Public Hearing

Cape Breton Regional Municipality

Council of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) has scheduled a Public Hearing to consider amendments to the CBRM Land Use Bylaw and the North End Sydney Land Use Bylaw proposed by staff which will align the definitions for establishments providing long term and continuing care with those of the Province’s Health and Wellness Department. CBRM’s land use policy states that establishments providing nursing or personal care services to the older population, infirm, or chronically ill are an essential health service, whether or not they are provided privately or as a not-for-profit agency. That Policy goes on to declare such facilities are therefore to be permitted in all zones, including residential, with the scale of the facility regulated to correlate the importance of the street accessing it in the CBRM public street/road network hierarchy and the size of the lot parcel to be developed (e.g. much larger scale nursing homes are permitted on Kings Road in Sydney than on a small building lot on a minor residential street). To make it clear which agencies are subject to this policy and our Land Use Bylaw provisions Council will consider adopting amendments to the texts of both above referenced planning documents that will essentially mirror how the Province defines the establishments providing this service. The Public Hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, February 27th, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 2nd floor Civic Centre, 320 Esplanade, Sydney. Anyone wishing to inquire, comment, critique, or advocate for or against this proposed amendment is welcome to make a presentation at the Public Hearing. For a more detailed explanation of the proposed amendment, or a copy of the Amending Bylaw, contact the office of the CBRM Planning and Development Department phone 902-563-5027 or e-mail mggillis@cbrm.ns.ca