Application for Enviromental Conservation Overlay Removal 

Information on this form is collected under the authority of the Ontario Planning Act and will be used by the Town of Fort Eire in the processing of this application. The information as well as supporting studies and reports may be used by other departments and agencies for the purpose of assessing the proposal and preparing comments. This information may also be released to the public. 

The Environmental Conservation (EC) Overlay is applied to those areas within the Town that are deemed environmentally significant for various reasons. Development on such sites is prohibited.

Applicants may submit, to the Planning and Development Services Department, a request to have the EC Overlay removed. Requests to remove the overlay are brought forward to the Town’s Environmental Advisory Committee for review. The Committee meets once a month, on the third Wednesday of the month. Requests must be submitted one week prior to the committee meeting to be put on the agenda. The Committee can either decide to remove the overlay, not remove the overlay or ask for an Environmental Impact Study to be undertaken in order to better understand the environmental features on the subject lands and the impact the development may have on them.

If an applicant is not satisfied with the decision of the EAC Committee, the applicant may request that Town Council reconsider their application.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
*Please note there is NO fee for requesting EC Overlay removal

1) One (1) copy of the completed application form,

2) A sketh showing, in mertric units

• The boundries and dimensions of the subject lands.
• The location, size and type of all existing and proposed buildings and strucutres on the subject land, indicating their distance from the front lot line, rear lot line and side lot line.
• The approximate location of all natural features (for example, watercourses banks of rivers or streams, wetlands and wooded areas).
• The location of the EC overlay requesting to be removed. 

3) Site Access permission form

Section 1-Contact Information

Name of Person who is to be contacted about the application if different than the applicant (This may be a person or firm acting on behalf of the applicant):

Section 2-Property Information

Section 3-Property Details

Site Access Certificate
(to be signed by Owner)

I, the owner of the above-noted lands hereby grant Town of Fort Erie staff and/or Members of a Town Committee to enter the subject site to review the request for Environmental Overlay Removal.