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THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING
BY-LAW NO. 7008/09
Being a By-law to amend the Fill and Top Soil
Disturbance By-law
WHEREAS the Council of The Corporation of the City of Pickering passed By-law
6060/02 to prohibit or regulate the placing or dumping of fill, the removal of top-soil and
the alteration of the grading of land; and
WHEREAS the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing approved Amendment 15 to
the Pickering Official Plan to implement the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan;
and
WHEREAS an amendment to By-law 6060/02 is required to add additional provisions
respecting Landform Conservation Category 1 and Category 2 within the Oak Ridges
Moraine Area of the City;
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING
HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. By-law 6060/02 is amended by adding the following section:
5.1 Notwithstanding the exemptions described in section 2 of this by-law, no
person or corporation shall remove or cause the removal of any topsoil,
place or dump fill, or grade or perform any other land disturbance or land
fill activity on or from any of the lands identified as Landform Category 1
and Landform Category 2 on Schedule D except in accordance with a
permit issued under this by-law.
2. Section 10 of By-law 6060/02 is deleted and the following sections substituted:
10.1 Where the land is within Landform Category 1 or Landform Category 2 on
Schedule D, the Director shall not issue a permit unless all of the following
additional requirements have been complied with:
a) All significant landform features such as steep slopes, kames,
kettles, ravines and ridges must be maintained in their natural
undisturbed form.
b) The portion of the net developable area (as defined in the Oak
Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan) of the site being disturbed
cannot exceed 25 per cent of the total area of the site, and the net
developable area of the site that has impervious surfaces cannot
exceed 15 per cent of the total area of the site for areas shown as
Category 1 Areas.
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c) The portion of the net developable area (as defined in the Oak
Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan) of the site being disturbed
cannot exceed 50 per cent of the total area 'of the site, and the" net
developable area of the site that has impervious surfaces cannot
exceed 20 per cent of the total area of the site.for areas shown as
Category 2 Areas.
10.2 The Director shall not issue a permit unless the land use to which the
proposed work pertains is permitted by the applicable by-laws passed
under the Planning Act.
2. By-law 6060/02 is hereby amended by adding Schedule D as attached to this
By-law.
3. This By-law shall come into effect on the day of its passing.
BY=LAW, read a first, second and third time and finally passed this 21st day of
December, 2009;
David Ryan ay
Debbie Shields, (Acting) City Clerk
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