Key Dates

Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Port Carling Community Centre (3 Bailey St.)

This session is part of the Township’s ongoing Comprehensive Zoning By-law Update, with a focus on key considerations for the Non-Waterfront Area. 

Topics will include:

• Changing zoning standards to support affordable housing
• Potential zoning standards for additional dwelling units
• Changes to zone categories:
  1. Changing rural zone categories and minimum lot frontage and area requirements
  2. Zoning of residential clusters
  3. Zoning of local community areas
  4. Zoning to implement the new Local Agricultural Area designation
• Zoning within Community Areas
• Hunt Camps
• Home-based businesses
• Parking in Core Commercial areas
  
  

What to expect:

• The session will begin with a short presentation to walk you through the key zoning topics for consideration
• Table group discussions on questions posed by the team
• During the table group discussions members of Township staff and the consultants are available to answer questions and discuss any aspect of the key issues being considered. 

Your feedback will help shape the future of zoning regulations in Muskoka Lakes Urban and Rural communities. 

RSVP:

Click here to RSVP (via Eventbrite) (Note: to make a verbal RSVP, please call the Township Planning Department at 705-765-3156) 

Take the survey online here: Share Your Input on Non-Waterfront Area Zoning Issues for the Muskoka Lakes Zoning By-law! 

Click here to download the print-ready version to submit in-person.