MPA-2018-03 - Municipal Plan Amendment

Whitbourne, Newfoundland and Labrador

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TOWN OF WHITBOURNE MUNICIPAL PLAN 2013 - 2023 inc. 1968 MUNICIPAL PLAN AMENDMENT No. 3, 2018 Amendment to Plan Policy 4.4.7- Environmental Protection MAY, 2018 PLAN-TECH ENVIRONMENT Signature URBAN AND RURAL PLANNING ACT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE TOWN OF WHITBOURNE MUNICIPAL PLAN AMENDMENT No. 3, 2018 Under the authority of section 16, section 17 and section 18 of the Urban and Rural Planning Act 2000, the Town Council of Whitbourne. a) Adopted the Whitbourne Municipal Plan Amendment No. 3, 2018, on the 5th day of September, 2018. b) Gave notice of the adoption of the Town of Whitbourne Municipal Plan Amendment No. 3, 2018, by advertisement inserted on the 8th day and the 1- A th I day of January, 2019, in The Compass newspaper. c) Set the 23rd day of January, 2019, at 7:30 p.m. at the Town Hall, Whitbourne for the holding of a public hearing to consider objections and submissions. Now under section 23 of the Urban and Rural Planning Act 2000, the Town Council of Whitbourne approved the Town of Whitbourne Municipal Plan Amendment No. 3, 2018, as adopted (or as amended). 2 t- SIGNED AND SEALED this -)0 day of 2019 Mayor: Clerk: /-/Lz-Zoi4 (Council Seal) ,d-oi Pied Number 5355 -'2 219 0 Date 0 `a .l-, a 7 tl: c4" Municipal PlaniAmendmen1 REGISTERED 4 URBAN AND RURAL PLANNING ACT RESOLUTION TO ADOPT TOWN OF WHITBOURNE MUNICIPAL PLAN AMENDMENT No. 3, 2018 Under the authority of Section 16 of the Urban and Rural Planning Act 2000, the Town Council of Whitbourne adopts the Town of Whitbourne Municipal Plan Amendment No. 3, 2018. Adopted by the Town Council of Whitbourne on the 5th day of September, 2018. Signed and sealed this g0 day of ak ( uco, u , 2019. Mayor: Clerk: 'dh-/ --ce-e-- (Council Seal) w Ped L. CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PLANNERS CERTIFICATION I certify that the attached Town of Whitbourne Municipal Plan Amendment No. 3, 2018, has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Urban and Rural Planning Act. 0 j. b,...- t' GI 1 INS7. cl\ t 0 NE" 1 V TE 0 44' cAto rGT o# "'CIF) 00 TOWN OF WHITBOURNE MUNICIPAL PLAN AMENDMENT No. 3, 2018 BACKGROUND The Town of Whitbourne proposes to amend its Municipal Plan. The Town has several significant waterbodies such as Goose Pond, Little Goose Pond and Junction Pond that are developed for residential use with frontage on these waterbodies. Plan Policy 4.4.7 states in part, "A fifteen (15) metre buffer will be placed around all other water bodies where no development may be permitted without the approval of the Minister of Environment and Conservation". Council has received inquiries about development of wharves and docks on these developed waterbodies. Wharves and docks are considered as transportation uses. Plan Policy 4.4.7 does not address transportation uses. The purpose of this Amendment is to add a new policy to Plan Policy 4.4.7 to provide Council with discretion to consider transportation uses subject to the approval of the Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources under the Lands Act. PUBLIC CONSULTATION During the preparation of this amendment, Council undertook the following initiative so that individuals and groups could provide input to this Municipal Plan Amendment. The Town Council of Whitbourne Cove published a notice in The Compass newspaper on May 15, 2018 advertising the proposed amendment seeking comments or representations from the public. The Town Council placed the proposed amendment on display at the Town Council Office from May 15, to May 22, 2018, for residents to view and to provide any comments or concerns in writing to the Council concerning the proposed amendment. No objections or representations were received within the time stipulated in the notice. AMENDMENT No. 3, 2018 The Town of Whitbourne Municipal Plan is amended by: A) Adding a new policy to the end of Plan Policy 4.4.7-Environmental Protection as shown below: Council may exercise its discretion to consider transportation uses such as wharves and dock around significant waterbodies where development already exists. Transportation uses shall be prohibited on waterbodies contained in the Town's designated Watershed.