H. Bye Construction OPA

Grey County has received a County official plan amendment (OPA 28) application to permit the expansion of Viking Cives, which produces snowplow equipment, and the relocation of Yardistry, which produces gazebos and outdoor shade structures. The Viking Cives expansion, on approximately 7.6 hectares, would facilitate “a new 3,900 m² manufacturing building (with additional space to accommodate a future 3,900 m² expansion), and 448 truck body staging spots where finished products are parked until they are shipped or delivery is taken.” The Yardistry relocation, on approximately 2.5 hectares, would facilitate “a 4,645 m² manufacturing building with ancillary parking and loading spaces.”

Proposed OPA 28 would redesignate a portion of the subject lands from the ‘Rural’ and ‘Hazard Lands’ designations to the ‘Industrial Business Park Settlement Area’ and ‘Hazard Lands’ designations. A portion of the Viking Cives lands are already in the designated settlement area and zoned for industrial development. It’s only the Rural portion that requires the OPA. There is no development proposed within the Hazard Lands portion of the property.

Access to the subject property would be from an extension of Viola May Crescent, Harry Bye Boulevard, and potentially a future extension of Coral Lea Drive. The proposed development would be serviced with individual private wells and septic systems.