Seguin's Official Plan

In my effort to better understand municipal politics in general and Seguin Township in particular, I've read Seguin's Official Plan. This plan, serving to direct the affairs of the township for the next fifteen years, is an essential read for anyone living in Seguin, I feel.

You can read a copy of Seguin's Official Plan online (click here).

Also available to read (same webpage) is the lengthy Zoning By-Law passed by council in 2006 which is derived from the Official Plan in order to set elements of the plan into Seguin municipal law.

I've heard a number of complaints from different people in Ward 1 about negative impacts resulting from the official plan, though various politicians or municipal staff are blamed for one reason or the other. Yet the actions of staff or councillors are most often constrained or directed by the principles set forth by the Official Plan and the Zoning By-Law derived from it.

In a very real way, the people of Seguin and their government are limited by the constraints of the Official Plan. At least, that's my understanding at the moment. I'll be the first one to admit I don't know everything.