Town of Yarmouth

Notice of Approval

Amendments to the Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law

In accordance with Section 208 of the Municipal Government Act, notice is hereby given that the amendments outlined below, which were adopted at a regular meeting of Town Council held on March 14th, 2013 are effective as of the date of this notice.

1. An amendment to the Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law, in particular Part 5.38 (including definition) to extend the period of time that a seasonal retail trade can operate from six (6) months to nine (9) months.

2. An amendment to the Municipal Planning Strategy, in particular the Generalized Future Land Use Map by redesignating lands along Forest Street from "Industrial" to "Commercial Industrial" and concurrently amend the Land Use By-law, in particular the Zoning Map, Schedule "A" by rezoning lands along Forest Street from General Industrial (M-1) to Commercial Industrial (CI-4).

Amendments may be inspected by interested person at the office of the Town Clerk, 400 Main Street, Yarmouth, NS between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, exclusive of holidays. 

Jeff Gushue

Town Clerk/Treasurer

Municipality of the District of Yarmouth

Municipality of the District of Argyle

Town of Yarmouth

DOG CONTROL

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Please be advised that effective immediately, and until further notice, the following dispatch number should be used for all Dog related issues within the Municipality of the District of Yarmouth, Municipality of the District of Argyle, and the Town of Yarmouth – 742-3147.

We thank you for your cooperation and appreciate your assistance.

This week the Yarmouth and Area Industrial Commission invited 8 companies from the Nova Scotia provincial procurement list to respond to a Request for Proposals for a Passenger and Vehicular Traffic Market Study regarding the re-establishment of ferry service from Yarmouth to New England. 

The Yarmouth Area Industrial Commission, (YAIC), is inviting experienced ferry operators to submit proposals for the management and operation of a ferry service on the historic Yarmouth – USA route. The YAIC which recently gained control of the docking and terminal facilities at the Port of Yarmouth has been tasked by regional governments to re-introduce ferry service on this historic link.

Founded on trade and tourism relationships which have existed for more than a hundred years the service attracted in excess of 300,000 passengers as recently as 2002. The Yarmouth - USA route offers access to a market of approximately 100M persons within one day’s drive of the US terminus.

The RFP document is available from www.district.yarmouth.ns.ca. Interested parties must download the document from this site so that contact details are captured for any addenda.