4. OFFICIAL
PLAN AMENDMENT – TRANSPORTATION policy uPDATE AMENDMENT
MODIFICIATION AU PLAN OFFICIEL – Modification de
MISE-À-JOUR DE LA POLITIQUE EN
MATIÈRE DE TRANSPORTS
PLANNING COMMITTEE AND
AGRICULTURE AND
RURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council approve and adopt
Official Plan Amendment No. XX, as detailed in Document 1.
RECOMMANDATION
DU COMITÉ DE L’URBANISME ET
DU COMITÉ DE L’AGRICULTURE ET DES AFFAIRES RURALES
Que le Conseil approuve et adopte la
modification no XX du Plan officiel, décrit en détail dans le document 1.
Documentation
1. Deputy City Manager’s Report,
Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability dated 15 December 2011
(ACS2012-ICS-PGM-0007).
Report
to/Rapport au :
Planning
Committee
Comité de l'urbanisme
and / et
Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Committee
Comité de l’agriculture et les affaires
rurales
and Council / et
au Conseil
15
December 2011 / le 15 décembre 2011
Submitted by/Soumis
par : Nancy Schepers, Deputy City
Manager
Directrice municipale
adjointe, Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability, Services d'infrastructure et Viabilité des collectivités
Contact Person/Personne-ressource : Richard Kilstrom,
Manager/Gestionnaire
Policy Development and Urban Design/Élaboration
de la politique et conception urbaine
Planning and Growth Management/Urbanisme et Gestion de
la croissance
(613) 580-2424, 22379 Richard.Kilstrom@ottawa.ca
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OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT – TRANSPORTATION
policy uPDATE AMENDMENT |
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OBJET : |
MODIFICIATION AU PLAN OFFICIEL – Modification de MISE-À-JOUR DE LA
POLITIQUE EN MATIÈRE DE TRANSPORTS |
REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS
That the Planning Committee and
Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend Council approve and adopt Official
Plan Amendment No. XX, as detailed in Document 1.
RECOMMANDATIONS DU
RAPPORT
Que le Comité de l’urbanisme et le Comité de l’agriculture et des
affaires rurales recommandent au Conseil d’approuver et d’adopter la
modification no XX du Plan officiel, décrit en détail dans le document 1.
The purpose of this amendment is to update the Official Plan to incorporate transportation policy changes. These would be the first such transportation policy changes made to the Official Plan since the approval of Official Plan Amendment (OPA) No. 76 (May 2009).
The policy changes in this amendment stem primarily from approval of transit and road Environmental Assessments (EAs), a Community Design Plan (Barrhaven South) and Council direction on “Taking Steps Towards a Cycle Friendly City.”
DISCUSSION
A review has
been undertaken of Council directions or approvals of transportation planning issues
that require updating of Official Plan policies or schedules. Most of the required changes result from completed
transit and road EAs that are now fully approved with either no, or no outstanding,
Part 2 (bump up) requests made to the provincial Ministry of the Environment.
In order
of occurrence in the Official Plan, the following changes are proposed:
In Section 4.3, Walking, Cycling, Transit, Roads and Parking Lots, policy 11 is proposed to be revised to add new wording to implement the September 2010 City Council motion on “Taking Steps Towards a Cycle-Friendly City”. This motion directed that the “Official Plan be amended to require that the design of new subdivisions incorporate cycle-friendly ‘short-cuts’ as part of the residential street and path network.” This is aimed at improving pedestrian and cycling connectivity within and between neighbourhoods.
Schedule D – Primary Transit Network is proposed to be updated to reflect the approved Transit EA for the Hospital Link and Cumberland Transitway Westerly Planning Study. A new station is added along Blair Road at Meadowbrook Road and also new stations/stops, including one at St. Laurent Boulevard, are added along the new alignment of Innes-Belfast-Terminal. This alignment is designated as a “Transit Intensive – Bus” corridor. The old corridor is deleted from Innes Road, just east of St. Laurent Boulevard, to the former Browning Avenue section of the Hospital Corridor (removed by an Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) order). These proposed amendments are shown on Schedule 1 to the proposed OPA.
In Annex 1, Table 1 – Road Right-of-Way Protection is proposed to be
amended to:
· add
the wording “Subject to widening stated in the Environmental Study Report” to
segments of Mer Bleue Road (2006) and Jockvale Road (2009) to reflect the two EAs
done for those roadways that have widening requirements that are not always the
uniform width indicated in the table;
· add a
Right-of-Way (ROW) widening reference for old Greenbank Road (south of Cambrian
Road) as this was not added when other ROW changes were made for the new
Greenbank Road (new alignment north and south of the Jock River) at the time of
completion of the Barrhaven South CDP (2006);
· revise
the ROW widening requirement from 37.5 m to 30 m for the segment of Fernbank
Road between Terry Fox and Eagleson Roads as per the Eagleson-Fernbank EA
(2008); and
· add widening requirements for Innes Road, Terminal Avenue and Trainyards Drive per the EA (2011) for the Hospital Link and Cumberland Transitway Westerly Planning Study.
RURAL IMPLICATIONS
The Section 4.3 policy change on subdivision design being more pedestrian and cycling-friendly would apply equally to any developments in the urban area or rural area.
CONSULTATION
Notice of this application was carried out in accordance with the City's Public Notification and Consultation Policy.
All Ward Councillors are aware of this application and the staff recommendation.
There are no legal implications associated with the recommendation in this report.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
There are no direct financial implications. In the event of an appeal, funds are available within existing resources to defend Council’s position.
ACCESSIBILITY IMPLICATIONS
There are no accessibility implications with the approval of this report.
This OPA is supportive of the Term of Council Priorities under the strategic
priority for transportation and mobility as follows:
·
TM3 - Provide infrastructure to support
mobility choices: improve residents’
mobility choices by supporting initiatives related to routes, rapid transit,
walking, and cycling.
·
TM4 - Promote alternative mobility
choices: promote alternative mobility
choices by emphasizing transit, cycling and walking as preferred ways of
getting around the City. Use education,
promotion and incentives to encourage alternatives to driving, and provide
information that encourages responsible travel.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
Document 1 Proposed Official Plan Amendment XX – Transportation Policy Update
DISPOSITION
Planning and Growth Management to
prepare the by-law adopting the Official Plan Amendment, forward to Legal
Services, and undertake the statutory notification.
Legal Services to forward the implementing by-law to City Council
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To the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa
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INDEX
Purpose
Location
Basis
Introduction
Details of the Amendment
Implementation and Interpretation
PART A – THE PREAMBLE
The purpose of this amendment is to update the Official Plan to incorporate transportation policy changes. These would be the first such transportation policy changes made to the Official Plan since the approval of OPA No. 76 (May 2009). The policy changes in this amendment stem primarily from approval of transit and road Environmental Assessments (EAs), a Community Design Plan (Barrhaven South) and Council direction on “Taking Steps Towards a Cycle Friendly City”.
This Official Plan Amendment affects the entire area of the City of Ottawa, as shown on Official Plan Schedule A: Rural Policy Plan and Official Plan Schedule B: Urban Policy Plan.
A review
has been undertaken of Council directions or approvals of transportation
planning issues that require updating of Official Plan policies or
schedules. Most of the required changes
result from several completed transit and road EAs that are now fully approved,
there being either no, or no outstanding, Part 2 (bump up) requests made to the
provincial Ministry of the Environment.
In order
of occurrence in the Official Plan, the following changes are proposed:
In Section 4.3, Walking, Cycling, Transit, Roads and Parking Lots, policy 11 is proposed to be revised to add new wording to implement the September 2010 City Council motion on “Taking Steps Towards a Cycle-Friendly City”. This motion directed that the “Official Plan be amended to require that the design of new subdivisions incorporate cycle-friendly ‘short-cuts’ as part of the residential street and path network”. This is aimed at making new subdivisions more cycle‑friendly.
Schedule D – Primary Transit Network is proposed to be updated to reflect the approved Transit EA for the Hospital Link and Cumberland Transitway Westerly Planning Study. A new station is added along Blair Road at Meadowbrook Road and also new stations/stops, including one at St. Laurent Boulevard, are added along the new alignment of Innes-Belfast-Terminal. This alignment is designated as a “Transit Intensive – Bus” corridor. The old corridor is deleted from Innes Road, just east of St. Laurent Boulevard, to the former Browning Avenue section of the Hospital Corridor (removed by an Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) order).
In Annex 1, Table 1 – Road Right-of-Way Protection would be amended to:
· add
the wording “Subject to widening stated in the Environmental Study Report” to
segments of Mer Bleue Road (2006) and Jockvale Road (2009) to reflect the two EAs
done for those roadways that have widening requirements that are not always the
uniform width indicted in the table;
· add a
Right-of-Way (ROW) widening reference for old Greenbank Road (south of Cambrian
Road) as this was not added when other ROW changes were made for the new
Greenbank Road (new alignment north and south of the Jock River) at the time of
completion of the Barrhaven South EA CDP (2006);
· revise
the ROW widening requirement from 37.5 m to 30 m for the segment of Fernbank
Road between Terry Fox and Eagleson Roads as per the Eagleson-Fernbank EA
(2008); and
· add widening requirements for Innes Road, Terminal Avenue and Trainyards Drive per the EA (2011) for the Hospital Link and Cumberland Transitway Westerly Planning Study.
PART B – THE AMENDMENT
1. Introduction
All of this part of the document entitled Part B - The Amendment, consisting of the following text and the attached map designated as Schedule “1” to Amendment No. __, constitutes Amendment __ to the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa.
2. Details
The Official Plan for the City of Ottawa is hereby amended as follows:
1. Section 4.3 Walking, Cycling, Transit, Roads and Parking Lots, policy 11, is hereby amended by adding the following new sentence at the start of the paragraph:
“The City will require that new plans of subdivision and other developments include adequately spaced inter-block/street cycling and pedestrian connections to facilitate travel by active transportation.”
and adding the word “Furthermore” to the start of the next sentence and changing the words “recreational” to “multi-use” in that sentence and the one that follows.
Schedule D – Primary Transit Network
Annex 1 – Road Classification and
Rights-of-Way
Road |
From |
To |
ROW
to be Protected |
Classification |
Sector |
Fernbank |
Stittsville Main Street
South |
|
37.5 |
arterial |
urban |
Fernbank |
Terry Fox |
Eagleson |
30 |
arterial |
urban |
Greenbank |
Cambrian |
Barnsdale |
37.5 |
arterial |
urban |
Innes |
St. Laurent |
Blair |
44.5 Note: subject to the varying widenings requirements of the Hospital
Link and Cumberland Transitway Westerly ESR |
arterial |
urban |
Jockvale |
|
Prince of Wales |
37.5
Note: subject to varying widenings requirements of the
Jockvale Road ESR |
|
|
Mer Bleue |
Innes |
Renaud |
37.5
Note: subject to the varying widenings requirements of the Mer
Bleue Road ESR |
arterial |
urban |
Mer Bleue |
Renaud |
Navan |
37.5
Note: subject to the varying widening requirements of the Mer
Bleue Road ESR |
arterial |
urban |
Terminal |
Riverside |
Trainyards |
24 Note: subject to the varying widening requirements of the Hospital
Link and Cumberland Transitway Westerly ESR |
collector |
urban |
Trainyards |
Terminal |
Belfast |
30 Note: subject to the varying widening requirements of the Hospital
Link and Cumberland Transitway Westerly ESR |
collector |
urban |
3. Implementation and Interpretation
Implementation and
interpretation of this Amendment shall be in accordance with the policies of the
City of Ottawa Official Plan.