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7. RH ZONE – FORMER CITY OF CUMBERLAND – INTERIM CONTROL ZONE
RH – ANCIENNE MUNICIPALITÉ DE CUMBERLAND – RESTRICTION PROVISOIRE |
Committee RecommendationS AS AMENDED
That Council approve:
1. That
the Planning and Growth Management Department be directed to conduct a study of
the RH zone in the former City of Cumberland, including sub-zones and exception
zones, to determine the appropriateness of permitting waste processing or
transfer facilities to be located within such zones and, where appropriate, to
recommended any appropriate changes to the performance standards for such
facilities.
2. That
an interim control by-law be enacted for all lands within the former City of Cumberland
zoned RH, including subzones and exception zones, prohibiting waste processing
or transfer facilities for a period of one year from the date of the enactment
of the by-law.
3. That
the by-law be repealed as at 15 March 2011.
RecommandationS MODIFIÉES DU Comité
Que le Conseil
approuve
1. Que
le Service de l’urbanisme et de la gestion de la croissance reçoive instruction
de réaliser une étude de la zone RH, y compris les sous-zones et les zones
d’exception, de l’ancienne municipalité de Cumberland, afin de déterminer l’opportunité
de permettre des installations de traitement ou de transfert de déchets dans
ces sous-zones et, s’il y a lieu, de recommander des changements appropriés aux
normes fonctionnelles de ces installations.
2. Que
qu’un règlement de restriction provisoire soit promulgué pour l’ensemble des
terrains de l’ancienne municipalité de Cumberland portant la désignation de
zonage RH, y compris les sous-zones et les zones d’exception, dans le but
d’interdire les installations de traitement ou de transfert de déchets pour une
période d’un an à compter de la date de promulgation du règlement.
3. Que
le règlement soit abrogé le 15 mars 2011.
Documentation
1. Councillor Jellett’s report dated 30 June 2010 (ACS2010-CMR-CCB-0069).
2. Extract of Draft Minute, 8 July 2010, may be issued separately prior to Council meeting of 14 July 2010.
Agriculture and Rural
Affairs Committee
Comité
de l'Agriculture et des affaires rurales
and Council / et au Conseil
30 June 2010 / le 30 juin 2010
Submitted by/Soumis par : Councillor / Conseiller
Rob Jellett
Contact
Person/Personne ressource : Councillor / Conseiller Rob Jellett
(613)
580-2488, Rob.Jellett@ottawa.ca
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ZONE RH – ANCIENNE
MUNICIPALITÉ DE CUMBERLAND – RESTRICTION PROVISOIRE
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That the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend Council approve that:
1. The
Planning and Growth Management Department be directed to conduct a study of the
RH zone in the former City of Cumberland, including sub-zones and exception zones,
to determine the appropriateness of permitting waste processing or transfer
facilities to be located within such zones and, where appropriate, to
recommended any appropriate changes to the performance standards for such
facilities.
2. An
interim control by-law be enacted for all lands within the former City of Cumberland
zoned RH, including subzones and exception zones, prohibiting waste processing
or transfer facilities for a period of one year from the date of the enactment
of the by-law.
Que le Comité de l'agriculture et des affaires
rurales recommande au Conseil d’approuver que :
1. Le
Service de l’urbanisme et de la gestion de la croissance reçoive instruction de
réaliser une étude de la zone RH, y compris les sous-zones et les zones
d’exception, de l’ancienne municipalité de Cumberland, afin de déterminer
l’opportunité de permettre des installations de traitement ou de transfert de
déchets dans ces sous-zones et, s’il y a lieu, de recommander des changements
appropriés aux normes fonctionnelles de ces installations.
2. Qu’un
règlement de restriction provisoire soit promulgué pour l’ensemble des terrains
de l’ancienne municipalité de Cumberland portant la désignation de zonage RH, y
compris les sous-zones et les zones d’exception, dans le but d’interdire les
installations de traitement ou de transfert de déchets pour une période d’un an
à compter de la date de promulgation du règlement.
BACKGROUND
The RH zone in the rural area of former City of
Cumberland includes amongst the permitted uses a Waste Processing and Transfer
Facility. This uses is defined as:
Waste processing and
transfer facility which means a facility where putrescible and non-putrescible
waste is sorted, processed or temporarily stored prior to transfer off site and
may include a source separated organics and biosolids processing and storage
facility. (installation de traitement et de transfert de déchets)
In some, if not all instances in this zone in
the new zoning By-law 2008-250, the subject lands were zoned MP in the Rural
Zoning By-law of former Cumberland. The
predecessors zoning for the RH zone in the Rural Zoning Bylaw of the former
City of Cumberland was, in some, it not all, instances, MP. The MP zone permitted a Salvage Yard and a
scrap yard, the definition for which was the following:
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Salvage Yard - means a lot and/or
building or portion thereof where used goods, wares, merchandise, or articles
are processed for further use, or for the dismantling, demolition or
abandonment of automobiles or other vehicles
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Scrap Yard - means a lot and/or
building or portion thereof used for the storage and/or handling of scrap
material, which without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall include
waste paper, rags, bones, bottles, bicycles, vehicles, tires, metal and/or
other scrap material and salvage.
DISCUSSION
A non-hazardous solid waste processing and
transfer facility is now sought for 5001 Herbert in former
Cumberland. The site will be permitted
to process up to 73000 tonnes of waste per year. The posting on the Environmental Registry
providing details on this use is shown in Document 1.
While the RH zones would permit this use, it is
questionable as to whether the breadth of waste processing facilities permitted
by the waste processing and transfer facility is an appropriate use for this
area in particular and the RH zone in general.
So as to provide clarity around where waste
processing and transfer facilities can be located within the RH zones, it is in
order to conduct a study of these zones.
The study will be able to recommend whether there should be limitations
on the scope of the use for all or specific locations. For the locations where the study concludes
that it is appropriate to permit a waste processing or transfer facility to be
established, the study should also determine if any changes to the performance
standards of the zone are necessary in order to ensure that the waste
processing or transfer facility is compatible with the surrounding area.
The Planning Act does not require prior notice of an Interim Control
By-law. However, at the time of the
distribution of the agenda for the 8 July 2010 meeting of Agriculture and Rural
Affairs Committee, the owner of the lands at 5001 Herbert will be advised that
this item will be at Committee.
Planning and Growth Management Comments
If directed by Council to undertake the study,
existing resources within the Planning and Growth Management Department will be
assigned to this project.
The study may present an opportunity to examine
the environmental impacts of waste processing or transfer facilities on
abutting land uses.
As stated above, the Planning Act does
not require that prior notice be given of an enactment of an Interim Control
By-law. As provided for in this report,
the Planning Act does require that a study be commissioned as a
condition of an Interim Control By-law.
Notice must be given after the enactment of the
by-law and there is an opportunity to appeal it to the Ontario Municipal
By-law.
Where an Interim Control By-law has been
enacted, its maximum duration is for one year but it can be renewed for a
further one year period. Thereafter, the
lands that have been subject to the Interim Control By-law cannot be subject to
another such by-law for any purpose for a period of three years.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
Document 1
– Environment Registry Posting 011-0246
There are no financial implications.
Staff to implement the directions of Committee.
Environment
Registry Posting 011-0246
171660 Ontario Inc. is submitting a proposal
for a Comprehensive Provisional Certificate of Approval (Comprehensive PCOA)
for a waste disposal site for a non-hazardous solid waste processing and
transfer facility to be located 5001 Herbert Drive, Navan (Ottawa), Ontario. A
Comprehensive PCOA for a waste disposal site provides 171660 Ontario Inc. with
limited operational flexibility to make changes to defined aspects of the
site's operations without a requirement to make an application for amendment.
The details of the operational flexibility requested in this proposal are
described below.
This proposal (initial operations) is for the
use and operation of a waste disposal site operating 24 hours per day, seven
days a week, serving the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec, with a total area of
1.5 hectares within a 3.25 hectare property to be used for the following: - The
sorting and separating of recyclable materials, including residential waste,
industrial, commercial and institutional (IC&I) waste, and construction and
demolition (C&D) waste - The receipt, storage and transfer of electronic
waste, tire waste, and small quantities of asbestos waste - The receipt,
storage and transfer of municipal waste, industrial, commercial and
institutional (IC&I) waste to landfill - Storage of waste (to landfill) at
the site will be limited to a maximum of 400 tonnes at any one time - Storage
of recyclable (inert) materials at the site will be limited to a maximum of 800
tonnes at any one time - The waste disposal site will initially receive and process
a maximum of 73,000 tonnes of waste or recyclables per year. this amount is the
equivalent of an average of 200 tonnes per day. Peak periods to account for
seasonal fluctuations will be limited to receiving a maximum of 400 tonnes of
waste or recyclables on any one day. The scope of the operational flexibility
for the proposed waste disposal site is limited to the operating envelope
described and contained within the Engineer's Report and as follows: 1. The
ability to make modifications to the infrastructure of the waste disposal site
2. The ability to make modifications to the waste disposal site's processing
operations and equipment 3. The ability to make modifications to the waste
disposal site that are routine, with predictable effects that are environmentally
insignificant 4. The ability to increase the amount of waste that may be
received at the waste disposal site to an amount not to exceed 146,000 tonnes
of waste per year. This amount is equivalent of an average of 400 tonnes per
day.
The following modifications to the waste
disposal site are not permitted under the proposal: 1. The ability to extend
the physical size of the waste disposal site 2. The ability to alter the
function of the approved operations of the waste disposal site from a waste disposal
site used for the sorting and transfer of solid municipal waste 3. The ability
to change the type of waste that can be received at the site and the ability to
accept hazardous waste, liquid industrial waste, or hauled sewage 4. The
ability to increase the maximum amount of waste (to landfill) that is allowed
to be stored at the site beyond the approved maximum. 5. Any modifications to
the waste disposal site that requires a change to the Engineer's Report 6. Any
modifications to the waste disposal site that are subject to the Environmental
Assessment Act.