(November 25, 2025) – PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Council of the Municipality of the County of Antigonish intends to consider and, if deemed advisable:
Notice of Public Hearing:
Flood Plain Mapping – Amendment to West River Antigonish Harbour and Central Antigonish Plan – Amend the West River Antigonish Harbour and Central Antigonish Plan Area Municipal Planning Strategies, Land Use By-laws, Generalized Future Land Use Maps, and Zoning Maps to incorporate updated floodplain mapping and related policies and regulations. The purpose of the proposed amendments is to amend the Municipal Planning Strategy, Land-Use By-law, Generalized Future Land Use Map, and Zoning Map for the West River Antigonish Harbour and Central Antigonish Plan Areas to reflect new flood mapping completed through the South/West Primary Watershed Flood Mapping Study. The study found that areas within these plan areas are vulnerable to flooding under current and future climate conditions, with increased risks from rainfall, storm surge, and sea level rise.
Notice of Second Reading
Rezoning of property on Walsh Post Road – Application by Stephan Hilber and Andrea Rueedi to amend the West River Antigonish Harbour Land Use By-law by rezoning a portion of the property located at Walsh Post Road, Fairmont to Tourist Commercial (TC-1).
Find additional information in the Addendum Report for Walsh Post Road, Fairmont.
Copies of the Staff Reports, providing more detailed information on the proposed amendments, can be inspected at the office of the Antigonish Council Chambers, at 285 Beech Hill Road, between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm weekdays (excluding statutory holidays), on the Eastern District Planning Commission website www.edpc.ca, or by contacting Toll Free 1-888-625-5361.
Any written or oral presentations (in favour or opposition) to the proposed recommendations can be made before Municipal Council at a Public Hearing to be held on:
Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 7:30pm
Council Chambers
285 Beech Hill Road, Antigonish County
Posted November 25, 2025 on the County of Antigonish Website and distributed by The Guysborough Journal on December 3, 2025 in accordance with the requirements of the Municipal Government Act.
For more information, please review the following staff report, Review of Flood Mapping of the West River Antigonish Harbour and Central Antigonish Plan Areas.