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THE MUNCIPALITY OF LAMBTON SHORES<br />
PL Report No. 19-2012 Tuesday, June 26, 2012<br />
TO:<br />
FROM:<br />
RE:<br />
Mayor Weber and Members <strong>of</strong> Council<br />
Patti Richardson, Senior Planner<br />
Ipperwash Cell Tower<br />
RECOMMENDATION:<br />
For information and direction.<br />
______________________________________________________________________<br />
REPORT<br />
On Thursday, June 21, 2012, I met with Sean Galbraith, Proliferate Consulting Group,<br />
Inc., who represents Bell Canada. Bell Canada is looking to improve service in<br />
Ipperwash and is proposing to locate a new telecommunications (cell) tower on lands<br />
known as 9569 Ipperwash Road.<br />
Bell has not formally initiated the approval process, but simply met with staff to discuss<br />
the proposal and the Municipal Protocol. Staff have reviewed the proposal in light <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Municipal Protocol and provide the following preliminary information to Council (See<br />
Attachment 1 - Municipal Protocol for Establishing Telecommunication Facilities)<br />
Attachments 2 to 5 show the proposed location <strong>of</strong> the telecommunication tower.<br />
Attachment 6 shows the style <strong>of</strong> tower proposed for the site.<br />
Location Criteria<br />
<strong>The</strong> Municipal Protocol discourages telecommunications towers from locating in areas<br />
zoned Residential. <strong>The</strong> property on which the tower is proposed is zoned Agricultural 1<br />
(A1) (see Zoning Map Attachment 7)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Municipal Protocol discourages telecommunications towers from locating within 300<br />
metres <strong>of</strong> any residentially zoned areas or residential dwelling unit. Lands to the north<br />
<strong>of</strong> the property, known as 9589 Ipperwash Road are occupied by the Carolinian Forest<br />
Family Campground and are zoned Commercial 14 (C14) and Environmental Protection<br />
– Natural Conservation. <strong>The</strong> proposed tower is 155 metres from the closest trailer in the<br />
campground. Lands located to the south known as 9534 Ipperwash Road are occupied<br />
by a dwelling and zoned Residential 6 (R6). <strong>The</strong>se lands are located 135 metres from<br />
the proposed telecommunications tower (See Attachments 8 and 9).<br />
<strong>The</strong> Municipal Protocol discourages telecommunications tower from locating on land<br />
were tree cutting is required for site improvement, access routes or tower location. <strong>The</strong><br />
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