They could be the quietest 466 homes ever built in Barrie.
A public meeting will be held Tuesday night for a proposed development at 953 Mapleview Dr. E., of 183 single-family homes, 74 townhouses and an estimated 205 units in three medium-density blocks.
At a neighbourhood meeting held in June 2019 at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, no members of the public attended nor provided written submissions.
“There’s no neighbours, right. No one’s around there,” said Coun. Mike McCann, who represents this part of Barrie.
The public meeting will review applications for a rezoning and draft plan of subdivision from Mapleview Drive South (Innisfil) Ltd. for 47 acres of land located on the south side of Mapleview Drive East, between Prince William Way and Innisfil’s 20th Sideroad (Innisfil) within the Hewitt’s secondary plan area.
McCann said he approves of this project.
“This is all part of the strategic development plan in the southeast end of Barrie,” he said. “I have been in favour of development in Barrie. I continually meet with developers to encourage future development projects.
“We are a growing city and with it comes growing pains. This is short-term pain for long-term gain,” McCann added. “Developers help pay for the rec centres, parks and could eventually lower your taxes.”
The development would also have three blocks of environmental protection land, three stormwater management and drainage blocks, one major collector road, one minor collector road and four local streets, along with open space.
This property is vacant, has a net developable area of 38 acres and is surrounded by existing residential and agricultural uses. The surrounding agricultural properties are proposed, approved or designated for development.
The application is to rezone this property from agricultural to neighbourhood and multiple residential, with special provisions to permit a dedicated drainage and access block, along with open space to permit the stormwater management facilities. The environmental protection zone will apply to lands buffering the adjacent woodlot.
A public meeting is one of the first stages in Barrie’s planning process.
Following Tuesday night's meeting, the applications will go to city planning staff for a report, which will generate a motion to city councillors.
Should council approve the proposed rezoning, planning staff would have delegated authority to consider approval of the draft plan of subdivision.
Subsequent site plan applications may be required to develop medium density blocks within the subdivision.
Tuesday’s virtual public meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.
