process are available at the Town Hall (256 Water Street) or can be viewed and downloaded from the Town’s website at carbonear.ca/draft-municipal-plan-info-and-notices/

Council will accept feedback on the proposal until October 2, 2026.
Submissions can be made in writing to ian@uplandstudio.ca
or
Ian Watson
c/o UPLAND Planning + Design
1489 Hollis Street, Level 2 Halifax, NS B3J 3M5