News and Public Notices

The Council of the Township of South Frontenac will host a public meeting on January 13, 2026, at 7:00 pm regarding an application from 1121A Beach Lane (benefitting lands), requesting to close and transfer a portion of unopened road allowance, legally described as Road Allowance between Lot 30 and lot 31, Concession 10, Storrington, North of Cranberry Lake.

Hearing Details
Date: December 11, 2025 Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: 4432 George Street, Sydenham and on Zoom

Application Details:

Property Address: 3590 HARROWSMITH ROAD 

Purpose and Effect of the Applications:

Application PL-BDJ-2025-0114 is proposing to create 1 new residential lot that is approximately 9 acres in area with approximately 115 metres of frontage on Alton Road West.
Application PL-BDJ-2025-0115 is for a lot addition of approximately 60 acres with approximately 27 metres of frontage on Alton Road West to be added to the vacant farm property to the west, as identified on attached map, increasing the size of the property to approximately 123 acres. 
The retained lands along Harrowsmith Road would be 8 acres and contain the house and accessory structures. The retained lands would remain with 65.9 metres of frontage. Application PL-ZNA-2025-0116 is for a minor variance for the lot to be retained to have less than 76 metres of frontage.

A message from National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces. Students and instructors from the Peace Support Training Centre in Kingston will be conducting an exercise in the Township of South Frontenac between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm on December 3, 2025.

Notice of Hearing on Legal Non-Conforming Use Permission Application PLZNA20250113
to be held by the Committee of Adjustment of the Township of South Frontenac

Hearing Details

Date: December 11, 2025
Time: 7:00 p.m. 
Location: 4432 George Street, Sydenham and on Zoom

Application Details

Property Address: 4291 GENGE STREET

There are two storage sheds in the backyard of this property. The owners propose to connect the two sheds to make one 398 square foot shed. They need permission to connect the sheds and make a larger building because the sheds are less than 30 metres from Verona Lake.

Notice of Consent Application PL-BDJ-2025-102

Application Details

Property Address: 4413 Road 38 (Quinn Road West)
Legal Description: PORTLAND CON 3 PT LOT 7 & 8
Owner: Lori Scott & Gregory Gray
Agent: Boulevard Group (Jason Sands)

Purpose and Effect of the Application 
This consent application seeks to create one rural residential lot. The severed lot would be 3.9 acres in area with 175 metres of frontage on Quinn Road West. The retained lot would be 269.7 acres in area with frontage on Quinn Road West and Road 38. A zoning amendment application (PL-ZBA-2025-0101) to permit residential development within 300 metres of an existing quarry was also submitted for the severed lot.  

Notice of Public Meeting on Zoning By-Law Amendment Application PL-ZBA-2025-0101

Public Meeting Details
Date: December 09, 2025, 7:00PM, 4432 George Street, Sydenham and on Zoom

Application Details:

Subject Property Address: 4413 Road 38 (Quinn Road West)

This zoning amendment application seeks to permit residential development within 300
metres of an existing quarry. The proposal is related to a consent application (PL-BDJ-2025-
0102) for a rural residential lot. The zone on the proposed lot would change from Rural (RU)
to Rural – Special Exception (RU-XX) to permit the construction of a dwelling and accessory
uses, notwithstanding the prohibitions of the Zoning By-law (Section 5.34.1).

Despite some setbacks on the construction of the site protection and de-watering system, the Fish Creek Bridge structure is taking shape.

The Township of South Frontenac is currently advancing the next phases of environmental studies required in support of the servicing proposals for the Verona Housing Master Plan.

Effective 9:00 am on October 31, 2025, South Frontenac’s Fire Chief, Del Blakney, has lifted the Level One Fire Ban that has been in place since August 29. 

The proposal is to sever a new lot from the property. The severed parcel would be approximately 5.7 acres in area with approximately 170 metres of frontage on Desert Lake Road. The retained parcel would be approximately 3.6 acres in size with approximately 200m of frontage along Desert Lake Road