NOTICE is hereby given that the Town Council, at an ordinary meeting that will be held behind closed doors in the hall of the town hall, on Monday November 2, 2020, at 7h30 pm, will consider the request for minor exemption from the zoning By-Law 1156-11, presented by Mrs Marie-Andrée Laflamme, for a property situated at 129-131, rue de la Reine.

The nature and consequences of this exemption are the following:

• the nature of the minor exemption is to increase of 1.7 m the height of a retaining wall in accordance to the maximal height of 2 m required at the article 24.9 of the Zoning By-Law 1156-11;

• the minor exemption will have for consequence to regularize the construction of a retaining wall with a height of 3.7 m.

Written consultation

Act respecting land use and development provides that any interested party may be heard by the municipal council when the latter must rule on a request for a minor exemption, but that currently, under ministerial order 2020-029 dated from April 26, 2020, the meetings of the municipal council can be held exceptionally behind closed doors during the state of health emergency;

By virtue of ministerial order 2020-049 dated July 4, 2020, any procedure other than a referendum which is part of the decision-making process of a municipal body and which involves the movement or gathering of citizens can be suspended if the council decides to replace the procedure with a 15-day written consultation announced beforehand by a public notice;

During the session of the municipal council which was held behind closed doors on October 13, 2020, the latter authorized, by resolution 20-10-016, the consultation in writing of the persons interested with regard to the request for minor exemption mentioned above in the minutes of the advisory planning committee, adopted by the town council by the resolution 20-10-038;

The municipal council, during the ordinary meeting to be held behind closed doors, in the hall of the town hall, Monday November 2, 2020, at 7:30 p.m., and broadcasted, via technological means of communication, rule on this request for minor exemption;

Anyone interested in this minor exemption request may be heard by sending their comments in writing before October 30, 2020, 4:30 p.m., by email to the following address: isabelle.vezina@ville.gaspe.qc.ca. They will be transmitted to the municipal council before it decides on the request.

Given at Gaspé, October 15, 2020.