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Home My WebLink AboutBy-law 8262/26By-law No. 8262/26 By-law will be in effect upon the end of the appeal period process. By-law passed: May 20, 2026 Deadline for appeals: June 17, 2026 By-law in full force and effect upon issuance of the affidavit provided no appeals have been received. The Corporation of the City of Pickering By-law No. 8262/26 Being a By-law to adopt Amendment 54 to the Official Plan for the City of Pickering (OPA 25-003P) Whereas pursuant to the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990 c.p. 13 subsections 17(22) and 21(1), the Council of The Corporation of the City of Pickering may by by -law adopt amendments to the Official Plan for the City of Pickering; Whereas the Council of The Corporation of the City of Pickering deems it advisable to amend the Official Plan of the City of Pickering; 1.Now therefore the Council of The Corporation of the City of Pickering hereby enacts as follows: That Amendment 54 to the Official Plan for the City of Pickering, attached hereto as Exihibit “A”, is hereby adopted; 2.This By-law shall come into force and effect on the day of the final passing hereof. By-law passed this 20th day of May, 2026. ________________________________ Kevin Ashe, Mayor ________________________________ Susan Cassel, City Clerk Original Signed By Original Signed By Exhibit "A" to By-law 8262/26 Amendment 54 to the City of Pickering Official Plan 2 Amendment 54 to the Pickering Official Plan Purpose: The purpose of the Northeast Pickering Secondary Plan is to establish a detailed land use and development framework for the lands in Northeast Pickering which are located within the Urban Area Boundary. The Secondary Plan presents the vision for Northeast Pickering as an innovative, complete and sustainable community and describes the appropriate form of future development. Future development within the Secondary Plan Area will proceed as servicing becomes available and generally based on market demand. Development will be phased according to availability of infrastructure and public service facilities. Existing properties within the Secondary Plan Area may continue to be used in accordance with all uses legally permitted prior to approval of this secondary plan. It is not the intent of this plan to require the development of any property without the consent of the property owner. When existing properties are sold, new owners may continue to use a property in accordance with all uses that were legally permitted prior to the approval of the secondary plan. In instances where the policies and designations contained within this Secondary Plan vary from the policies in the City of Pickering Official Plan, the more specific and detailed policies of this Secondary Plan shall prevail, provided the overall intent of the Official Plan is maintained. Location: The Northeast Pickering Secondary Plan Area encompasses approximately 1,600 hectares of agricultural and rural lands in Northeast Pickering now located within the City’s Urban Area Boundary. The remainder of Pickering’s Urban Area is generally contained south of Highway 407, including the Seaton Urban Area located southwest of Northeast Pickering. The Secondary Plan Area is bordered by the boundary of the Greenbelt Plan to the immediate north, south and west. The Secondary Plan Area is generally bound by Highway 7/Sixth Concession Road to the south, Lake Ridge Road to the east abutting the Town of Whitby boundary, Eighth Concession to the north and Westney Road to the west. The Town of Ajax boundary is located 3 further south of Northeast Pickering along 5th/Fifth Concession Road. Highway 407 transects east-west through the southern third of the Secondary Plan Area. The Rouge National Urban Park and lands previously identified for the future airport are located west of Northeast Pickering. Basis: In June 2021, City of Pickering Council directed staff to initiate work on a secondary plan for a new proposed community in Northeast Pickering. Work on the Northeast Pickering Secondary Plan began in anticipation of the approval of Envision Durham, the Region of Durham’s former Official Plan. As part of the Envision Durham Municipal Comprehensive Review (MCR), the Northeast Pickering Landowners Group requested that the land in Northeast Pickering be considered for Settlement Area Boundary Expansion. In November 2022, the Region recommended the inclusion of land within Northeast Pickering within the Urban Area Boundary. The Durham Regional Official Plan, adopted by Durham Regional Council in May 2023, identified the majority of Northeast Pickering as Community Area (i.e., residential, commercial and institutional lands), with land north and south of Highway 407 identified as Employment Areas. In September 2024, Envision Durham was approved in part, with modifications. The Province withheld certain policies and mapping related to the proposed settlement area boundary expansions in Northeast Pickering to enable additional Indigenous engagement. In December 2024, the Province approved all remaining parts of Envision Durham. This included the settlement area boundary expansions for Northeast Pickering. The Envision Durham Growth Management Study Report anticipated that Northeast Pickering could accommodate as many as 44,910 persons and 4,315 jobs on Community Area designated lands at a density of 52 persons and jobs per hectare, plus an additional 6,600 jobs in the Employment Area. The Northeast Pickering Secondary Plan project was undertaken by a multi-disciplinary team, led by SGL Planning & Design Inc., between 2022 and 2025. The Secondary Plan project was undertaken in four phases, alongside a Scoped Subwatershed Study, which was completed to inform the land use planning work. Phase 1 of the project involved finalization of a Public Engagement Strategy, as well as refinement of the Secondary Plan vision and guiding principles. Phase 4 2 of the project involved the completion of the following technical background studies to help guide future growth and development within the Secondary Plan Area: • Affordable Housing Strategy • Agricultural Assessment • Community Placemaking Study • Community Services and Facilities Report • Cultural Heritage Resource Assessment • Employment Land Strategy • Headwater Drainage Feature Report • Municipal Servicing Analysis Background Report • Natural Heritage and Hazard Background Analysis • Retail Market Study • Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment • Sustainability Report • Transportation Background Report • Phase 1 of the Scoped Subwatershed Study The first Public Information Centre was held in May 2023 to introduce the project, present the draft vision and guiding principles and discuss the opportunities and constraints in planning for a future community in Northeast Pickering. Feedback from the first round of engagement was considered in preparing the draft land use concepts and evaluation criteria. Phase 2 of the project involved the development of three land use concepts, each presenting different ways in which Northeast Pickering could be planned and developed. The land use concepts considered the full build-out of Northeast Pickering with a range of housing types and densities consistent with those used in Seaton, which resulted in a higher population than contemplated in Envision Durham. The consulting team was directed to use the higher population estimate as the basis for planning Northeast Pickering. This additional population would likely be achieved post 2051. A Public Information Centre was held in March 2024 to present the three land use concepts and evaluation criteria. The input received was used in finalizing the evaluation criteria and developing a preferred land use plan for the new community. In June 2025, a Public Information Centre was held to present the preferred land use plan. 5 Phase 3 of the project involved the development of the draft land use plan and secondary plan policies, establishing a detailed land use and development framework for the new community. Environmental mapping and policies relating to the Natural Heritage System and stormwater management were informed by the Phase 1 and 2 Scoped Subwatershed Study. Phase 3 of the Secondary Plan project also involved review with staff and a Steering Committee. Phase 4 of the Secondary Plan project involved the finalization of the Northeast Pickering Secondary Plan, including presentation at the Statutory Public Meeting and final adoption by Council. Actual Revision: The City of Pickering Official Plan is hereby revised by: 1.Amend Chapter 2 to insert the following new sections after “Seaton Urban Area”, including adding new sections 2.16 and 2.17, and renumbering the subsequent sections. Northeast Pickering Urban Area The Northeast Pickering Secondary Plan Area encompasses approximately 1,600 hectares of land in Northeast Pickering. The Secondary Plan is generally bound by Highway 7/Sixth Concession Road to the south, Lake Ridge Road to the east, Eighth Concession to the north and Westney Road to the west. Highway 407 transects east-west through the southern third of the Secondary Plan Area. Envision Durham, the Durham Regional Official Plan, added the Northeast Pickering Secondary Plan Area into the Region’s Urban Area Boundary in 2023. The Durham Regional Official Plan identifies the majority of Northeast Pickering as Community Area, with land north and south of Highway 407 identified as Employment Area. The Northeast Pickering Secondary Plan establishes a detailed land use and development framework for Northeast Pickering. The Secondary Plan is the result of a public planning process involving visioning, background review, the development and evaluation of three land use options and 6 the creation of a preferred land use plan. The Secondary Plan is envisioned as a complete and sustainable community that will provide for significant residential and employment opportunities as the City continues to grow. City Policy Community Development Principles 2.16 Council shall implement the Northeast Pickering Secondary Plan based on the following key principles: a)provide a mix of land uses throughout the Secondary Plan Area, including a variety of housing options, densities, and affordability with an accessible public realm that encourages residents to grow and age in place, facilitating a multigenerational community; b)create parks, public spaces, cultural amenities and community facilities in each neighbourhood, that provide a range of uses and activities and foster social interaction, active lifestyles, community celebration and a sense of place and belonging; c)design streetscapes that are well connected to one another by sidewalks, multi-use paths, trails, and cycling infrastructure to facilitate walkable neighbourhoods and accessible active transportation and transit options, leading to healthy and active lifestyles; d)incorporate climate resilient and sustainable site and building design that protects natural areas, achieves energy and water efficiency, manages stormwater, reduces waste and greenhouse gas emissions, supports sustainable transportation, promotes local food production, and encourages community education on sustainable practices; 7 e)focus on land stewardship, environmental protection and restoration to retain natural beauty and function; f)provide a range of employment options and opportunities to foster a complete community through the inclusion of an employment area straddling Highway 407, a business area providing a wide variety of commercial and professional service industries and mixed use areas serving the new residents of the community; g)recognize the existing and planned land use context surrounding Northeast Pickering, including compatible interface with Hamlet of Greenwood, the Greenbelt and agricultural lands to the north, west and south and the planned urban area in Whitby to the east; and h)ensure that growth is phased so that municipal infrastructure is delivered in a financially sustainable manner. City Policy Northeast Pickering Urban Area Population and Employment Target 2.17 City Council supports: a)the development of an urban community that will accommodate approximately 72,000 people at full build-out; and b)the development of an urban community that will accommodate approximately 6,600 jobs in the Employment Areas and 3,125 jobs in the Community Areas. 8 2. Amend Table 5 in Chapter 3 to add a new “Regional Centre” row as follows: Regional Centre Medium and high density residential uses; Retailing of good and services; Offices Restaurants; Hotels; Convention centres; Community, cultural and recreational uses; Urban agriculture; and Farmers’ markets. 3. Amend Table 6 in Chapter 3 to add a new “Regional Centre” row as follows: Regional Centre over 80 and up to and including 180 up to and including 50,000 up to and including 3.5 FSI 4. Delete and replace Section 3.7 with the following: Business Areas Areas designated as Business Areas on Schedule I are intended to provide a variety of services and facilities on properties that: a) may be auto-centric in nature; b) generally require larger parcels of land; c) generally draw customers from a larger catchment area than those served by Mixed Use Areas; d) provide service to adjacent Employment Areas; and e) may act as a transition between Employment Areas and Urban Residential Areas.” 9 City Policy Business Areas City Council shall permit the following uses within Business Areas: a)offices; b)hotels; c)convention centres; d)restaurants; e)large-format retail; f)urban agriculture; g)equipment sales, rental and repair; h)self-storage facilities; i)automotive repair establishment; j)vehicle sales and service; k)gas bar; l)community, culture, entertainment and recreational uses, including places of worship and funeral homes; m)commercial and technical schools; and n)warehousing. 5.Delete Section 3.19 and replace with “Section Revoked by Amendment 54”. 6.Delete Section 13.7 (d) and replace with “Section Revoked by Amendment 54”. 7.Delete Settlement 9 Kinsale and Section 13.11 and replace with “Section Revoked by Amendment 54”. 8.Amend Section 15.15 Glossary in Chapter 15 to include: “Urban Agriculture means businesses, organizations and/or individuals who cultivate, process, and distribute food for 10 commercial, community and/or individual use. This is generally done by integrating food production into the built environment and may include co-locating on a property with other land uses. Examples include aquaponics and hydroponics facilities, rooftop gardens or farms, rooftop greenhouses, community gardens and vertical farms.” 9.Update Schedule I Sheet 3 to include the land uses for Northeast Pickering. 10.Update Schedule II to include the existing and future arterial, collector and transit spines in Northeast Pickering. 11.Update Schedules III A, III B and III C with updated Natural Heritage System, Significant Woodlands, Stream Corridors, Significant Valley Lands and Wetland boundaries. 12.Amend Maps 2 and 4 to add the Northeast Pickering Urban Area boundary and label and remove the hamlet of Kinsale. 13.Add a new Map 3-C Northeast Pickering Urban Area Neighbourhoods. 14.Add a new Schedule 11B – Northeast Pickering Secondary Plan Land Use Schedule 15.Add a new Section 11B: Appendix A: Cultural Heritage Resources in Northeast Pickering. 16.Add a new Section 11B: Appendix B: Headwater Drainage Features Requiring Further Study in Northeast Pickering. 17.Add a new Section 11.B: Appendix C: Hedgerows and Wetland/Water Features in Northeast Pickering 18.Amend the Official Plan to insert a new Chapter 11.B – Northeast Pickering Secondary Plan as shown in Appendix A. Implementation: The provisions set forth in the City of Pickering Official Plan, as amended, regarding the implementation of the Plan shall apply in regard to this Revision. Interpretation: The provisions set forth in the City of Pickering Official Plan, as amended, regarding the interpretation of the Plan shall apply in regard to this Revision. 11 Appendix A Chapter 11.B – Northeast Pickering Secondary Plan Table of Contents Vision ......................................................................................................................... 12 Guiding Principles ...................................................................................................... 12 Community Structure ................................................................................................. 13 Land Use ................................................................................................................... 14 Natural Heritage System ............................................................................................ 15 Mixed Use Areas........................................................................................................ 21 Business Areas .......................................................................................................... 27 Employment Area ...................................................................................................... 28 Urban Residential Areas ............................................................................................ 30 Parks and Community Facilities ................................................................................ 33 Transportation and Transit ......................................................................................... 39 Streetscape Design to Promote Walking ................................................................... 42 Trail Network .............................................................................................................. 43 Sustainable Design and Development ....................................................................... 44 Housing ..................................................................................................................... 46 Cultural Heritage Resources ...................................................................................... 48 Secondary Plan Implementation ................................................................................ 51 Neighbourhood Plan Implementation ......................................................................... 54 12 Vision 11.B.1 It is the vision of City Council that: The Northeast Pickering Secondary Plan Area will be holistically planned as a complete community focused on the well-being of its residents and the sustainability of the natural environment. It is envisioned as a multi- generational, economically diverse community with vibrant public spaces and walkable neighbourhoods. This vision will be accomplished through innovative approaches to people-centered design, sustainability and land stewardship. Guiding Principles 11.B.2 City Council will be guided by the following six guiding principles: a) Multi-Generational Community: Provide a mix of land uses in each neighbourhood, including a variety of housing options, densities, and affordability and create public spaces that meet the accessible needs of all ages and abilities which together encourages residents to grow and age in place, facilitating a multigenerational community. b) Vibrant Public Spaces: Foster the creation of quality parks, public spaces, community facilities and streetscapes, distributed in all neighbourhoods, that provide a range of uses and activities, encouraging social interaction and a sense of belonging. c) Connected and Walkable: Design streetscapes that are well connected to one another by sidewalks, multi-use paths, and cycling infrastructure to facilitate walkable neighbourhoods and accessible active transportation and transit options, leading to healthy and active lifestyles. d) Sustainable Community: Build a sustainable, climate resilient community by incorporating community scale solutions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, achieves energy and water efficiency, minimize waste generation and integrate local food systems into new development. e) Land Stewardship: Focus on land stewardship and environmental protection to retain natural beauty and function. 13 f) Economic Diversity: Provide a range of employment options and opportunities for residents to live in work in the complete community through the inclusion of a strong employment area straddling Highway 407, a business area, and mixed use lands which together provide a wide variety of commercial, industrial, agricultural and professional service industries. g) Compatible Interface: Recognize the existing and planned land use context surrounding Northeast Pickering, including compatible interface with the Hamlet of Greenwood, Greenbelt and agricultural lands to the north, west and south and the planned urban area in Whitby to the east. h) Logical Growth: Ensure that growth in Northeast Pickering is phased in a manner that delivers municipal infrastructure and development in a financially sustainable and logical manner. Community Structure 11.B.3 City Council shall establish a Community Structure that: a) capitalizes on future higher order transit to create a transit oriented community; b) creates a Natural Heritage System; c) protects hazard lands from development and manages stormwater to minimize flood risk and erosion; d) contains an uptown called the Regional Centre which will contain the greatest densities and mix of land uses; e) establishes a mixed-use transit corridor north of Highway 407 within Northeast Pickering which is envisioned to contain a future higher order transit system that connects with a higher order transit system along Highway 407 east and west of Northeast Pickering; f) contains eight neighbourhoods; and g) establishes an employment corridor along both the north and the south sides of Highway 407. 14 Land Use City Policy Objectives 11.B.4 It is the objective of City Council to: a) develop urban neighbourhoods that create a sense of community, promote social interaction and create an attractive destination for residents; b) develop mixed use areas, which support a mix of higher density residential uses in association with commercial and institutional uses which cater to pedestrian comfort and encourage pedestrian activity through the orientation of buildings and uses; c) create a walkable and transit-supportive community from the earliest stages of development by establishing a minimum density for residential development, ensuring the provision of supporting commercial and public services and requiring pedestrian-oriented streetscapes in mixed use and commercial areas; d) provide parks and recreational services central to each neighbourhood to meet open space and recreational needs as defined by the City’s Recreation and Parks Ten Year Plan; e) protect and enhance significant natural heritage features and functions; f) avoid flood and erosion hazards; g) mitigate and adapt to the impacts of a changing climate by protecting, enhancing and, where feasible, connecting wetlands, directing development away from hazardous lands and building resilient infrastructure including effective stormwater management facilities; h) create a community that minimizes greenhouse gas emissions and promotes high standards of energy and water efficiency and conservation; and i) provide opportunities for urban agriculture in all parts of the Secondary Plan. 15 Natural Heritage System City Policy Natural Heritage Objectives 11.B.5 It is the objective of City Council to: a) establish a self-sustaining Natural Heritage System that protects, enhances, and, where possible, restores natural heritage features, the linkages between them and the ecological and hydrological functions, within them; b) establish a minimum vegetation protection zone with native self- sustaining vegetation to protect the Natural Heritage System; c) promote active linkages (trails) between the Natural Heritage System and surrounding urban and rural areas including to the Greenbelt Plan area while prioritizing use of the vegetation protection zones and avoiding hazardous lands and sensitive natural heritage features where possible; d) implement the management and implementation strategies and recommendations of the Carruthers’s Creek and Duffin’s Creek Watershed Plans; e) encourage public ownership of the Natural Heritage System lands; f) avoid, minimize and limit the encroachment of infrastructure into the Natural Heritage System; and g) promote Low Impact Development for on-site infiltration. City Policy Refinement of the Natural Heritage System 11.B.6 City Council acknowledges that: a) the extent and boundary of the Natural Heritage System designated on Schedule I, Sheets 3 is conceptual; b) the exact boundary of the Natural Heritage System will be determined through the Master Environmental Servicing Plan and feature staking and may be refined through site-specific Environmental Impact Study (EIS) and to the satisfaction of the City in consultation with the respective Conservation Authority; c) further refinement of the boundary of the Natural Heritage System will occur as part of the preparation of Neighbourhood Plans and any 16 additions, deletions or refinements will not require an amendment to this Plan; d) significant natural heritage features not identified on Schedule I or III, but identified through the MESP and further site-specific study are deemed to be part of the Natural Heritage System designation; e) where a feature or portion of a feature is removed or reduced in accordance with Section 11.B.6 b) and c), the urban designation abutting the feature shall apply; and f) areas where natural heritage and/or hydrologic features have been removed without authorization will continue to be subject to the policies of this Plan as if the feature was still in place. Affected features, areas and associated minimum vegetation protection zones shall be restored to the previous condition or better to the satisfaction of the City in consultation with the respective Conservation Authority, where applicable. City Policy Identification and Protection of Headwater Drainage Features 11.B.7 City Council requires that: a) headwater drainage features (HDF) have been included in the Natural Heritage System on the Land Use Schedule. Headwater drainage features identified as “Protect” on Schedule III C must be maintained on the surface with protections in place, while features identified as “Conserve” on Schedule III C may remain in place or be realigned with enhancement. Proposals to realign and enhance any applicable HDF must be done to satisfaction of the City and the respective Conservation Authority; and b) headwater drainage features that require further study are identified on Appendix B, and will be assessed through the Master Environmental Servicing Plan described in Policy 11.B.70. The assessment will be conducted within their reach context, based on the methodology outlined in the CVC/TRCA (2014) Headwater Drainage Features Guideline document to determine whether the reach should be properly classified as a watercourse (as per the Conservation Authorities Act (O. Reg. 41/24 2024)) or as a headwater drainage feature. If confirmed as a headwater drainage feature, the assessment will evaluate and classify the feature(s) to determine the appropriate management strategy. 17 City Policy Study of Hedgerows and Isolated Waterbodies 11.B.8 City Council requires that: a) further study be conducted through the Master Environmental Servicing Plan of hedgerows shown on Appendix C, to determine if they provide any significant function such as a linkage function or provide habitat to sensitive species, including species-at-risk; and b) further study be conducted through the Master Environmental Servicing Plan, of the isolated wetland/water features shown on Appendix C, to determine the function of these features from both a natural heritage system and water resource system lens to identify if the features need to be maintained, compensated or removed. City Policy Permitted Uses 11.B.9 City Council shall permit the following uses in the Natural Heritage System: a) conservation, environmental protection, restoration, education, passive recreation, and similar uses, subject to the provisions of the Regional Official Plan related to non-agricultural uses, and provided that development or site alteration may only be permitted in key natural heritage and/or key hydrologic features for the following purposes: i) forest, fish and wildlife management; ii) conservation and flood and erosion control and other similar environmental protection and restoration projects demonstrated to be necessary in the public interest and after all alternatives have been considered; and iii) minor recreational and education uses such as non -motorized trails, footbridges and picnic facilities; b) existing lawful agricultural uses, agricultural-related uses, and on-farm diversified uses; c) existing lawful residential dwellings; d) urban agriculture outside of key natural heritage and/or key hydrologic features may be permitted within minimum vegetation protection zones subject to the results of an Environmental Impact Study; 18 a) all residential lots that back onto the Natural Heritage System shall be fenced so as to prevent direct access to the abutting feature; e) existing, expanded or new infrastructure subject to and approved under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, the Environmental Assessment Act, the Planning Act or by the National or Ontario Energy Boards, or which receives similar environmental approval, where applicable; and f) stormwater management outfalls which may be located in key natural heritage and/or key hydrologic features, and passive Low Impact Development (LID) works which may be located in minimum vegetation protection zones. City Policy Infrastructure and Road Crossings 11.B.10 City Council shall ensure any permitted infrastructure projects proposed through the Natural Heritage System consider: a) co-location of infrastructure crossings with road and trail crossings where feasible; b) road conditions including posted speed limit, road barriers, active transportation connectivity, width of road at anticipated road crossings and road lighting; c) minimizing the number of crossings in the Natural Heritage System; d) minimizing the number and size of crossings in highly sensitive areas in the Natural Heritage System; e) movement patterns of wildlife (terrestrial and aquatic) and the types of species most likely to cross; f) appropriate mitigation measures, where demonstrated necessary, to achieve the appropriate conditions for ongoing wildlife movement; g) natural heritage habitat types at the road crossing; h) opportunities for restoration with native trees and shrubs; and i) climate change resilience and flood risk. 19 City Policy Integration of the Natural Heritage System 11.B.11 City Council shall: a) require development to integrate the Natural Heritage System as a key structural element of each neighbourhood through consideration of the following: i) neighbourhood design shall provide appropriate views, vistas, and connections to the Natural Heritage System. This will include terminal views at the ends of prominent streets, and where appropriate, window streets; and ii) where lots back onto the Natural Heritage System, fencing shall be required at the developer ’s cost, and signage shall be used to restrict access and encroachment; and b) encourage, but not require, the dedication to the City of land containing natural features for long term protection as part of the development approvals process. City Policy Natural Heritage Enhancement 11.B.12 City Council shall: a) require, where isolated natural features and their vegetation protection zones are deemed appropriate for removal, based on the acceptance of an Environmental Impact Study by the City, and the Conservation Authority where applicable, compensation of an equal or greater area and/or function provided through enhancement of additional land contiguous to existing Natural Heritage System features and their minimum vegetation protection zones; b) require, as part of associated development applications, the restoration of a 60 metre wide naturalized linkage corridor from the northmost headwater wetland area of the Kinsale Branch of the Lynde Creek southward to the Seventh Concession as shown on Schedule I as a contiguous and connected part of the Natural Heritage System to the satisfaction of the City in consultation with the Conservation Authority; c) require, as part of associated development applications, the restoration of a 60 metre wide naturalized linkage corridor from the wetland communities in the Watson’s Glen Golf Club lands southeast to the Heber Downs tributary of the Lynde Creek as shown on Schedule I as a contiguous and connected part of the Natural Heritage System to the 20 satisfaction of the City in consultation with the Conservation Authority; and d) require, as part of the Master Environmental Servicing Plan, a restoration plan that identifies opportunities for restoration, enhancement, connectivity and compensation throughout the community. City Policy Natural Hazards 11.B.13 City Council shall: a) not permit development or site alteration in Natural Hazards identified on Schedule 11B unless permitted by the Conservation Authority having jurisdiction; b) permit in Natural Hazards: i) forest fish and wildlife management; ii) conservation and flood and erosion control and other similar environmental protection and restoration projects demonstrated to be necessary in the public interest and after all alternatives have been considered; iii) minor recreational and education uses such as non-motorized trails, footbridges and picnic facilities; iv) existing lawful agricultural uses, agricultural-related uses, and on- farm diversified uses; v) urban agriculture exclusive of any buildings and structures; vi) existing, expanded or new infrastructure subject to and approved under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, the Environmental Assessment Act, the Planning Act or by the National or Ontario Energy Boards, or which receives similar environmental approval, where applicable; and vii) stormwater management outfalls; c) further refinement of the boundary of Natural Hazards may occur as part of the preparation of Neighbourhood Plans in consultation with the respective Conservation Authority and any additions, deletions or refinements will not require an amendment to this Plan; and d) where a Natural Hazard is reduced in accordance with Section 11.B.13 c), the urban designation abutting the Natural Hazard shall apply. 21 Mixed Use Areas City Policy Regional Centre 11.B.14 City Council shall: a) develop a centralized mixed-use Regional Centre or “Uptown” for Northeast Pickering along Salem Road, between Highway 407 and Seventh Concession Road where the widest range of uses and highest densities are planned; b) establish the planned function of the Regional Centre as a mixed-use centre to provide for regional serving retail uses with a minimum of 40,000 square metres of non-residential gross leasable floor area; c) plan for the Regional Centre to support future high er order transit; d) support the Regional Centre as a hub for culture, public services, shopping and the identified centre of Northeast Pickering; e) require non-residential uses on the ground floor of buildings facing Salem Road, the east-west transit corridor and Seventh Concession Road and not permit residential units on the ground floor facing these streets; f) stand-alone residential apartment buildings shall not be permitted within the Regional Centre until a minimum of 15,000 square metres of gross leasable floor space for office and / or retailing of goods and services in the Regional Centre is achieved; g) notwithstanding 11.B.14 f), apartment buildings offered as 100% rental and/or apartment buildings providing a minimum of 35% affordable units (as defined by the Provincial bulletin), may proceed as stand-alone residential apartment buildings at any time; h) plan to achieve a minimum transit supportive density of 150 people and jobs per gross hectare, given the development of a future transit corridor passing through Northeast Pickering; i) permit a minimum density of 80 units per net hectare and a maximum density up to and including 180 units per net hectare; j) permit commercial buildings with a minimum height of 2 functional storeys with a 3 storey massing; k) permit a full range of building heights for residential and mixed use buildings from 4 storeys up to 20 storeys transitioning down in heights at the periphery of the Regional Centre to lower scaled adjacent residential neighbourhoods; 22 l) in the Neighbourhood Plan, plan for the development of a mix of contextually appropriate mid-rise and high-rise built form, providing an appropriate transition in building height, density and massing to surrounding neighbourhood areas, and with a mix of uses and public spaces that provide for a complete community in Northeast Pickering; and m) prioritize the creation of focal points for culture, art, public entertainment and public gathering through the provision of an urban park, urban squares, cultural facilities and public service facilities. City Policy Permitted Uses in the Regional Centre 11.B.15 City Council shall permit the following uses: a) mixed-use buildings; b) apartment buildings; c) long-term care housing; d) hotels; e) convention centre; f) retailing of goods and services, including food stores, generally serving the needs of Northeast Pickering, excluding automotive-centered uses such as repair garages, gas bars and vehicle sales and service; g) offices; h) personal services; i) restaurants; j) community, cultural and recreational uses, including places of worship and funeral homes; k) major institutional uses, including colleges and universities; l) urban agriculture; and m) farmers’ markets. 11.B.16 City Council shall also permit the following uses on the periphery of the Regional Centre: a) multiplexes; b) street townhouse dwellings; c) back-to-back townhouse dwellings; and d) stacked townhouse dwellings, 23 City Policy Community Nodes 11.B.17 City Council shall: a) establish the planned function of Community Nodes as catering to the daily and weekly shopping needs of the residents in the adjacent neighbourhoods. b) plan for Community Nodes to serve as central areas for four of the new neighbourhoods and the eastern anchor to the transit corridor. c) require Community Nodes to develop with a mix of commercial and residential uses within the same building or on the same lot; d) stand-alone residential apartment buildings shall not be permitted until the minimum gross leasable floor space for retailing of goods and services in 11.B.17 g) is achieved; e) notwithstanding 11.B.17 d), apartment buildings offered as 100% rental and/or apartment buildings providing a minimum of 25% affordable units (as defined by the Provincial bulletin), may proceed as stand-alone residential apartment buildings at any time; f) permit building heights for residential and mixed use buildings from three storeys up to eight storeys and may permit up to 12 storeys at intersections; g) permit a minimum of 10,000 square metres and a maximum of 20,000 square metres of gross leasable floor space for the retailing of goods and services within each Community Node; and h) permit a minimum density of 80 units per hectare and a maximum density up to and including 140 units per hectare; i) direct mixed-use and apartment buildings to the highest traffic areas within Community Node Areas, such as along arterial and collector roads and at intersections; and j) permit stacked townhouse dwellings in locations where Community Node Areas abut areas of lower residential density. Notwithstanding 11.B.17 h), stacked townhouse dwellings shall achieve a minimum density of 65 units per hectare, and may occupy no more than 10% of the net land area of each Community Node Area. 24 City Policy Permitted Uses in Community Nodes 11.B.18 City Council shall permit the following uses: a) mixed-use buildings; b) apartment buildings; c) limited number of stacked townhouse dwellings abutting areas of lower residential density; d) long-term care housing; e) retailing of goods and services, including food stores, generally serving the needs of the surrounding neighbourhood, excluding automotive and vehicle sales and service; f) gas bar; g) offices; h) personal services; i) restaurants; j) community, cultural and recreational uses, including places of worship and funeral homes; k) urban agriculture; and l) farmers’ markets. City Policy Mixed Corridors 11.B.19 City Council shall: a) support the development of a mixed use, higher density, transit supportive corridor; b) permit a minimum density of 40 units per hectare and a maximum density up to and including 140 units per hectare; c) require Mixed Corridors to be developed with a mix of multiple unit housing types with building heights for residential and mixed use buildings of 3 to 6 storeys; d) require properties designated Mixed Corridor to contain a mix of commercial and residential uses either within the same building or on the same lot; e) require a minimum of 25% of all at grade floorspace to be comprised of non-residential floor space; 25 f) alternatively allow Neighbourhood Plans to identify locations for the clustering of office, retail and service commercial development along the Mixed Corridor rather than on each property with focus on clustering at intersections of collector and/or arterial roads; and g) require Neighbourhood Plans to identify gateway sites for higher density mixed use development. City Policy Permitted Uses in Mixed Corridors 11.B.20 City Council shall permit the following uses: a) mixed use buildings; b) apartments; c) long-term care housing; d) multiplexes; e) street townhouse dwellings; f) back-to-back townhouse dwellings; g) stacked townhouse dwellings, h) retailing of goods and services generally serving the needs of the surrounding neighbourhoods, excluding automotive and vehicle sales and service; i) gas bar j) offices; k) personal services; l) restaurants; m) community, cultural and recreational uses, including places of worship and funeral homes; n) urban agriculture; and o) farmers’ markets. City Policy Local Nodes 11.B.21 City Council shall: a) require Neighbourhood Plans to identify the locations of Local Nodes within the Medium Density Areas shown on Schedule I, Sheet 3; b) require Neighbourhood Plans to maximize the opportunity for pedestrian access from adjacent neighbourhoods to the Local Node; 26 c) permit commercial uses in Local Nodes to be located in stand-alone or mixed use buildings; d) permit on-street parking on the adjacent collector roads; and e) require Local Nodes to be implemented through Neighbourhood Plans and zoning which shall: i) establish a maximum floor area for small-scale commercial uses in recognition of the limited retail function of this designation; and ii) establish a required building height of 2 to 4 storeys. City Policy Urban Design of Mixed Use Areas 11.B.22 To achieve a pedestrian focus in Mixed Use Areas, Council shall: a) encourage the principal public entrance of each store, and substantial fenestration, to face on to the street; b) establish a pattern of streets and blocks which encourage pedestrian circulation to, from and within Mixed Use Areas; c) encourage high activity uses, like retail uses that animate the streetscape and encourage foot traffic, to be located at-grade and up to the street; d) encourage small scale urban squares and adequate opportunities for public seating; e) require drive-throughs and stacking lanes to be oriented to the interior of a site and not located between a building and the street; and f) design taller buildings with street-related podiums of up to 6-storeys that transition the building to the street; g) not permit parking, driveways or drive aisles to be located between the building and the street; h) provide on-street parking, in addition to on-site parking, where feasible and appropriate; i) ensure sidewalks are of sufficient width to: i) accommodate anticipated pedestrian volume; ii) comfortably and safely accommodate the needs of people of all ages and abilities; iii) ensure sufficient space for coordinated street furnishings, public utilities, tree plantings and transit shelters; and iv) accommodate sidewalk cafes, kiosks and street vendors where possible; 27 j) reflect a human scale of development, contribute to public safety and security and create a significantly enhanced and comfortable pedestrian environment; and k) have a consistent building setback. Business Areas City Policy Objectives 11.B.23 It is an objective of City Council to: a) provide for a new Business Areas designation to accommodate non- residential uses that are no longer permitted in employment areas. City Policy Permitted Uses in Business Areas 11.B.24 City Council shall permit the following uses: a) offices; b) business services; c) hotels; d) convention facilities; e) restaurants; f) large-format retail, including home improvement centres and garden centres; g) limited small scale convenience commercial uses; h) urban agriculture; i) equipment sales, rental and repair; j) self-storage facilities; k) automotive repair establishment; l) vehicle sales and service; m) gas bar; n) community, culture, entertainment and recreational uses, including places of worship and funeral homes; o) commercial and technical schools; and p) warehousing. 28 Employment Area City Policy Objectives 11.B.25 It is an objective of City Council to: a) attract and sustain employment opportunities that reflect the needs of the City of Pickering; b) designate suitable lands for prestige employment uses in areas of high highway exposure; c) ensure that employment areas are easily accessible by vehicle, transit, bicycle and on foot; and d) ensure that employment uses adjacent to residential uses are visually screened and/or separated by appropriate distances, buffers or other mitigation measures to ensure compatibility. City Policy Permitted Uses in Prestige Employment Areas 11.B.26 City Council shall permit the following uses: a) light manufacturing; b) assembly and processing of goods; c) light service industries; d) research and development facilities; e) urban agriculture; f) warehousing; g) equipment and vehicle suppliers; and h) limited accessory outdoor storage. City Policy Permitted Uses in General Employment Areas 11.B.27 City Council shall permit the following uses: a) manufacturing; b) assembly, processing of goods; c) service industries; d) research and development facilities; e) urban agriculture; f) warehousing; 29 g) freight transfer, transportation facilities; and h) outdoor storage associated with a permitted use. City Policy Urban Agricultural Related Employment 11.B.28 Council shall permit and encourage urban agricultural related businesses including: a) in Mixed Use Areas and Business Areas: i) urban agriculture including rooftop greenhouses; ii) urban farms, community farms or demonstrations farms; iii) farm business incubators; iv) commercial kitchens and/or training facilities; v) farm stands, agricultural hubs, or market kiosks; and vi) educational or interpretive facilities related to local food and heritage; and b) in Prestige Employment and General Employment Areas: i) urban agriculture including rooftop greenhouses; ii) controlled environment agriculture; iii) value-added processing; iv) agri-food innovation centres; and v) agricultural processing and packaging. City Policy Prestige Employment Design Considerations 11.B.29 City Council shall require implementing draft plans of subdivision and site plans to consider: a) architectural articulation, stepped facades, and roofline diversity to reinforce a strong and distinctive employment area character; b) locating main building facades and entrances to face the street; c) screening outdoor storage and loading areas from the street; d) screening of roof top mechanical equipment; e) flexibility of lot sizes and patterns to address market demands; f) sustainable site and building design that conserves energy, manages water efficiently, minimizes the urban heat island effect, maximizes green space and high-quality landscaping, reduces light pollution during non-work hours, incorporates bird-friendly design to minimize collisions, and provides outdoor amenity areas for employees; 30 g) minimizing the creation of noise pollution through the design, location and buffering of loading and marshalling areas; and h) incorporating, where feasible, dedicated electric vehicle charging spaces for employees and visitors to support sustainable transportation . Urban Residential Areas City Policy Low Density Areas 11.B.30 City Council shall permit the following uses: a) apartment buildings; b) multiplexes; c) long-term care housing; d) single detached dwellings; e) semi-detached dwellings; f) street townhouse dwellings; g) back-to-back townhouse dwellings; h) stacked townhouse dwellings; i) community, culture and recreational uses, including places of worship; j) home businesses; k) a minimum residential density of 25 units per net hectare and a maximum residential density of 40 units per net hectare dwellings per hectare; l) building heights up to 4 storeys; m) small-scale retail and personal service intended to serve the population within the immediate area. A site specific zoning bylaw amendment to permit such uses will be required and the rezoning application shall be evaluated based on the following criteria: i) the use generally contains no more than 250 square metres of gross leasable retail floor area; ii) the use provides a variety of items for daily necessities, or offers services that serve the surrounding residents; iii) the site does not have direct access to a Type A arterial road; iv) parking shall be located at the side or rear of the building; and v) the use has no adverse impacts on the surrounding neighbourhood. 31 City Policy Greenwood Transition 11.B.31 City Council shall require: a) only complementary uses such as schools, parks, single detached dwellings and semi-detached dwellings along the eastern boundary of the Hamlet of Greenwood; b) notwithstanding 11.B.30 k), the low density residential designation abutting the boundary of the Hamlet of Greenwood shall achieve a minimum density of 20 units per hectare; and c) a publicly informed transition strategy to be developed for the lands between the Hamlet of Greenwood and the surrounding Northeast Pickering Secondary Plan Area as part of the Neighbourhood Planning process. The transition strategy will take into account the future lot sizes, lot orientation, local topography, subdivision layout and design and building height. City Policy Medium Density Areas 11.B.32 City Council shall permit the following uses: a) apartment buildings; b) multiplexes; c) long-term care housing; d) single detached dwellings; e) semi-detached dwellings; f) street townhouse dwellings; g) back-to-back townhouse dwellings; h) stacked townhouse dwellings; i) community, culture and recreational uses including places of worship; j) home businesses; k) small-scale retail and personal service intended to serve the population within the immediate area. A site specific zoning bylaw amendment to permit such uses will be required and the rezoning application shall be evaluated based on the following criteria: i) the use generally contains no more than 250 square metres of gross leasable retail floor area; ii) the use provides a variety of items for daily necessities, or offers services that serve the surrounding residents; 32 iii) the site does not have direct access to a Type A arterial road; iv) parking shall be located at the side or rear of the building; and v) the use has no adverse impacts on the surrounding neighbourhood; l) a density over 40 and up to and including 80 units per net hectare. m) a minimum building height of 3 storeys and a maximum building height of 5 storeys; and n) notwithstanding 11.B.32 m) taller buildings of up to 6 storeys shall be permitted at intersections of collector and/or arterial roads. City Policy High Density Areas 11.B.33 City Council shall permit the following uses: a) apartment buildings; b) long-term care housing c) stacked townhouses; d) community, culture and recreational uses including places of worship; e) limited retailing of goods and services that meet the convenience shopping needs of the surrounding area; f) a density over 80 and up to and including 140 units per hectare; and g) a minimum building height of 5 storeys and a maximum building height of 12 storeys. City Policy Medium and High Density Areas to be Refined 11.B.34 City Council recognizes that: a) the boundaries of medium and high density areas shown on Schedule I, Sheet 3 are conceptual and will be refined through the Neighbourhood Plans. 33 Parks and Community Facilities City Policy Parkland Dedication 11.B.35 City Council shall: a) require the provision of public parkland equivalent to 1.2 hectares per 1,000 population in keeping with the Recreation and Parks 10-Year Plan (2024-2034); b) provide a portion of the parkland requirement in 11.B.35 a) that is beyond the parkland dedication requirement of the Planning Act as a District Park outside of the Northeast Pickering Urban Area in the adjacent Greenbelt Plan Area; c) purchase any parkland shown on Schedule I sheet 3 that is beyond the dedication requirements of the Planning Act; d) not include the natural heritage system and/or natural hazards in parkland dedication required in Section 11.B.35 a); and e) require all parkland acquired by the City to be relatively flat and free of encumbrances. City Policy Parks Hierarchy 11.B.36 City Council shall require the following park hierarchy: a) Community Parks – five Community Parks generally located adjacent to a secondary school in the vicinity of a Community Node or adjacent to the recreation centre which shall: i) each have a minimum size of 6 hectares; ii) integrate a range of illuminated and non-illuminated recreational amenities including washrooms; iii) be designed with passive recreation and community gathering places; iv) have road frontage with on-street parking on a minimum of two sides; and v) be designed to support the placement of multiple fields, diamonds or courts located together to support community sport use including sports tournaments. b) Neighbourhood Parks – nineteen Neighbourhood Parks co-located with elementary schools, where possible, which shall: 34 i) be easily accessible and generally centrally located for residents within a 400 to 800 metre radius (5 to 10 minute walk); ii) each have a minimum size of 1.5 hectares; iii) perform an array of functions and accommodate all-ages active play areas, as well as non-illuminated recreation amenities, other recreational facilities, community mailboxes (in adjacent boulevards) and passive areas; iv) have road frontage on a minimum of two sides, where possible; and v) be supported by on-street parking. c) Urban Park – one Urban Park is located within the Regional Centre which shall: i) have a minimum size of 1 hectare; ii) be characterized by areas for events and gatherings, seating areas, civic uses and may also include elements for outdoor play; and iii) be designed with frontage on at least one public street and the adjacent built form should have active frontages facing the park, where appropriate. d) Village Greens – Village Greens shall be delineated in the Neighbourhood Plans and be distributed throughout the community to serve smaller residential areas, which shall: i) be easily accessible for residents within a 200 to 400 metre radius (3 to 5 minute walk) where there is no Neighbourhood Park in close proximity, without the need to cross arterial roads; ii) have an approximate size of 0.3 to 0.6 hectares, subject to functionality of the Village Green configuration; iii) accommodate all-ages active play areas, passive recreation and seating, open informal play areas and community mailboxes and information boards (in adjacent boulevards); and iv) be designed with frontage on at least one public street. e) Urban Squares – Urban Squares may include Strata Parks and Privately-Owned Publicly Accessible Spaces (POPS), and shall: i) be delineated in the Neighbourhood Plans and be provided within the Regional Centre and Community Nodes; ii) provide formal pedestrian spaces and passive recreation areas in support of adjacent higher density, mixed use development; 35 iii) be designed for all weather use including shade structures and winter weather protection; and iv) meet the City’s requirement for privately constructed squares and publicly accessible open spaces. City Policy Community Facilities 11.B.37 City Council shall require the following community facilities: a) Sportsplex – one sportsplex which shall: i) have a minimum size of 10 hectares or 8 hectares where co-located with a community park; ii) be co-located with a community park that will support active recreational use; and iii) be located on an arterial road and accessible by transit; iv) include a library; and v) be supported by dedicated onsite parking. b) Recreation Complex – one recreation complex which shall: i) have a minimum size of 6 hectares; ii) be accessible by frequent transit; iii) include a library; iv) where possible, be co-located with a community park that will support active recreational use; and v) be supported by dedicated onsite parking. c) Community Centre – one neighbourhood community centre which shall: i) be located on a minimum 1.5 hectare site; ii) be accessible by transit; iii) include a library; and iv) be supported by dedicated onsite parking. d) Fire Hall – minimum of two fire halls which shall: i) be located on a minimum 0.6 hectare site; and ii) be located and designed based on the Fire Services Department response model and capacity to serve Northeast Pickering . Exact Locations to be determined. 36 e) Schools – elementary and secondary schools meeting the requirements of the DDSB and DCDSB are shown on Schedule I, Sheet 3. f) Libraries – three libraries which shall: i) be accessible by transit; ii) be co-located with other municipal facilities; iii) be supported by dedicated parking. g) all lands for parks and community facilities shall be relatively flat and free of any encumbrances, including natural heritage system and/or natural hazards; h) publicly-owned community facilities are permitted in any designation except Prestige Employment, General Employment and Natural Heritage System; i) the location of all parks and community facilities shown on the schedule to the Secondary Plan are conceptual. The final locations will be determined during the Neighbourhood Plan exercise ; and j) should any of the community facilities shown on Schedule I, Sheet 3 not be required, the corresponding symbol can be removed without an amendment to the Plan. City Policy Community Facilities to Contribute to Compact Development 11.B.38 City Council requires: a) all community and education facilities contribute to the creation of compact neighbourhoods through multi-storey buildings, joint use of buildings, joint use of parking areas, joint use of open space, use of adjacent roads for visitor parking and other means to reduce land requirements; and b) school boards to consider opportunities to integrate schools into the podiums of mixed-use and high density residential buildings where appropriate. City Policy Public and Private Facilities Adjacent to the Natural Heritage System 11.B.39 City Council encourages: 37 a) the location of community and education facilities adjacent to the Natural Heritage System, where possible; and b) the protection of the Natural Heritage System through fencing adjacent to private and public development, as deemed necessary. City Policy Places of Worship 11.B.40 City Council shall: a) identify potential sites for places of worship through the neighbourhood planning process; b) recognize the important role faith groups play, and the contribution places of worship make, to building sustainable, complete communities; c) permit and encourage places of worship to locate throughout the Northeast Pickering Urban Area in the Low, Medium and High Density Areas, Mixed Corridors, Community Nodes, Business Areas, and the Regional Node provided that: i) the size, height, massing and scale of the use is compatible with the standards within the designation; ii) sites are generally on arterial and collector roads, with direct access by public transit routes; and iii) in High Density Areas, the place of worship is incorporated into a residential building; d) permit places of worship to contain community, cultural and recreational services as secondary uses such as schools, adult and/or child daycare, soup kitchens, food banks, banquet halls, fitness and recreational facilities and shared meeting spaces; e) encourage places of worship to contain outdoor amenity space for ancillary outdoor activities; f) permit joint use of parking with other adjacent uses; and g) work actively with faith communities and landowners to facilitate the establishment of places of worship in these designations through the plan of subdivision and site plan process. In particular, the City shall: i) establish policies for City owned facilities which will make them accessible for faith communities; ii) encourage landowners to make sites available for acquisition and use for places of worship; iii) encourage other public agencies, such as school boards, to make their facilities accessible for use by faith communities; and 38 iv) provide technical assistance to faith communities throughout the planning process. 39 Transportation and Transit City Policy Transportation Objectives 11.B.41 It is an objective of City Council to: a) create an integrated transportation system, recognizing the inter- relationships among all types of roads and modes of transportation including active transportation; b) work with all levels of government to facilitate the early delivery of transit opportunities, including higher order transit; c) ensure adequate inter-regional transportation infrastructure through connections with Highway 407 and the Transit Corridor; d) promote active transportation by creating an integrated system of trails, sidewalks and multi-use paths; e) create complete streets that are designed for the safe, accessible and comfortable use of all users including pedestrians and cyclists of all abilities; f) provide a road network that is designed to accommodate transit service on designated transit spines and transit feeders such that the majority of residents are within a 5 minute walk of transit; g) protect for future higher order transit stations at key intersections along the transit spine for the future transitway north of Highway 407 as schematically shown on Schedule II and referred to as the Transit Corridor. The respective Neighbourhood Plans shall consider how the future transit stations can be protected through discussions with the appropriate Provincial agency and Durham Region Transit; h) develop a modified grid road pattern that provides for a high degree of permeability, access to key open space, community and commercial locations; and i) promote safe, accessible streets and intimate streetscapes. City Policy Integrated Transportation/Transit Strategy Report 11.B.42 City Council shall require: a) that the design of all transportation infrastructure confirms/has regard for the Integrated Transportation/Transit Strategy Report. 40 City Policy Maximizing Transit Usage 11.B.43 City Council shall require Neighbourhood Plans and implementing draft plans of subdivision and site plans to maximize public transit from the earliest stage of development by: a) showing the future higher order transitway and future higher order transit stations in the Neighbourhood Plans including delineating the required right of way of the Transit Corridor to accommodate the transitway as well as delineating an interim right of way cross section; b) providing details on the location of higher density development along the Transit Corridor; c) accommodating dedicated transit lanes along transit spines and/or roads with multiple transit routes as roads are built or extended; d) incorporating local transit connections at each of the future higher order transitway stations; and e) in consultation with the relevant transit authority, identify the locations of transit stop pads on engineering drawings, in safe and accessible locations that maximize pedestrian accessibility from surrounding residential neighbourhoods, as a condition of draft plan approval. 11.B.44 City Council shall work with Durham Region and Metrolinx to deliver higher-order transit along Highway 407 east and west of Northeast Pickering and along the Transit Corridor to support the development of Northeast Pickering. City Policy Street Grid Permeability, Connectivity & Block Length 11.B.45 City Council shall: a) require neighbourhoods to be designed with a modified grid street pattern that provides for a high degree of permeability and connectivity, with frequent local street connections along Type C arterial and collector roadways; b) require further delineation of the proposed collector roads , as shown conceptually on Schedule II, through the completion of Phases 1 and 2 through the MESP and subsequently Phases 3 and 4 of the 41 Environmental Assessment process during the Neighbourhood Plan and draft plan of subdivision processes; c) permit variations in block and street orientation around natural elements such as woodlots, creeks and topography to enhance views and achieve a distinctive neighbourhood character; d) permit various road designs that provide traffic calming measures to reduce speeds; e) require the coordination of street and driveway spacing to maximize the availability of on-street parking; f) within the Regional Centre, identify one or more roads to be designed as a flex street that can be easily switched to no-vehicular traffic at appropriate times and/or to accommodate appropriate events; and g) require block lengths to generally be in the range of 150 to 250 metres to promote walkability and connectivity. City Policy Interconnected Street Network 11.B.46 City Council shall require Neighbourhood Plans and draft plans of subdivision to create an interconnected network of local street, sidewalks, and multi-use paths, through the arrangement of streets, blocks, and open spaces, which: a) links neighbourhoods where feasible; b) links every portion of a neighbourhood with centrally located elementary schools, parks, community facilities and commercial locations within the neighbourhood; c) provides direct linkages between each neighbourhood and the mixed use areas within the broader neighbourhood; d) provides direct linkages between the neighbourhoods and the Employment Areas; e) reduces, wherever possible, the length of pedestrian travel through efficient block arrangements and network connections; and f) provides direct access to public transit. City Policy Westney Road By-pass of Greenwood 42 11.B.47 City Council shall support the implementation of the Westney Road By-pass of Greenwood early in the development of Northeast Pickering. City Policy Highway 407 Interchanges 11.B.48 City Council shall work with the Province to explore the feasibility of an interchange with Highway 407 at Westney Road. City Policy Lake Ridge Road Corridor Access Management Study 11.B.49 City Council shall require a Lake Ridge Road Corridor Access Management Study to determine the intersection control type for the proposed Arterial and Collector Roads intersecting with Lake Ridge Road, both north and south of Highway 407. City Policy Streetscape Design to Promote Walking 11.B.50 City Council shall: a) require sidewalks and/or multi-use paths on both sides of all arterial and collector roads, except where a window street or slip lane abuts an arterial road which also provides a sidewalk; b) require sidewalks on at least one side of all local roads; c) require all roads be designed to promote pedestrian comfort through traffic calming measures including narrower lanes, on-street parking, traffic islands, and central medians to encourage slow-moving traffic through residential areas, the Regional Centre and Community Nodes; d) require the design of roads to include wide sidewalks or multi-use paths on collector and arterial roads, street trees, sidewalk furniture, and transit stops. In addition, where feasible, include on-street parking, and encourage all arterial roads to have posted speeds of no more than 50 km/h; and e) not permit back lotting along collector and arterial roads. City Policy Bikeway Network 11.B.51 City Council shall: a) require the Neighbourhood Plans to delineate a Cycling Network which: 43 i) identifies connections to the existing system of trails and bikeways in other parts of Pickering, and of surrounding municipalities; ii) aligns with the Regional Cycling Plan and the City of Pickering Integrated Transportation Master Plan and the Integrated Transportation/Transit Strategy Report; iii) provides primary bikeways as dedicated off-road bikeways located along Type A and B arterial roads but may also consider locating protected bikeways within the travelled surface of the road in Mixed Use Areas where appropriate; and iv) provides secondary protected bikeways in both directions on Type C arterial roads and collector roads. City Policy Bicycle Parking and Storage 11.B.52 City Council shall: a) require bicycle parking and/or storage areas in all commercial, office, industrial, mixed use, multiple unit residential without individual garages and apartment developments; and b) secure the bicycle parking spaces required in 11.B.52 a) through conditions of draft plan and/or site plan approval as applicable. City Policy Trail Network 11.B.53 City Council shall: a) require the Neighbourhood Plans to delineate a trail network informed by an Active Transportation Master Plan which shall be designed to: i) provide accessible linkages between the neighbourhoods and between the neighbourhoods and the Natural Heritage System; ii) link with sidewalks and bikeways in the road allowances to create an integrated pedestrian and bicycle network; iii) provide a hierarchy of trails and construction priority in accordance with this hierarchy; and b) work with Durham Region, the Conservation Authorities, Rouge National Urban Park and other partners to create trail linkages to other destinations within Pickering. 44 Sustainable Design and Development City Policy Sustainability Objectives 11.B.54 It is an objective of City Council that development: a) educate homeowners on the operation and maintenance of sustainable features, and encouraging everyday sustainable living practices; b) design and build for energy efficiency and climate resilience, including on-site renewable energy systems, heat island mitigation, and building durability; c) create safe, accessible, and inclusive communities through design approaches that reflect Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) and Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) accessibility standards, as amended; d) protect and enhance the natural environment by incorporating native and non-invasive plantings, healthy street trees, bird-friendly design, and quality soils for planting and turf areas; e) support active and low-carbon transportation modes through infrastructure such as electric vehicle rough-ins, electric vehicle-ready charging and secure bicycle parking and storage; f) reduce construction and operational waste through effective on-site recycling and diversion strategies, both during construction and for long- term residential use; and g) promote water-efficient systems and sustainable stormwater management practices, both within the building and across the site. City Policy Sustainable Building Measures 11.B.55 City Council shall: a) apply sustainable building and site design practices in alignment with the City’s Integrated Sustainable Design Standards (ISDS); b) promote, energy-efficient, and low-carbon neighbourhoods and implement site strategies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate the urban heat island effect as a result of development; c) encourage energy-efficient buildings, integration of renewable energy, on-site clean energy systems, and exploration of district energy solutions; 45 d) incorporate CPTED principles, AODA-compliant barrier-free design, intuitive wayfinding, in public and private spaces; e) incorporate native, drought-tolerant, and pollinator-friendly plantings that support wildlife and integrate design-with-nature principles (for example, bird-friendly building and site design); f) encourage construction practices that prioritize sustainable site management and the diversion of non‑hazardous construction, demolition, and land‑clearing waste from landfill; g) where recommended, incorporate site and building design measures to enhance resilience to extreme weather events; h) support low-carbon and active transportation through electric vehicle infrastructure, short and long-term bicycle parking including secure bicycle parking and transit connectivity; i) support municipal programs and partnerships that demonstrate leadership in sustainable development; and j) design to protect, conserve and enhance the natural environment. City Policy Stormwater Management 11.B.56 City Council shall permit required stormwater management facilities in all designations, except as set out in Section 11.B.9, subject to the following: a) Neighbourhood Plans shall illustrate the location of stormwater management facilities conceptually identified through the Master Environmental Servicing Plan - Stormwater Management Plan based on the recommendations of the Subwatershed Study; b) the Stormwater Management Plan shall incorporate a treatment train approach to reduce runoff volume and to treat stormwater runoff on-site using source, conveyance and end of pipe controls. c) the Stormwater Management Plan should avoid subwatershed drainage diversion to the extent practical; d) stormwater ponds shall be naturalized using native species; e) in conjunction with development approvals, payment shall be provided for the clean-out and maintenance of all corresponding stormwater infrastructure beyond its first maintenance period ; and f) consideration may be given to underground stormwater management facilities combined with public parks, rights of way or other public uses at Council’s discretion. 46 Housing City Policy Objectives 11.B.57 It is the objective of City Council to: a) provide for a range of housing opportunities that respond to existing and future needs in terms of form, location, size, cost, accessibility and tenure; and b) provide for opportunities for affordable ownership and rental housing. City Policy Mix of Housing Types 11.B.58 City Council shall: a) require a mix of housing types, unit sizes, and tenure within the higher densities in the Regional Centre, the Community Nodes and along the Transit Corridor in the Mixed Corridor designation; b) encourage housing types that can accommodate multi-generational housing; c) encourage builders to provide additional dwelling units in new single detached, semi-detached and townhouse dwellings or pre-fit new dwellings to be able to incorporate additional dwelling units in the future; d) encourage the development of new affordable rental and ownership housing options, including shared living arrangements, such as co- ownership; e) encourage all single and semi-detached dwellings to be designed to accommodate up to two additional dwelling units within the dwelling or within a detached structure; and f) consider reduction of parking requirements for additional dwelling units if the proposed unit is within a short walking distance of a transit stop. City Policy Affordable Housing 11.B.59 City Council shall: a) encourage at least 25% of all new residential units on lands outside of the Regional Centre to be affordable to low and moderate income households. 47 b) encourage at least 35% of all residential units on lands within the Regional Centre to be affordable to low and moderate income households. c) permit an additional two storeys above the maximum height limits, and/or equivalent additional density, for developments that meet or exceed the minimum affordable housing target within their designation. d) encourage new and innovative affordable housing options and the means by which affordable housing may be supplied, regardless of tenure. e) in order to monitor and encourage the implementation of a diverse and affordable housing stock in the Secondary Plan, an Affordable Housing Brief will be required to be submitted with all major residential development applications, which include 100 units or more, that justifies how the development application will contribute to achieving affordable housing targets. f) encourage affordable housing to locate near arterial roads to provide residents access to public transit; g) integrate community housing, supportive housing and other types of subsidized non-market housing units, within neighbourhoods and developments that also provide market housing to support diversity; h) encourage new affordable housing and purpose-built rental housing to incorporate barrier-free, universal or flex design features in both common and living areas; i) collaborate with community housing providers to encourage a supply of subsidized non-market housing units to be included within the housing mix in the Secondary Plan Area; j) reduce the minimum parking requirements on a site-by-site basis for the affordable housing portion of a development proposal; k) request land within all neighbourhoods, except neighbourhood 27, be reserved for sale to the Region of Durham, or other not-for-profit housing provider, for the development of affordable, public or non-profit housing in the community at fair market value. The land to be reserved within each neighbourhood shall have an approximate size of 1.5 hectares, be designated for residential use within the Northeast Pickering Secondary Plan boundaries, be fully serviced and be vacant. If no reasonable offer has been received, based on an independent appraisal, within 5 years of the land being offered for sale, the requirement of this policy will be considered to be satisfied; and 48 l) fast track the review of development applications that include affordable housing units that are being funded by federal and provincial government programs, the Region of Durham, or non-profit groups. Cultural Heritage Resources City Policy Objectives 11.B.60 It is the objective of City Council to: a) identify potential cultural heritage resources including archaeological sites, cultural heritage landscapes, and built heritage resources; b) conserve protected heritage properties which may contain built heritage resources or cultural heritage landscapes; c) encourage the creation of proactive strategies for conserving protected heritage properties in the new urban neighbourhood plans; d) record and document all built heritage resources and cultural heritage landscapes that cannot be conserved in place; e) engage First Nations early in planning process to ensure their interests are considered when identifying, protecting and managing archaeological resources, build heritage resources and cultural heritage landscapes; f) ensure that development and site alterations on adjacent lands to protected heritage properties be of an appropriate scale and character, so as to conserve the heritage attributes; and g) not permit development or site alteration on lands containing archaeological resources or areas of archaeological potential unless significant archaeological resources have been conserved. City Policy Built Heritage Resources 11.B.61 City Council shall require Neighbourhood Plans to identify, conserve and incorporate significant built heritage and/or cultural heritage landscape resources into the design of the new neighbourhoods by: a) evaluating any potential cultural heritage resources within Northeast Picking, including those identified on Appendix A; b) incorporating the recommendations of the analysis of ten potential cultural heritage resources in Northeast Pickering; 49 c) developing and implementing strategies that proactively conserve significant built heritage resources and cultural heritage landscapes to serve as community agricultural hubs and placemaking opportunities within the Neighbourhood Plans; d) giving direction to draft plans of subdivision to provide appropriate uses, lot sizes, setbacks, built form and massing adjacent to the built heritage resources that complements and respects the resource so that the resource is integrated into the neighbourhood; and e) incorporating built heritage resources and/or cultural heritage landscapes where feasible which maintain their agricultural use within a new urban agricultural setting or provide for future community use. City Policy Development-Related Incentives 11.B.62 City Council may offer development-related incentives to encourage urban agriculture integration with agricultural-related heritage resources. The potential outcome of these efforts could be: a) permanent agricultural easements; b) publicly accessible agricultural programming; or c) incubator farm space or educational food production. City Policy Adaptive Reuse of Built Heritage Resources 11.B.63 City Council shall: a) support the adaptive reuse of built heritage resources on protected heritage properties including agricultural buildings for uses that support urban agriculture, agri-food innovation, community food access, and cultural uses; b) support utilizing built heritage and/or cultural heritage landscapes to serve as placemaking opportunities and/or community supported agricultural hubs within the Neighbourhood Plans; c) permit the adaptive reuse of built heritage resources where it: i) conserves or enhances the identified cultural heritage value of the resource; and ii) complies with the Ontario Heritage Act; 50 d) permit a range of new uses within built heritage resources including residential, guest accommodation, personal services, restaurants, offices and retail use so as to ensure its ongoing use; e) encourage proposals for the adaptive reuse of agricultural built heritage resources to incorporate food system-related functions, including but not limited to: i) controlled environment agriculture; ii) value-added processing; iii) incubator kitchens or training facilities; iv) farm stands, community supported agricultural hubs, or market kiosks; and v) educational or interpretive facilities related to local food and heritage; f) permit, where a protected heritage property is located adjacent to the Natural Heritage System, the use of those lands for low-impact agricultural activities uses, educational programming, and stewardship partnerships including: i) urban agriculture uses; ii) farmland trusts or farm business incubators plots; iii) seed-saving and native plant propagation; and iv) seasonal community events or cultural interpretation. City Policy Public Works 11.B.64 City Council shall ensure, to the extent practical, where not precluded by grading or other servicing constraints, that: a) site alteration including road widenings, road re-alignments, and slope or bank stabilization, among other works, shall be undertaken in a manner that does not disturb or adversely affect known archaeological sites, built heritage properties and/or cultural heritage landscape features; and b) all works undertaken by public agencies considers impacts on built heritage resources and cultural heritage landscapes, with a presumption against any action that would adversely affect such resource or its attributes. 51 City Policy Respecting First Nations 11.B.65 City Council shall: a) recognize First Nations’ cultural and spiritual connection to the Northeast Pickering Urban Area; and b) require the development process be undertaken in a respectful manner consistent with established engagement protocols. City Policy Archaeology Monitor 11.B.66 City Council shall require, as a condition of draft plan or site plan approval, that a First Nation’s archaeology monitor be retained and funded by the applicant for any significant mitigative excavation activities, on known pre-contact archaeological sites during archaeological assessment work. Secondary Plan Implementation City Policy Cost Sharing and Parks Agreements 11.B.67 City Council: a) shall require, as a condition of site plan, subdivision or any other development approval, that applicants become a party to a cost sharing agreement for the Secondary Plan area or receive an acknowledgement from the Trustee under such cost sharing agreement that the applicant has made satisfactory arrangements to pay its proportion of the shared development / infrastructure costs; and b) shall require a Master Parks and Community Lands Agreement be entered into among the benefitting landowners and the City prior to approval of the first draft plan of subdivision or site plan and which sets out the size, general location and timing of parks to be dedicated to the City under the Planning Act requirements, and which sets out the size and general location of additional lands for park or other community facilities and purposes to be acquired by the Municipality, and the timing of that acquisition where known. 52 City Policy Infrastructure Staging and Phasing Plan 11.B.68 City Council shall require an Infrastructure Staging and Phasing Plan be prepared which identifies: a) an orderly, cost-efficient delivery of water and sanitary infrastructure improvements required to service each neighbourhood and the external infrastructure improvements and the timing of these improvements based on population and employment growth thresholds; b) new collector and arterial roads within each neighbourhood and external road improvements and the timing of these improvements based on population and employment growth thresholds; c) transit service delivery timing including higher-order transit based on population and employment growth thresholds; d) community facilities required in each neighbourhood plan and the population growth thresholds for delivery of each facility; and e) a phasing plan which identifies the phasing of growth in line with the timing of delivery of infrastructure, roads, transit and community facilities and considers the City’s Growth Management forecasts and the portion of the population that can be accommodated by 2051 and the portion to be accommodated after. City Policy Phasing near off-site Livestock Operations 11.B.69 City Council shall require development to be phased adjacent to livestock operations outside of the Northeast Pickering Secondary Plan Area whose Minimum Distance Separation Arcs extend into the Secondary Plan Area or mitigate any potential impacts from the livestock operations. City Policy Implementation Requirements 11.B.70 City Council shall ensure that the cost of new development will not have an adverse impact on the financial capability of the Municipality and the Region and ensure that timely residential and employment development coincides with and supports required infrastructure and community facilities, by permitting applications for development in Northeast Pickering to only be approved when: 53 a) the following items have been substantially completed to the satisfaction of the City and the Region of Durham: i. an Infrastructure Staging and Phasing Plan for the Secondary Plan as set out in Section 11.B.67; ii. a Master Environmental Servicing Plan as set out in Section 11.B.71; b) the following items have been completed to the satisfaction of the City: i. a Scoped Subwatershed Study for the secondary plan area that will include mitigation strategies intended to prevent impacts on existing wells. It will also outline an adaptive monitoring program to track shallow and deep groundwater levels to detect any unexpected changes; ii. Neighbourhood Plans for the respective Neighbourhood as an amendment to the Official Plan; iii. required Municipal Class Environmental Assessments for sanitary sewer and water infrastructure; iv. required Municipal Class Environmental Assessments for transportation infrastructure; v. a Fiscal Impact Study for the Secondary Plan Area that is based on the phasing of development and ensuring the funding of new infrastructure; c) the Municipality has in full force and effect, and not subject to appeal, Development Charges and Community Benefits Charges (if required) By-laws enacted under the Development Charges Act, 1997 or any successor legislation identifying and imposing charges applicable to the lands in the Secondary Plan Area; and d) the following items are made a condition of site plan, subdivision or any other development approval, as required: i. confirmation from the Northeast Pickering Landowners Group trustee, that the proponent is in good standing as contemplated in Section 11.B.67 a) ; and ii. confirmation that the proponent has satisfied the requirements of the Master Parks and Community Lands Agreement as set out in Section 11.B.67 b). 54 Neighbourhood Plan Implementation City Policy Master Environmental Servicing Plan 11.B.71 City Council shall require a Master Environmental Servicing Plan(s) (MESP) to be prepared for the Northeast Pickering Secondary Plan Area which shall: a) be prepared based on an approved terms of reference to the satisfaction of the City and Region of Durham in consultation with the Conservation Authorities; b) consider the review and approval of select elements within the MESP based on the respective watersheds; c) assess the draft Neighbourhood Plans, within the MESP study area, and make any recommendations for potential land use changes and impact management practice; d) characterize surface water, ground water, fluvial geomorphology, aquatic resources and terrestrial resources building on the details in the approved Scoped Subwatershed Study and the Carruthers Creek Watershed Hydrology Update Project which will supersede the hydrology analysis in the Scoped Subwatershed Study once completed; e) assess and consider the resource management directions of the relevant Watershed Plan and approved Scoped Subwatershed Study. The flood control requirements for the Carruthers Creek watershed will be superseded by the updated Carruthers Creek Watershed Hydrology Update Project once completed including identifying and extending regulatory event flood line mapping and defining erosion hazards and updating relevant technical modelling; f) include the staked boundaries (where accessible) and applicable buffers of natural heritage features to be protected in consultation with the City of Pickering and relevant agencies having jurisdiction and any proposed refinements, enhancements and linkages to the Natural Heritage System; g) conduct a headwater drainage feature assessment of the features shown on Appendix B, based on the analysis conducted in the Scoped Subwatershed Study and confirm the management recommendations; h) assess the hedgerows and wetland/water features shown on Appendix C to characterize their ultimate function and future protection; 55 i) assess the impact on the Natural Heritage System of proposed road and other infrastructure crossings of the Natural Heritage System and make recommendations where necessary; j) include a monitoring program for aquatic and terrestrial features associated with the build-out of the Secondary Plan Area; k) include a restoration plan that identifies opportunities for restoration, enhancement, connectivity and compensation throughout the community; l) describe the size and location of required trunk sanitary sewage collection systems including any pumping stations and force mains; m) describe the water distribution system including the size and location of reservoirs and pumping stations; n) identify, evaluate and assess various road network options for collector and arterial roads to the level required to satisfy Phases 1 and 2 of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment process for road projects, including Natural Heritage System crossings and Hwy 407 crossings; o) identify preliminary grading; p) establish a stormwater management plan, which, among other matters, identifies Low Impact Development (LID) measures and the general location and approximate size of stormwater management facilities which may be subject to expansion if required by the Carruthers Creek Watershed Hydrology Update Project; q) set out a staging and sequencing of infrastructure required for each Neighbourhood Plan; and r) be prepared collaboratively by the City and the Northeast Pickering Landowners Group with costs being funded solely by the Northeast Pickering Landowners Group. City Policy Neighbourhood Plan Requirements 11.B.72 City Council shall require Neighbourhood Plans to: a) be developed in discussion with First Nations, the public, landowners, relevant public agencies, neighbouring municipalities and other interested groups; b) be prepared iteratively with the MESP; c) consider landowner concept plan input; d) provide a block plan level of detail on the intended block and pattern of development; 56 e) further detail the boundaries of the residential, mixed use and employment designations and identify any variations in minimum densities, minimum and maximum heights, and proportions of housing types; f) identify the location of Community Parks, Neighbourhood Parks, Urban Parks and Village Greens; g) Identify the location of all recreation complexes and community centres; h) identify the locations of required fire stations, based on a Fire Services Department response model study as referenced in Policy 11.B.37 d); i) prepare an Active Transportation Master Plan for the entire Secondary Plan Area as referenced in Policy 11.B.53; j) prepare a transportation plan that implements the recommendations in the Integrated Transportation/Transit Strategy Report and the MESP and confirms road layout and road cross sections, intersection signalization, transit routing and high order transit technology and transit station locations; k) include a transition strategy for the Hamlet of Greenwood as referenced in Policy 11.B.31; l) sensitively integrate the design of future development with the existing homes and businesses in the former hamlet of Kinsale; m) identify the location of elementary and secondary schools; n) incorporate the general location and approximate boundaries of stormwater management facilities including low impact development (LID) measures determined through the MESP; o) identify significant built heritage resources and/or cultural heritage landscapes and the means to incorporate them into the neighbourhoods as placemaking opportunities; p) consider and integrate the recommendations of completed archaeological and heritage assessments; q) develop urban design standards including, but not limited to, block patterns, streetscapes, building height transitions, and road cross sections; r) delineate the pedestrian and bikeway network through the Neighbourhood and Natural Heritage System; s) be refined based on input from the MESP; and t) be prepared collaboratively by the City and landowners for all neighbourhood plans within the secondary plan area with costs being funded solely by the landowners within the Secondary Plan Area. Highway 407 G reenwood Road Eighth Concession Road Brock Road Salem Road Central Street We stney Road Kinsale Road Sideline 14 Highway 7 Fift h Con c e ssion Road M owbray Street S e v e n t h C o n c e s s i o n R o a d Whitevale Road Six t h Conc es s ion Road Ninth Concession Road Sideline 22 Sideline 20 Sideline 8 Paddock Road Sideline 12 Sideline 6 Sideline 4 Sideline 2 A u d l e y R o a d N Sideline 16 Sideline 26 Brock Road Westney Road Sideline 14 Sideline 2 Sideline 4 Sideline 6 Sideline 12 Sideline 20 Sideline 24 Sideline 26 S i deli n e 2 4 No r t h R o a d Seventh Concession Road C .P.R . D54 CLAREMONT BIRCHWOODESTATES SPRINGCREEK BALSAM GREENWOOD BARCLAYESTATES STAXTONGLEN BROUGHAM FORESTCREEKESTATES E2 E4 CP ES ES NP NP CP HS CP CP CP HS HS HS HS CP VG VG VG VG UP VG VG ES ES ES ES ES ESESESES ES ES ES ES ES ES ES NP NP NP NP NP NP NP NPNP NP NP NP NP NP NP ES NP NP VG Town of Ajax Township of Uxbridge Town of Whitby Michell Creek East Duffins Creek Trans-Canada Pipeline Schedule I to the Edition 9 PickeringOfficial Plan Sheet 3 of 3 City of PickeringCity Development Department© May, 2026This Map Forms Part of Edition 9 of the Pickering Ofiicial Plan andMust Be Read in Conjunction with the Other Schedules and the Text. CityofPickering AreaShownonThis Map TownofAjax City of Toronto City of Markham Township of Uxbridge Town of Whitby Land Use Structure Symbols Urban Residential Areas Mixed Use Areas Employment Areas Freeways and Major Utilities Other Designations Open Space System Active Recreational Areas Natural Areas Rural Settlements Low Density Areas Prime Agricultural Areas Oak Ridges MoraineCountryside Areas Federal Lands Oak Ridges Moraine Boundary Greenbelt Boundary Country Residential ExceptionsE4 Oak Ridges MoraineNatural Core Areas Oak Ridges MoraineNatural Linkage Areas Natural Heritage System Community ParkCP Oak Ridges MoraineRural Hamlets Prime Agricultural AreasOn The Oak Ridges Moraine Proposed Airport Site Regional Centre DeferralsD1 Potential Multi Use Areas Lake Ri dge Road Eighth Concession Road Highway 7 Business Area Business Areas Subject to Policy 3.20 b)of the Pickering Official Plan (Ed.9)Neighbourhood ParkNP Village GreenVG Elementary SchoolES High SchoolHS Urban ParkUP General Employment Prestige Employment Rural Hamlets Controlled Access Areas Medium Density Areas High Density Areas Community Nodes Mixed Corridors Rural Clusters Highway 407 Whites R o a d Fairport Road Greenwood Road Liverpool Road Rougemount Drive H i g h w a y 4 0 1 Eighth Concession Road Brock Road K in g sto n R oa d Finch Avenue Salem Road Central Street Sheppard Avenue Westney Road West Shore Boulevar d Kinsale Road North Road Glenan naRoad Sideline 14 Notion Road Third Concession Road Highway 7 Fifth Conc ession Road Altona Road M a j o r O a k sRoad M owbray Street Stro u ds La n e P i c k e r i n g P a r k w a y V a l l e y Farm Road Dixie Road Se v e n t h C on c e s s i o n Roa d Whitevale Road Glendale Drive Squires Beach Road York Durham Line Markham-Pickering Townline Road Pet er Mat t hews Dri ve Twyn Rivers Drive Rosebank Road Clements Road Six t h Conc ess ion Road Montgomery Pa rk R o ad Bayly Street Dil lingham Ro ad Ninth Concession Road Sideline 22 Church Street S Mc Kay Road Sideline 20 Taunton RoadFourthConcessionRoad Scarborough Pickering Townline Sideline 30 Sideline 8 Sideline 34 Paddock Road Golf C lub Road Sideline 24 Sideline 28 Sideline 12 Sideline 6 Sideline 4 Sideline 2 Audle y Ro ad N Sideline 32 Sideline 16 Sideline 26 Sideline 26 Brock Road Westney Road Sideline 14 Sideline 2 Sideline 4 Sideline 6 Sideline 12 Sideline 20 Sideline 24 Sideline 26 Sidelin e 24 North Roa d Altona Road Whites Road Sideline 28 Sevent h Concession Road Sideline 32 C .P.R . T r a n s -N o r t h e r n P i p e l i n e C.P.R. C.N.R. C.N.R. Trans-Canada Pipeline Claremont Spring Creek Balsam Greenwood BarclayEstates CherrywoodEastCherrywoodWest Whitevale GreenRiver StaxtonGlen Brougham ForestCreek Estates 407 407 401 24 1 22 2 31 23 7 5 23 38 4 27 222 38 38 27 4 29 37 1 4 7 7 31 1 5 27 30 30 30 5 7 D40 D40 L a k e O n t a r i o Frenchman'sBay Schedule II to the Pickering Official Plan Edition 9 Transportation System City of PickeringCity Development Department© February, 2026This Map Forms Part of Edition 9 of the Pickering Ofiicial Plan andMust Be Read in Conjunction with the Other Schedules and the Text. Existing Future Freeways Type B Arterial Roads Type C Arterial Roads Collector Roads Local Roads Freeway Interchanges Transit Feeders Transit Spines DeferralsD1 Underpasses/Overpasses Railways GO Rail Type A Arterial Roads GO Stations 407 Transit Stations/Potential Higher Order Transit Stations Highway 407 Whites R o a d Fairport Road Greenwood Road Liverpool Road Rougem ount Drive H i g h w a y 4 0 1 Eighth Concession Road Brock Road K in g st o n R o a d Finch Avenue Salem Road Central Street Sheppard Avenue Wes tn ey Road W est Shore Boulevar d Kinsale Road North Road Glenan n aRoad Sideline 14 Notion Road Third Concession Road Highway 7 Fift h Conc e ssion Road Altona Road M a j o r O a k sRoad M owbray Street Stro u ds La n e P i c k e r i n g P a r k w a y V a l l e y Farm Road Dixie Road S e v e n th C o n c e s s i o n R oa d Whitevale Road Glendale Drive Squires Beach Road York Durham Line Markham-Pickering Tow nlin e Road Pet er Mat t hews Drive Twyn Rivers Drive Rosebank Road Clements Road Six t h Conc es s ion Road Montgomery Pa rk R o ad Bayly Street Dil lingham Ro ad Ninth Concession Road Sideline 22 Church Street S Mc Kay Road Sideline 20 Taunton RoadFourthConcessionRoad Scarborough Pickering Townline Sideline 30 Sideline 8 Sideline 34 Paddock Road Golf C lub Road Sideline 24 Sideline 28 Sideline 12 Sideline 6 Sideline 4 Sideline 2 Aud le y R o ad N Sideline 32 Sideline 16 Sideline 26 Sideline 26 Brock Road Westney Road Sideline 14 Sideline 2 Sideline 4 Sideline 6 Sideline 12 Sideline 20 Sideline 24 Sideline 26 Sideline 24 North Road Altona Road Whites Road Sideline 28 Sev enth Co ncession Road Sideline 32 C .P.R . T r a n s -N o r t h e r n P i p e l i n e C.P.R. C.N.R. C.N.R. Trans-Canada Pipeline Church Street S Squires Beach Road Clements Road Claremont Spring Creek Balsam Greenwood BarclayEstates Cherrywoodand Area Whitevale Green River StaxtonGlen Brougham ForestCreekEstates 407 407 401 24 1 22 2 31 23 7 5 23 38 4 27 222 38 38 27 4 29 37 1 4 7 7 31 1 5 27 30 30 30 5 7 Lake Ontario Resource Management:The Natural Heritage System Frenchman'sBay City of PickeringCity Development Department© March, 2026This Map Forms Part of Edition 9 of the Pickering Ofiicial Plan andMust Be Read in Conjunction with the Other Schedules and the Text. Schedule III A to the Edition 9 PickeringOfficial Plan Greenbelt Natural Heritage System Natural Heritage System D55 CPR Highway 407 Whites R o a d Fairport Road Greenwood Road Liverpool Road Rougemount Drive H i g h w a y 4 0 1 Eighth Concession Road Brock Road K in g sto n R o a d Finch Avenue Salem Road Central Street Sheppard Avenue Wes tn ey Road W est Shore Boulevar d Kinsale Road North Road Glenan n aRoad Sideline 14 Notion Road Third Conc ession Road Highway 7 Fifth Con c ession Road Altona Road M a j o r O a k sRoad M owbray Street Stro u ds La n e P i c k e r i n g P a r k w a y V a l l e y Farm Road Dixie Road S e v e n th C o n c e s s i o n R oa d Whitevale Road Glendale Drive Squires Beach Road York Durham Line Markham-Pickering Tow nlin e Road Pet er M at t hews Drive Twyn Rivers Drive Rosebank Road Clements Road Six t h Conc es s i on Road Montgomery Pa rk R o ad Bayly Street Dil lingham Ro ad Ninth Concession Road Sideline 22 Church Street S Mc Kay Road Sideline 20 Taunton RoadFourthConcessionRoad Scarborough Pickering Townline Sideline 30 Sideline 8 Sideline 34 Paddock Road Golf C lub Road Sideline 24 Sideline 28 Sideline 12 Sideline 6 Sideline 4 Sideline 2 Aud le y R o ad N Sideline 32 Sideline 16 Sideline 26 Sideline 26 Brock Road Westney Road Sideline 14 Sideline 2 Sideline 4 Sideline 6 Sideline 12 Sideline 20 Sideline 24 Sideline 26 Sideline 24 North Road Altona Road Whites Road Sideline 28 Sev enth Co ncession Road Sideline 32 C .P.R . T r a n s -N o r t h e r n P i p e l i n e C.P.R. C.N.R. C.N.R. Trans-Canada Pipeline Greenwood Claremont Balsam ForestCreek Estates Spring Creek Whitevale BarclayEstates StaxtonGlen Green River Brougham 407 407 401 24 1 22 2 31 23 7 5 23 38 4 27 222 38 38 27 4 29 37 1 4 7 7 31 1 5 27 30 30 30 5 7 Lake Ontario Frenchman'sBay City of PickeringCity Development Department© March, 2026This Map Forms Part of Edition 9 of the Pickering Ofiicial Plan andMust Be Read in Conjunction with the Other Schedules and the Text. Schedule III B to the Edition 9 PickeringOfficial Plan D55 Cherrywoodand Area Resource Management:Key Natural Heritage Features Significant Woodlands Rouge-Duffins Wildlife Corridor Areas of Natural and Scientific Interest Former Lake Iroquois Shoreline Altona Forest Policy Area Other Map Elements Oak Ridges Moraine Boundary Greenbelt Boundary Claremont Spring Creek Balsam Greenwood BarclayEstates Cherrywoodand Area Whitevale Green River StaxtonGlen Brougham ForestCreekEstates 407 407 401 24 1 22 2 31 23 7 5 23 38 4 27 222 38 38 27 4 29 37 1 4 7 7 31 1 5 27 30 30 30 5 7 Lake Ontario Resource Management:Key Natural Heritage Features/Key Hydrologic Features Frenchman'sBay City of PickeringCity Development Department© February, 2026This Map Forms Part of Edition 9 of the Pickering Ofiicial Plan andMust Be Read in Conjunction with the Other Schedules and the Text. Schedule III C to the Edition 9 PickeringOfficial Plan Lake Ontario Frenchman'sBay C.P.R D55 Fish Habitat Watershed Boundary Flood Plain Special Policy Areas Permanent & Intermittent Streams Shorelines, Significant Valley Landsand Stream Corridors (May include Hazardous Lands) Wetlands Duffins CreekWatershed Carruther's CreekWatershed LyndeCreekWatershed Frenchman's Bay,Lake OntarioWatershed Petticoat CreekWatershed BellaVistaWatershed Headwater Drainage Feature - Protect Headwater Drainage Feature - Conserve 0 400 800 1,200200Meters Schedule 11B - Northeast Pickering Secondary Plan Land Use Schedule Community Node Areas Freeway Existing Road Proposed Road Collector Arterial Arterial Collector Land Use Structure CP NP Prestige Employment Areas Low Density Areas Medium Density Areas Mixed Corridor Areas Subject to Policy 3.20 b) of the Pickering Official Plan (Ed. 9) Legend Northeast Pickering Study Area Boundary Roads outside Study Area Potential Multi Use Areas Business Areas High Density Areas Community Park Neighbourhood Park High School Elementary SchoolES HS VG Village Green Potential Interchange Regional Centre S ide li ne 4 Si de lin e 4 Sa le m R oa d Sa le m R oa d A udl ey Ro ad Hwy 407 S ide li ne 6 S ide li ne 4 S ide li ne 2We s t ne y R oa d Si de lin e 8 S ide li ne 6 S ide li ne 4 Si de lin e 2 Eighth Concession Brawley Road We s t ne y R oa d S e v e n t h C o n c e s s i o n Kin sa le Ro ad Lak e R id ge R oa d S i x t h C on c e ss io n H w y 7 S ide li ne 8 H o ll y w o o d C o u r t Gr e e n bu r n Pl ac e Wes tn ey Ro ad Gre e nwoo d R o a d Trim bl e's L ane UP Urban Park Hazards MTO Lands Natural Heritage System *Lands yet to be identified for future sportsplex, recreation centre, community centre, fire stations, operations facilities, police stations, ambulance stations, Regional work facilities, etc.General Employment Areas The location of all parks and community facilities shown on the schedule to the Secondary Plan are conceptual. The final locations will be determined during the Neighbourhood Plan exercise. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Potential Cultural Heritage Resourcesin Northeast Pickering City of PickeringCity Development Department© January, 2026This Map Forms Part of Edition 9 of the Pickering Ofiicial Plan andMust Be Read in Conjunction with the Other Schedules and the Text. Section 11B Appendix A to the Edition 9 PickeringOfficial Plan 4390 Sideline 8 2630 Seventh Concession Rd 2625 Seventh Concession Rd 2750 Seventh Concession Rd 2785 Seventh Concession Rd 4230 Slideline 6 4380 Eighth Concession Rd 4365 Sideline 4 4130 Lake Ridge Rd 3290 Seventh Concession Rd 3220 Seventh Concession Rd 3160-3190 Seventh Concession Rd 4140 Kinsale Rd 3905 Sideline 6 4015 - 4025 Sideline 6 3885 Westney Rd 2670 Sixth Concession Rd 2715 Sixth Concession Rd 2730 Sixth Concession Rd 3060 Highway 7 3810 Kinsale Rd 3600 Lake Ridge Rd Northeast Pickering Boundary 1 2 3 5 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 Si de lin e 4 Si de lin e 4 S al em Ro ad S al em Ro ad A udl ey Ro ad Hwy 407 S ide li ne 6 Si de lin e 4 S ide li ne 2Wes tn ey Ro ad S ide li ne 8 S ide li ne 6 Si de lin e 4 S ide li ne 2 Eighth Concession Brawley Road Wes tn ey Ro ad S e v e n t h C o n c e s s i o n K ins al e R oa d La k e R idg e R oa d S i x t h C o n ce s sio n H w y 7 S ide li ne 8 H o l l y w o o d C o u r t Wes tn ey Ro ad Gre e nwoo d R o a d Tr im ble ' s La n e Headwater Drainage Features in Northeast Pickering City of PickeringCity Development Department© March, 2026This Map Forms Part of Edition 9 of the Pickering Ofiicial Plan andMust Be Read in Conjunction with the Other Schedules and the Text. Section 11B Appendix B to the Edition 9 PickeringOfficial Plan Northeast Pickering Boundary Si de lin e 4 Si de lin e 4 S al em Ro ad S al em Ro ad A udl ey Ro ad Hwy 407 S ide li ne 6 Si de lin e 4 S ide li ne 2Wes tn ey Ro ad S ide li ne 8 S ide li ne 6 Si de lin e 4 S ide li ne 2 Eighth Concession Brawley Road Wes tn ey Ro ad S e v e n t h C o n c e s s i o n K ins al e R oa d La k e R idg e R oa d S i x t h C o n ce s sio n H w y 7 S ide li ne 8 H o l l y w o o d C o u r t Wes tn ey Ro ad Gre e nwoo d R o a d Tr im ble ' s La n e Natural Heritage System Subject to further review Hedgerows and Wetland/Water Featuresin Northeast Pickering City of PickeringCity Development Department© March, 2026This Map Forms Part of Edition 9 of the Pickering Ofiicial Plan andMust Be Read in Conjunction with the Other Schedules and the Text. Section 11B Appendix C to the Edition 9 PickeringOfficial Plan Hedgerow Northeast Pickering Boundary Si d e l i n e 4 Si d e l i n e 4 S a l e m R o a d S a l e m R o a d A u d l e y R o a d Hwy 407 S i d e l i n e 6 Si d e l i n e 4 S i d e l i n e 2 We s t n e y R o a d S i d e l i n e 8 S i d e l i n e 6 Si d e l i n e 4 S i d e l i n e 2 Eighth Concession Brawley Road We s t n e y R o a d Seventh Concession K i n s a l e R o a d La k e R i d g e R o a d Sixth Concession Hwy 7 S i d e l i n e 8 H o l l y w o o d C o u r t We s t n e y R o a d Gr e e n w o o d R o a d Tr i m b l e ' s L a n e Natural Heritage System Wetland/Water Feature