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Home My WebLink AboutBy-law 6080/03THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING BY-LAW NO. 6080103 Being a By-law to adopt Amendment 11 to the Official Plan for the City of Pickering. (OPA 02-00 l/P); WHEREAS pursuant to the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter 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; AND WHEREAS pursuant to Section 17(10) of the Planning Act, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing has by order authorized Regional Council to pass a by-law to exempt proposed area municipal official plan amendments from its approval; AND WHEREAS, the Region has advised that this Amendment is NOT exempt from Regional approval; NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: 1. That Amendment 11 to the Official Plan for the City of Pickering, attached hereto as Exhibit "A", is hereby adopted; That the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to forward to the Regional Municipality of Durham the documentation required by Procedure: Area Municipal Official Plans and Amendments, to seek Regional approval of an Amendment to the Pickering Official Plan; 3. This By-law shall come into force and take effect on the day of the final passing hereof. BY-LAW read a first, second and third time and finally passed this January, 2003. 20th day of Wayne Arthurs, Mayor ~'u/~ruce Taylor, Clerk Exhibit "A" to By-law AMENDMENT 11 TO THE CITY OF PICKERING OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT 11 TO THE CITY OF PICKERING OFFICIAL PLAN PURPOSE: LOCATION: BASIS: The purpose of the amendment is to revise the boundaries of residential and open space designations on Schedule I - Land Use Structure, revise the boundaries of Wetlands, the Rouge-Duffins Wildlife Corridor and Shorelines and Stream Corridors on Schedule III - Resource Management, revise the Rouge-Duffins Wildlife Corridor policies and revise the Rouge Park Neighbourhood policies to implement the results of the Rouge Park Neighbourhood Study. The amendment affects all lands in the Rouge Park Neighbourhood, which is located on the west side of Pickering at the northern limit of the City's South Urban Area. This area is approximately 160 hectares in size. The Rouge Park Neighbourhood Study was completed for lands in the City of Pickering and received by City Council in April 2000. City Council adopted a comprehensive plan to guide future development of the neighbourhood through two principal documents: the Rouge Park Neighbourhood Environmental Master Servicing Plan and the Rouge Park Neighbourhood Development Guidelines. The Environmental Master Servicing Plan provided direction on edge management strategies between developable and non-developable areas to ensure that new development maintains and enhances adjacent natural features and functions. It also established a stormwater management strategy. The Rouge Park Neighbourhood established urban design criteria and sites and major street connections. Development Guidelines identified school and park The Land Use objectives for this amendment are to adjust the boundaries of the land use designations to accurately reflect the findings of the Environmental Master Servicing Plan and adopt policies for both the Rouge-Duffins Wildlife Corridor and the Rouge Park Neighbourhood that will guide development in the manner articulated in the Rouge Park Neighbourhood Development Guidelines. Wetland boundaries shown on the amended Resource Management schedule are based on updated 1999 mapping from the Ministry of Natural Resources, AMENDMENT: 2 Council of the City of Pickering passed resolution #29/00, Item #1, at its meeting of April 10, 2000, which included initiating this proposed amendment to the Pickering Official Plan to implement the results of the Rouge Park Neighbourhood Study and a number of other associated recommendations. The proposed amendment reflects comments received at the Statutory Public Information meeting held on June 19, 2002. The Pickering Official Plan be amended by: Revising Schedule I - Land Use Structure to revise the boundary between the designations of Open Space System - Natural Area and Urban Residential Areas - Low Density Areas for certain lands in the Rouge Park Neighbourhood, such that the designations appear as depicted on the following extract of Schedule I. Revising Schedule III - Resource Management Schedule, to: (i) (ii) (iii) revise the delineation of Wetlands in the Rouge Park Neighbourhood such that it appears as depicted on Exhibit 'B'; revise the delineation of the Rouge-Duffins Wildlife Corridor lands such that they appear as depicted on Exhibit 'C~ and revise the delineation of Shorelines and Stream Corridors, such that they appear as depicted on Exhibit 'D' which are shown as extracts of Schedule III. Revising section 10.17 - Rouge-Duffins Wildlife Corridor Policies, to add a policy limiting the uses permitted on lands that are designated both Freeways and Major Utilities - Potential Multi-Use Area and Rouge-Duffins Wildlife Corridor; and add a policy encouraging the preparation of a "Rouge-Duffins Wildlife Corridor Management Plan"; and, Replacing section 11.17 - Rouge Duffins Wildlife Corridor to revise subsection (f); such that the entire section 11.17 reads as follows: 3 CITY POLICY R ouge-Duffins Wildlife Corridor 10.17 City Council recognizes that the Rouge-Duffins Wildlife Corridor is intended to function as a significant vegetated connector providing for species migration between the Rouge and Duffins valley systems; accordingly, Council shall, (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (0 despite the permissible uses listed in Table 13, permit utility and ancillary uses, as well as any uses permissible within the Open Space System - Natural Area designation (see Table 3) on lands designated both Freeways and Major Utilities - Potential Multi-Use Area on Schedule I and also Rouge-Duffins Wildlife Corridor on Schedule III; and, encourage the Ministry of Natural Resources, Toronto & Region Conservation Authority, Region of Durham, Ontario Hydro and interested others to both prepare a "Rouge-Duffins Wildlife Corridor Management Plan" and establish funding for on-going maintenance and restoration of the Corridor. Replacing section 11.16 - Rouge Park Neigbbourbood Policies to revise subsections 11.16 (a)(i), (a)(iv) and (d); such that the entire section 11.16 reads as follows: CITY POLICY Rouge Park Neigbbourbood Policies 11.16 City Council shall, (a) in the consideration of development proposed within the neighbourhood, 4 (b) (c) (d) (e) (i) discourage designs which require the use of reverse frontages, berms and significant noise attenuation fencing adjacent to Finch Avenue and Altona Road, unless justified for a limited proportion of street frontage within any proposed development by unique site configuration, road access or proximity considerations and mitigated by special design and/or landscaping features; (ii) encourage a "neighbourhood focus" at the intersection of Finch Avenue and Altona Road through the utilization of structural massing, architectural elements, and landscaping that establishes a strong relationship with the intersection; (iii) despite the permissible uses listed in Tables 5 and 9, not permit the establishment of automobile service stations and drive-thru facilities such as restaurants, banks and convenience stores within the neighbourhood; (iv) in accordance with sections 15.17 and 15.18, permit the use of density transfers and bonuses, as further detailed in the Rouge Park Neighbourhood Development Guidelines; (v) require a road connection running from the north side of Finch Avenue to the west side of Rosebank Road; (vi) require new development to have regard for the Rouge Park Management Plan; encourage the retention of environmentally sensitive Provincially-owned lands within public ownership and the appropriate and timely disposition of Provincially- owned lands outside of the Rouge Park that are not environmentally sensitive; endeavour to eliminate the "jog" at the Rosebank Road and Finch Avenue intersection; support improvements to the level crossings of the C.P. rail line at the Scarborough-Pickering Townline Road and Rosebank Road, such as the installation of appropriate safety measures including automatic safety gates; and for the north-east corner of the Beare Estate/Map Realty lands, located on the north side of Finch Avenue, opposite Woodview Avenue, interpret the minimum extent of the "Open Space System - Natural Areas" designation to be the southerly drip-line of the existing hedgerow plus 1 metre, with the maximum extent to be determined during the review of the related development applications. 5 IMPLEMENTATION: The provisions set forth in the Pickering Official Plan, as amended, regarding the implementation of the Plan shall apply in regard to this Amendment. INTERPRETATION: The provisions set forth in the Pickering Official Plan, as amended, regarding the interpretation of the Plan shall apply in regard to this Amendment. SCHEDULE 'A' TO AMENDMENT 11 REDESIGNATE FROM "OPEN SPA~E ~ '\ __ / .' ~- .... uVINC/AL. ~;4-2. /7~~ /~,~~ '' ~HEDULE [TO ~E ~D USE ~U~ PICkiNG ~ ~1~ ~ ~ MIX~ ~PLO~ OTHER DESIG~TION$ ~ ~ CO~UN~ .O~ ~ ~U~ O~S~ ~ ~UL~ ~ SCHEDULE 'B' TO AMENDMENT 11 SCHEDULE ]]/TO THE PICK~RING OFFICIAI~ PLAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SHOREUNES AND STREAM CORRIDORS (I~IAy INCLUDE HAZARD LANDS) WETLANDS SCHEDULE 'C' TO AMENDMENT 11 SCHEDULE rrr TO THE PICKERING OFFICIAL PLAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IIBBB! SHORELINES AND STREAM CORRIDORS (UAY INCLUDE HAZARD LANDS) WETLANDS ENVIRONMENTALLY SIGNIRCANT AREAS ROUOE--DUFFIN$ WILI:)LIFE CORRIDOR SCHEDULE 'D' TO AMENDMENT 11 PICKERING OFFICIAl. PLAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Illlll