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Home My WebLink AboutInformation Report 19-02l !ry 4 PICKERING INFORMATION REPORT NO. 19-02 FOR PUBLIC INFOR\IATION IEETiNG OF June 19, 2002 IN ACCORDANCE \VITII THE PUBLIC:MEETING REQUIREMENTS OF THE PLANNING ACT, R.S.O. 1990. chapter P.13 SUBJECT: Zoning By -lacy Amendment Application .A 02 Ontario Realty Corporation (Whitevale Golf Club) South Part of Lots 29) and 30. Concession 4 Parts 6 — 10 and 12. Plan 40R18997 (East side ofGolf Club Road: South ofConcession ;) • Citv of Pickering 1.0 PROPERTY LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION - the subject property is located south -cast of the Hamlet of \\'hitcvale (see Attachment #1 - Location \lap): - the site has no road frontage. and has an area of approximately 12 hectares; - these lands currently support a golf practice facility during the golfing season in compliance with the existing temporary zoning by-law: - the site has rolling topography. and is at a higher elevation than the surrounding lands; - the lands to the north and west are located in field crops. and to the east are primarily valley lands related to a tributary oldie Duffins Creek. 2.0 APPLICANT'S PROPOSAL. the applicant (Whitevale Golf. Club) proposes to extend the three-year term of a' temporary use by -la\\ passed in 1999 to permit a golf practice facility for an additional three-vear period: Whitcvale Golf Club is in the process of acquiring these lands from the Ontario Realty Corporation. and once acquired. the Golf Club will be entertaining a subsequent permanent rezoning and an official plan amendment with the City in order to permit an extension ofthe golf club and associated uses to the north of the existing golf club. 3.0 OFFICIAL PLAN AND ZONING 3.1 Durham Regional Official Plan - the subject property is designated Living Arca ca ani .11ajor Open Space; within these designations. certain recreational uses are permitted provided they arc compatible with their surroundings: - recognizing a need to improve east -west connections through Durham Region. the Durham Regional Official Plan provides For a future Type B .Arterial Road connection in the vicinity of this site joining a realigned Fifth Concession Road in the City of Pickering west to Fourteenth Avenue in the Town of,\larkham: Information Report No. 19-02 Page 2 3.2 Pickering Official Plan - the subject property is designated Agricultural Area; golf courses and associated uses are not permitted in Agricultural Areas. however, the temporary use by-law policies of the City's Official Plan under certain circumstances, allow uses which do not conform to the Official Plan for not more than a three year period; 3.3 Zoning By-law - the subject property is currently zoned "A(T-GPF)" — Agricultural — Temporary Golf Practice Facility Zone by By-law 3037, as amended by By-laws 4525/96 and 5512/99; - this zoning permits a golf practice facility as a temporary use until August 4, 2002; - an amendment to the zoning by-law is required to extend the golf practice facility use for an additional three year period. 4.0 RESULTS OF CIRCULATION 4.1 Resident Comments - no written resident comments have been received to date; 4.2 Agency Comments - no written agency continents have been received to date; 4.3 Staff Comments 4.3.1 Temporary Use By-law Provisions the City's Official Plan includes policies specifying when a temporary use by-law may be considered: when a use is intended to exist for a limited time period, when it is desirable to monitor a uss for a period of time prior to considering it for permanent zoning; or to permit a use temporarily during the course of a land use study, provided the use will not influence the outcome of the study; a temporary use zoning by-law is an appropriate mechanism for this application due to the limited time period remaining in the land lease held by the Whitevale Golf Club, and there is insufficient time to process permanent zoning and official plan amendment applications prior to the expiry of the current temporary zoning; - prior to passing a temporary use by-law, Council must be satisfied that the subject property can adequately accommodate the use; that the use will be compatible with existing surrounding land uses; and that the use will not prejudice the future development of the lands and the surrounding area; 4.3.2 Monitoring for Environmental Impacts the Whitevale Golf Club was required, as a condition of approval of the first temporary use by-law zoning application (A 5/96), to monitor the quality of downstream surface water to ensure it was not being adversely affected by the operation of the golf practice facility; - the golf club provided a final monitoring report with the second temporary use by-law zoning application (A 2/99); the report indicated that there have been no environmental impacts downstream from the use of fertilizers and pesticides on the site; in fact, the quality of the upstream water entering the site is not as good as the quality of the water leaving the site, therefore, the golf club is assisting in improving the stream water quality; - the report also concluded that further monitoring is not required provided that future management practices remain consistent with past practice and the applicable legislation; Information Report No. 19-01 Page - NIr. An Oswald, \\'hitevale Golf Course Superintendent, has indicated via letter that turf maintenance practices are essentially the same as they were m 1996; the turf maintenance practices are described in detail in a report dated April 1996. completed by Burnside Environmental Limited. on behalf of \\hitevale Golf -Club and submitted to the City of Pickering \' ith the first temporary use by-law zoning- application in 1996; - staff has not been made aware of any instances where the golf practice facility has demonstrated any incompatibility with surrounding uses during the past three year period. 4. 3.3 Technical Matters the Durham Regional Official Plan designates a future Type B arterial road connection between Fifth Concession Road in the City of Pickering and Fourteenth Avenue in the Town of Markham: this interconnection. the remaining opportunity for an arterial road linkage south of Highway 7, is envisioned to support future development in Durham and to provide a by-pass of the Hamlet of \Vhitevale: - in reviewing previous applications. Regional staff expressed concern that the proposed Fifth Concession — Fourteenth Avenue interconnection may traverse or be located in close proximity to the subject (ands: it is the City's understanding that the \\'hitevale Golf Chub is preparing to enter into an agreement with the Region of Durham regarding this matter; • the agreement places limitations on official plan. zoning and building permit applications \\'hitevale Golf Club can seek until the Region completes an Environmental Assessment to define the alignment: - the Citv of Pickering Planning & Development Department is still awaiting comments from the Region of Durham to confirm the acceptability of' this application. 5.0 PROCEDURAL 1NFORNIATION written comments regarding this proposal should be directed to the Planning & Development Department: oral comments may be made at the Public Information \leering: - all comments recei\ed will be noted and used as input in a Planning Report prepared by the Planning & Development Department for a subsequent meeting of Council or a Committee of Council: - if you wish to reserve the option to appeal Coucil's decision, you must provide comments to the City before Council adopts any By-law for this proposal; - if you wish to he notified of Council's decision regarding this proposal, you must request such in writing to the City Clerk. 6.0 OTHER INFORMATION 6.1 Appendix 1 - list of' neighbourhood residents. community associations, agencies and City Departments that have commented on the application at the time of writing report; 6.2 Information Received - the Applicant's file is available for yie\yine at the offices of the City of Pickering Planning & Development Department: 6.3 Company Principal - the applicant advises that the President of \Chitcyale Gol1Club is Mr. Kevin Ashe. Information Report No. 19-02 Page 4 r Perry Korouyenis Lynda D. Taylor, MCIP RPP` Planning Techni0 Manager, Development Review PX'K/td Attachments Copy: Director, Planning & Development (_ V 8 APPENDIX I TO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 19-02 COMMENTING RESIDENTS AND LANDOWNERS (I) none received to date COMMENTING AGENCIES (1) none received to date COMMENTING CITY DEPARTMENTS (1) Planning & Development Department ATTACHMENT #1. --TO INFORMATION REPORT# 1 i 2" I 1 i ZONING AMENDME APPLICATION A 07/02 PROPERTY DESCRIPTION PART OF LOTS 29 & 30, CONCESSION 4; PARTS 6 TO 10 & 12, 40R-1 OWNER ONTARIO REALTY CORP. (WHtTEVALE GOLF CLUB)