1.             OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT – TECHNICAL AMENDMENT

 

PLAN OFFICIEL – MODIFICATION TECHNIQUE

 

 

PLANNING Committee recommendationS AND AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS as amended

 

 

That Council approve and adopt Official Plan Amendment XX, as detailed in Document 1, as amended as follows:

 

1.         That Schedule 1 to the Technical Amendment be revised to also show the addition of the EA approved transit station at Lester Road and the future North-South LRT line.

 

2.         That part b – The Amendment be amended to include the following additional wording:

 

“Section 3.1 Generally Permitted Uses, is hereby amended as follows:

 

a.         by adding the words “and Municipal Services” following the words “Public Utilities” in the title that precedes policy 9; and

 

b.         by adding the words “and Municipal Services” following the words “Public utility facilities” in the first line of policy 10.

 

(Recommendations 1 and 2 from the Planning Committee meeting of 24 January 2012).

 

3.         That Schedule 8 to the Technical Amendment be revised to reflect the correct parcel shapes.

 

 

RecommandationS DE COMITÉ DE L’URBANISME ET LE RECINNANDATIONS COMITÉ DE L’AGRICULTURE ET DES AFFAIRES RURALES MODIFIÉES DU Comité

 

Que le Conseil approuve et d'adopter la modification XX au Plan officiel, qui est énoncée dans le document 1, telle que modifiée par ce qui suit :

 

1.         Que l’Annexe 1 de la modification technique soit révisée pour faire état de l’addition de la station de transport en commun approuvée par l’évaluation environnementale sur le chemin Lester et le futur circuit nord-sud du TLR.

 

2.         Que la « Partie B – Modification » ssoit modifiée afin de comprendre la formulation supplémentaire suivante :

 

« Partie 3.1 Utilisations généralement permises est modifiée par la présente comme suit :

 

a.         en ajoutant les mots « et services municipaux » à la suite des mots « services publics » dans le titre qui précède la politique 9;

 

b.         en ajoutant les mots « et services municipaux » à la suite des mots « installations de services publics » dans la première ligne de la politique 10 et,

 

(Recommandations 1 et 2 issues de la réunion du 24 janvier 2012 du Comité de l’urbanisme).

 

3.         Que l’Annexe 8 de la modification technique sera révisée afin de refléter les formes correctes des parcelles.

 

 

 

 

Documentation

 

1.         Deputy City Manager's report, Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability, dated 13 December 2011 (ACS2012-ICS-PGM-0006).

 

2.         Extract of Minutes Planning Committee meetings of 24 January 2012

 

3.         Extract of draft minutes, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee meeting of

9 February 2012.

 

4.         Extract of Draft Minutes, Planning Committee meetings of 14 February 2012.

 

 


Report to/Rapport au :

 

Planning Committee

Comité de l'urbanisme

 

and / et

 

Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee

Comité de l’agriculture et les questionnes rurales

 

and Council / et au Conseil

 

13 December 2011 / le 13 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

 

 

City-Wide

Ref N°: ACS2012-ICS-PGM-0006

 

 

SUBJECT:

OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT – TECHNICAL AMENDMENT

 

 

OBJET :

PLAN OFFICIEL – MODIFICATION TECHNIQUE -

 

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

 

That the Planning Committee and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend Council approve and adopt Official Plan Amendment XX, as detailed in Document 1.

 

 

RECOMMANDATION 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 XX au Plan officiel, qui est énoncée dans le document 1.

 

 

BACKGROUND

 

The purpose of this Official Plan amendment is to incorporate certain policy modifications which are of a technical nature. They involve no change in land use policy direction from what is contained in the current Official Plan.

 

The Official Plan includes a policy (Section 5.2.3 – Public Notification, policy 3) which allows technical amendments to be made to the Official Plan, or Zoning By-law, without full public notification, provided the technical amendment is limited to correcting the following anomalies:

 

a.       where further amendments are required to fully implement an approved recommendation of City Council to amend the Official Plan or Zoning By-law;

b.      to carry forward in the Zoning By-law, the regulations of the former municipalities’ zoning by-laws, where required, to accurately harmonize those regulations;

c.       to amend the language of a provision so as to clarify its intent; and

d.      to eliminate unnecessary redundancies and outdated references.

 

The policy modifications proposed in this amendment – in the form of updates to both the text and schedules – all meet the definition of technical amendments under Section 5.2.3.

 

DISCUSSION

 

The changes proposed through this amendment are detailed in Document 1, which includes the text of the proposed Official Plan Amendment.  The recommended changes therein are grouped in accordance with the reason for the change: Clarification following Official Plan Amendment (OPA) 76, Correction, or Update.

 

The changes described in the category “Clarification following OPA 76” are intended to clarify wording in the plan as a result of changes that were implemented elsewhere as a result of OPA 76.  For example, the Ontario Municipal Board ordered that a policy be added to Section 3.1 requiring consultation with TransCanada Pipelines Limited.  This change has been incorporated into the Plan.  As a result of this change, the proposed OPA recommends adding a reference to this new policy in the table included in Section 4.2 that summarizes the policies that apply to lands adjacent to land-use designations shown on Schedules A and B.

 

The changes described in the “Correction” category are entirely technical in nature, and are intended simply to correct the language of the Plan, and the designations shown on the Schedules, to ensure that they are as accurate as possible.  For example, while the Zoning By-law uses a lower-case “h” to indicate a holding zone, the OPA, in Section 5.2.1, policy 5, currently indicates that an upper-case “H” is used for this purpose.  This is inaccurate, and is proposed to be corrected through this OPA.

 

The changes described in the “Update” category include updates that have occurred outside of the Plan, but should be corrected so that the language is as accurate as possible.  For example, the Plan currently makes reference to “LACAC”, the Local Architectural and Cultural Advisory Committee, but this Advisory Committee has been renamed to “OBHAC”, the Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee.  The OPA described herein proposes to update this reference.

 

RURAL IMPLICATIONS

 

While this is a City-wide amendment, no specific rural implications have been identified.

 

CONSULTATION

 

In accordance with OPA policy 3 of Section 5.2.3, Public Notification, this technical amendment was not subject to the City’s Public Notification policy.  Outside of the requirement to advertise in one English-language (The Ottawa Citizen) and one French-language daily newspaper (Le Droit), no further public notification was carried out.

 

COMMENTS BY THE WARD COUNCILLOR(S)

 

While this amendment was not subject to public consultation, in keeping with the policies of Section 5.5.5 of the Official Plan, all Councillors were made aware of the amendment, and were provided a copy.  No comments were received.

 

LEGAL IMPLICATIONS:

 

As this provides a technical amendment only, it is unlikely that an appeal will be brought before the Ontario Municipal Board.

 

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 IMPACT

 

N/A

 

TECHNOLOGY IMPLICATIONS

 

N/A

 

CITY STRATEGIC PLAN

 

N/A

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

 

Document 1    Proposed Official Plan Amendment XX - Technical


 

DISPOSITION

 

City Clerk and Solicitor Department, Legislative Services to notify the owner, applicant, OttawaScene Canada Signs, 1565 Chatelain Avenue, Ottawa, ON  K1Z 8B5, Ghislain Lamarche, Program Manager, Assessment, Financial Services Branch (Mail Code:  26-76) of City Council’s decision.

 

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

 


PROPOSED OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT                                             DOCUMENT 1

 

Ottawa bw

 

 

 

 

Official Plan Amendment No. XX

 

To the Official Plan of the City of Ottawa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land use

Utilisation du sol


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INDEX

 

 

THE STATEMENT OF COMPONENTS                                                                                   

 

PART A – THE PREAMBLE

Purpose

Location

Basis

 

 

PART B – THE AMENDMENT

Introduction

Details of the Amendment

Implementation and Interpretation

 

 


PART A – THE PREAMBLE

 

Purpose

 

The purpose of this technical amendment is to update the Official Plan through technical corrections, clarification and update in advance of the 2014 Official Plan Review.

 

Location

 

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.

 

Basis

 

This section of the preamble to the proposed Official Plan Amendment explains why the amendments are proposed, whereas Part B includes the technical amendments that will be applied to the Official Plan, if approved.  The proposed changes are grouped into three categories here, but are listed numerically in Part B.

 

CLARIFICATION FOLLOWING OPA 76

 

Section 2.3.1, policy 21                      Transportation

The proposed amendment recommends the addition of wording to cross reference transit right-of-way widening policies found in the note accompanying Schedule 4 – Primary Transit Network. 

 

Section 3.1, policies 9 and 10             Generally Permitted Uses

The proposed amendment recommends wording changes to Section 3.1 to clarify the public utilities and municipal services that policies 9 and 10, as amended by OPA 76, apply to.

 

Section 3.2.2                                       Natural Environment Areas

The proposed amendment recommends working changes to the preamble of Section 3.2.2, as amended by OPA 76, to clarify the language regarding the natural heritage system.

 

Section 4.2                                          Adjacent to Land-Use Designations

The proposed amendment recommends a change to the table included in Section 4.2, as amended by OPA 76, to identify when development proponents should engage in pre-consultation with Trans-Canada Pipelines Limited.

 

Section 4.7                                          Environmental Protection

The proposed amendment recommends changes to the table included in Section 4.7, as amended by OPA 76 to clarify the requirements for studies and assessments in order to assess development applications.

 

Section 4.7.3, policy 5                                    Erosion Prevention and Protection of Surface Water

The proposed amendment recommends including a reference to policy 4 in the text of policy 5, as amended by OPA 76, to clarify the intent of the policy.

CORRECTION

 

Section 5.2.1, policy 5                        Implementation Mechanisms, by Authority under the Planning Act

The proposed amendment includes a correction to remove the words “South and East of the Canadian Shield” from the Significant Wetlands designation. 

 

Section 5.2.1, policy 12          Implementation Mechanisms, by Authority under the Planning Act

The proposed amendment includes a correction to indicate that a holding symbol in the Zoning By-law is shown through a lower-case “h”, rather than an upper-case “H”, which is used to indicate maximum height limits.

 

Schedule A                                                     Rural Policy Plan

The proposed amendment includes a recommendation to adjust the Natural Environmnent Area boundary near Constance Lake to be consistent with the boundary in the Comprehensive Zoning By-law.

 

Schedule B                                                      Urban Policy Plan

The proposed amendment includes a recommendation to align the northwest boundary of the Mixed-Use Centre at Lees Avenue and Highway 417 with Brunswick Avenue to reflect its actual shape.  This will require re-designating a portion of land from Mixed-Use Centre to General Urban Area.

 

Schedule B                                                      Urban Policy Plan

The proposed amendment includes a recommendation to update the Urban Policy Plan to reflect current designations as a result of City ownership.  This will require re-designating a portion of land from Major Open Space to General Urban Area, and a portion of land from General Urban Area to Urban Natural Features.

 

Schedule B                                                      Urban Policy Plan

The proposed amendment includes a recommendation to update the Urban Policy Plan to reflect current designations as a result of City ownership.  This will require re-designating a portion of land from General Urban Area to Urban Natural Features.

 

Schedule B                                                      Urban Policy Plan

The proposed amendment includes a recommendation to remove the Developing Community designation from Phase 1 of the East Urban Community.  This will require re-designating the lands from Developing Community to General Urban Area.

 

Schedule B                                                      Urban Policy Plan

The proposed amendment includes a recommendation to remove the Employment Area designation from a portion of the lands municipally known as 1991 Johnston Road.  This will require re-designating the lands from Employment Area to Urban Natural Features.  The subject lands, which are City-owned, form part of the Greenboro Turtlehead Nature Area, and have been evaluated and identified as Urban Natural Area (UNA) 151 (Conroy Swamp).


 

Schedule D                                                     Primary Transit Network

The proposed amendment recommends a correction to the location of the Lester LRT station on the North-South (N-S) LRT line from the currently shown incorrect location at the future “T” junction of the N-S and airport spur line to a location, per the N-S Environmental Assessment, further west near the Lester/Uplands intersection.   The amendment further recommends a change to add a transitway station along the Cumberland Transitway at the future extension of Belcourt Boulevard, which has been planned but which was had not yet been shown on Schedule D. 

 

Schedule F                                                      Central Area/Inner City Road Network

The proposed amendment recommends a correction of the road classification from collector to arterial of a 35 metre section of Mann Avenue west of the King Edward intersection to the Nicholas overpass.  The roadway is an arterial on the west side of the overpass as it continues on to join Greenfield Avenue and Main Street.  Mann Avenue is only a collector east of the King Edward intersection, not west of it.

 

Annex 1                                                          Road Classification and Rights-of-Way

The proposed amendment revises Table 1 – Road Right of Way Protection to reintroduce the ROW widening requirements for select rural arterial roadways that lead to, or are near, the urban boundary.  These roadways were in OPA No. 76 as adopted by Council, but by error were not in the version sent to and approved by Ministry of Municipal Affairs.  Similarly this amendment would add back in two 23-metre ROW village arterial segments that were omitted in OPA No. 76 and by consequence the 30-metre non-village standard, which is inappropriate, currently applies.  This revision applies to portions of the following roadways:  Bankfield, Carp, Eagleson, Earl Armstrong, Fallowfield, Frank Kenny, Huntmar, March, Mitch Owens, Navan, Old Montreal, Prince of Wales and Richmond. 

 

 

UPDATE

 

Section 4.4.2.4                                                            Small Water and Wastewater Works

The proposed amendment recommends adding a new policy to clarify the original intent of the policy, being that small water and wastewater works may be permitted for commercial uses.                                     

Section 4.7.3, policy 11                                  Erosion Prevention and Protection of Surface Water

The proposed amendment recommends updating a reference, in policy 11, to the “Fill, Construction and Alteration to Waterways regulation” with the “Development, Interference with Wetlands and Alterations to Shorelines and Watercourses Regulation”.

 

Section 4.8.3, policies 2 and 3                        Unstable Soils and Bedrock

The proposed amendment recommends a change to the text of policies 2 and 3, as amended by OPA 76, to be more consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (2005).


 

Cultural Heritage

The proposed amendment includes a recommendation to update references to three cultural heritage terms, wherever they appear throughout the Official Plan.  This will require the removal and replacement of the following terms:

(i) Local Architectural and Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC) to be removed, and replaced with Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee (OBHAC);

(ii) Heritage Impact Statement to be removed and replaced with Cultural Heritage Impact Statement; and

(iii) Heritage Act to be removed and replaced with Ontario Heritage Act.

 

Schedule D                                                     Primary Transit Network

The proposed amendment recommends minor revisions to the shown locations of two future Transitway stations south of Blackburn Hamlet as per the recently completed Environmental Assessment for the Hospital Link and Cumberland Transitway Westerly Planning Study. 

 

Annex 1                                                          Road Classification and Rights-of-Way

The amendment recommends a number of modifications to Table 1 – Road Right-of-Way to incorporate changes, such as:

1.  correction of street names, e.g. White not Whaite, Lévis not Lewis, Blackburn Hamlet By-pass extension is now Brian Coburn Boulevard, or correction of direction, e.g. “east” of Fourth line not “west”.

2.  removals or shortening of road segment descriptions, e.g. between streets A and C becomes between streets A and B.  These changes are required, for example, due to a widening having been obtained, it being determined that a widening is not needed due to the existing ROW meeting the requirement, or it being determined that a lesser ROW width would suffice.

3.  consolidation of adjacent segments with the same ROW widening requirement; e.g. instead of two listings A to B and B to C, indicating one listing of A to C.

4.  Similar segment naming adjustment is done to reflect road classification changes. 

 


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 maps designated as Schedules “1” to “8” to Amendment No. __, constitutes Amendment __ to the Official Plan of the City of Ottawa.

 

2.   Details

The Official Plan for the City of Ottawa is hereby amended as follows:

 

1.      Section 2.2.2 Managing Growth in the Urban Area, policy 9 is hereby amended by adding the word “Ontario” before the words “Heritage Act” in the two locations in which they occur.

 

2.      Section 2.3.1 Transportation, policy 21 is hereby amended by adding the following new sentence at the end: “Reference should be made to Schedule 4 – Rapid Transit Network and its accompanying notes.”  

 

3.      Section 2.5.5 Cultural Heritage Resources is hereby amended:

 

(a)    in policy 2 by adding the word “Ontario” before the words “Heritage Act” where they occur;

 

(b)   in policy 3 by adding the word “Ontario” before the words “Heritage Act” where they occur;

 

(c)    in policy 4 by adding the word “Ontario” before the words “Heritage Act” where they occur;

 

(d)   in policy 6 by:

 

(i)    replacing the words “Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC)” following the words “known as the”, with the words “Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee (OBHAC)”;

 

(ii)   adding the word “Ontario” before the words “Heritage Act”; and

 

(iii)  italicizing the words “Heritage Act”.

 

(e)    in policy 7 by adding the word “Ontario” before the words “Heritage Act” where they occur;

 

(f)    in policy 8 by adding the word “Ontario” before the words “Heritage Act” where they occur;

 

(g)   in policy 12(b) by adding the word “Ontario” before the words “Heritage Act” where they occur;

 

(h)   in policy 13 by adding the word “Ontario” before the words “Heritage Act” where they occur; and

 

(i)     in policy 22(a) by adding the word “Ontario” before the words “Heritage Act” where they occur.

 

4.      Section 3.2.2 Natural Environment Areas is hereby amended by deleting the first three preamble paragraphs, and replacing them with the following two paragraphs:

 

“The Natural Environment Area designation applies to land having a high environmental value as assessed through federal, provincial and municipal studies.  The lands within this designation typically contain several components of the City’s natural heritage system, including wetlands, significant woodlands, and wildlife habitat.  These areas are among the most significant in Ottawa in terms of maintaining biodiversity and ecological functions.  As such, development within and adjacent to these areas could unduly stress significant natural features and their ecological functions and careful management, restoration and enhancement are required.

 

The Natural Environment Area designation includes areas identified by the Province as significant Areas of Natural Scientific Interest (Life Science), such as Green’s Creek in the eastern area of the Greenbelt and Torbolton Forest near Constance Bay, as areas that are significant in the larger area that includes the City of Ottawa.”

 

5.      Section 4.2 Adjacent to Land-Use Designations is hereby amended by

 

a.       Inserting the following row, respecting section 3.1, above the row respecting section 3.2.1:

 

See Section

Policy for Adjacent Designation

Where Required

3.1

Pre-consult withTrans-Canada Pipelines

For development that will be located within 200 metres of a TransCanada Pipeline right-of-way or within 750 metres of a TransCanada Pipeline compressor station.

 

b.      adding the word “Cultural” before the words “Heritage Impact Statement” in the second column of the now sixth row, relating to section 3.4.

 

6.      Section 4.4.2.4 Small Water and Wastewater Works is hereby amended by adding the following new policy as policy 3: “Notwithstanding policy 1, small water and wastewater works, being systems that are owned, operated and managed by a single owner for a single building or complex of buildings, may be considered for commercial uses, without the requirement of an agreement between the City and the proponent, as described in policy 2, provided the development does not contain any residential uses.”

 

7.      Section 4.6.1 Heritage Buildings and Areas is hereby amended as follows:

 

a.       in policy 1 by adding the word “Ontario” before the words “Heritage Act” where they occur;

 

b.      in policy 2 by adding the word “Ontario” before the words “Heritage Act” where they occur and by italicizing the words “Heritage Act”;

 

c.       in policy 3 by adding the word “Ontario” before the words “Heritage Act” where they occur and by italicizing the words “Heritage Act”;

 

d.      in policy 4 by adding the word “Ontario” before the words “Heritage Act” where they occur; and

 

e.       in policy 11 by adding the word “Ontario” before the words “Heritage Act” where they occur.

 

8.      Section 4.6.2 Archaeological Resources policy 1 is hereby amended by italicizing the words “Ontario Heritage Act” where they occur in the first sentence.

 

9.      Section 4.7 Environmental Protection includes a table indicating where studies/assessments may be required, depending on characteristics of the site, to assess a development application.  The section is hereby amended by deleting this table, and replacing it with the following:

 

See Section

Studies/Assessment Required

Where Required

4.7.1

Integrated environmental review to assess development applications

Subdivision, site plan and rezoning applications requiring an environmental impact statement, or tree retention and protection plan or landscape feature assessment. [Amendment #76, August 04, 2010

4.7.2

Tree Conservation Report

All plans of subdivision, plans of condominium, and site plans

4.7.3

Determine appropriate setback from rivers, lakes, streams, and other surface water features

Adjacent to rivers, lakes, streams, and other surface water features

4.7.3

Erosion and sediment control plan

All development proposals

4.7.3

Demonstrate no negative impact on fish habitat; if there is impact – review by Department of Fisheries and Oceans 

In or adjacent to fish habitat

4.7.4

Environmental impact statement to demonstrate no impact on the significant habitat of endangered and threatened species or on its ecological functions

On lands adjacent to significant habitat of endangered and threatened species.

4.7.5

Groundwater impact assessment

Groundwater resources areas (to be defined in future studies)

4.7.5

Wellhead protection study

Wellhead Protection Area designated on Schedule K

4.7.6

Stormwater site management plans

Site plan, subdivision, and zoning applications

4.7.7

Assessment of landform feature / environmental impact statement to demonstrate no negative impact on earth science areas of natural and scientific interest

Geomorphic, geological and landform features / earth science ANSIs (designated on Schedule K)

4.7.8

Environmental Impact Statement

On or adjacent to elements of the natural heritage system, as required in Section 2.4.2, or to designated Significant Wetlands, Natural Environment Areas, Urban Natural Features and Rural Natural Features as required in Sections 3.2.1 through 3.2.4

 

10.  Section 4.7.3 Erosion Prevention and Protection of Surface Water, policy 5 is hereby amended by adding the words “under Policy 4” following the words “to the setback is requested” in the first sentence.

 

11.  Section 4.7.3 Erosion Prevention and Protection of Surface Water, policy 11 is hereby amended by replacing the words “Fill, Construction and Alteration to Waterways regulations” with the words: “Development, Interference with Wetlands and Alterations to Shorelines and Watercourses Regulation”.

 

12.  Section 4.8.3 Unstable Soils or Bedrock is hereby amended as follows:

 

a.       by replacing the existing policy 2 with modified wording of the existing policy 3, as amended by OPA 76, as follows:

 

2. The City will not permit development, meaning the creation of a new lot, an amendment to the zoning by-law, change in land use, or the construction of buildings and structures in areas with Unstable Soils or Unstable Bedrock where the use is:

(a) an institutional use associated with hospitals, nursing homes, pre-school, school nurseries, day care and schools, where there is a threat to the safe evacuation of the sick, the elderly, persons with disabilities or the young during an emergency associated with soil instability;

(b) essential emergency service such as that provided by fire, police and ambulance stations and electrical substations that could be impaired in the case of soil instability;

(c) uses associated with the disposal, manufacture, treatment or storage of hazardous materials; or

(d) outdoor industrial storage.

 

b.       by replacing the existing policy 3 with modified wording of the existing policy 2 as follows:

 

3.  Notwithstanding policy 2 above, for uses other than those listed in policy 2, the City will review applications for site plan, plan of subdivision, condominium and consent in areas designated as having unstable soils, or in other areas where there is evidence of unstable soils or unstable bedrock, using the following criteria:

(a)  There is sufficient soils and engineering information (obtained using established standards and procedures) to indicate that, although the site is identified as having unstable soils or unstable bedrock, it is in fact suitable or can be made suitable for development;

(b) Alterations to the site will not cause adverse environmental effects or aggravate the hazard elsewhere.

(c) Vehicles and people have a way of safely entering exiting the area during times of erosion and other emergencies; and [Ministerial Modification 48, November 10, 2003]

 

13.  Section 5.2.1 General, policy 5 is hereby amended by deleting the words “South and East of the Canadian Shield” between the words “Significant Wetlands” and the words “Urban Natural Features”.

 

14.  Section 5.2.1 General, policy 12 is hereby amended by replacing the capital H in parentheses following the words “holding symbol”, with a lower-case h in parentheses, so the policy now reads as follows:  “The City may utilize a holding symbol (h), in conjunction with any use designation in the zoning by-law to specify the use to which lands shall be put to in the future, but which are now considered premature or inappropriate for immediate development.”

 

Schedule D – Primary Transit Network

 

15.    Schedule D – Primary Transit Network is amended as shown on Schedule “1” of this Official Plan Amendment.

 

Schedule F – Central Area / Inner City Road Network

 

16.  Schedule F – Central Area / Inner City Road Network is amended as shown on Schedule “2” of this Official Plan Amendment.

 

Schedule A – Rural Policy Plan

 

17.  Schedule A – Rural Policy Plan is amended as shown on Schedule “3” of this Official Plan Amendment.

 

Schedule B – Urban Policy Plan

 

  1. Schedule B – Urban Policy Plan is amended as shown on Schedules “4” through “8” of this Official Plan Amendment.

 

Annex 1 – Road Classification and Rights-of-Way

 

  1. Annex 1- Road Classification and Rights-of-Way, Table 1 – Road Right-of-Way Protection is amended to delete the text indicated with a strikeout bar and replace or add new rows and text indicated in gray highlight as shown below:

 

Road

From

To

ROW to be Protected

Classification

Sector

Airport Parkway

Bronson

Airport Terminal Airport Parkway Private

C  

ECP

arterial

urban

Bankfield

Highway 416

100m west of Colony Heights

34

arterial

rural

Bégin

Montréal

Lewis Lévis

6 m east side, 9 m west side

local

urban

Boundary

Russell

South boundary of Carlsbad Springs

23

arterial

village

Blackburn Hamlet by-pass extension

Brian Coburn

Blackburn Hamlet By-pass

Trim

40

arterial

urban

Blackburn Hamlet by-pass extension

Brian Coburn

Trim

Frank Kenny

40

arterial

rural

Bren Maur

Jockvale Temagami

Prince of Wales

24

collector

urban

Burritts

Donnelly

Rideau River

30

arterial

village

Carp

Richardson Side

Urban Area Limit

37.5

arterial

rural

Castlefrank

Aird Place

Katimavik

40

arterial

urban

Colonial

Delson

Western boundary of Village of Sarsfield

30

arterial

village

Eagleson

Urban Area Limit

Fallowfield

34

arterial

rural

Earl Armstrong

Bowesville

Albion

44.5

arterial

rural

Fallowfield

Eagleson

Moodie

34

arterial

rural

Frank Kenny

Innes

Rockdale

33

arterial

rural

Greenfield

Main

King Edward Mann

23

arterial

urban

Harbour

Market

Nicholson

23

collector

urban rural

Hazeldean

Carp

Main St. North

37.5

arterial

urban

Heron

Prince of Wales

Bronson/Airport Parkway

44.5

arterial

urban

Heron

Bronson/Airport Parkway Prince of Wales

Walkley

44.5

arterial

urban


 

Hobin

Renshaw

Main Stittsville

24

collector

urban

Huntmar

Richardson Side

Urban Area Limit

37.5

arterial

rural

Innes

Blackburn Hamlet by-pass

Blackburn Hamlet by-pass

34

arterial major collector

urban

Johnston

Note: north side

Bank

Albion

26

Note:  measured from south side

major collector

urban

Katimavik

Terry Fox

Eagleson

40

arterial

urban

L’Église

Montréal

35 north of College

20
east side

local

urban

Lemieux

 

St. Laurent

Labelle

44.5

30

arterial

urban

Limebank

River Road

Greenbelt boundary

44.5

Note: An additional 5.0m on the Greenbelt side may be required to construct a rural cross-section.

arterial

urban

Maple Grove

Approx. 500 m east of Johnwoods Stittsville Main St.

Terry Fox Huntmar

37.5 26

arterial collector & local

urban

March

Dunrobin

Urban Area Limit

34

arterial

rural

March

Richardson

Campeau Teron (south end)

44.5

Note: An additional 5.0m on the Greenbelt side may be required to construct a rural cross-section.

arterial

urban

Merrivale

South Urban Community – urban area limit northern limit

Prince of Wales

37.5

arterial

urban

Metcalfe

Catherine

Isabella

20

arterial

urban

Millview

Arthur

south end

20

local

village

Mitch Owens

River

Bank

34

arterial

rural

Moodie

Urban Area Limit (Greenbelt)

Fallowfield

34

arterial

rural

Navan

Urban Area Limit

Trim

34

arterial

rural

North River

Montréal

McArthur

20

arterial

urban

Northside

Larkspur (west intersection)

Cassidy

24

collector

urban

Old Montréal

East Urban Community – east limit

Approximately 250 m west of Chevalier

34

arterial

rural

Old Tenth Line

St. Joseph

Tenth Line

26

arterial

urban

Orléans

Innes

Navan

37.5

arterial

urban

Palladium

Silver Seven

Terry Fox

26 37.5

arterial

urban

Patricia

Richmond

40 m north of Richmond

24 15.24

Note: widening only on west side

local

urban

Prince of Wales

Urban Area Limit

Bankfield

40

arterial

rural

Preston

Wellington/ Ottawa River Parkway

Albert

26 arterial (proposed location defined)

arterial

urban

Renaud

150 m west of Whaite White

150 m west of Mer Bleue

24

collector

urban

Rideau Terrace

Noel

Acacia

24 18

Note: On south side between Noel and Lambton 3.048 m widening required.  Widening to be taken equally from each side between Lambton and Acadia  Acacia

collector

urban

Rideau Valley

Blue Rock

Stevens Creek

23

arterial

village

Richmond

Hope Side

Fallowfield

34

arterial

rural

River Road

Urban area limit

Mitch Owens

30 34

arterial

rural

Roger Stevens

Approx. 600m west of Craighurst (North Gower Village W.west boundary)

Approx. 500 300m west east of Fourth Line (North Gower Village W. Boundary)

23

arterial

village

Roosevelt

Note: west side

Richmond

Byron (Danforth)

18

Note: west side

local

urban

Russell

Walkley

Ramsayville Leitrim

G

arterial

urban

Sunview

Belcourt

Des Épinettes

23-26

collector

urban

Tenth Line

North Service Tompkins

Amiens

44.5

arterial

urban

Trim

Navan

Colonial

34

arterial

village

Watters

Charlemagne

Trim

24

collector

urban

Whitby

Note: North side

Churchill

Winona

15

Note: North side

local

urban

Wilbrod

Nicholas

Waller

20

Note: Maximum land requirement from property abutting existing ROW (1.0m).  Subject to widening/easement policy.

arterial

urban

 


REVISED 

 

 

 



 

As revised by Planning Committee on 24 January 2012 (Motion No. PLC 27/3)







 


 

3.  Implementation and Interpretation

 

Implementation and interpretation of this Amendment shall be in accordance with the policies of the City of Ottawa Official Plan

.


 

OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT – TECHNICAL AMENDMENT

PLAN OFFICIEL – MODIFICATION TECHNIQUE

ACS2012-ICS-PGM-0006                                        city-wide / À l’Échelle de la ville

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

 

That the Planning Committee and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend Council approve and adopt Official Plan Amendment XX, as detailed in Document 1.

 

Kevin Yemm and Pamela Sweet were present on behalf of Richcraft in opposition to the report recommendations, and requesting deferral.

 

MOTION NO. PLC 27/3

 

Moved by Councillor M. Taylor:

 

WHEREAS the Official Plan Technical Amendment proposes a change to Schedule D, Rapid Transit Network, to reposition an incorrectly located proposed station on the North-South LRT line south of Lester Road at the airport spur;

 

AND WHEREAS the North-South Corridor LRT Project Environmental Assessment Report actually shows the proper location of the station to serve this area as being two station locations - at the Airport Parkway/Uplands Drive and at Lester Road;

 

AND WHEREAS the proposed Technical Amendment would correct this error for the Airport Parkway/Uplands station but inadvertently not for the further location at Lester Road;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Schedule 1 to the Technical Amendment be revised to also show the addition of the EA approved transit station at Lester Road and the future North-South LRT line.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED


 

MOTION NO. PLC 27/4

 

Moved by Councillor M. Taylor:

 

Whereas “Part A - The Preamble” of the proposed Technical Official Plan Amendment speaks to amending policies 9 and 10 of Section 3.1 – Generally Permitted Uses;

 

And whereas “Part B – The Amendment” neglects to include the required wording to amend policies 9 and 10;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT part b – The Amendment be amended to include the following additional wording:

 

“Section 3.1 Generally Permitted Uses, is hereby amended as follows:

a.         by adding the words “and Municipal Services” following the words “Public Utilities” in the title that precedes policy 9; and

b.         by adding the words “and Municipal Services” following the words “Public utility facilities” in the first line of policy 10.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED

 

 

MOTION NO. PLC 27/5

 

Moved by Councillor M. Taylor:

 

BE IT RESOLVED that this report be deferred to the 14 February 2012 meeting of the Planning Committee.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED

 

 

The report was put to Committee and DEFERRED, as amended by Motions PLC 27/3 and 27/4.

 


OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT - TECHNICAL AMENDMENT

PLAN OFFICIEL - MODIFICATION TECHNIQUE

ACS2012-ICS-PGM-0006                            city-wide / À l’Échelle de la ville

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATION:

 

That the Planning Committee and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend Council approve and adopt Official Plan Amendment XX, as detailed in Document 1.

 

Kevin Yemm and Pamela Sweet were present on behalf of Richcraft in opposition to the report recommendations, and requesting deferral.

 

Subsequent to the Planning Committee meeting of 24 January, the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee also considered the above report and approved Motions Nos. PLC 27/3 and PLC 27/4, reintroduced for the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee’s consideration:

 

MOTION NO. ARA 17/1

 

Moved by Councillor S. Moffatt:

 

WHEREAS the Official Plan Technical Amendment proposes a change to Schedule D, Rapid Transit Network, to reposition an incorrectly located proposed station on the North-South LRT line south of Lester Road at the airport spur;

 

AND WHEREAS the North-South Corridor LRT Project Environmental Assessment Report actually shows the proper location of the station to serve this area as being two station locations - at the Airport Parkway/Uplands Drive and at Lester Road;

 

AND WHEREAS the proposed Technical Amendment would correct this error for the Airport Parkway/Uplands station but inadvertently not for the further location at Lester Road;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Schedule 1 to the Technical Amendment be revised to also show the addition of the EA approved transit station at Lester Road and the future North-South LRT line.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED


MOTION NO. ARA 17/2

 

Moved by Councillor S. Moffatt:

 

Whereas “Part A - The Preamble” of the proposed Technical Official Plan Amendment speaks to amending policies 9 and 10 of Section 3.1 – Generally Permitted Uses;

 

And whereas “Part B – The Amendment” neglects to include the required wording to amend policies 9 and 10;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT part b – The Amendment be amended to include the following additional wording:

 

“Section 3.1 Generally Permitted Uses, is hereby amended as follows:

a.         by adding the words “and Municipal Services” following the words “Public Utilities” in the title that precedes policy 9; and

b.         by adding the words “and Municipal Services” following the words “Public utility facilities” in the first line of policy 10.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED

 

The Committee was also asked to consider the following Motion to revise Schedule 8 of the Technical Amendment:

 

 

MOTION NO ARA 17/3

 

Moved by Councillor S. Moffatt:

 

WHEREAS the Official Plan Technical Amendment proposes a change to Schedule B, Urban Policy Plan, to remove the “Developing Community Overlay” from identified lands and to redesignate identified lands from “Mixed Use Centre” to “General Urban Area”;

 

AND WHEREAS the lands identified were not shown correctly;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Schedule 8 to the Technical Amendment be revised to reflect the correct parcel shapes.

                                                                                                CARRIED

 

The report recommendation, as amended by Motions ARA 17/1, 17/2 and 17/3 was then put to Committee and CARRIED.

 

Note:    The Planning Committee will consider the above report on 14 February 2012; Council will then consider it on 22 February 2012 in Planning Committee Report 24.

 


 

OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT – TECHNICAL AMENDMENT

PLAN OFFICIEL – MODIFICATION TECHNIQUE

ACS2012-ICS-PGM-0006                                        city-wide / À l’Échelle de la ville

Deferred from the Planning Committee meeting of 24 January 2012 / Reporté de la réunion du Comité de l’urbanisme du 24  janvier 2012

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

 

That the Planning Committee and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend Council approve and adopt Official Plan Amendment XX, as detailed in Document 1.

 

COMMITTEE MOTIONS APPROVED ON 24 JANUARY 2012

 

MOTION NO. PLC 27/3

 

Moved by Councillor M. Taylor

 

WHEREAS the Official Plan Technical Amendment proposes a change to Schedule D, Rapid Transit Network, to reposition an incorrectly located proposed station on the North-South LRT line south of Lester Road at the airport spur;

 

AND WHEREAS the North-South Corridor LRT Project Environmental Assessment Report actually shows the proper location of the station to serve this area as being two station locations - at the Airport Parkway/Uplands Drive and at Lester Road;

 

AND WHEREAS the proposed Technical Amendment would correct this error for the Airport Parkway/Uplands station but inadvertently not for the further location at Lester Road;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Schedule 1 to the Technical Amendment be revised to also show the addition of the EA approved transit station at Lester Road and the future North-South LRT line.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED


MOTION NO. PLC 27/4

 

Moved by Councillor M. Taylor

 

WHEREAS “Part A - The Preamble” of the proposed Technical Official Plan Amendment speaks to amending policies 9 and 10 of Section 3.1 – Generally Permitted Uses;

 

AND WHEREAS “Part B – The Amendment” neglects to include the required wording to amend policies 9 and 10;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT part b – The Amendment be amended to

include the following additional wording:

“Section 3.1 Generally Permitted Uses, is hereby amended as follows:

a.         by adding the words “and Municipal Services” following the words “Public

Utilities” in the title that precedes policy 9; and

b.         by adding the words “and Municipal Services” following the words “Public

utility facilities” in the first line of policy 10.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED

 

The Committee received an amendment from staff (reflected below), which resulted from discussions with an interested party following the previous meeting.  All issues have been resolved through the amendment of Schedule 8 to the OPA.

 

Kevin Yemm, Richcraft was present in support of the amendment.  He indicated he did not need to speak if it was the Committee’s intention to approve the staff amendment.

 

 

MOTION NO. PLC 28/1

 

Moved by Councillor J. Harder

 

WHEREAS the Official Plan Technical Amendment proposes a change to Schedule B, Urban Policy Plan, to remove the “Developing Community Overlay” from identified lands and to redesignate identified lands from “Mixed Use Centre” to “General Urban Area”; and,

 

WHEREAS the lands identified were not shown correctly;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Schedule 8 to the Technical Amendment be revised to reflect the correct parcel shapes.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED

 

The report recommendation was then put to Committee and CARRIED as amended by Motions No. PLC 27/3, PLC 27/4 and PLC 28/1.