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Cif ._ Report to Planning & Development Committee PICKERING Report Number: PLN 11-15 Date: September 14, 2015 From: Thomas Melymuk Director, City Development Subject: Federal Lands Revised Pickering Airport Site and Revised Airport Zoning Regulations File: T-2700-003 Recommendation: 1. That Transport Canada be advised that the City of Pickering does not object to the Order that appeared in the Canada Gazette, Part 1, on July 18, 2015, proposing to declare a smaller Pickering Airport Site and the corresponding revised Airport Zoning Regulations; and 2. Further, that a copy of Report PLN 11-15 be forwarded to Transport Canada, the Region of Durham, the Region of York, the City of Markham, the Town of Whitby, the Town of Ajax, Township of Uxbridge, Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville, the Township of Scugog, and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. Executive Summary: In 2001, the Federal Government declared the entire 7,530 hectares (18,600 acres) that it had acquired (in 1972) for a potential airport as the "Pickering Lands Airport Site". In 2005, the Federal Government enacted Airport Zoning Regulations (AZRs) for the Pickering Site. AZRs put in place controls to protect the safety of aviation and aircraft from hazards including: restricting the height of buildings and objects; restricting uses that would attract wildlife (birds); and restricting uses that would create electronic interference with aircraft and airport communication. In 2013, the Federal Government transferred 2,023 hectares (5,000 acres) of the Pickering Lands to the Rouge National Urban Park, and then in 2015, committed to transferring an additional 2,104 hectares (5,200 acres) to the Park. The Federal Government advised that the remainder of the Lands will be protected for economic development including an airport (see Newly Identified Land Uses for the Pickering Lands, Attachment#1). Since the Federal Government has determined that only part of the Lands originally declared as an Airport Site will need to be protected for an airport, a revised Declaration Order identifying the reduced area of 3,520 hectares (8,700 acres) has been published in the July 18, 2015 edition of the Canada Gazette. In conjunction with the intent to declare a smaller Airport Site, and a minor change in the orientation of the possible runways, the Federal Government has also determined that revised AZRs are required. The revised AZRs have also been published in the July 18, 2015 edition of the Canada Gazette. Interested parties have up to September 15, 2015 to provide written comments to Transport Canada on both proposals.