1.                   OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT -
8213 (formerly 8171) Flewellyn Road

 

Modification du PLAN OFFICIEL -
8213 (anciennement 8171), chemin flewellyn

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

 

(This application is subject to the provisions of Bill 51.)

 

That Council approve and adopt an amendment to Schedule A - Rural Policy Plan of the Official Plan to change the designation of part of 8213 (8171) Flewellyn Road from Sand and Gravel Resource Area to General Rural, as detailed in Document 2.

 

RECOMMANDATION DU COMITÉ

 

(Cette application est assujettie aux dispositions du Règlement 51.)

 

Que le Conseil approuve et adopte une modification à l’annexe A, Plan des politiques en milieu rural, du Plan officiel, de manière à faire passer la désignation d’une partie du 8213 (8171), chemin Flewellyn de zone de ressources de sable et de gravier à zone rurale générale, tel qu’exposé en détail dans le document 2.

 

 

 

 

 

Documentation

 

1.         Deputy City Manager’s Report, Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability, dated 12 May 2011 (ACS2011-ICS-PGM-0093).

 

2.         Extract of Draft Minutes, 2 June 2011.

 


Report to/Rapport au :

 

Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee

Comité de l'agriculture et des affaires rurales

 

12 May 2011 / le 12 mai 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 : Derrick Moodie, Manager/Gestionnaire, Development Review-Rural Services/Examen des projets d'aménagement-Services ruraux, Planning and Growth Management/Urbanisme et Gestion de la croissance

(613) 580-2424, 15134  Derrick.Moodie@ottawa.ca

 

Rideau Goulbourn (21)

Ref N°: ACS2011-ICS-PGM-0093

 

 

SUBJECT:

OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT - 8213 (formerly 8171) Flewellyn Road (FILE NO. D01-01-09-0009)

 

 

OBJET :

Modification du PLAN OFFICIEL - 8213 (anciennement 8171), chemin flewellyn

 

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

 

That the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend Council approve and adopt an amendment to Schedule A - Rural Policy Plan of the Official Plan to change the designation of part of 8213 (8171) Flewellyn Road from Sand and Gravel Resource Area to General Rural, as detailed in Document 2.

 

RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT

 

Que le Comité de l’agriculture et des affaires rurales recommande au Conseil d’approuver et d’adopter une modification à l’annexe A, Plan des politiques en milieu rural, du Plan officiel, de manière à faire passer la désignation d’une partie du 8213 (8171), chemin Flewellyn de zone de ressources de sable et de gravier à zone rurale générale, tel qu’exposé en détail dans le document 2.

 

 

BACKGROUND

 

The Official Plan Amendment would allow for the creation of two residential subdivisions with a total of 77 rural estate lots to be developed on 74 hectares of land.  The property has frontages on Flewellyn Road and Fernbank Road, and lies east of Dwyer Hill Road.

 

There are two concurrent applications for subdivision associated with the amendment.  The first phase of the subdivision would be off of Flewellyn Road and would consist of 40 lots with five streets.  Phase 2 would connect to the north side of Phase 1 and extend out to Fernbank Road.  It would have 37 lots and three streets. 

 

The subject applications were filed on December 9, 2009 within the Council approved ‘grandparenting’ provisions for the implementation of the Moratorium on Country Lot Development policy that was introduced as part of Official Plan Amendment 76 and therefore are being processed under the policies of the 2003 Official Plan.

 

The Application

 

Official Plan

 

The subject property is designated General Rural, Rural Natural Feature and Sand Gravel Resource.  All of the first phase of the development is designated General Rural and Rural Natural Feature and lies partially within the 300 metres of the Sand and Gravel Resource Area.  The Phase 2 portion of the subdivision is designated Sand and Gravel Resource and General Rural. 

 

Requested Official Plan Amendment

 

The amendment requested would redesignate the Sand and Gravel Resource Area to General Rural and give relief from the 500-metre buffer required for sensitive uses adjacent to Limestone Resource Areas. The Official Plan Amendment has been filed to address the proximity of 25 of the 37 proposed residential lots within Phase 2 of the development to the Limestone Resource that exists to the west of Dwyer Hill Road.  During the review process it was also suggested and supported by the Ministry of Natural Resources that the Sand and Gravel Resource designation on site be amended to General Rural.

 

 

DISCUSSION

 

Rationale

Section 2 of the Planning Act requires municipalities to consider matters of provincial interest as expressed through the 2005 Provincial Policy Statement. The policies in the Provincial Policy Statement have been reflected in the City’s Official Plan.

Limestone Resource Area

The Provincial Policy Statement for Mineral Aggregate Resources is intended to protect the resource for long-term use.  Incompatible development near a resource area that could hinder or preclude the extraction of the limestone would only be permitted if the extraction of the resource is not feasible or the proposed land use or the proposed development serves a greater long-term public interest; and issues of public health, public safety and environmental impact are addressed.  The City’s Official Plan has designated Limestone Resources Resource Areas to protect the resource.  The Official Plan also defines ‘adjacent’ as lands within 500 metres to a Limestone Resource Area.  The Official Plan does not contemplate allowing development of conflicting uses within those adjacent areas, if there is not an active pit or quarry licence.  With a licensed pit or quarry the parameters of extraction, dewatering, truck routes, blasting, and noise impacts and so on are defined through the quarry licence and any permit to take water. There is no licence on the lands designated Limestone Resource Area and as such the applicant sought an amendment to allow for the development to be contemplated within the lands adjacent to the Limestone Resource Area. 

 

The Limestone Resource Area designation follows the centreline of Dwyer Hill Road approximately 325 metres from the westerly lot line of the development. Industry standards - including the regulations for a quarry - require at least a 30-metre buffer or setback from the road.  This would bring the actual quarrying operation no closer than about 370 metres from the proposed residential lots and would effectively remove nine of the proposed lots within Phase 2 of the development from the lands adjacent to the Limestone Resource Area.   The viability of extraction of the resource is a concern given that it abuts a Provincially Significant Wetland, Manion Corners (Long Swamp), and any change to surface water or dewatering of a quarry could impact the wetland.  Both of the resources are at a similar elevation and any application for extraction would have to demonstrate that the surface and ground water of the wetland would not be impacted by the extraction and related dewatering.  Another constraint to extraction near Dwyer Hill Road is that the designated resource narrows to about 130 metres of extraction area, once the quarry buffer and wetland buffer minimums are implemented.  There are a few existing homes in proximity to the Limestone Resource Area that would hinder and preclude some of the potential extraction.

 

In this instance, the applicant has filed reports to demonstrate that should a quarry open in the nearby Limestone Resource Area and be approved with the minimum industry regulations, standards and best management practices, the potential for the proposed adjacent subdivision to restrict the ability to quarry the resource would be minimal.  The studies identify that with certain provisions within the subdivisions approvals, the impact of a potential quarry on the proposed residents would also be minimal and could be overcome. 

 

Mineral Impact Assessment

 

The Official Plan contemplates allowing incompatible or sensitive development within adjacent lands of a Limestone Resource Area if there is an existing licensed quarry and subject to a Mineral Impact Assessment being accepted by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the City.  The operational details and extent of the operation of a licensed quarry are clearly defined within the Ministry of Natural Resources licence and any Ministry of the Environment Permit to Take Water, thereby allowing for the impacts on adjacent uses to be assessed based on existing conditions. 

 

As part of the applications for subdivision and Official Plan Amendment, a Mineral Impact Assessment was filed with supporting studies to assess the potential impact of a quarry being proposed in the adjacent Limestone Resource Area.  These supporting studies include: Level 1 Hydrogeological Assessment, Blasting Impact Assessment, and Quarry Noise. The studies reviewed the distances involved, the best management practices and the regulations for quarry operations. It concluded that with residential development on the subject lands there would be a potential hindrance to a prospective quarry but it would not preclude the quarry operation from establishing in proximity of the residential subdivision and that the residential development would not be impacted by a quarry provided some additional measures for protection were entrenched through the development of the subdivision.  The impediments were identified as noise associated with the trucks, loaders, drills and processing plants within the potential quarry that would exceed, by five decibels, the Ministry of the Environment and the Official Plan’s daytime limit of 50 decibels to a stationary receptor (house).  Some additional berming of one to three metres over and above the requirement to protect the existing houses was recommended by the report to be imposed on a quarry as a result of these subdivisions.  The study concludes that this hindrance from the subdivision can be alleviated further by covenants on title and building envelope restrictions.  The assessment is theoretical and based on assumptions of the details of the operation and licence.  It also assumes that the quarry operator will bear the burden of the buffering and prevention of the potential impacts of the use on the future residents.  The study included an assessment of the potential: blasting, residential setbacks, truck traffic, noise attenuation, landscape and buffer strips.  The Provincial Policy Statement and Official Plan seek to protect the resource for future extraction, not protect the incompatible use.  Therefore, it would seem prudent to implement the buffering and protection through the subdivision process.  To achieve that, setbacks to the rear lot line for buildings and amenity areas should be maximized.  The Ministry of Natural Resources in their review concurred with the conclusion that a more proactive approach be taken to ensure the privacy and protection of future residents and reduce the potential hindrance of the residential use on a future quarry operation.  The measures suggested include berms, landscape strips, setbacks for buildings, construction techniques and covenants on title. Given that the height of land lies primarily to the west of the subdivision site on the adjacent property and the existing trees along the rear of the future residential lots, berming on the residential subdivision side to mitigate the impacts of a potential quarry would have limited effectiveness.  As a condition of subdivision approval an assessment of the potential for berming or other measures to alleviate the potential noise constraint will be required and where feasible will need to be implemented. Additionally, to ensure visual, dust and noise mitigation, a 50-metre setback for buildings from the westerly lot line will be implemented through the subdivision and zoning process.  A 20-metre landscape strip - to be implemented through the subdivision approval - could allow for larger trees to be planted and thrive without being impacted by uses associated with a residence.  Covenants on title relating to the proximity of the Limestone Resource Area would also be a requirement of subdivision approval.  The Official Plan contemplates the imposition of conditions on development in proximity to a Limestone Resource Area to mitigate impacts.

 

Built Form Context

 

There are three existing houses within 500 metres of the Limestone Resource Area.  The proposal would see 25 new residential lots within Phase 2 of the proposed subdivision under File D07-16-09-0027 that lie within 500 metres of the Limestone Resource Area.  All of the lots are at least 0.8 hectares in size and have adequate depth to accommodate a 50-metre rear yard setback to bring the available setback from the boundary of the Limestone Resource Area to 370 metres to any building.  In addition, the best management practises of the Aggregate Resource Industry and the Aggregate Resources Act calls for any quarrying operation to have on site setbacks, berms and screening of a minimum 30 metres.  The total effect will be that no new house within the subdivisions could be located within 420 metres of any potential future quarrying operation.

 

Sand and Gravel Resources

 

The north portion of the subject site has an active sand and gravel pit licence issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources. The resource designation overlaps a property immediately to the east by a few metres.  The licensed pit lies solely within the Phase 2 portion of the subdivision.  The applicant contends that the material extraction is nearly exhausted and that rehabilitation is imminent.  Any remaining materials within the extraction area will be used for the subdivision either as fill for lots and roads or to regrade to provide for safe slopes. The Ministry of Natural Resources has agreed that the materials remaining are minimal and that the pit could be rehabilitated through the approval of the subdivision.  Essentially the pit rehabilitation plan will be the municipally approved subdivision grading and drainage plan and landscape plan.  The uses adjacent to the area, to be designated, are rural uses: including the proposed subdivision, agriculture uses and rural residences.

 

The Provincial Policy Statement speaks to allowing the rehabilitation works to accommodate the subsequent land use in consideration of compatible adjacent uses.  Section 3.7.4 of the Official Plan allows for depleted resource sites to be considered for uses identified under the General Rural Designation, which would include a residential subdivision.  An Official Plan Amendment is not required to permit those alternate uses once the resource is completely depleted.

 

Servicing

 

Servicing will be addressed in detail through the subdivision approval process but will be on private wells and septic systems.  The Hydrogeologic and Terrain Analysis Report has been filed and supports the proposed number and size of lots on private services and recommends the private wells be drilled into the lower bedrock aquifer (Nepean) which would not likely be impacted by quarrying and dewatering of a the Limestone Resource Area.

 

Summary

 

An Official Plan Amendment to permit the creation of the proposed residential lots within 325 metres of the Limestone Resource Area is not required as it has been demonstrated that the proposed development would not conflict with that resource area.  Implementing setbacks and buffering through the zoning and subdivision approvals processes will ensure that the residential uses develop in a manner consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement and the Official Plan.  The proposed residential lots will not preclude the creation of a quarry as has been demonstrated through the Mineral Impact Assessment that any potential to hinder a future quarry is limited to noise and is resolvable through the implementation of notices, setbacks, and buffering through the subdivision process. Through the Official Plan policies we can implement those development requirements on the subdivision to ensure the potential hindrance to a future quarry is eliminated and thus the residential subdivision would not conflict with the potential adjacent quarry.  On that basis, a site specific Official Plan Amendment is therefore not required to permit the subdivisions adjacent to a Limestone Resource Area.

 

The redesignation of the Sand and Gravel Resource Area to General Rural reflects that the resource is nearly exhausted and the site is to be rehabilitated, to permit General Rural uses.  The recommended Official Plan Amendment enables the first phase of the development to proceed while making use of the limited resource found in the second phase.

 

RURAL IMPLICATIONS

 

The redesignation of the Sand and Gravel Resource Area to General Rural will clarify the intended use of the site.  The creation of residential lots 325 metres from a Limestone Resource Area will require some mitigation for both the potential future quarry and the residential use.

 

 

CONSULTATION

 

Notice of this application was carried out in accordance with the City's Public Notification and Consultation Policy.  The City did not receive any negative comments or opposition to this application.

 

Detailed responses to the notification/circulation are provided in Document 3.

 

 

COMMENTS BY THE WARD COUNCILLOR(S)

 

The Ward Councillor has indicated support for the Official Plan Amendment.

 

 

LEGAL IMPLICATIONS:

 

There are no legal implications associated with this report.

 

 

RISK MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS:

 

There are no risk management implications associated with this report.

 

 

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

 

There are no direct financial implications associated with this report.

 

 


ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS

 

There are no anticipated environmental impacts from the Official Plan Amendment.

 

 

TECHNOLOGY IMPLICATIONS

 

N/A

 

 

CITY STRATEGIC PLAN

 

The staff recommendations support the managing of growth and create sustainable communities by ensuring that new growth is integrated seamlessly with established communities.

 

 

APPLICATION PROCESS TIMELINE STATUS

This application was not processed by the "On Time Decision Date" established for the processing of Official Plan amendments due to the complexity of the issues associated with the proposal.

 

 

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

 

Document 1    Location Map

Document 2    Proposed Official Plan Amendment

Document 3    Consultation Details

 

 

DISPOSITION

 

City Clerk and Solicitor Department, Legislative Services to notify the owner, applicant, OttawaScene.com, 174 Colonnade Road, Unit #33, Ottawa, ON  K2E 7J5, 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

 


LOCATION MAP                                                                                                DOCUMENT 1

 


 

DOCUMENT 2

 

 

PROPOSED OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT                                                                      

 

Official Plan Amendment XX to the

Official Plan for the

City of Ottawa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Rev.

June 17,2011)

 

INDEX

 

 

 

THE STATEMENT OF COMPONENTS

 

 

PART A - THE PREAMBLE                                                                                                                                   

Purpose

 

Location

 

Basis

 

 

PART B - THE AMENDMENT

 

Introduction

 

Details of the Amendment

 

Implementation and Interpretation

 

Schedule A of Amendment XX - Official Plan for the City of Ottawa

 

 

 


PART A - THE PREAMBLE

 

PART A - THE PREAMBLE introduces the actual amendment but does not constitute part of Amendment No. XX to the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa.

 

1.                  Purpose

 

The Official Plan Amendment has been filed to redesignate the Sand and Gravel Resource on site to General Rural.

 

2.                  Location

 

8231 (formerly known as 8171) Flewellyn Road is located north of Flewellyn Road and south of Fernbank Road in the east half of Lot 6, Concession 9 Goulbourn.  Schedule A- Rural Policy Plan of the Official Plan will be amended for part of Lot 6, Concession 9 Goulbourn to redesignate the Sand and Gravel Resource Area to General Rural Area.

 

3.                  Basis

 

3.1     Background

 

Section 2 of the Planning Act requires municipalities to have regard for matters of provincial interest when carrying out their responsibilities under the Act.  Matters of provincial interest that are relevant to this amendment are the conservation and management of natural resources and the mineral resource base, the orderly development of safe and healthy communities and the protection of public health and safety.

 

Section 3(5) of the Planning Act requires that the decision of a municipal council shall be consistent with the policies in the Provincial Policy Statement (PPS), a document that provides further detail regarding matters of provincial interest. Section 2.5 of the PPS speaks to the provincial interest in Mineral Aggregate Resources which includes both limestone and sand and gravel deposits.  The Provincial Policy Statement speaks to allowing the rehabilitation works to accommodate the subsequent land use in consideration of compatible adjacent uses. 

 

The property subject to the Official Plan Amendment contains a Sand and Gravel Resource designation that has an active pit licence for it.

 

The concurrent applications for subdivision contemplate a total of 77 country residential lots to develop on a total of about 74 hectares, with frontages on Flewellyn and Fernbank Roads, east of Dwyer Hill Road. The first phase of the subdivision would be off of Flewellyn Road and would consist of 40 lots with five streets. Phase 2 would connect to the north side of Phase 1 and extend out to Fernbank Road.  It would have 37 lots and three streets.  The Sand and Gravel Resource designation lies within the Phase 2 subdivision.


 

3.2     Rationale

 

Sand and Gravel Resource

 

Section 3.7.4 of the Official Plan allows for depleted resource sites to be considered for uses identified in the General Rural Designation, which would include a residential subdivision. As part of the review of the subdivision and official plan amendment applications it was noted that amending the Sand and Gravel designations to General Rural would be appropriate given that the resource is near to being exhausted on the site.  A resource that has been exhausted does not require an Official Plan Amendment to permit alternate uses.  However, by recognizing that the pit is nearly depleted and will be rehabilitated it will clarify the intended land use for the site and alleviate the concerns with respect to the adjacent lands.  The application for Official Plan amendment was subsequently amended to request the designation of the Sand and Gravel Resource to General Rural.  The Ministry of Natural Resources has agreed that the materials remaining are minimal and that the pit could be rehabilitated through the approval process of the subdivision.

 

PART B - THE AMENDMENT

 

1.      Introduction

 

      All of this part of this document entitled Part B - The Amendment consisting of the following text and the attached Schedule A constitutes Amendment No. XX  to the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa.

 

2.      Details

 

      The following changes are hereby made to the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa:

 

2.1.      Change the designation in Schedule A - Rural Policy Plan of the Official Plan for part of the east half Lot 6 Concession 9, Goulbourn from Sand and Gravel Resource Area to General Rural Area as shown on Schedule A to this amendment.

 

3.      Implementation and Interpretation

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


SCHEDULE A

 


CONSULTATION DETAILS                                                                             DOCUMENT 3

 

A  Public Meeting for the two related plans of subdivision was held on February 17, 2011 at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex.  Approximately 12 members of the public were in attendance eight of whom signed the sign in sheet. The meeting also was used a as Community Information and Comment Session for the proposed Official Plan Amendment.

 

The concerns expressed at the meeting were the same as those filed with the City and are responded to below:

1)             The Planning Rationale indicated the licensed sand and gravel pit would be rehabilitated and it was questioned how that was being proposed.

It was noted that the licence has a rehabilitation plan that is minimal and that Ministry of Natural Resources, in cases such as this, will accept a for example subdivision grading and drainage plan in lieu of the former rehabilitation plan.  But basically it will involve sloping down any escarpment areas and making it safe.  

2)             The existing and proposed drainage pattern was questioned along with concerns with increased run-off causing flooding and road washouts as in a previous summer storm. 

It was noted that the onsite that drainage is split yard with runoff running from the house to the rear and to the front of each lot.  There it is captured in swales and directed to road side ditches.  The drainage for the development itself is also split with some running south to Flewellyn and some running to the east.  All drainage will have to have a legal outlet existing or provided as part of the approval.  As well the run-off from the development in the normal course of events as well as storm events cannot exceed the current run-off in those circumstances.

3)             From where and how much fill will be needed to cover the shallow bedrock?

The amount of fill will depend on the detailed road design, grading and drainage for the site.  As much as possible will be used from excavations on site eg.  Phase 1 development will move the excavated fill to phase 2 for use.

4)             It was noted by the public that much of phase 1 is also shallow bedrock.

This will be assessed in detail during the final approval process.

5)             Concern was expressed over the increase potential runoff and damage downstream and correction of the concern as has happened with heritage and Heron lakes subdivisions.  They were built about 20 years ago.

It was noted that stormwater management 20 years ago often only required positive drainage from a development and did not look to upstream and downstream impacts as much.  Now a development cannot increase or decrease flows through out of their development.

6)             The direction of groundwater flow was questioned as was the quality and depth.

The groundwater flows from the north toward Munster and in fact this site lies within the wellhead protection area of the Munster well.  The Mississippi Rideau Source Water Protection website provides details with respect to groundwater in this area. The wells were dug to the Nepean aquifer and the water was generally found to be good without the sulphur issues found in other wells locally.

7)             Concern was expressed over the fractured rock noted in the report and a guarantee that they will not lose good water quality and quantity.

The Hydrogeologic Report indicates no well interference during testing.  It also recommends minimum standards for depth of well and casing through and beyond the fractured rock as well as backfilling material around the well.  Those requirements would be registered on title as at minimum within the subdivision agreement and possibly as covenants on title.

8)             A resident on Fernbank noted that when the City did some ditch and culvert work his 50 foot well went dry.

Staff indicated that if residents had concerns about surface drainage and grading changes and the impact on shallow wells to let staff know and we will look at the reports again to confirm the findings.

9)             The impact on ground water from the potential quarry to the west was questioned.

It was noted that the wells are to extend into the Nepean Aquifer and the quarry would not go that deep.

10)         It was noted that there is natural artesian along the lot line in the vicinity of the pit.

This will be looked into

11)         It was asked if the old quarry would be filled in.

It is proposed to leave it open as part of a private lot.

12)         The Planning Rationale’s comment that a neighbouring property was not used for agriculture was questioned, as well as the owner’s ability to continue or expand a farm operation.

It was recognized that this was an error and should have read that the land was not used as a livestock facility

The barns/building on site did not meet the OMAF tests as livestock facility therefore the minimum distance separation (MDS) to the lots was not required.  Alternatively if the owner was proposing to put in a livestock facility he would have to demonstrate as part of any building permit that he would have to meet MDS.

It was also noted that nothing was prohibiting the continued use of the land for agricultural purposes including manure spreading.  But it was suggested that best management practices would still be advisable as would a good neighbour policy of letting them know when the spreading would happen.

13)         It was asked if the snowmobile trail running along the south and west edge of the development was being addressed or accommodated.

It was noted that the local snowmobile club had been in touch with staff but there was yet to be any detailed discussion.

14)         Noise concerns were noted for future homeowners with respect to the Ottawa Airport flight lines and the nearby military facility.

It was noted that it is outside of the regulated influence are of the airport and that the military facility was some distance away.

15)         It was asked why there was a wider road or block off of Fernbank.

The reason for the space relates to the width of the frontage only and that the block would be left in trees with perhaps some subdivision signage.

16)         Concern was expressed over the ‘blind hill’ access from Phase one out to Flewellyn.

This was looked into and determined that any issues could be addressed with the road works at the time of the construction.

17)         Concern was expressed over the state of the Fernbank Road, with the pavement broken up even though it was newer.

This is a matter for City maintenance and not within the realm of the developer’s responsibility.

 

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION COMMENTS

Members of the North Goulbourn Community Association attended the February meeting. No written comments were received.



            OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT - 8213
(formerly 8171) Flewellyn Road

PLAN OFFICIEL - 8213 (anciennement 8171)
chemin flewellyn

ACS2011-ICS-PGM-0093                                                                  Rideau-goulbourn (21)

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATION:

 

That the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend Council approve and adopt an amendment to Schedule A - Rural Policy Plan of the Official Plan to change the designation of part of 8213 (8171) Flewellyn Road from Sand and Gravel Resource Area to General Rural, as detailed in Document 2.

 

Ms. Cheryl McWilliams, Planner, Development Review, Rural Services Branch (West), Planning and Growth Management (PGM), Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability (ISCS), spoke to a PowerPoint slide presentation which served to provide the Committee with an overview of the staff report.  A copy of the presentation is held on file with the City Clerk.

 

The following delegations spoke to express their support for the report:

 

Mr. Murray Chown, Novatech Engineering (for Mr. Greg Winters); and,

Messrs. David Simpson and Peter Rotzal.

 

As this meeting had been rescheduled from its advertized time of 7:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., notification timelines had proven insufficient to comply with notice requirements under the Planning Act.  Hence, consideration and approval of this item was temporarily deferred until 7:00 p.m., at which time the report recommendation was put to Committee and CARRIED, as presented.