{"id":26778,"date":"2017-02-07T14:19:23","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T19:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=26778"},"modified":"2017-02-07T17:26:12","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T22:26:12","slug":"opposition-to-muskoka-landing-expansion-mounting-as-residents-circulate-new-petition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/opposition-to-muskoka-landing-expansion-mounting-as-residents-circulate-new-petition\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition to Muskoka Landing expansion mounting as residents circulate new petition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Huntsville\u2019s Planning Committee is expected hold one last public meeting on February 15, 2017 before it makes a recommendation to council on the proposed expansion of Muskoka Landing Long Term Care. But given that opposition is still fierce, it is uncertain what steps, if any, the committee will take.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Muskoka Landing is a long-term care facility accredited by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and contains 92 long-term care beds and two short-stay beds. Its owner, Jarlette Health Services, is proposing a retirement lodge on the existing site with the addition of between 100 and 120 retirement units, depending on the plan\u2019s final configuration. The additional beds would be housed in a four-storey addition to its existing building. Its height would be 15 meters (down from five storeys and 18 metres initially proposed). Its plan also calls for the addition of 14 townhouses adjacent to the Fairy Lake shoreline as well as a 60-metre wide docking structure along the shoreline of the Rogers Cove basin that would extend up to eight metres into the bay. A parking area would be created on Helen Street, which would accommodate about 130 parking spaces.<\/p>\n<p>Since the proposal was first made public in May, the proponent has tweaked the number of parking spots proposed and decreased the height of the building addition. It is not clear exactly how many new units would be created, but the latest number calls for anywhere between 100 and 120.<\/p>\n<p>Still, area residents argue the development would create a dangerous precedent for development along Fairy Lake or any other Huntsville lake. They maintain it would adversely affect the Fairly Lake vista, shoreline and fish habitat along the Rogers Cove basin. They also argue that the development goes against the Town\u2019s Official Plan and that the added traffic congestion on Helen Street would negatively impact the residential neighourhood in that location. They have formed the Huntsville Lakes Conservancy Committee and are calling on the Town to deny Jarlette\u2019s proposed expansion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA multi-storey building of the size proposed does not belong on the lakefront and would be more properly located in another area of the town of Huntsville,\u201d reads a petition being circulated, which is expected to be presented to Huntsville\u2019s Planning Committee this month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA building of the projected size, including the proposed 60m (200 foot) dock in Roger\u2019s Cove (four times the 15m length currently permitted), would not be minimally obtrusive and would almost certainly have a harmful impact on both the aesthetic environment and the natural Type 1 Fish Habitat described in the Official Plan as &#8216;<em>the ribbon of life&#8217;<\/em>,\u201d it adds.<\/p>\n<p>You can download a copy of the petition <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/petition.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here (PDF)<\/a><\/span>. Those wanting to sign the petition are being asked to either forward it directly to Kirstin Maxwell, the Town&#8217;s Manager of Planning Services at kirstin.maxwell<wbr \/>@huntsville.ca or email protectfairylake@gmail.com to have a signed petition picked up before it is presented to Huntsville&#8217;s Planning Committee on February 15, 2017.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler! Sign up for our free, twice-weekly newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u>.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Huntsville\u2019s Planning Committee is expected hold one last public meeting on February 15, 2017 before it makes a recommendation to council on the proposed expansion of Muskoka Landing Long Term [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":14548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[26,696],"class_list":["post-26778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-breaking","tag-muskoka-landing-expansion"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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