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CITY OF
TEMISKAMING
SHORES
OFFICIAL PLAN
Approved with
Modifications
March 20, 2015
Office Consolidation
57 Foster Street, Box 2032
PERTH ON K7H 3M9
Tel. 613 464-8805
[email protected]
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Contents
1. THE PLAN AND ITS PURPOSE ................................................................................................................ 1
1.1
The Official Plan ............................................................................................................................... 1
1.2
Purpose of the Plan .......................................................................................................................... 1
1.3
Objectives of the Plan ....................................................................................................................... 2
2. INTERPRETATION ................................................................................................................................. 5
3. HOUSING AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................ 6
3.1
Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 6
3.2
Goal Statement ............................................................................................................................... 6
3.3
Objectives ....................................................................................................................................... 6
3.4
Projections ...................................................................................................................................... 6
3.5
Targets ........................................................................................................................................... 6
3.6
Affordable Housing ........................................................................................................................... 7
3.7
Residential Intensification ................................................................................................................. 8
3.8
Special Needs Housing ...................................................................................................................... 9
3.9
Tenure ........................................................................................................................................... 9
3.10 Housing Review Process .................................................................................................................... 9
3.11 Settlement Areas ............................................................................................................................ 10
3.12 Rural Area...................................................................................................................................... 10
4. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................................... 12
4.1
Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 12
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4.2
Goal Statement .............................................................................................................................. 12
4.3
Objectives ...................................................................................................................................... 12
4.4
Land Use Designations..................................................................................................................... 12
4.5
Residential Neighbourhood ............................................................................................................... 13
4.6
Employment Areas .......................................................................................................................... 14
4.7
Mixed-Use Areas ............................................................................................................................. 16
4.8
Town Centres ................................................................................................................................. 18
4.9
Urban Design Principles ................................................................................................................... 20
4.10 Rural Area...................................................................................................................................... 24
4.11 Land Division by Consent ................................................................................................................. 26
4.12 Land Division by Plan of Subdivision .................................................................................................. 27
4.13 Agricultural Research Station............................................................................................................ 27
4.14 Land Use Compatibility .................................................................................................................... 28
5. INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC SERVICE FACILITIES ........................................................................ 29
5.1
Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 29
5.2
Goal Statement .............................................................................................................................. 29
5.3
Objectives ...................................................................................................................................... 29
5.4
Water, Wastewater and Stormwater .................................................................................................. 29
5.5
Waste Management Systems ............................................................................................................ 30
5.6
Transportation ................................................................................................................................ 31
5.7
Infrastructure Corridors ................................................................................................................... 33
5.8
Well Head and Intake Protection Zones .............................................................................................. 33
5.9
Public Service Facilities .................................................................................................................... 34
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5.10 Fire and Emergency Services ............................................................................................................ 34
5.11 Police Services ................................................................................................................................ 34
5.12 Health Care .................................................................................................................................... 34
5.13 Accessibility ................................................................................................................................... 35
6. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT .................................................................................................................. 37
6.1
Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 37
6.2
Goal Statement .............................................................................................................................. 37
6.3
Objectives ...................................................................................................................................... 37
6.4
Strategy for Economic Development .................................................................................................. 37
6.5
Growth Plan for Northern Ontario ...................................................................................................... 39
7. RECREATION, CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES .................................................................... 41
7.1
Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 41
7.2
Definition ....................................................................................................................................... 41
7.3
Goal Statements ............................................................................................................................. 41
7.4
Objectives ...................................................................................................................................... 42
7.5
Planning ........................................................................................................................................ 42
7.6
Designation .................................................................................................................................... 42
7.7
Development Standards ................................................................................................................... 42
7.8
Parkland Dedication ........................................................................................................................ 44
7.9
Campgrounds ................................................................................................................................. 44
7.10 Golf Courses ................................................................................................................................... 45
7.11 Integrated Recreation and Housing Development ................................................................................ 45
7.12 Library Services .............................................................................................................................. 45
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7.13 Educational Services ....................................................................................................................... 45
8. HEALTHY COMMUNITIES..................................................................................................................... 47
8.1
Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 47
8.2
Goal Statement .............................................................................................................................. 47
8.3
Strategy for Developing a Healthy Community .................................................................................... 47
8.4
Short Term Initiatives ...................................................................................................................... 47
9. COORDINATION .................................................................................................................................. 50
9.1
Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 50
9.2
Goal Statement .............................................................................................................................. 50
9.3
Policies .......................................................................................................................................... 50
10.
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................................... 52
10.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 52
10.2 Goal Statements ............................................................................................................................. 52
10.3 Objectives ...................................................................................................................................... 52
10.4 Natural Environment Areas Inventory ................................................................................................ 53
10.5 Natural Heritage Features and Areas ................................................................................................. 53
10.6 Locally Significant Natural Features ................................................................................................... 54
10.7 Forestry, Woodlots, Drainage ........................................................................................................... 55
10.8 Lake Capacity ................................................................................................................................. 56
10.9 Natural Hazards .............................................................................................................................. 57
10.10 Flood Hazard Constraint Area ........................................................................................................ 58
10.11 Environmental Impact Study (EIS) ................................................................................................. 59
11.
AGRICULTURE ................................................................................................................................ 61
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11.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 61
11.2 Definition ....................................................................................................................................... 61
11.3 Goal Statement .............................................................................................................................. 61
11.4 Objectives ...................................................................................................................................... 61
11.5 Farm Unit ...................................................................................................................................... 62
11.6 Farming Practices ........................................................................................................................... 62
11.7 Lot Size ......................................................................................................................................... 62
11.8 Sustainable Agriculture .................................................................................................................... 62
11.9 Protection of Prime Agricultural Lands ............................................................................................... 63
11.11 Agricultural Commercial, Industrial and Research Uses ..................................................................... 63
11.12 Secondary Uses ........................................................................................................................... 63
11.13 Natural Environment..................................................................................................................... 63
11.14 Minimum Distance Separation ........................................................................................................ 63
11.15 Surplus Dwellings ......................................................................................................................... 64
11.16 Lots of Record ............................................................................................................................. 65
11.17 Mineral Aggregate Resources ......................................................................................................... 65
11.18 Community Facilities and Infrastructure .......................................................................................... 65
11.19 Agricultural Community ................................................................................................................ 65
11.20 Land Division ............................................................................................................................... 66
12.
MINERAL AGGREGATE RESOURCES ................................................................................................ 67
12.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 67
12.2 Definition ....................................................................................................................................... 67
12.3 Goal Statement .............................................................................................................................. 67
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12.4 Objectives ...................................................................................................................................... 67
12.5 Designation .................................................................................................................................... 67
12.6 Protection of Mineral Aggregate Resource Lands ................................................................................. 68
12.7 New Operations .............................................................................................................................. 68
12.8 Incompatible Uses .......................................................................................................................... 69
12.9 Compatibility .................................................................................................................................. 69
12.10 Rehabilitation .............................................................................................................................. 69
12.11 Wayside Operations ...................................................................................................................... 69
12.12 Portable Asphalt and Portable Concrete Plants ................................................................................. 69
12.13 Hazards ...................................................................................................................................... 69
12.14 Protection of Natural Areas and Groundwater .................................................................................. 70
12.15 Zoning ........................................................................................................................................ 70
12.16 Land Division ............................................................................................................................... 70
13.
MINING ......................................................................................................................................... 72
13.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 72
13.2 Definition ....................................................................................................................................... 72
13.3 Goal Statement .............................................................................................................................. 72
13.4 Objectives ...................................................................................................................................... 72
13.5 Land Use Constraint ........................................................................................................................ 73
13.6 Protection of Mining Resource Lands .................................................................................................. 73
13.7 New Operations .............................................................................................................................. 73
13.8 Incompatible Uses .......................................................................................................................... 73
13.9 Compatibility .................................................................................................................................. 74
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13.10 Rehabilitation .............................................................................................................................. 74
13.11 Protection of Natural Areas and Groundwater .................................................................................. 74
13.12 Zoning ........................................................................................................................................ 74
13.13 Land Division ............................................................................................................................... 74
13.14 Mine Hazards ............................................................................................................................... 74
14.
CULTURAL HERITAGE ..................................................................................................................... 76
14.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 76
14.2 Definition ....................................................................................................................................... 76
14.3 Goal Statement .............................................................................................................................. 76
14.4 Objectives ...................................................................................................................................... 76
14.5 Heritage ........................................................................................................................................ 76
14.6 Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee ............................................................................................. 77
14.7 Designation .................................................................................................................................... 77
14.8 Human Remains ............................................................................................................................. 77
14.9 Archaeological Resources ................................................................................................................. 77
14.10 Marine Archaeological Resources .................................................................................................... 78
14.11 Protected Heritage Property ........................................................................................................... 78
14.12 Implementation Tools ................................................................................................................... 78
14.13 Municipal Cultural Plan .................................................................................................................. 79
15.
PLANNING TOOL KIT ..................................................................................................................... 81
15.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 81
15.2 Planning Applications ....................................................................................................................... 81
15.3 Building Code Act ............................................................................................................................ 82
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15.4 Property Standards ......................................................................................................................... 82
15.5 Development Charges Act ................................................................................................................ 82
15.6 Amendments to the Official Plan (Sections 17 and 22, Planning Act) ..................................................... 82
15.7 Public Works (Section 24, Planning Act) ............................................................................................. 82
15.8 Acquisition of Land (Section 25, Planning Act) .................................................................................... 82
15.9 Community Improvement (Section 28, Planning Act) ........................................................................... 82
15.10 Zoning By-law (Section 34, Planning Act) ........................................................................................ 83
15.11 Holding By-law (Section 36, Planning Act) ....................................................................................... 83
15.12 Height and Density Bonusing ......................................................................................................... 83
15.13 Interim Control By-laws (Section 38, Planning Act) .......................................................................... 83
15.14 Temporary Use By-laws (Section 39, Planning Act) ........................................................................... 83
15.15 Site Plan Control (Section 41, Planning Act)..................................................................................... 83
15.16 Parkland Dedication (Section 42, Planning Act) ................................................................................ 84
15.17 Non-Conforming Uses (Sections 44 and 45, Planning Act) ................................................................. 84
15.18 Land Division, Part-Lot Control and Deeming (Sections 50-53, Planning Act) ....................................... 85
15.19 Mine Hazard ................................................................................................................................ 85
15.20 Contaminated Lands ..................................................................................................................... 86
15.21 Accessory Uses ............................................................................................................................ 86
15.22 Lots of Record ............................................................................................................................. 86
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1.
THE PLAN AND ITS
PURPOSE
1.1
The Official Plan
The Official Plan of the City of
Temiskaming Shores sets out the
goals, objectives and policies to guide
growth and development within the
City for the next 20 years.
The following text, diagrams and the
Land Use Schedules A, B, C and D
shall constitute the Official Plan (Plan)
for the City of Temiskaming Shores.
The Planning Resource Kit at the end
of each section of the Plan is intended
to
provide
a
list
of
resource
documents which are to be used in
the
review
of
development
applications and in making decisions
or in implementing the policies of this
Plan. The Plan applies to all lands
within the corporate boundaries of
the City of Temiskaming Shores.
The Official Plan was prepared to be
consistent with the Provincial Policy
Statement, (2014), to conform to the
Growth Plan for Northern Ontario,
and to reflect the intent of the
Planning Act. The official plan shall be
implemented in a manner that is also
consistent with the recognition and
affirmation of existing Aboriginal and
treaty rights in section 35 of the
Constitution Act, 1982.
This official plan shall be read in
conjunction with any provincial plan
in effect and where deemed to
conflict with a provincial plan, the
policies of the provincial plan shall
take precedence.
Where land use approvals involve
potential
approvals
under
other
provincial legislation, the approvals
under the affected legislation may be
integrated, provided the intent and
requirements of all affected Acts are
met.
The official plan shall be implemented
in a manner that is consistent with
the Ontario Human Rights Code and
the Canadian Charter of Rights and
Freedoms.
1.2
Purpose of the Plan
The Official Plan is the first Plan for
the City of Temiskaming Shores,
created on January 1, 2004. The Plan
was prepared following a consultation
process with the public, community
stakeholders
and
the
Provincial
government. Council's objective for
the new Plan is to create positive,
sustainable and healthy growth. The
Plan is not viewed just as a land use
document but as a blueprint that
reaches
out
to
incorporate
the
concepts of a healthy community, the
building
blocks
for
economic
development, and the optimization of
its social capital.
Key to the preparation of the Official
Plan
was
to
develop
a
solid
information base. The Temiskaming
Shores Community Profile, 2009 was
prepared
as
the
background
document to the Official Plan. The
Community Profile brings together in
one
document,
a
wealth
of
information about the City. Through
the
assembly
and
analysis
of
population,
housing,
employment,
land
uses,
community
services,
infrastructure,
heritage,
natural
resources and many other features,
growth trends can be determined and
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opportunities for development can be
identified. The Community Profile is a
reference document that serves as
the background for formulating the
goals, objectives and policies of the
Official Plan.
The purpose of the Official Plan is to
identify the resources, capabilities,
opportunities and constraints of the
land and the community to enhance
the stewardship of the City's land
base,
the
cultural
heritage
environment
and
the
natural
environment. Any future development
in Temiskaming Shores will conform
to the policies of this Plan. The Plan
provides
the
legislative
basis
to
implement the community's vision for
its future. The Official Plan will be
reviewed not less than every five
years after the Plan comes into
effect.
1.3
Objectives of the Plan
1. To create a positive planning
environment that addresses the
needs and aspirations of the
community over the next two
decades.
2. To build a vision for the future of
the City which is agreed upon by
the community and which the
community has an active role in
implementing.
3. To create a unifying force that
creates and fosters an identity for
the City.
4. To create a forum for community-
based dialogue in the design,
implementation and review of the
Plan.
5. To develop a land use planning
process
that
maximizes
compatibility
and
minimizes
conflict between different land
uses.
6. To build a City with strong,
distinctive and liveable Settlement
Areas with a range of housing
choices, employment, parks, open
space and which provides a range
of services and facilities that are
accessible by walking, cycling and
transit.
7. To build a healthy, safe and
liveable
community
that
encourages active living, healthy
lifestyles and which integrates
planning for a healthy community
as a component of the City's land
use planning process.
8. To plan for a community with a
diversified
and
well
managed
resource base including mining,
mineral
aggregates,
forestry,
agriculture and water.
9. To conserve and manage cultural
heritage resources to maintain
their heritage value.
10. To
ensure
that
future
development
and
land
use
planning decisions in the City
conform to the goals, objectives
and policies of this Plan.
11. To plan and provide infrastructure
that meets current and projected
growth needs.
12. To protect resources of provincial
interest, public health and safety
and the quality of the natural
environment through the policies
of
this
Plan
and
through
consultation
with
Provincial
agencies.
13. To position the City for growth
within
a
regional
and
global
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economy in keeping with the
policy framework of the Growth
Plan for Northern Ontario.
14. To position the City to assume
greater responsibility for decision-
making
approval
on
planning
applications through exemption
from
Minister's
approval
for
official plan amendments.
15. To
conserve
biodiversity
and
encourage the ecological benefits
provided by nature.
16. To consider the impacts of climate
change and measures to support
the reduction of greenhouse gas
emissions through urban and rural
design practices and to encourage
and support green infrastructure.
17. To recognize the uniqueness of
the Anglophones, Francophones,
First Nations, Métis and all other
identifiable cultures and celebrate
their contributions to the social
fabric of the city.
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2.
INTERPRETATION
Applications for development and procedures set out or affecting this Plan shall be governed by the following interpretation policies:
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
- Decisions of the City
and approval authorities
shall be consistent with
the PPS and shall
conform with provincial
plans
- Words and phrases
used in the
Temiskaming Shores
Official Plan are and
shall be interpreted as
the same ones defined
in Section 6.0
(Definitions) of the PPS
unless otherwise
indicated
- Applies to all lands within the City and is intended to guide growth and development for twenty years from the date of approval
- The Plan consists of the text, diagrams and the Land Use Plan Schedules. The Planning Resource Kit shall be used where referred to in a policy in this Plan. Appendices provide supporting but non-binding information.
Photographs are not considered to be a legal part of this Plan
- The Plan shall be revised every five years in accordance with Section 26 of the Planning Act
- Reference will be made to original documents where necessary (i.e. plan of survey) in interpreting the boundaries or limits of features, designations and constraint areas illustrated on the Land Use Plan or text described
in the Plan
- The boundaries of land use designations and other features on the Land Use Plan are considered approximate except where specifically bounded by a road, rail line, City boundary or other distinctive boundary and an
amendment to the plan will not be required for minor adjustments where the intent of the Plan is upheld
- Permitted land uses are not intended to be limited to those prescribed where a range of uses is anticipated provided the intent of the policies of this Plan and complied with
- The use of land, buildings and structures normally accessory to a permitted use are permitted even though not stated in the Plan
- Legal non-conforming uses are permitted to continue
- Amendments to this Plan are not required for spelling, grammar, formatting, renumbering, typographic errors, or a consolidation
- This Plan may be amended from time to time by Council or by application in response to changing circumstances or proposed development
- While this Plan sets out a series of community initiatives, such initiatives are not intended to be binding on Council or other organizations and implementation is understood to be based on the financial capabilities and/or
approvals necessary
Planning Act
2014 Provincial
Policy
Statement
(PPS) and
Provincial Plans
Affiliated
Legislation and
Regulation
Temiskaming
Shores Official Plan
Applications for
Development
Application Review
and Consultation
Decisions and
Approvals
- Authority for
preparing an
Official Plan as
defined in
Section 16
- Legislation,
regulations and
technical
documents
referred to in the
Temiskaming
Shores Official
Plan shall mean
the most current
version
- Pre-consultation with City is mandatory
- Applications shall be complete and where required shall be
accompanied by studies or information needed to support the
applications
- Numbers of copies will be specified by the City
- All studies shall be prepared by qualified professionals in the
area of expertise required
- The applicant shall bear the cost of any study and any
required peer review
- Applications may be refused where incomplete, do not comply
with this Plan or are inconsistent with the PPS, or application
fees are unpaid
- Applications and supporting studies and information are public
documents unless withdrawn by the applicant before
processing
- Notices affirming a complete application will be distributed to
the prescribed agencies and the applicant within 30 days. The
City may require and request additional information after
affirmation where deemed necessary to determine compliance
with this Plan and the PPS
- The City may seek technical
input, advice or a peer review on
any study or information
received
- Amendments to this Plan are
subject to Provincial approval
upon adoption of an amendment
by the City
- The City will advertise and hold
the prescribed public meeting
and where required an open
house. Additional meetings will
be at the City's discretion
- Applications will be reviewed
within the time lines prescribed
by the Planning Act
- City reports, peer reviews and
related correspondence are
considered public documents
- A Notice of
Decision will be
issued or a
Notice of Refusal
with written
reasons will be
issued
- The City may
impose
conditions of
and for
approvals
wherever
authorized by
this Plan or the
Planning Act or
other enabling
legislation
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3.
HOUSING AND
GROWTH
MANAGEMENT
3.1
Introduction
Housing is a fundamental
requirement of any community.
Housing types, densities,
affordability, location and accessibility
are all factors to consider in planning
for a community's housing needs.
Currently, the City's housing stock
consists of 4,621 private dwellings, of
which approximately 78% are owner-
occupied. Approximately 77% of the
housing stock consists of single
detached dwellings and the balance
medium to high density. Close to
85% of the housing stock was built
prior to 1986.
3.2
Goal Statement
To provide for an appropriate range
of housing types and densities which
will
meet
the
projected
housing
needs of the community.
3.3
Objectives
To ensure that sufficient land is
available and serviced to meet the
projected housing needs over the
planning period.
To
ensure
that
the
targets
for
affordable housing are met.
To facilitate measures for residential
intensification.
To work in collaboration with the
District
of
Timiskaming
Social
Services
Administration
Board
(DTSSAB) and other agencies in
meeting the special housing needs of
the community.
To take advantage of provincial and
federal housing programs to deliver
the City's housing program.
3.4
Projections
Temiskaming Shores has a significant
opportunity to grow and prosper over
the next two decades. The Official
Plan sets out population, housing and
employment projections and targets
as
the
basis
for
growth
and
development for the City and the
Settlement Areas of Dymond, New
Liskeard
and
Haileybury.
The
projections for the Plan are:
A population of 13,760 by 2031;
Housing units created of 1,540 by
2031;
Employment
growth
of
3,880
including
2,600
new
export-
based jobs.
3.5
Targets
The intent of the Official Plan is to
provide an adequate supply of land to
accommodate an appropriate range
and
mix
of
employment
opportunities, and a range of housing
types and densities designed to meet
the City's population, housing and
employment
projections.
The
following
targets
and
range
of
permitted uses are illustrated as part
the policy direction of the Plan:
Target for Housing
Distribution
Dymond -
15%/220 units
New Liskeard -
53%/820units
Haileybury -
32%/500 units
Affordability Targets
25-30% affordable housing
15-20% for residential
intensification
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3.6
Affordable Housing
The City will achieve the targets
established in Section 3.5 for the
development
of
housing
that
is
affordable
to
low
and
moderate
income households through one or
more of the following measures:
1. Using
City-owned
vacant
residential lots.
2. Seeking
opportunities
to
participate in future Federal, and
Provincial
affordable
housing
programs for low to moderate
income households and through
partnership with the District of
Timiskaming
Social
Services
Administration Board (DTSSAB)
and other agencies to engage on
matters related to planning for
affordable
housing,
and
in
stakeholder consultations related
to
the
development
of
local
housing and homelessness plans,
implementation of those plans
and on-going monitoring.
3. Facilitating residential
intensification.
4. Allowing a second residential unit
in a single detached dwelling,
semi-detached
dwelling
or
rowhouse.
5. Facilitating the development of
garden suites.
6. Encouraging
mixed-use
development
such
as
second
storey residential units in the
town
centres
and
in
new
commercial
development.
This
may
be
coupled
with
the
reduction
or
elimination
of
parking
requirements
for
residential
uses
in
the
town
centres.
7. Encouraging the adaptive re-use
of
vacant
commercial
and
institutional buildings.
8. Utilizing tools under Section 28 of
the Planning Act in association
with
community
improvement
projects.
9. Providing for demolition control.
10. Waiving
planning
and
development
application
fees
including building permit fees.
Location
Target for Housing
Densities
Low
Medium
High
New
Liskeard
70-
80%
5-10%
15-20%
Dymond
80-
90%
10-20%
0%
Haileybury
70-
80%
5-10%
15-20%
Range of Housing Types
Permitted:
Low Density
Single detached
2-unit (duplex, semi-detached)
Medium Density
Tri-plex and 3 unit or more
converted dwellings
Town houses
4 or more multiple unit dwellings
High Density
Apartments
Target for Housing Supply is to
maintain at all times:
10 year supply of designated and
available land
3 year supply of approved,
serviced and zoned land for
residential development
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11. Using the provisions of Section 37
of the Planning Act in exchange
for affordable housing.
12. Defining
low
and
moderate
income households for ownership
and
rental
housing
to
be
determined in the basis of the
regional
market
area
(e.g.
Timiskaming
District)
as
the
market applies to the lowest 60%
of
income
distribution
for
homeowners
and
renter
households respectively.
In the case of rental housing,
'affordable' shall be defined as a
unit for which rent is at or below
the regional market area average,
or, a unit which does not exceed
30% of gross annual household
income for low and moderate
income households, whichever is
least expensive. In the case of
ownership
housing,
'affordable'
shall be defined as housing with a
purchase price at least 10% below
the regional market area average,
or, housing with a purchase price
that does not result in an annual
cost exceeding 30% of gross
annual household income for low
and moderate income households,
whichever is least expensive.
3.7
Residential Intensification
The City will achieve the targets
established
in
Section
3.5
for
residential intensification within the
settlement areas through one or
more of the following measures:
1. Using
City-owned
vacant
residential lots.
2. Facilitating the development of
vacant and/or underutilized lots
and blocks within the developed
settlement areas of New Liskeard
and Haileybury.
3. Redeveloping brownfield sites.
4. Conversion of or expansion of
existing industrial, commercial and
institutional buildings outside of
employment areas.
5. Conversion
or
expansion
of
existing residential buildings to
create new residential units or
accommodation
including
accessory apartments, secondary
suites and second units in a house.
6. Intensifying the use of upper
storeys in all town centres for
residential
units
or
accommodation.
7. Using incentives such as bonus
zoning
to
allow
for
increased
densities under Section 37 of the
Planning
Act,
and
community
improvement under Section 28 of
the Act. Grants and loans may also
be used to facilitate intensification.
8. Residential
intensification
shall
consider the principles for urban
design
(see
Section
4.9).
Proposals for intensification should
not cause unacceptable impacts on
existing
development.
Consideration will be given to
consistency
in
building
height,
building scale, housing densities,
building
set-backs,
integration
with
the
existing
streetscape,
traffic impacts, privacy in the use
of adjacent properties, buffering,
adequacy of infrastructure, off-
street parking supply, availability
of
community
facilities
and
preservation of heritage attributes.
9. Site plan control (see Section
15.15) may be used for residential
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intensification
projects
notably
with respect to the protection of
private amenity spaces, providing
for off-street parking, buffering
and landscaping. The City may
also consider the need for shadow
studies, sight line drawings, roof
profiles and pitches and building
materials.
10.
Targets
for
residential
intensification shall be monitored
on an annual basis through the
review
of
residential
building
permit activity. The criteria set out
in Section 3.10 Housing Review
Process shall be used in achieving
the
targets
for
residential
intensification.
3.8
Special Needs Housing
The City will engage the District of
Timiskaming
Social
Services
Administration
Board
(DTSSAB),
post-secondary
educational
institutions, social service agencies,
service clubs and other agencies in
planning for and delivering housing
for:
1. Students;
2. Low
to
moderate
income
households;
3. Seniors;
4. Persons living with disabilities;
5. Aboriginals;
6. Crisis
Shelter
accommodation
(e.g.
safe
house,
hostel,
emergency shelter);
7. Residents requiring group homes
and garden suites.
3.9
Tenure
Subject
to
establishing
the
appropriateness of the land use, all
forms of tenure will be permitted
(e.g. freehold, condominium, and
rental).
Condominium,
fractional
ownership
or
time
share
developments
associated
with
a
subdivision, plan of condominium or
site plan control will typically be
subject to development agreements
(e.g. Sections 41 or 51 (26) of the
Planning Act) and zoning, where
required.
3.10
Housing Review Process
Applications for housing development
shall
be
evaluated
giving
consideration to the criteria in the
following illustration:
Criteria for reviewing housing
project applications
Review application for completeness
(see Planning Tool Kit)
Assess suitability of housing types
and density targets (see Sections
3.2 - 3.4)
Assess targets for affordability (see
Section 3.3)
Determine suitability of location,
phasing, servicing and meeting
targets for residential
intensification (see Section 3.5)
Evaulate compliance with Urban
Design Principles (see Section 4.5)
Assess opportunities for meeting
Special Housing Needs (see Section
3.5)
Determine conditions for approval
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3.11
Settlement Areas
The Settlement Areas of Dymond,
New
Liskeard
and
Haileybury
(including North Cobalt) as shown on
the Land Use Schedules will be the
focus of residential and employment
growth. The Settlement Areas are
designed to provide the land base
and
infrastructure
required
to
accommodate
the
projected
population, housing and employment
growth of the City. Settlement Areas
will be developed on the principles of:
1. A compact form which promotes
contiguous
and
phased
development.
2. Residential
intensification
(see
Section 3.7).
3. Redevelopment including
brownfield sites.
4. Available infrastructure.
5. Available and adequate public
service facilities.
6. Sustainable and energy efficient
development.
7. Land Use compatibility
The expansion of a Settlement Area
boundary is not anticipated within the
life of this Plan, but will be considered
as part of the comprehensive review
of this Plan (every five years).
(See Sections 4.4-4.8 and 4.10 for
additional Settlement Area policies.)
3.12
Rural Area
The Rural Area will be conserved for
the management or use of natural
and renewable resources, principally
agriculture,
minerals,
mineral
aggregates, and the protection of
natural heritage and water features.
Recreational
activities,
and
infrastructure
and
public
service
facilities appropriate to the rural
setting
(e.g.
waste
management
facilities,
communication
facilities,
energy
facilities)
may
also
be
permitted.
No
residential
development is allocated to the Rural
Area other than development on
existing lots of record, resource-
related
accessory
dwellings,
infill
along
the
shoreline
of
Lake
Timiskaming, and on the West Road
(See Section 4.10.3 (b)) , and
resort or recreation-based residential
uses (See also Sections 4.9.8 (f) for
setbacks).
The Rural Area will be developed on
the principles of:
1. Cost-effective development.
2. Development
that
can
be
sustained by the City's standards
for rural services.
3. Land use compatibility.
4. Integration of development with
the conservation of features of
the natural environment.
5. Stewardship
of
natural
and
renewable resources.
6. Planned rural infrastructure and
public service facilities.
7. Promotion of recreation, tourism
and
rural-based
economic
development. (See Sections 4.9
and 4.10 for additional Rural Area
policies.)
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Community Initiatives for Housing and
Growth Management:
2014-2020
Prepare and adopt an employment
growth strategy with a particular focus
on the strengthening of the City's
regional hub role in the provision of
health care, educational services
(especially post-secondary), social and
recreational services, the expansion of
tourism activities and the related
provision of quality support services,
especially in the areas of food,
accommodation and retail operations.
Develop a youth-retention-and-return
strategy as a component of labour force
planning.
Planning Resource Kit:
Definitions: Provincial Policy Statement (2014): affordable, brownfield site,
comprehensive review, development, designated and available, infrastructure,
intensification, low to moderate income households, public service facilities,
redevelopment, residential intensification, settlement areas, special needs
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4.
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
4.1 Introduction
Temiskaming Shores is an urban-
centered municipality with a large,
sparsely
inhabited
rural
area.
Historically, Haileybury, New Liskeard
and Dymond have evolved as the
primary Settlement Areas while much
of the rural area has been conserved
through good land use planning for
resource activities, notably farming
and mineral aggregate extraction.
Consequently, there are minimal land
use conflicts between resource and
non-resource related development.
The
urban
communities
exhibit
mature settlement patterns and are
endowed
with
a
full
range
of
commercial, institutional and social
services commensurate with their
size. All three Settlement Areas have
the capacity for additional growth and
development, which with planned
infrastructure upgrades will provide a
sufficient land base to accommodate
projected
population,
employment
growth and housing over the next
two decades.
4.2 Goal Statement
To
design
and
develop
safe,
sustainable Settlement Areas which
integrate the employment, housing
and social needs of residents and
businesses in a highly livable and
functional urban environment.
4.3 Objectives
1. To encourage mixed land use
developments that place work,
recreation opportunity and basic
needs shopping closer to home.
2. To provide sufficient land for
projected
housing
and
employment growth within the
Settlement Areas.
3. To
provide
for
orderly,
cost-
efficient, compact and phased
development.
4. To ensure that all development
has appropriate and adequate
municipal services (infrastructure)
and public service facilities.
5. To avoid and/or mitigate land use
conflicts.
6. To conserve natural and cultural
heritage resources.
7. To enhance the quality of urban
living
through
sensible
urban
design.
4.4 Land Use Designations
1. Land use designations within the
Settlement Areas include:
a. Residential
Neighbourhood
(see Section 4.5)
b. Recreation (see Sections 4.5.3
and 7)
c. Employment
Areas
(see
Section 4.6)
d. Mixed-Use Areas (see Section
4.7)
e. Town Centres (see Section
4.8)
f. Waste
Management
Facility
(see Section 5.5)
2. All other features such as the
natural environment and natural
hazards are considered to be a
constraint overlay and subject to
the
policies
of
the
relevant
Sections of this Plan.
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3. The spatial area of all land use
designations are shown on the
Land Use Schedules to this Plan.
4. Development in any land use
designation will only be permitted
where there is sufficient capacity
available
in
the
municipal
infrastructure
prior
to
development
being
approved
including:
a. Municipal sewage services
b. Municipal water services
c. Stormwater
and
drainage
facilities
d. Transportation services
e. Hydro
f. Gas utilities where available
5. Lands within Settlement Areas
which are outside of the service
catchment
areas
(see
Infrastructure)
will
not
be
developed until substantial build-
out
of
serviced
areas
has
occurred.
6. Development approvals will also
consider whether public service
facilities
are
available
and
adequate.
7. The intent of the Plan as a
development
principle
is
to
promote residential intensification
within the City's existing built-up
area. This should take the form of
using vacant lands, brownfields
and unused buildings within urban
areas
and
community
improvement areas and measures
as set out in Section 3.7 of this
Plan.
8. Studies or information may be
required to support an application
for development (see Planning
Tool
Kit
and
Interpretation
Sections).
4.5
Residential Neighbourhood
1. The scope of permitted land uses
may include low, medium and
high density housing types (see
Housing
and
Growth
Management);
special
needs
housing; public service facilities
appropriate to and compatible
with a residential neighbourhood
such
as
schools,
places
of
worship,
libraries,
daycare
facilities;
and
infrastructure
designed and scaled to service a
residential
neighbourhood.
Neighbourhood
serving
commercial
uses
may
be
permitted
where
a
need
is
established,
the
use
is
compatible, and the access road
has sufficient capacity. Examples
include a convenience store, and
a dry cleaning outlet.
2. Accessory uses may include a bed
and breakfast facility and home
based businesses.
3. Recreation uses may be permitted
subject to the Recreation, Leisure,
Cultural and Educational Services
Section of this Plan (see Section
7).
4. Lot sizes will be designed to
accommodate the main use, any
accessory
uses,
and
potential
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future expansion and associated
infrastructure requirements.
5. All uses will be appropriately
zoned.
Residential
uses,
intensification
projects
(see
Section
3.7),
public
service
facilities
and
commercial
uses
may be subject to site plan
control.
6. Development will occur primarily
by plan of subdivision (see also
Sections 4.11 and 15.18 for land
division) and will be phased giving
priority
to
the
build-out
of
approved
and
contiguous
subdivisions
prior
to
new
subdivisions. The intent of this
Plan is to initially focus growth
and development in Phase 1
projects. Phase 2 projects will be
considered when there has been a
substantial build out of Phase 1 or
where a Phase 2 project provides
for integrated, efficient and cost-
effective development.
Phase 1 Housing Projects
New
Liskeard:
Cosman
Crescent/Sumbler
New
Liskeard:
McCamus
Avenue
New Liskeard: FPT Holdings,
Dawson Point Road
New Liskeard: Beach Gardens
Condominium
Phase 2
New Liskeard: FPT Holdings,
Baker Street
Dymond: Drive
In
Theatre
Road Mixed Use
North Cobalt
7. Phasing may be used as a growth
management tool within a single
project
to
ensure
that
infrastructure and public service
facilities
are
optimized
before
developing new infrastructure or
public service facilities.
8. Phasing should be planned to
occur concurrently with residential
intensification in order to provide
for an integrated build-out of
residential
neighbourhoods.
Phasing will be undertaken in
conjunction with the installation of
infrastructure
having
proven
capacity
for
the
proposed
development. Future phases may
be added within a Settlement
Area without an amendment to
this Plan or as part of the five
year review.
9. Deeming
of
lots
in
existing
subdivisions will not be considered
where lots are integral to the
settlement pattern and available
infrastructure; however deeming
may be used to prevent scattered
and inefficient development.
10. Development will be subject to
the urban design principles of this
Plan (see Section 4.9).
4.6
Employment Areas
1. The scope of permitted uses in an
employment area as designated
on the Land Use Schedules will
depend on the classification of the
area. Industrial Parks will be
designed primarily for industrial
land
uses
but
may
include
commercial uses appropriate to a
predominantly industrial setting.
Permitted uses in Employment
Areas should include those which
support the City's role as a
regional
hub
and
which
are
consistent
with
the
City's
economic development strategy.
Emphasis
will
be
placed
on
manufacturing uses, tourism and
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service commercial/industrial uses
and
knowledge-based
and
research uses.
2. Uses will be designed to be
compatible
with
neighbouring
uses in Employment Areas and
with sensitive land uses (see
Planning
Resource
Kit).
Employment Areas development
impacts will be fully addressed
prior to development approval
(e.g. traffic, noise, air quality,
servicing, environmental).
3. Lots
will
be
designed
to
accommodate the main use, any
accessory
uses,
and
potential
future expansion and associated
infrastructure requirements.
4. Employment
Areas
will
be
developed based on the following
criteria:
a. Dymond
Industrial
Park:
infrastructure
improvements
will
be
undertaken
in
conjunction with the build-out
of the north end of the park.
Phasing will be undertaken
through
the
southerly
extension
of
the
park
to
Radley
Hill
Road
with
an
intersection improvement to
Highway
11.
Once
the
Dymond
Industrial
Park
is
substantially
built
out,
the
Haileybury and New Liskeard
industrial
parks
will
be
considered for development.
b. Haileybury Industrial Park:
Phase 1 includes
build-out of
lands east of
Niven Street and
lands which
directly front on
either side of
Niven Street.
Phase 2 will be
the western
expansion of the
park west of
Niven Street.
c. New
Liskeard
Industrial Park:
infrastructure
improvements
will be required to extend
services north and west of
Regina
Street
with
development
being
phased
from southeast to northwest.
5. A market study will be required
for
commercial
development
proposals
in
excess
of
an
aggregate
total
of
1,800
m2
[19,376
ft.2]
to
assess
the
impacts on the City's town centres
to
ensure
the
continued
sustainability
of
these
core
commercial areas.
6. All employment area uses will be
appropriately zoned and will be
subject
to
site
plan
control.
Development will be subject to
the urban design principles of this
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Plan
(see
Section
4.9)
and
residential
uses
shall
be
integrated to avoid or mitigate
adverse
effects
from
non-
residential land uses through such
techniques as:
a. Appropriate
separation
distances;
b. Buffering and screening using
landscaping,
fencing
intervening buildings, parking
areas and amenity areas;
c. Noise attenuation;
d. Dust and air quality controls;
e. Designing Employment Areas
to be transit, pedestrian and
cycling friendly;
f. Designing Employment Areas
to retain and enhance features
of the natural environment
wherever feasible.
7. Employment Areas as designated
on the Land Use Schedules shall
be protected and preserved for
current and future land uses
permitted by this Plan. Conversion
of Employment Areas for non-
employment uses will not be
permitted except where it has
been
demonstrated
through
a
comprehensive review that the
lands
are
not
required
for
employment purposes over the
long-term and that there is a
need
for
the
conversion
in
meeting
the
population
and
growth projections of the City.
8. Subject
to
the
provisions
of
Sections 22 (7.3) and 34 (11.0.5)
of the Planning Act, no appeal
may be made
where Council
refuses to adopt an amendment
to
redesignate
and/or
rezone
employment
lands
for
non-
employment uses.
9. The City will ensure that the
design
and
development
of
employment areas will ensure
their access to road and rail
services that are essential to the
movement of goods and products
related to employment area land
uses.
4.7
Mixed-Use Areas
1. Mixed-Use Areas as designated on
the Land Use Schedules will be
designed and developed to ensure
that the integration of land uses
are compatible or where adverse
effects
can
be
satisfactorily
mitigated.
2. Mixed-Use Areas may include a
mix of industrial, commercial and
institutional
uses,
associated
accessory uses and public service
facilities
and
residential
uses
compatible
with
a
Mixed-Use
Area.
3. All uses will be appropriately
zoned. All land uses in a Mixed-
Use Area will be subject to site
plan control (see Section 15.15).
4. A market study will be required
for
commercial
development
proposals in excess of 1,800 m2
[19,376
ft.2]
to
assess
the
impacts on the City's town centres
to
ensure
the
continued
sustainability
of
these
core
commercial areas.
5. Development will be subject to
the urban design principles of this
Plan
(see
Section
4.9)
and
residential
uses
shall
be
integrated to avoid or mitigate
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adverse
effects
from
non-
residential land uses through such
techniques as:
a. Appropriate
separation
distances;
b. Buffering and screening using
landscaping,
fencing
intervening buildings, parking
areas and amenity areas;
c. Noise attenuation;
d. Dust and air quality controls;
e. Designing mixed-use areas to
be
transit,
pedestrian
and
cycling friendly;
f. Designing Mixed-Use Areas to
retain and enhance features of
the
natural
environment
wherever feasible.
6. Boat House Facility Policy Area
a.
A boat house facility policy
area shall be permitted on Lots
105 to 121, 138 to 142 Plan
M-30 and Part of stopped up
and closed portion of Farr
Drive in Plan M-30 NB and
Lots 1 to 43, 74 to 95, 126 to
136, 152 to 174, Parts of
closed
Lawlor,
Algonquin,
Gordon and Connie in Plan M-
58 NB and Part of Lots 13,
Concession 3, including the
closed portion of Colonization
Road
all
as
identified
by
Reference Plans 54R-5168 and
54R-5239 in the geographic
Township of Bucke, now in the
City of Temiskaming Shores.
b. Permitted uses in the boat
house facility policy area shall
include:
Offices
and
meeting
facilities
Corporate
accommodation
and dining facilities
Art gallery
Museum and archives
Training and development
facilities
Corporate medical facilities
Boat house
Indoor recreational facilities
such
as
an
arena
or
gymnasium
Outdoor
recreational
facilities such as a tennis
court
or
personal
golf
practice facility
Storage, maintenance and
mechanical buildings
Heliport and hangar
Conservation uses
Accessory uses to all of the
above
However,
the
primary
use
shall be residential.
c.
The boat house facility policy
area shall be serviced by
municipal water and sewage
services.
Any
future
development of the site may
be subject to a secondary plan
and
a
traffic
study.
Any
heliport use on the site shall
be subject by the applicable
Transport
Canada
Aviation
Regulations
-
Part
III
Aerodromes,
Airports
and
Heliports
-
Subpart
5
-
Heliports and subject to site
plan
control.
Federal
authorization
shall
be
a
requirement
of
site
plan
approval.
d. Two
sites
of
historical
significance are located within
the boat house facility policy
area. These sites are subject
to heritage easements and
must be maintained according
to
the
Director's
decision
under the Ontario Heritage
Act.
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e.
All
development
shall
be
subject to the mine hazards
policies
of
this
Plan
(see
Section 13.14 and 15.19).
f.
All development of buildings
and facilities in the boat house
facility policy area will be
characterized by high quality
design.
Where
necessary,
landscaping features will be
utilized in the boat house
facility policy area to provide
natural buffers and maintain
privacy and security. Any such
landscaping
features
shall
comply with all municipal by-
laws, such as but not limited
to the City's Fence By-law.
g. The
lands
shall
be
appropriately zoned and are
subject to site plan control
4.8
Town Centres
1. Town Centres as designated on
the
Land
Use
Schedules
historically
have
been
the
magnetic centres of towns, places
where people are drawn to do
business, shop, visit, dine and
just watch other people. Main
streets
are
the
core
of
the
communities of New Liskeard and
Haileybury, areas that set the
tone, and create the identity and
image of the community to its
residents and to visitors. Each of
the Town Centres has a different
role. New Liskeard's town centre
is the City's primary commercial
area with an extensive variety of
commercial uses intermixed with
public
service
and
residential
uses. Haileybury's town centre
serves a more localized market
area with a limited scope of
commercial services intermixed
with institutional uses (i.e. court
house, land registry office) and
residential uses. Town Centres will
be recognized for their different
roles. New Liskeard's town centre
will be promoted and encouraged
to be developed as the primary
central commercial district in the
City. Haileybury's town centre will
be
recognized
for
providing
services to a local market within a
largely residential setting.
2. The intent of the Plan is to
strengthen
the
role
of
New
Liskeard's town centre as key to
the
economic
health
of
Temiskaming Shores through the
following policies:
a.
New Liskeard's town centre will
be
sustained
as
the
City's
primary
commercial
area,
characterized
as
an
area
of
mixed-use
development
dominated by a full range of
retail, service commercial uses,
financial,
professional
and
personal service uses and upper
storey commercial and residential
uses. Large format retail stores
will be strongly encouraged to
locate in the town centre.
b. Existing residential and other uses
will also be permitted; however,
new standalone residential uses
will be discouraged.
c. On the western perimeter of New
Liskeard's
town
centre,
on
Whitewood Avenue, new retail
format commercial uses will also
be permitted as well as a mixed
use node of existing commercial,
residential and industrial uses
along Rokeby, Scott, and Jaffray
Streets and Whitewood Avenue.
Residential
buildings
may
be
converted to professional offices,
personal service uses and small
scale commercial uses between
Wellington,
Paget
and
Scott
Streets provided any impacts of
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Urban
Design
Principles
Conserve
Views and
Vistas
Promote
pedestrian and
cyclist friendly
design
Make for a
liveable winter
city
Conserve
architectural
heritage
Ensure
compatible
design
Design for
accessibility
and circulation
Site Design
Conserve
Energy
Design with
Nature
Create safe
and lively
streets &
downtowns
Facilitate
Public Art
conversions
on
abutting
residential uses are addressed
(e.g. parking, access).
d. Haileybury's town centre will be
developed as a local commercial
centre where the scope of land
uses will include retail, personal
and
service
commercial
uses,
residential
and
public
service
uses. Residential uses will include
standalone and upper storey
dwellings.
3. Community
improvement
will be used to help create
vibrant
town
centres
through
initiatives
and
programs
to
rehabilitate
infrastructure;
incorporate
an accessible street design;
enhance streetscaping (e.g.
benches, waste receptacles,
pocket parks, landscaping,
boulevard
shade
trees,
pedestrian scale or heritage
lighting,
public
art
and
murals,
bicycle
parking);
refurbish
commercial
façades;
retrofit
upper
storeys
for
residential
intensification;
facilitate
affordable housing; improve
signage; introduce gateways
at entry points to the downtown;
increase off-street parking; and
bury
overhead wiring. Council
may use financial incentives for
retrofitting brownfield sites, where
applicable
and
to
encourage
improvements
to
private
properties. Property standards will
apply to sustain the building stock
in good repair.
4. Exemptions to parking standards
may
be
permitted,
where
appropriate.
5. Adaptive re-use of buildings will
be encouraged. New street level
residential uses will be prohibited
on
Whitewood
Avenue
and
Armstrong Street between the
Post Office and the bridge.
6.
The City will encourage
accessibility improvements to all
buildings in the town centre.
7.
Redevelopment
and
expansions
to
existing
developed
lands
will
be
encouraged subject to available
servicing,
access
and
an
adequate
lot
size
for
the
intended use.
8.
The
character
of
the
existing street profiles will be
maintained
with
respect
to
building
height,
architectural
compatibility, zero front and
side yard setbacks, and width of
sidewalks.
9.
A market study may be
required
for
commercial
development
proposals
in
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excess of 1,800 m2 [19,376 ft.2]
to assess the impacts on the
Town
Centres
to
ensure
the
continued sustainability of these
core commercial areas
10. Development and redevelopment
will be subject to the Urban
Design Principles of this Plan (see
section 4.9).
4.9
Urban Design Principles
1. Good urban design seeks to create
a safe, functional and attractive
built environment. The City is
committed to achieving a high
standard of urban design through
applying the following urban
design principles in the review and
approval of development
applications:
2.
Create streets and public
places that are safe, lively
and comfortable:
a. Design street lighting and site
lighting for clarity of night-
time visibility for pedestrians,
cyclists and motorists;
b. Create play areas and public
places or common areas (e.g.
squares,
patios,
parkettes,
speakers corner and other
public gathering points and
places)
which
provide
opportunities
for
social
interaction, public events and
recreation or leisure activities
and
which
are
clearly
accessible to all users and
visible with multiple entry and
exit points;
c. Provide
unobstructed
sight
lines
along
pedestrian
and
cyclist
routes
and
motor
vehicle access and exits;
d. Encourage mixed use activity
areas to create 'busy' public
spaces
that
permit
casual
surveillance or 'eyes-on-the-
street';
e. Separate pedestrian, cycling
and motorized activities;
f. Create
gateways
to
neighbourhoods.
3. Promote pedestrian
friendly design:
a. Plan for convenient walking
distances to transit and parks
b. Create
dedicated
walkways
and pathways/trails to link
activity nodes (e.g. home-to-
work);
c. Provide sidewalk linkages and
crosswalks.
4. Create opportunities for energy
conservation:
a. Orient
buildings
to
take
advantage of solar gain;
b. Retain/plant
and
maintain
shade
trees
for
summer
cooling and winter shelter;
c. Encourage
pedestrian
and
bicycle
usage
over
vehicle
travel;
d. Encourage
energy
efficient
construction (e.g. LEED);
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e. Encourage the installation of
micro-scale
alternative
and
renewable
energy
systems
(e.g.
solar
panels,
wind
turbines);
f. Recycle stormwater run-off.
g. Encourage the use of transit.
h. Encourage the use of green
infrastructure
and
systems
(e.g.
use
of
permeable
surfaces,
swales,
rainwater
catchment
devices
and
vegetation, green façades,
green/grass roofs and passive
design by landscaping, geo-
thermal
facilities,
biological
wastewater
treatment
systems, passive, bio-based
and
solar-based
energy
systems and facilities, solar
shading,
use
of
recycled
building and construction, and
renewable resource materials,
waste diversion, etc.)
5. Protect views and vistas of
built and natural
landmarks:
a. Conserve views and vistas of
Lake
Timiskaming
and
the
escarpment
overlooking
the
Clay Belt;
b. Use
architecture
to
create
landmarks;
c. Provide special attention to
existing
architectural
landmarks (e.g. Court House,
Haileybury waterfront pavilion,
New
Liskeard
Post
Office,
etc.).
d. Encouraging and facilitating a
program for the display and
installation of public art in
public buildings, and public
places
using
a
variety
of
media. Public art may include
free-standing
sculpture,
paintings, gates and arches,
murals,
art-glass
windows,
kinetic artworks, fountains etc.
Public art should be used to
celebrate
historical
events,
create themes, to stimulate
play,
creativity
and
imagination
to
create
landmarks and to enhance the
aesthetic and visual attributes
of the community.
6. Create a safe liveable
winter city:
a. Build in measures to protect
pedestrians
and
properties
from the impacts of climate
such
as
minimizing
snow
drifting at entrance points to
buildings and at emergency
exits,
avoiding
structures
which allow snow or ice to fall
onto sidewalks or pedestrian
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pathways, using landscaping
for summer cooling or shelter
from wind, maximizing sun
light penetration, avoiding sun
shadow
on
adjacent
properties, providing weather
protected pedestrian spaces
and bus shelters;
b. Provide for snow storage in
site design;
c. Ensure
that
signage
for
accessible facilities are visible
under winter conditions.
7. Conserve architectural
heritage:
a. Conserve significant heritage
resources including buildings,
structures, and streetscapes
through
preservation
(e.g.
maintain or restore a heritage
resource within its context or
setting), or through adaptive
re-use (e.g. rehabilitation of a
heritage resource for a new
use or function);
b. Sensitively
rehabilitate
heritage
buildings
where
required
to
improve
accessibility, etc., while having
lowest
impact
on
heritage
features;
c. Provide for consistency and
coherence in the architectural
design of buildings in town
centres
and
established
neighbourhoods.
d. Maintain a consistent height
and character profile for the
height, density, massing and
architectural style of buildings,
notably
for
infill
and
intensification projects.
e. Conserve
the
heritage
attributes of the shoreline of
Lake Timiskaming.
8. Ensure compatible design:
a. Ensure that the design of
medium
and
high
density
residential
uses
is
architecturally compatible with
surrounding
lower
density
housing (e.g. conserve privacy
of adjacent back yards, avoid
sun
shadow,
provide
reasonable
transition
in
building heights);
b. Provide a variety of individual
housing
designs
to
create
interesting streetscapes;
c. Encourage theme designs for
façades, signage and building
materials in commercial and
industrial areas;
d. Locate loading and service
areas to avoid negative visual
and
nuisance
impacts
on
nearby residential areas;
e. Locate or mitigate HVAC noise
from sensitive receptors;
f. Clusters
of
existing
commercial or mixed uses in
Residential
Neighbourhoods
may be expanded provided
they
are
compatible
with
adjacent
residential
uses.
Impacts may be mitigated by
landscaping, visual buffering,
increased
setbacks
and
separation distances;
g. Industrial uses with significant
nuisance impacts should be
directed
away
from
light
industrial
uses,
commercial
and institutional uses while
employment areas in general
should
be
buffered
from
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residential
uses.
Reference
should be made to MOE D-1
and
D-6
Guidelines
(see
Planning Resource Kit).
9. Design with Nature:
a. Integrate the protection of
natural
features
into
the
design
of
subdivisions
and
sites through zoning and site
plan
control
(e.g.
escarpments,
river
valleys,
woodlots, rock outcrops);
b. Provide for tree replacement
plans
and
construction
mitigation plans for all new
development;
c. Maximize
the
retention
of
existing
(native)
vegetation
for
all
development
and
provide for the reinstatement,
restoration or enhancement of
vegetated
areas
wherever
feasible;
d. Minimize
grading
and
hydrogeological
changes
to
avoid disruption to natural
ecosystems;
e. Target a minimum of 25% for
landscape coverage for new
commercial,
industrial,
institutional and medium and
high
density
developments.
Secure
higher
percentages
through
bonusing
and
easements
or
other
incentives;
f. Conserve
a
Ribbon-of-Life
vegetation and wildlife/aquatic
corridor along shorelines of
lakes
and
rivers
in
their
natural state;
g. Retain,
detain
and
recycle
stormwater to avoid excess
run-off, erosion and sediment
discharge.
h. Incorporate
trees
and
vegetation
(as
well
as
buildings) to increase cooling
breezes
or
shade
in
the
summer and to reduce wind
velocity or create shelter belts
in the winter.
i.
Conserve the biodiversity and
ecological benefits of nature
through such measures as
sustaining and enhancing the
diversity
of
natural
ecosystems
(e.g.
shoreline,
woodlands, and riverine areas)
and
by
conserving
natural
habitat areas in urban and
rural design.
10. Design for accessibility and
circulation:
a. Incorporate barrier-free design
for new development;
b. Incorporate
standards
for
accessible parking into zoning
and
site
plan
control
agreements;
c. Ensure
the
street
network
accommodates
all
intended
users (e.g. automobiles, public
transit, emergency vehicles,
pedestrians, persons with a
variety of abilities, motorized
mobility aids and cyclists) to
ensure that they can interact
and move safely;
d. Provide
sight
triangles
at
street intersections;
e. Provide adequate intersection
spacing
for
streets
and
driveways with unobstructed
sight lines;
f. Where
appropriate,
incorporate
traffic
calming
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elements to moderate vehicle
speeds
and
promote
pedestrian
and
cyclist
movement;
g. Encourage
snowmobile
and
ATV access to lodging, fuel,
repair and eating facilities.
11. Site Design:
a. Provide
barrier-free
access
from buildings to sidewalks
through dedicated pathways
or sidewalks;
b. Locate parking areas in close
proximity
to
building
entrances. However, parking
areas
shall
generally
be
located to the side or rear of
buildings;
c. Link parking lots to abutting
uses to provide movement
between lots;
d. Provide
adequate
lighting
levels and uniform coverage in
parking areas and pedestrian
walkways.
Screen
lighting
from
glare
onto
adjacent
residential
properties
and
public streets;
e. Provide clearly defined access
routes
and
signage
for
designated fire routes;
f. Provide convenient and easily
visible locations for accessible
parking,
bicycle
and
motorcycle parking including
the
provision
of
end
trip
facilities for bicycles (e.g. bike
racks).
Encourage
the
provision of parking areas for
motorized mobility aids;
g. Locate
storage
areas
or
provide
adequate
visual
buffering to fully screen from
adjacent public streets and
sensitive land uses;
h. Locate
drive-through
windows/services away from
residential areas;
i.
Provide
adequate
off-street
stacking
spaces
for
drive-
through facilities and to avoid
illumination
of
vehicle
headlights
on
neighbouring
properties;
j. Minimize hard surfaces;
k. Provide for legible signage and
consolidate
signage
for
multiple uses.
4.10
Rural Area
1. The Rural Area will be conserved
for the management or use of
natural and renewable resources,
principally agriculture, mining,
mineral aggregates, and the
protection of natural heritage
features and water features.
Recreational activities,
infrastructure and public services
facilities appropriate to the rural
setting (e.g. waste management
facilities, communication
facilities, energy facilities,
cemeteries) may also be
permitted.
2. Policies for land use and other
activities listed above are found
in this Plan as follows:
a. Agriculture
b. Mineral Aggregate Resources
c. Mining
d. Natural Environment
e. Tourism, Recreation facilities
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3. Land uses permitted in the Rural
Area other than those listed
above will include:
a. Public Service Facilities only in
limited circumstances where
the proponent can provide
justification that such facilities
cannot
be
located
in
a
settlement area;
b. Limited
residential
uses
including
resource-related
accessory
dwellings,
recreational
dwellings
infill
along the shoreline of Lake
Timiskaming, along Lakeshore
Road between New Liskeard
and
Haileybury,
along
the
West Road, on existing lots of
record, and for tourism or
recreation-based
residential
uses including B & Bs. Rural
residential
subdivisions
not
exceeding five lots may be
permitted;
c. Kennels
for
commercial
breeding or boarding provided
lot sizes are large enough to
mitigate
noise
and
other
impacts on adjacent properties
occupied
or
zoned
for
a
residential use;
d. A facility for the production of
medical
marijuana
provided
that the facility is not located
in a residential dwelling;
provided that the registered
property owner is a licensed
producer and is in compliance
with
Health
Canada's
marijuana
for
medical
purposes
regulation;
and
provided
the
facility
is
demonstrated
to
be
compatible with surrounding
land. Such a facility shall only
be
permitted
through
an
amendment to the zoning by-
law.
e. Communication
facilities
where
they
meet
Industry
Canada
standards
and
appropriate
consultation
protocols;
f. Portable asphalt plants and
portable concrete plants;
g. Existing
uses
including
industrial uses;
h. Traditional land uses practiced
by
First
Nations
(confined
largely to Crown Land and
water bodies);
i.
Infrastructure
required
to
service the Rural Area or
which extends through the
City (e.g. rail and highway
infrastructure corridors). (See
Infrastructure).
4. Development
will
only
be
permitted
which
can
be
sustained
by
rural
service
levels and which is compatible
with
adjacent
uses
(see
Section 5.4.5).
5. All development shall front on
a
year-round-maintained
public road. Development will
only be permitted where it can
be adequately serviced with
individual
on-site
sewage
services and individual on-site
water services and where site
conditions are suitable for the
long-term provision of such
services.
6. Where
lot
creation
is
permitted, the proponent shall
demonstrate, by submission of
a letter from a hauled sewage
provider, that there is reserve
sewage
system
capacity
available
for
any
hauled
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sewage
generated
by
the
development.
Partial
or
communal services will not be
permitted.
7. Tourism or recreation-based
uses such as a lodge, tourist
outfitter,
marina,
or
golf
course
may
be
permitted
where
the
proponent
demonstrates that the use will
be
compatible
with
surrounding land uses and the
character
of
the
rural
landscape
and
can
be
supported
by
rural
service
levels.
8. The
minimum
distance
separation
formulae
shall
apply to new land uses, new
or
expanding
livestock
facilities
and
to
new
lot
creation where applicable (see
also Section 11.14).
9. New industrial uses will only
be
permitted
where
demonstrated that the use
cannot
be
located
in
a
designated Employment Area
(within a settlement area) and
only where the use can be
made
compatible
with
surrounding
land
uses.
Existing industrial uses may
be expanded where the use is
compatible or can be made
compatible with surrounding
land
uses.
(See
Planning
Resource Kit.)
10. All uses will be appropriately
zoned. Site plan control may
apply to non-residential uses,
and to all land uses adjacent
to
a
water
body
(i.e.
residential,
commercial,
institutional
and
industrial).
Site plan control will not apply
to
an
agricultural
use.
Communication
facilities
governed by Industry Canada
will require an undertaking
(i.e. development agreement)
addressing
issues
typically
required by a site plan control
agreement. (See also Section
15.15.)
4.11
Land Division by Consent
1. Within Settlement Areas,
consents may be granted in
accordance with the following
policies:
a. The consent shall conform to
the settlement area policies of
this Section of the Plan;
b. Consents may be permitted
where the lot area is not large
enough
or
suited
to
development
by
registered
plan of subdivision (see also
Sections 4.5.6, 4.10.3 (b) and
4.12);
c. A maximum of three severed
lots and 1 retained lot per
holding may be permitted;
d. Consents may be granted for
infilling
and
small-scale
developments for areas that
are substantially developed;
e. Consents may be granted for
assembling land
for
future
uses;
f. Consents may only be granted
where the developable portion
of the lot is sufficient to meet
all zoning standards (example:
portions of a lot within an
unstable
slope
(hazardous
site) shall be excluded from
the calculation);
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g. Consents may be granted for
lot enlargement, lot boundary
adjustments
and
title
correction purposes.
2. Within the Rural Area, consents
may be granted in accordance
with the following policies (Note:
these policies do not apply to the
Agriculture land use designation)
(see Section 11.19):
a. The consent shall conform to
the Rural Area policies of this
Section of the Plan (Note:
includes policies for Mineral
Aggregate Resources, Mining,
Natural
Environment,
Recreation facilities);
b. A consent may be granted for
a residential lot in the Rural
Area where the proposed lot
will
not
conflict
with
an
existing or proposed resource
use.
4.12
Land Division by Plan of
Subdivision
1. Proposals for land division
resulting in more than three new
lots, in addition to one retained
lot, must occur by plan of
subdivision. An application for
plan of subdivision shall be
prepared in accordance with the
requirements of the Planning Act
and must comply with the
relevant policies of this Plan,
applicable schedules, and the
City's zoning by-law (see Section
15.18 for detailed requirements).
2. Proponents will be required to
consult with the City before
submitting an application for a
plan of subdivision. Additional
information, such as technical
studies, may be required is
assessing the appropriateness of
the application (see Section 15.2
for study examples). Studies
shall be undertaken by the
proponent at his/her expense and
prepared by professionals
sufficiently qualified to do so.
Applications may not be further
processed until such studies are
submitted and deemed to be
adequate.
4.13
Agricultural Research
Station
1. An existing Agricultural Research
Facility is located within the
settlement area of the former
Town of New Liskeard as
identified on Schedule 'C'. the
Agricultural Research Facility has
been established in New Liskeard
for many years and is an integral
facility for research,
collaboration, innovation and
environmental stewardship
related to agriculture and
agricultural production and
processing in Northern Ontario.
2. Policies: On lands designated
Agricultural Research Facility, the
permitted uses are agriculture
uses and associated research and
other related uses. In addition,
education, ancillary commercial
(i.e. market gardens, road-side
produce sales), agricultural
events (i.e. trade shows,
agricultural affairs), and other
related public uses (i.e.
public/community gardens) and
accessory uses may be permitted
where they do not alter the
predominantly agriculture-
research related nature of the
Agriculture Research Facility.
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4.14
Land Use Compatibility
1. The Ministry of the Environment's
D-6 Guidelines identify potential
influence areas for industrial uses
including aggregate operations to
be as follows: Class 1 - 70
metres; Class II - 300 metres;
and Class III - 1,000 metres. The
'actual' site-specific influence
area may be lesser or greater
than the potential influence area
noted above, and can be
determined through appropriate
technical studies. Development of
an industrial or sensitive land use
within an influence area noted
above may only be permitted
where technical studies indicate
the absence of a problem or
where impacts can be mitigated
to an insignificant level.
Planning Resource Kit
Minimum Distance Separation [MDS] Formulae, Implementation Guidelines,
Publication 707, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
[email protected]
Land Use Compatibility: Ministry of the Environment, Guideline D-1, Land Use
Compatibility and Guideline D-6, Compatibility Between Industrial Facilities and
Sensitive Land Uses, www.ene.gov.on.ca/publications Forms, Manuals and
Guidelines/Land
Drainage and Stormwater Management: Stormwater management Planning and
Design Manual, 2003, www.ene.gov.on.ca/publications Forms, Manuals and
Guidelines/Water & Sewage Works
Definitions: Provincial Policy Statement (2014): brownfield site, development,
designated and available, employment area, individual on-site sewage services,
individual on-site water services, infrastructure, intensification, municipal sewage
services, municipal water services, partial services, portable asphalt plant,
portable concrete plant, public service facilities, redevelopment, residential
intensification, reserve sewage system capacity, sensitive land use, settlement
areas
Community Initiatives for Community Development:
2014-2020
Prepare and adopt Community Improvement Plans for Town centres in
Haileybury and New Liskeard
Prepare detailed Urban Design Guidelines
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5.
INFRASTRUCTURE
AND PUBLIC
SERVICE
FACILITIES
5.1
Introduction
The growth and prosperity of the City
is dependent on infrastructure to
service development. The intent of
the Plan is to ensure that the City is
built
on
good
roads,
accessible
transit, adequate water, sewer and
waste disposal services, utilities and
supportive rail services.
5.2
Goal Statement
To provide infrastructure to meet
service level needs for Settlement
Areas and the rural area of the City.
5.3
Objectives
The goal statement will be supported
by the following objectives:
1. To plan, design and upgrade
infrastructure for existing and new
development.
2. To integrate City, provincial and
private
sector
infrastructure
services.
3. To
protect
transportation
and
infrastructure corridors.
4. To
monitor
the
capacity
of
infrastructure to meet projected
growth targets.
5. To
encourage,
support
and
facilitate the design of an active
travel system for pedestrians,
cyclists and public transit.
6. To support the adaptive re-use of
infrastructure
and
require
consideration of life-cycle costing
through
the
City's
asset
management plan.
Policies
5.4
Water, Wastewater and
Stormwater
1. The systems for water distribution
and
treatment,
wastewater
collection
and
treatment,
and
stormwater collection and release
will
be
designed,
built
and
operated
in
a
manner
which
protects public health and safety,
minimizes negative impacts on
the natural environment, meets
the requirements of the approval
authority and meets current and
projected
needs
to
support
development in accordance with
the
Community
Development
policies of this Plan (see Section
3).
2. All development applications will
be
evaluated
to
determine
whether
the
City
water,
wastewater
and
storm
water
services
adequate
servicing
capacity to support the proposed
development (see also Wellhead
and Intake Protection Zones).
Proponents will be required to
undertake an assessment of the
reserve capacity for municipal
sewage and water services as part
of the evaluation. Development
will not be approved where the
servicing capacity is insufficient.
3. Where
possible,
development
within
the
Lagoon/Wastewater
Catchment
Areas
and
Water
Distribution
limits
of
the
Settlement Areas will be serviced
by municipal sewage services,
municipal
water
services
and
stormwater services. Adjustments
may be made to the boundaries of
the
catchment
areas
in
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accordance with the phasing of
development
and
the
planned
extension
of
services.
Adjustments to the boundaries
will not require an amendment to
this Plan.
4. Stormwater
facilities
will
be
designed and constructed using
best management practices (see
also Section 4.9 Urban Design
Principles and Planning Resource
Kit) including the prevention of
increased
contaminant
loads,
minimizing
changes
in
water
balance and erosion, maximizing
the use of vegetation, stormwater
attenuation and re-use and by not
increasing risks to human health
and safety and property damage.
5. In the Rural Area development
may be serviced with on-site
individual services provided:
a. The
proponent
provides
a
letter
from
the
approval
authority stating that the site
is
suitable
for
sewage
disposal; and the proponent
provides a letter from a hauled
sewage provider stating that
there
is
sufficient
off-site
capacity for hauled sewage.
b. The
proponent
provides
a
letter from a certified well
drilling
company
confirming
that potable water will be
obtained;
c. The lot size and configuration
and site conditions are suitable
for the long-term provision of
water and sewage services
(see Planning Resource Kit -
Guideline D-5).
d. That
a
servicing
options
statement and hydrogeological
report prepared by a qualified
professional
is
submitted
where more than 4,500 litres
[1,189 gals.] of effluent would
be produced per day as a
result
of
the
development
being completed.
e. That the City will not permit
the
unjustified
or
uneconomical
extension
of
infrastructure
to
the
Rural
Area
(e.g.
extension
of
municipal sewage and water
systems).
5.5
Waste Management
Systems
1. Waste
management
systems
means
sites
and
facilities
to
accommodate
solid
waste
including landfill sites, recycling
facilities,
transfer
stations,
processing sites and hazardous
waste
depots.
The
City
will
manage
waste
management
systems in accordance with best
management
practices
and
provincial regulations. Active and
closed sites are shown on the
Land Use Schedules.
2. Proposed development within 500
m of the perimeter of a fill area of
an active or closed site will
require
verification
from
a
qualified professional that there
will be no impacts from the waste
management
system
on
the
proposed
use
that
cannot
otherwise
be
appropriately
mitigated. Uses exempted from
verification include infrastructure,
forestry
activities,
extractive
operations, mining activities and
agricultural
activities
except
animal
husbandry.
Closed
or
inactive sites may be used for
other
land
uses
subject
to
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meeting the requirements of the
Environmental
Protection
Act.
(See
Planning
Resource
Kit,
Guideline D-4 for requirements for
development in areas adjacent to
landfills.)
3. The City will provide for the
closure and monitoring of waste
management
sites
and
will
promote
waste
diversion
to
increase the lifespan of municipal
waste management facilities.
5.6
Transportation
1. Provincial Highways
a. Highway 11 is recognized as a
controlled
access
provincial
highway for through traffic.
b. In addition to all the applicable
municipal
requirements,
all
proposed development located
within
the
Ministry
of
Transportation permit control
area will be subject to the
Ministry
of
Transportation
(MTO)
approval
under
the
Public
Transportation
and
Highway Improvement Act.
c. Any new areas in the City
identified
for
future
development that are located
within MTO's permit control
area
under
the
Public
Transportation and Highway
Improvement
Act
will
be
subject
to
MTO's
access
management
policies,
standards and requirements.
Direct
access
will
be
discouraged
and
often
prohibited.
d. Access to provincial highways
is restricted and development
shall only be permitted where
the
applicable
approvals/permits have been
obtained. This may include a
traffic and drainage study. An
illumination
study
may
be
required for a retail facility.
e. Any new roads proposed to be
connected
to
a
provincial
highway
are
subject
to
provincial approval including
spacing requirements between
intersections.
Where
residential or other sensitive
land uses are proposed within
100 metres of a provincial
highway or 50 metres of a
provincial
highway
right-of-
way,
noise
and
vibration
studies in accordance with
Environmental Noise Guideline
NPC-300
may
be
required
prior to considering whether
development
should
be
approved
(see
Planning
Resource Kit).
f. Outdoor storage on properties
abutting a provincial highway
shall be visually screened and
appropriately
located
to
ensure that these uses are not
a distraction to the travelling
public.
g. The conversion of a home
based
business
or
home
industry with frontage on a
provincial highway shall not be
permitted where the effect is
to create a change in an
entrance from a residential or
farmstead
entrance
to
a
commercial
or
industrial
entrance or to create a new or
separate
entrance.
A
severance that would result in
a
separate
entrance
to
a
business
will
also
not
be
permitted.
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h. A
second
entrance
for
a
property owner whose land
lies beyond the permit control
area and requests access to a
provincial highway via another
property owner's entrance will
not be permitted.
i.
The City will liaise with MTO
to designate and integrate
cycle
routes
on
provincial
highways and linkages to City
cycling routes.
2. City Roads
a. The
City's
road
network
consists of arterial, collector
and
local
streets.
Arterial
roads are designed to carry
the greatest volumes of traffic
over the longest distances, to
ensure the efficient movement
of people and goods. Direct
access
from
adjacent
properties will be permitted
where such access will not
introduce
traffic
safety
or
capacity concerns.
b. Collector roads connect local
roads to arterial roads and
carry moderate volumes of
traffic.
Direct
access
from
adjacent properties will be
permitted where such access
will not introduce traffic safety
or capacity concerns.
c. Local roads function within
neighbourhoods and distribute
traffic from the arterial and
collector system to individual
properties, typically over short
distances.
d. The City will control access,
parking,
truck
routes
and
traffic
signalization
as
measures to ensure efficient
movement of traffic, transit
and pedestrians and cyclists.
Traffic
management
studies
may
be
required
for
development to assess traffic
impacts
and
needed
improvements
(e.g.
road
widening,
taper
lanes,
intersection
improvements,
traffic calming, signalization,
crosswalks,
and
noise/vibration).
e. Where practical, the design of
new streets or redevelopment
of existing streetscapes will
include
the
integration
of
active
travel
facilities
for
pedestrians,
cyclists
and
public transit.
f. In the design of the street
network, preference will be
given
to
a
grid
pattern
wherever feasible, to provide
for ease of movement within
the community, to encourage
walkability and to avoid cul-
de-sacs
except
where
environmental
features
or
previous
development
patterns
prevent
through
streets.
3. Public Transit
Public transit services provide an
environmentally
and
fiscally
responsible alternative to the private
automobile. The City will promote
transit ridership through land use
policies which increase the density of
development
and
tailor
the
frequency, routing and safe use of
transit
services
to
Residential
Neighbourhoods
and
Employment
Areas. (See also Section 4.9 Urban
Design Principles.)
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4. Railway
The
function
of
the
railway
is
important to the economy and way-
of-life in northeastern Ontario. To
protect
the
rail
line
as
a
transportation
corridor,
noise-
sensitive or incompatible land uses
will be directed away from the
corridor and/or the impacts of noise
will be appropriately mitigated using
Environmental Noise Guideline NPC-
300 or it successors (see Planning
Resource Kit). Where residential or
other
sensitive
land
uses
are
proposed within 100 metres of a
principal main railway line or 50
metres of a secondary main railway
line
right-of-way,
appropriate
technical studies will be required.
Studies will be completed by a
consultant sufficiently qualified to do
so, will assess negative noise effects
and identify appropriate mitigation
measures.
Employment
areas
adjacent to the rail line will be
promoted for rail-related uses.
5.7
Infrastructure Corridors
Infrastructure corridors and rights-of-
way for pipelines, power transmission
lines,
provincial
highways,
provincially
planned
infrastructure
corridors and City infrastructure will
be
protected
from
land
use
development that could negatively
affect the use of these corridors.
In particular, Trans-Canada PipeLines
Limited operates three high pressure
natural gas pipelines within its right-
of-way which crosses the City and is
identified on the Land Use Schedules.
Any development within 200 m of
TransCanada's facilities may affect
the
safety
and
integrity
of
the
pipeline.
TransCanada is regulated by the
National Energy Board which, in
addition
to
TransCanada,
has
a
number of requirements regulating
development in proximity to the
pipelines.
This
includes
approval
requirements for activities on or
within 30 m of the right-of-way such
as an excavation, blasting and any
movement of heavy equipment. New
development can result in increasing
the population density in the area
that may result in TransCanada being
required to replace its pipeline to
comply
with
CSA
Code
Z662.
Therefore, the City shall require early
consultation with TransCanada or its
designated representative for any
development proposals within 200 m
of its facilities.
No permanent building or structure
may be located within 7 m of the
pipeline
right-of-way.
Accessory
structures shall have a minimum
setback of at least 3 m from the limit
of the right-of-way. No building or
structure is permitted within 3 m of
the right-of-way.
In areas of more urban development,
the
City
will
encourage
the
development of TransCanada's right-
of-way for passive parkland or open
space
purposes
subject
to
TransCanada's easement rights.
5.8
Well Head and Intake
Protection Zones
In the area that provides recharge to
the aquifer serving the Dymond and
New Liskeard municipal well (well
head protection area - WHPA), or on
lands that are part of the intake
protection zone (IPZ) for Haileybury,
the City will limit land uses that
commonly employ or require the use
and storage of toxic materials that
can enter groundwater and surface
water resources and contaminate the
water supply. Reference will be made
to the Clean Water Act for the
identification
of
potential
contaminants. The City may require
studies using protocols acceptable to
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the Ministry of the Environment that
predicts the water quality impacts on
a WHPA or the IPZ likely to occur
from the development of the subject
property, on down gradient properties
and on the drinking water intake. The
study
will
provide
for
protection
and/or
mitigation
measures,
if
required, to avoid negative impacts.
The
City will
work towards the
preparation
of
a
source
water
protection
plan
for
conserving,
protecting
and
enhancing
water
resources through consultation with
the province.
The areas identified as well head
protection
areas
and
the
intake
protection zone is illustrated on the
Land Use Schedules.
5.9
Public Service Facilities
All development applications will be
evaluated to determine whether the
public service facilities are or will be
capable of supporting the proposed
development at acceptable levels of
service, notably schools, health care
facilities and emergency services.
5.10 Fire and Emergency
Services
Fire protection will be considered in
making
land
use
decisions
by
considering the following matters:
1. Ensuring that response times can
be met.
2. Ensuring that Fire Services has
the capability to fight/suppress
the fire based on the Building
Code occupancy.
3. Ensuring that fire routes provide
uninhibited access for fire vehicles
(and
all
other
emergency
vehicles).
4. Ensuring that the requirements of
the Building Code and Fire Code
be met.
5. Providing, wherever possible an
alternate access route.
6. Ensuring that the construction
and maintenance standard for a
road is adequate to accommodate
fire vehicles/apparatus and other
types of emergency vehicles such
as ambulances.
7. Ensuring that the source of water
supply
and
pressure
will
be
adequate for fire suppression.
8. Ensuring
that
the
Emergency
Measures Plan is up-to-date and
updated on a regular basis.
9. Ensuring
that
planning
for
infrastructure and public service
facilities includes consideration for
emergency services.
5.11 Police Services
Community safety will be considered
in land use decision making through
continued coordination between the
City and the local Ontario Provincial
Police detachment and to regularly
bring to the attention of the OPP
traffic, crime, safety, marine safety,
social and other such public safety
issues of importance to the quality of
life in the City.
5.12 Health Care
Health care will be considered for its
importance to the quality of life and
contribution to a healthy community
by such measures as:
1. Encouraging the continued use of
partnerships
and
coordination
between
the
Temiskaming
Hospital,
Timiskaming
Health
Unit,
le
Centre
de
Santé
Communautaire du Temiskaming,
NE LHIN, the City of Temiskaming
Shores,
other
municipalities
served by the hospital, and other
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health-related
organizations
in
addressing the range of issues
and challenges associated with
the provision of health care in the
District and programs which focus
on
protection,
prevention
and
promotion.
2. Continuing
the
physician
recruitment program as a joint
initiative between the City, the
Hospital Board and the Family
Health Teams.
3. Continuing to build health care
services as a component of the
regional hub role of the City.
4. Advocating health care as an
integral component of the healthy
communities' concept.
5.13 Accessibility
The intent of the Official Plan is to
improve
the
quality
of
life
for
residents and visitors with disabilities
through the following measures:
1. Providing
for
barrier-free
accessibility of public buildings,
institutions, and public spaces
(e.g.
schools,
halls,
libraries,
arenas), parks and playgrounds,
transportation infrastructure (e.g.
bus and train terminals, buses,
trains), dwelling units, offices,
stores, theatres and many other
types of facilities.
2. The City has and will continue to
lead
by
example
by
demonstrating steps that it has
taken to improve conditions and
continually recognize the need for
barrier-free access.
3. New development, whether it is
commercial, residential, industrial
or institutional, will be required to
meet accessibility requirements
such as accessible entrances and
exits, barrier-free parking spaces
and elevators for multiple-level
buildings.
4. The Plan recognizes the need for
pedestrian
protection
and
convenience in the public realm.
Traffic
studies
will
include
consideration for traffic calming
measures
such
as
pedestrian
cross-walks
at
appropriate
locations. Sidewalks can be the
most
important
pieces
of
infrastructure
for
accessibility
reasons, as well as everyday
mobility. Sidewalks, pathways and
paved
shoulders
should
be
appropriately
designed,
constructed and maintained to
facilitate barrier-free use where
required.
Wherever
possible,
sidewalks should be required on
both sides of the street in medium
and high density residential and
commercial areas, and on at least
one side of the street in low
density residential and industrial
areas.
5. Site plan control will be used to
require facilities to be designed
and intended to have regard for
persons
with
disabilities
(see
Section 15.15).
6. Community improvement projects
will include as a criterion, the
review of facilities for accessibility
and the retrofitting of buildings
and
facilities
to
make
them
accessible.
7. In recognizing that not all facilities
can easily be made accessible to
all
persons
with
disabilities,
efforts will be made to ensure that
facilities are made accessible in
accordance
with
the
built
environment and the design of
public
spaces
requirements
of
public
accessibility
legislation.
Examples
include
recreation
facilities such as the STATO trail.
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5.14 Adaptive
Re-use
of
Infrastructure
The City will incorporate the adaptive
re-use of infrastructure as part of
planning for current and projected
infrastructure
needs
to
service
development and will incorporate the
principle of life-cycle costing in the
design of infrastructure as part of the
City's asset management planning.
(e.g. Asset Management Plan).
Planning Resource Kit
Land Use Compatibility: Ministry of the Environment, Guideline D-4, Land Use On or Near Landfills and Dumps,
www.ene.gov.on.ca/publications Forms, Manuals and Guidelines/Land
Noise: Ministry of the Environment, Guideline LU-131, Noise Assessment in Land Use Planning: Requirements,
Procedures and Implementation, www.ene.gov.on.ca/publications Forms, Manuals and Guidelines/Land
Drainage and Stormwater Management: Stormwater management Planning and Design Manual, 2003,
www.ene.gov.on.ca/publications Forms, Manuals and Guidelines/Water & Sewage Works
Requirements for on-site individual sewage systems: Ministry of the Environment, Guideline D-5, Planning for Sewage
and Water Services including D-D-4, Technical Guideline for Individual On-Site Sewage Systems and D-5-5, Private
Wells: Water Supply Assessment www.ene.gov.on.ca/publications Forms, Manuals and Guidelines/Land
Definitions: Provincial Policy Statement (2014): development, infrastructure, public service facilities, redevelopment,
residential intensification, reserve sewage system capacity, sensitive land use, settlement areas
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6. ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
6.1
Introduction
Temiskaming Shores serves as a
regional
hub
within
Timiskaming
District and is a major centre for
economic
activity
in
northeastern
Ontario. The City also has a stable
commercial and industrial tax base,
and as a result, is a net importer of
employees each day from nearby
communities.
Employers provided a total of 6,040
jobs in Temiskaming Shores in 2006
of which 2,315 are characterized as
economic base jobs. Temiskaming
Shores'
economic
base
jobs
are
divided into three major categories:
1. Those
that
reflect
industrial
pursuits (the primary industries;
manufacturing;
transportation
and
warehousing;
and
wholesaling);
2. Those that reflect tourism (retail
trade; information and culture;
arts
and
recreation;
and
accommodation and food);
3. Those that reflect its role as a
provider
of
both
public
and
private sector services to people
outside
of
the
City
itself
(education;
health;
public
administration;
other
personal
services; etc.).
The City is committed to aggressively
pursue
a
program
of
economic
development. The employment base
is projected to grow from 6,050 to
8,230 by 2031, an increase of 2,180
jobs. The role of the Official Plan will
be to provide a supportive policy
framework for employment growth.
The
City
will
also
benefit
from
aligning the Community Economic
Development Action Plan (CEDAC) to
the Growth Plan for Northern Ontario.
The development of a strong and
vibrant City recognizes the need for
development
of
key
community
economic sectors including education,
health and well-being, agriculture,
tourism, industry, cultural and retail
and service sectors.
6.2
Goal Statement
To create a positive environment for
substantive employment growth and
the
retention
of
a
healthy
and
sustainable economic base.
6.3
Objectives
1. To provide an adequate supply of
serviced employment lands to
accommodate a full range of
commercial,
industrial,
and
institutional land uses.
2. To market the City as a regional
hub.
3. To market the City as a centre for
knowledge-based
research
and
entrepreneurship.
4. To avoid and mitigate land use
conflicts.
6.4
Strategy for Economic
Development
The intent of the Official Plan is to
support
economic
development
through such actions as:
1. Maintaining an open-for-business
attitude and to promote and plan
for the City as an investment-
ready community that supports a
healthy and diversified economic
base.
2. Providing
for
a
supportive
economic development structure
in City Hall that demonstrates
professionalism,
transparency,
confidentiality
where
required,
expediency
and
equitable
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treatment in facilitating economic
development.
3. Maintaining an adequate supply of
serviced
employment
land
for
industrial,
commercial
and
institutional development for a 20
year time horizon.
4. Supporting land use development
that strengthens and maintains
the vitality and well-being of town
centres.
5. Developing a branding for the
City.
6. Aligning economic development
strategies which complement and
support
the
Growth
Plan
for
Northern Ontario.
7. Implementing
the
Community
Economic
Development
Action
Plan (CEDAC).
8. Strengthening the regional hub
role of the City and encouraging
the maintenance and expansion of
tourism facilities and
infrastructure.
9. Providing support for the
manufacturing sector with
particular emphasis on job
retention, job training and job
creation.
10. Building strong linkages between
post-secondary institutions,
research opportunities, knowledge
based industries and labour
market planning.
11. Integrating
post-secondary
facilities as one of the building
blocks in the City's economic
strategy through the promotion of
specialized or unique training and
education programs (i.e. mining
technologies,
agricultural
research), R & D and labor force
planning as it relates to retaining
youth in the north.
12. Developing a youth-retention-
and-return strategy as a
component of labour force
planning.
13. Co-ordinating economic
development initiatives with other
municipalities in the District of
Timiskaming and with
counterparts in northeastern
Ontario and northwestern Quebec.
14. Promoting resource-based
industries, notably agriculture,
mining, forestry and mineral
aggregate resource extraction.
15. Encouraging and supporting the
tourism industry, sporting events
and conventions.
16. Implementing the 2013 Municipal
Cultural
Plan
with
particular
emphasis on: developing
robust, fun and strong downtown
cores,
building
upon
and
promoting economic and cultural
opportunities
created
by
the
agricultural community; and to
acknowledge
and
promote
community
arts,
culture
and
sports festivals and events. A key
principle of the cultural plan will
be
to
support
Temiskaming
Shores as an active, outdoor and
naturally beautiful city.
17. Encouraging
small
business
development such as home based
and cottage industries, local food
production, farm gate produce
sales and secondary uses.
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18. Encouraging leaders in both the
private and public sectors to work
together to preserve the City's
existing industrial base (i.e. limit
the loss of manufacturing jobs)
and
enhance
growth
of
sustainable green investment and
manufacturing.
19. Work
towards
preparing
an
employment growth strategy with
a
particular
focus
on
the
strengthening
of
the
City's
regional hub role in the provision
of
health
care,
educational
services
(especially
post-
secondary),
social
and
recreational
services,
the
expansion of tourism activities
and
the
related
provision
of
quality
support
services,
especially in the areas of food,
accommodation
and
retail
operations.
20. Ensuring that economic initiatives
are inclusive of all sectors of
society including but not limited
to
persons
with
disabilities,
aboriginals, low income residents
and youth.
21. Supporting immigration programs
and programs that attract an
international clientele.
22. Continue
to
diversify
the
economic
base
by
identifying
niche markets for goods and
services or the substitution of
imported commodities from other
parts
of
Ontario,
Canada
or
internationally.
23. Promote healthy lifestyles and
encourage
programs,
activities
and services that enhance the
quality of life, accessibility and
active living and provide for a
four-season liveable and healthy
community as measures to attract
investment and in-migration.
24. Ensuring the sustainability of the
agricultural
research
station,
including
actions
such
as
supporting the northern Ontario
Farm Innovation Alliance (NOFIA)
working and advocating at all
levels for the preservation of the
research station and the role of
the
region
as
the
hub
of
agriculture
expertise
and
innovation
of
Northeastern
Ontario.
25. Supporting
economic
development
by
planning
and
providing
for
adequate
communication
infrastructure,
energy infrastructure and services
that facilitate the movement of
goods and products.
6.5
Growth Plan for Northern
Ontario
1. The City recognizes the need to
nurture the development of the
local
economic
base
in
conjunction
with
provincial
objectives
for
growing
the
Northern Ontario economy as set
out
in
the
Growth
Plan
for
Northern
Ontario.
The
City
promotes
a
collaborative
approach to implementation of
the provincial policies in local
decisions made with respect to
land
use,
investment
in
infrastructure and the initiatives
and
actions
set
out
in
the
Strategy
for
Economic
Development
in
Section
6.4
above.
2. The intent of the Plan is to enable
the City to position itself as an
regional hub for a broader
surrounding region with respect
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to stimulating employment
growth, providing a diverse range
of services, providing a 20 year
supply of land including serviced
land for an appropriate range of
housing types and other land
uses, providing high quality
public services and spaces, by
developing prosperous town
centres with accessible services,
by providing recreational
opportunities and by enhancing
the cultural life and community
identity of Temiskaming Shores.
3. The City recognizes the
importance of sustainable
transportation services in
providing access to local,
regional, provincial and
international markets and intends
to support rail, air transport and
highway corridors in particular.
4. The policies of the official plan to
the extent described above and
throughout the Plan are in
conformity with the Growth Plan
for Northern Ontario.
Community Initiatives for Economic Development
Period 2014-2020
Developing a branding for the City
Preparing a strategic plan for economic development
Building a partnership network among economic development stakeholders
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7.
RECREATION,
CULTURAL AND
EDUCATIONAL
SERVICES
7.1
Introduction
Healthy
communities
are
active
communities. While the role of a
municipality is to provide recreational
facilities and programs suited to the
needs of healthy lifestyles, services
are also delivered by the private
sector as commercial services and by
non-profit service clubs and other
organizations to meet the diverse
interests of residents and visitors.
The challenge is to ensure that public
and
private
recreational
services
complement each other while also
adapting to the changing needs of the
community.
The amalgamation of the former
municipalities
brought
about
the
consolidation of a broad variety of
parks,
playgrounds,
recreational
facilities, trails systems, community
halls and associated programs under
the umbrella of the new City. The
strategic location of the City on the
shores of Lake Timiskaming has
fostered a unifying interest in the use
of the waterfront for recreational
purposes. The ongoing development
by the South Temiskaming Active
Travel Organization (STATO) of the
20 km active travel system provides
an
interconnecting
trail
linkage
between
the
waterfront
and
neighbourhoods and activity areas
throughout the City. The City has yet
to prepare a Master Recreation Plan
and as an interim measure the
emphasis
has
been
on
the
maintenance and improvement of
existing facilities in parallel with the
development of new services.
Given the significance and extent of
the waterfront in New Liskeard and
Haileybury, there is a need for the
preparation
of
a
comprehensive
Master Plan.
Through
the
Youth
Planning
Challenge,
numerous
suggestions
were made for improvements to
recreation services and activities in
the City.
The official plan provides for a mix of
active and passive recreation facilities
and activities tailored to all age
groups and varied needs. Recreation
facilities in the Recreation designation
may be integrated with natural areas
where they are compatible.
Cultural and educational services are
integral to the needs of a healthy and
progressive community. The intent of
the Plan is to ensure that library
services and educational services are
planned
to
meet
current
and
projected community needs.
7.2
Definition
Recreation
facilities
are
intensive
activities requiring a land base such
as waterfront areas, trails, parks,
sports
fields
and
recreation
complexes,
libraries,
marinas,
campgrounds,
conservation
areas,
curling clubs and golf courses.
7.3
Goal Statements
1. To plan and provide for a full
range and equitable distribution of
publicly
accessible
recreation
facilities and programs that meets
the diverse and on-going needs of
residents.
2. To protect the ecological functions
of natural areas in the design and
installation of recreation facilities.
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3. To prevent intrusion in prime
agricultural areas and on
extractive resources.
4. To protect water quality and
quantity in the design and
installation of recreation facilities.
7.4
Objectives
The goal statement will be supported
by the following objectives:
1. To coordinate the planning and
provision of recreation facilities
with private sector and not-for-
profit organizations.
2. To
monitor
and
respond
to
changing needs.
3. To
encourage
access,
and
accessibility
by
persons
with
disabilities.
4. To encourage and facilitate the
development
of
facilities
that
creates physical linkages across
the City.
5. To ensure that recreation facilities
are compatible with natural areas,
are directed away from resource
uses and are properly serviced.
7.5
Planning
1. The City will integrate the planning
and delivery of recreation facilities
with other organizations through
private/public
partnerships
and
single services. Youth will be
consulted in the planning process.
2. The City will prepare a Parks,
Recreation and Waterfront Master
Plan as the basis for capital
planning,
programming
and
facility development.
3. In particular, the City will prepare
a detailed design and capital plan
for
improvements
to
the
waterfront in New Liskeard and
Haileybury which ensures that the
waterfront is developed as a year-
round destination, is integrated
with
the
City's
active
travel
systems and is connected with the
downtown
business
core
and
other community and recreation
facilities.
4. The City will provide facilities and
programs as a central component
to
a
strategy
for
a
healthy
community
including
inclusive,
safe,
affordable
and
quality
facilities
and
recreational
programs for all ages and physical
abilities.
5. Applicable standards of the City's
Accessibility
Plan
will
be
integrated
into
planning
for
recreation facilities.
6. Revenues collected from cash-in-
lieu of parkland will be allocated
to facilities based on the City's
capital program for recreation
facilities.
7.6
Designation
The Recreation land use designation
will apply to a range of recreation
facilities which require a land base
including but not limited to those
listed in the definition.
Lands
designated
Recreation
and
active travel corridors are illustrated
on the Land Use Schedules. Trails
shall be interpreted to include their
associated corridor area.
7.7
Development Standards
The following development standards
shall apply in the planning, design
and installation of facilities in the City
designed
to
meet
current
and
projected
recreation
and
leisure
needs. Facilities are intended to be
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located in the Recreation designation
as shown on the Land Use Schedules:
1. Neighbourhood
parks
and
playgrounds
should
be
located
within convenient walking distance
of
the
areas
they
serve.
Community
parks
should
be
strategically
located
in
the
community.
2. The number, land area and scope
of active and passive parks will be
planned, designed and developed
or redeveloped in keeping with the
needs of the residents in the area
they serve.
3. Development
of
recreation
facilities will be designed to be
compatible with surrounding land
uses.
4. The design and construction or
installation of recreation facilities
will be harmonized with natural
features including topography and
woodlands. The policies for Natural
Environment will apply to any
development
of
recreation
facilities.
5. Provision
for
active
travel
planning, design and construction
will consider safety, accessibility,
maintenance
and
signage.
Provision will be made for the
integration of trails as linkages to
transportation
corridors,
community activity areas
(e.g.
waterfront,
town
centres,
and
residential neighbourhoods) and
high activity areas (e.g. schools).
6. Provision will also be made for
environmental
design
that
enhances public safety through
natural
surveillance,
enhanced
lighting, visibility from the street,
well-located and clearly marked
building
and
park
entrances,
accessibility
for
emergency
services and limited pedestrian
and vehicle interface. Parks should
be designed with reasonable street
frontage
and
pedestrian
connections to residential areas.
7. Publicly owned waterfront lands
will be retained in the public
domain
to
ensure
that
opportunities
are
provided
for
public access to water and water-
oriented
land
uses.
The
City
intends to work with user groups
in the preparation of a Parks,
Recreation and Waterfront Master
Plan for waterfront areas to define
scope of uses, accessibility to a
wide range of users including
persons with disabilities, capital
improvements and facilities that
support
a
healthy
and
safe
community. The City may acquire
additional lands to add to the
inventory of waterfront lands held
in the public domain.
8. As much of the shoreline as is
possible will be maintained in a
natural state.
9. Development
will
proceed
in
accordance with the requirements
of
the
Parks,
Recreation
and
Waterfront Master Plan for publicly
owned lands once the Master Plan
has been approved. Existing uses
will be permitted in the interim
period. Development authorized by
the
Master
Plan
as
well
as
development on private lands will
be subject to appropriate site
plans and agreements addressing
design,
phasing,
services,
landscaping,
communal
areas,
location and massing of facilities,
energy
conservation,
access,
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vehicular, pedestrian and cycling
linkages
and
accessibility
for
persons with disabilities.
10.
Adequate
services
including
water supply, sewage disposal,
stormwater
management
and
drainage shall be provided to
service recreation facilities.
11.
Vehicle access will be provided
by a public road.
12.
All
development
shall
be
appropriately zoned.
7.8
Parkland Dedication
Parkland dedication shall be provided
in accordance with the Planning Act.
The City is not obliged to accept
unsuitable land for park purposes
(e.g. hazardous sites, sensitive sites).
The City may utilize the bonusing
provisions of the Planning Act to
acquire additional parkland.
7.9
Campgrounds
1. Campgrounds will be limited to
seasonal
and
recreational
occupancy
except
for
an
accessory
dwelling
for
the
proprietor.
2. Potable water shall be supplied by
a communal water system and/or
communal faucets approved by
the Ministry of the Environment
and/or Timiskaming Health Unit.
3. Sewage disposal will be provided
by a communal sewage system
and/or a communal washroom
facility to the satisfaction of the
Ministry
of
the
Environment
and/or
Timiskaming
District
Health Unit.
4. As much of the shoreline will be
retained in a natural state as is
possible.
5. Campgrounds may be permitted in
the
Rural
Area
where
appropriately
zoned.
Campgrounds
may
only
be
permitted in Settlement Areas
located
away
or
adequately
buffered
(separated)
from
Residential Neighbourhoods and
Employment
Areas
and
appropriately zoned.
6. Site plan control may apply.
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7.10
Golf Courses
1. Golf courses may be permitted in
Settlement Areas and the Rural
Area. Golf courses will not be
permitted where they conflict with
the
stewardship
of
natural
resources or conservation of the
natural environment. Golf course
facilities may include a club house,
driving range, banquet facilities
and accessory leisure facilities and
programs
provided
they
are
environmentally sustainable.
2. New courses or expansion to an
existing course may be subject to
justification
studies
(e.g.
hydrogeology, hydrology, traffic,
archaeology).
3. Proponents
of
golf
course
development will be encouraged to
prepare a water use plan to help
protect water resources.
4. Site plan control may apply.
7.11
Integrated Recreation and
Housing Development
Mixed-use recreation and housing
developments
including
condominiums
will
be
permitted
where
they
comply
with
the
Settlement Area policies of this Plan.
Mixed-use proposals in the Rural Area
will require an amendment to the
zoning by-law subject to the following
Criteria:
1. Submission of a servicing options
report
which
assesses
and
recommends a cost-efficient and
environmentally sound method of
servicing.
2. An assessment of the potential
impacts
on
access
to
and
conservation or development of
natural resources.
3. Submission of justification studies
where
required
(e.g.
traffic,
archaeology, impact assessment
on natural heritage features etc.).
7.12
Library Services
1. The intent of the Plan is to
recognize
the
importance
of
library
services
for
their
educational,
research
and
resource
benefit
to
a
multi-
cultural community.
2. The City intends to undertake a
space needs analysis and Library
Services review.
3. Library facilities (space needs) will
be planned to meet current and
projected needs to ensure that
capacity is available to meet the
future needs of the community in
both official languages.
4. The intent of the Plan is to
encourage
the
municipal
and
post-secondary systems to assess
the
opportunities
for
a
more
integrated
delivery
of
library
services to the public.
7.13
Educational Services
1. Facilities such as schools, colleges
and libraries are part of the
building blocks of a community
and society. These institutions
prepare people of all ages and
abilities
for
working
and
contributing to our societies, both
locally
and
globally.
It
is
important
that
these
facilities
continue to operate and train
students and residents of the City
well into the future. This is in part
dependant
on
continued
investment
into
buildings,
equipment, books, and human
resources
by
all
levels
of
government
and
the
private
sector. The continued success of
these places of learning is linked
to the success of the community
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as a whole. Schools and libraries,
apart from providing space for
learning, also provide green space
and parks, as well as facilities for
meetings.
2. The intent of the Plan is to
recognize
and
emphasize
the
importance
of
providing
educational services to all ages in
two languages and in all subjects.
3. In the review of development
applications the City will ensure
that capacity is available in the
elementary and high school levels
to
accommodate
increased
enrolment
arising
from
new
development. School Boards will
be integrated into the land use
planning process in planning for
the extension, replacement or
construction of new schools.
4. New development will be designed
to integrate existing and future
school sites into active travel
systems as a means to reduce
energy costs and promote healthy
living styles. The location of new
schools should be planned to
integrate school sites with open
space and non-motorized trail
facilities and which avoid children
having to cross major roads.
5. School facilities will be considered
as
community
facilities
by
integrating their use for non-
educational
purposes
where
feasible.
Schools
will
be
considered as buildings within an
open space or campus setting
designed to enhance their use for
both educational and recreation
activities.
Recreation and Leisure facilities Initiatives:
Period: 2014-2020
Complete an Active Travel System Plan
Prepare a Parks, Recreation and
Waterfront Master Plan
Prepare capital plan for recreation and
leisure facilities
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8.
HEALTHY
COMMUNITIES
8.1
Introduction
A healthy community is made up of
many components. They may be
broadly classified as physical, social,
economic
and
environmental.
A
healthy community physically, is one
with good roads, adequate parks and
playgrounds, clean water; is one that
maintains buildings in good repair; is
a community that avoids land use
conflicts (e.g. locating a junk yard
beside a school). In other words, it is
a community that takes pride in its
appearance and image. Social health
may mean the provision of medical,
social and community services that
are important to our mental and
physical health. Proactive physician
recruitment, wellness programs, best
health care for the community are
some
examples.
Environmental
health may mean cleaning up a river
bed, a beautification program for the
town centres, conserving fish and
wildlife habitat or a source water
protection
program.
From
an
economic
standpoint,
a
healthy
community
implies
steady
employment,
new
business
development and most of all a
collective energy by residents and
businesses that is positive and is
always examining opportunities to
make for a better and healthier
community.
8.2
Goal Statement
To achieve the identity as a healthy
community
and
to
integrate
the
planning for a healthy community as
an integral component of the City's
land use planning process.
8.3
Strategy for Developing a
Healthy Community
1. The City will screen planning
applications to include a question
as to how proposed development
will
contribute
to
a
healthy
community.
2. The
City
will
work
with
community
partners,
including
local public health, and engaging
local priority populations (youth,
aboriginal, francophone, persons
with disabilities) to develop and
support a comprehensive healthy,
safe community framework and
strategy.
3. The
City
will
strengthen
and
promote
the
identity
of
Temiskaming Shores as a unified
community
and
will
create
a
branding for the City that can
market
its
amenities
and
opportunities.
4. The City will work with other
public agencies to monitor the
vital signs of the community on a
regular basis.
8.4
Short Term Initiatives
Initiatives to be undertaken within
the first five years of the life of this
Plan which are considered as integral
to developing the City's identity as a
healthy community are as follows:
1. Enroll as a member of the Ontario
Healthy
Communities
Coalition
www.ohcc-ccso.ca.
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2. Engage youth in community
decision making inside and
outside of local government.
3. Promote
activities
and
make
decisions that serve to unify the
City
from
an
administrative,
cultural, and social perspective.
4. Continue
the
program
for
physician recruitment
5. Promote the City as a regional
hub.
6. Partner with agencies to monitor
the vital signs of the community
(e.g. community safety and crime
rates; health conditions based on
rates
of
obesity,
cancer;
employment and job creation;
water quality; community pride
from the standpoint of visual
appearance,
community
events
and cultural exchanges).
7. Conserve
the
quality
of
life
through land use decisions that
protect the health of the natural
environment, protect and improve
the quality of air and water
resources,
maintain
a
safe
community, conserve a vibrant
cultural diversity, and improve the
aesthetic or visual appeal of the
built form and natural landscapes.
8. Create an ambassador program to
encourage residents and business
owners
to
promote
the
community when travelling.
9. Build in recognition of candidate
programs and activities for a
healthy
community
including
programs against tobacco and
substance abuse and exposure.
10. Where
feasible,
utilize
best
practice strategies for an age-
friendly city.
11. Promoting the development and
use
of
community
gardens
throughout the City by permitting
community gardens in all zones
on
appropriate
sites
outside
natural hazard areas and hazard
lands,
on
lands
free
from
contaminated
soils
and
where
adverse effects on adjacent lands
are
mitigated.
Community
gardens
may
include
rooftop
gardens.
12. Supporting
food
growing
and
sharing
in
neighbourhoods
through
urban
agricultural
activities (e.g. farmers' markets,
planting fruit trees in public areas,
raising of backyard chickens, sale
of
locally
produced
foods
by
retailers
and
grocery
outlets,
small-scale
greenhouses
on
residential properties, greenhouse
atriums
in
buildings);
also
roadside produce outlets in the
rural area.
13. Planning,
encouraging
and
facilitating
the
integration
of
active travel systems including:
a. Safe routes to school, public
facilities
and
services,
retail
areas, workplaces, places of
worship
and
recreation
and
cultural areas;
b. Providing
infrastructure
to
support
active
travel
(e.g.
sidewalks,
off-street
trails,
dedicated
bikeways,
bicycle
parking
facilities,
pedestrian
crosswalks
and
transit
shelters);
c. Provision
of
public
transit
services
and
facilities
that
accommodate
pedestrians,
cyclists
and
people
with
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disabilities. (See also Section
4.9, Urban Design.)
d. The
City
will
endeavour
to
maintain active transportation
routes on a year-round basis
and where demand warrants.
Planning Resource Kit
Ontario Healthy
Communities Coalition
www.ohcc-ccso.ca
Vital Signs:
www.vitalsignscanada.ca
Community Initiatives for a
Healthy Community:
Period 2014-2020
Undertake a detailed healthy
communities strategy
Enrol in the Ontario healthy
Communities Coalition
Establish a vital signs
monitoring program
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9.
COORDINATION
9.1
Introduction
Land use planning decisions affect
and
are
affected
by
many
stakeholders
and
by
shared
landscapes
and
resources.
A
coordinated,
integrated
and
comprehensive approach to land use
planning which considers these and
other criteria will lead to
more
equitable and well-rounded decision-
making.
Temiskaming Shores is a single-tier
municipality
in
the
District
of
Timiskaming and a member of the
Timiskaming Municipal Association,
an organization which meets and
works co-operatively on matters of
mutual interest. The City is also part
of the District of Timiskaming Social
Services Administration Board, an
agency that delivers social services
and
social
housing
to
all
municipalities in the district. The City
and the Timiskaming Board of Health,
an
agency
that
promotes
public
health. The City has from time-to-
time been a member of other regional
or district organizations or structures
created with a vested-interest
The City shares a watershed from
which the Town of Cobalt derives its
municipal water supply (Sasaginaga
Lake), a lake which extends into
Bucke Township in the south end of
the
City.
The
Lake
Timiskaming
Shoreline is shared by municipalities
in both Ontario and Quebec and is
historically important for the fur trade
in Canada and later, the genesis of
development in the area. The City
also shares a common agricultural
interest with bordering municipalities
such
as
Hudson,
Harris,
Harley,
Casey and Kerns which are all part of
the Little Clay Belt. On the south end
of the City, the Town of Cobalt and
the Township of Coleman share a
common mining legacy.
Key infrastructure corridors that pass
through
the
City
include
the
TransCanada Pipeline, Union Gas,
Hydro, ONR and Bell Canada fibre
optic cable.
While
the
region
is
shared
by
organized municipalities, the role and
interest of First Nation communities is
an integral part of the cultural and
development mosaic.
Co-ordination
is
an
operative
philosophy
in
the
history
of
development
in the District
of Timiskaming
and continues
to
be
important
as
communities
grow and develop.
9.2
Goal Statement
To ensure that land use decisions
provide for a coordinated, integrated
and
comprehensive
approach
in
managing growth, the stewardship of
resources and the protection of the
environment
where
the
decisions
involve
stakeholders
and
other
municipalities.
9.3
Policies
1. The
City
intends
to
monitor
population,
employment
and
housing
development
having
regard
to
trends
across
the
District of Timiskaming with the
intent of reflecting the growth
projections of other municipalities
as they may affect Temiskaming
Shores.
2. The
City
will
collaborate
on
matters of economic development
planning and programming among
regional
stakeholders
such
as
business,
municipalities,
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government
and
education
organizations and First Nations.
3. The City will work towards the
development of a source water
protection strategy that minimizes
the potential impact of land use
activities on shared water sources
and by introducing or providing
measures
for
conserving
or
enhancing
water
quality
(e.g.
preparing a stormwater/drainage
master
plan,
BMPs,
sewage
treatment, well water and private
sewage
system
construction/maintenance,
shoreline
management).
In
particular,
land
use
decisions
respecting development adjacent
or near Clear Lake, Sharpe Lake
and Sasaginaga Lake shall respect
the requirements of the Cobalt
Water Act.
4. The City will protect common
transportation and infrastructure
corridors.
5. The City will collaborate joint
transit planning with adjoining
municipalities.
6. The City will conserve cultural
heritage
and
archaeological
resources by developing protocols
for consultation with adjoining
municipalities and First Nations.
7. The City will coordinate the
design, development, expansion
and monitoring of waste
management systems and the
environmental impacts on
common watersheds.
8. The City will provide for on-going
communication with the Ontario
Provincial Police regarding safety,
crime and social issues in the
City. Council will explore
opportunities with the City's Police
Services Board to work with
neighbouring municipalities Police
Services Boards for a coordinated
approach for maintaining safety in
the region.
Coordination Initiatives
Period: 2014-2020
Review joint transit routes
Establish consultation protocols
with First Nations and area
municipalities
Investigate opportunities for
joint community policing actions
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10. NATURAL
ENVIRONMENT
10.1
Introduction
The intent of this Plan is to preserve
and protect existing natural areas
and to promote the restoration of the
natural
environment
wherever
possible. The Natural Environment
policies of this Plan address such
matters as:
1. Natural Heritage Features and
Areas
2. Locally
Significant
Natural
Features including:
a. Forests and woodlots;
b. Rivers,
streams
and
valleylands;
c. The lakeshore ;
d. Water resources;
e. Limestone escarpments
3. Lake Capacity
4. Natural Hazards
Temiskaming Shores is immensely
rich in natural heritage. The City's
lakes, rivers, forests, animal habitats,
species and natural areas makes
Temiskaming
Shores
a
unique
community
and
provides
ample
opportunity
for
recreational
engagement
and
economic
development. Despite being a highly
urbanized
community,
there
are
many areas of land and shoreline that
remain pristine and untouched. The
Wabi River and Mill Creek and their
tributaries are important linkages or
corridors for wildlife and fish. The
shoreline of Lake Temiskaming is an
important natural environment area
that also serves as an area for
recreation
and
many
land
use
activities.
Despite
the
natural
resources
of
the
area,
a
comprehensive inventory of natural
environment areas has not been
undertaken.
The
community
believes
that
a
healthy environment is a priority and
believes that it is a responsibility of
all residents to protect and maintain.
Natural environment areas must be
improved in quality, linkages should
be protected and re-established and
natural areas should be expanded.
10.2
Goal Statements
1. To
recognize
and
protect
the
ecological values of natural areas.
2. To protect, improve or restore the
quality and quantity of water
resources in lakes, groundwater,
and surface water including rivers,
streams and Lake Temiskaming.
3. To ensure a healthy environment
and
improved
quality
of
life
through
the
protection
and
enhancement of natural areas and
resources.
4. To
encourage
compatible
development in keeping with the
environmental,
social
and
economic goals of the community,
and;
5. To direct development away from
natural hazards.
10.3
Objectives
The goal statement will be supported
by the following objectives:
1. To identify, inventory and protect
areas of the natural environment
which are of provincial and local
significance.
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2. To
conserve,
protect
and
re-
establish
natural
environment
areas, recognizing the diversity of
natural
features
and
the
connections or linkages between
them.
3. To maintain the landscape for
maximum
bio-diversity,
beauty
and its inherent value.
4. To heighten public awareness,
involve
youth,
increase
stewardship
and
enhance
community
cooperation
for
protection
of
the
natural
environment.
5. To recognize and integrate natural
areas
into
resource
activities,
particularly agriculture.
6. To sustain and improve the quality
and quantity of water resources on
a watershed-wide basis.
10.4
Natural Environment Areas
Inventory
All
natural
environment
areas
including natural heritage features
and areas will be protected. The
features which make up the current
inventory have been identified on the
Land Use Schedules. The intent of
this Plan is to provide for a more
detailed inventory and analysis of
natural environment areas within the
City. The inventory may consist of
information provided by the Ministry
of Natural Resources, information
derived
from
the
review
of
development
applications,
and
a
comprehensive assessment.
10.5
Natural Heritage Features
and Areas
The following policies shall apply to
natural heritage features and areas:
1. Natural
heritage
features
and
areas shall include:
a. Significant wetlands;
b. Significant
habitat
of
endangered
species,
threatened species, species at
risk;
c. Significant wildlife habitat;
d. Fish habitat
e. Significant areas of natural
and scientific interest.
2. Development
or
site
alteration
shall
not
be
permitted
in
significant habitat of endangered
or threatened species
3. Development and site alteration
shall
not
be
permitted
in
significant
wetlands,
significant
wildlife
habitat,
and
significant
areas of natural and scientific
interest
unless
it
has
been
demonstrated that there will be no
negative impacts on the natural
features
or
their
ecological
functions (see Section 10.11 for
EIS requirements).
4. Development
shall
not
be
permitted in fish habitat except in
accordance with provincial and
federal requirements.
5. Development
shall
not
be
permitted on adjacent lands to the
natural
heritage
features
and
areas identified in Section 10.5.1
Ruddy Duck
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above
unless
the
ecological
function of the adjacent lands has
been evaluated and it has been
demonstrated that there will be no
negative impacts on the natural
features or on their ecological
functions (see Section 10.11 for
EIS requirements).
6. Adjacent lands are those lands
within:
a. 120 m [393.7 ft.] of the
significant
habitat
of
endangered
and
threatened
species;
b. 120
m
[393.7
ft.]
of
a
significant wetlands;
c. 120 m [393.7 ft.] of significant
wildlife habitat
d. 120 m [393.7 ft.] of fish
habitat and 300 m [984.3 ft.]
of an inland at-capacity lake
trout lake;
e. 120
m
[164
ft.]
from
significant areas of natural or
scientific interest - life science
and 50 m for an ANSI - earth
science.
7. While it is the intent of this Plan to
protect natural heritage features
and
areas
and
prohibit
development,
applications
for
development or site alteration may
arise from time to time. In the
evaluation of these applications,
the protection of these features
and areas will be given priority.
As an initial step, an appropriate
level of ecological site assessment
shall
be
conducted
prior
to
accepting
an
application
for
development as complete (see
Section 15.2) or prior to approval
of a development application to
determine if significant natural
heritage
features
and
areas,
including
species
at
risk,
are
present on or adjacent to the
development lands. Where the
initial assessment determines that
one
or
more
natural
heritage
features
is
present,
no
development
or
site
alteration
shall be permitted unless an
Environmental Impact Study (EIS)
is completed which demonstrates
that no negative impacts will result
on the natural features or their
ecological functions (see Section
10.11 for EIS requirements).
10.6
Locally Significant Natural
Features
1. All
locally
significant
natural
features
within
Temiskaming
Shores
will
be
protected.
Significant
natural
heritage
features and areas in the City are
illustrated
on
the
Land
Use
Schedules
under
Natural
Environment.
2. Locally
Significant
Natural
Features consist of the following:
a. Unclassified wetlands;
b. Forests and woodlots;
c. Rivers,
streams
and
valleylands;
d. The lakeshore;
e. Water
resources
including
surface
water
features
and
groundwater features;
f. Limestone escarpments.
3. Locally significant natural features
are intended to remain in their
natural state or restored to a
natural state. No development or
site alteration will be allowed in
these natural areas, except for
the
lakeshore
of
Lake
Temiskaming where permitted in
this
Section
and
Section
4.
Development and site alteration in
a forested area in the rural area
will be allowed where permitted in
this Section and Section 4.
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10.7
Forestry,
Woodlots,
Drainage
1. Forestry practices and woodlot
management
that
respect
ecological
functions
are
encouraged. Selective cutting and
pruning to maintain the health of
forests and woodlots is permitted.
Tree planting and increasing forest
cover will be promoted. Clearing
of natural environment areas is not
permitted.
A
tree
retention/planting plan may be
required for subdivisions and site
plans and will include measures for
protection during construction.
2. Existing tree lines along property
boundaries will be maintained.
3. Alterations to drainage of natural
areas are discouraged and where
permitted under the Drainage Act,
will respect ecological functions
and
their
features.
(See
also
Section
11.2
Agriculture
for
policies on natural areas.)
4. Development will be directed away
from surface water features and
ground
water
features
except
where
a
hydrogeological
study
and/or
Environmental
Impact
Study
(See
Section
10.11)
demonstrates
that
development
will not create an adverse effect.
In particular, land use decisions
respecting development adjacent
or near Clear Lake and Sasaginaga
Lake
shall
respect
the
requirements of the Cobalt Water
Act.
5. Development
will
be
directed
away from forested and other
natural areas where an alternative
location exists on the property.
However, new lot creation on the
Lake Temiskaming shoreline in a
forested area or adjacent to a
valleyland
may
be
permitted
where development will comply
with
the
Natural
Environment
policies and the policies of the
underlying or adjacent land use
designation.
6. Existing lots containing woodland
or other natural features may be
developed for a residence or non-
residential use including accessory
buildings
where
development
does not detrimentally affect the
natural environment goals of this
Plan. The following requirements
will apply to existing lots, and new
lot creation where specified:
a. Where no alternative location
exists on the property that is
outside the forested area, the
building lot may be developed
provided clearing of trees is
limited
to
the
building
envelope (e.g. main building,
accessory buildings, driveway
access and parking) and the
Best Management Practices
Retain, restore or plant a buffer
zone of native vegetation at least
30 m in depth from high water
mark
Preserve all mature trees and
prune or remove dead trees to
maintain ecological health
Opt for a floating or pipe dock
Soften hard walkways and
drives and replace concrete
breakwalls with gentle slopes or
natural materials
Forgo use of pesticides,
fertilizers and herbicides
Use environmentally friendly
materials for construction
Keep oil, gas and solvents away
from water's edge
Trap run-off with greater plant
cover
Protect key habitat areas for
fish
Maintain sewage systems
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building envelope is outside of
any
other
natural
feature
(applies to new and existing
lots in forested areas).
b. On
the
lakeshore
of
Lake
Temiskaming or shoreline of an
inland lake or tributary in the
Rural Area, any new residential
building and sewage disposal
tile field or filter bed shall be set
back from the high water mark.
c. An
Environmental
Impact
Study may be required for any
residential or non-residential
development on the lakeshore
and shoreline and may be
used to establish setbacks for
non-residential
development.
Site plan control may be used
to
provide
for
the
reinstatement or improvement
of
the
shoreline
(e.g.
revegetation
and
sediment/erosion
control).
Best
management
practices
will apply to all shoreline areas
(new and existing lots) (see
examples in insert).
d. On valleylands, notably the
Wabi River, and Mill Creek and
their tributaries, development
shall be set back from the top
of the bank and the setback
may be determined through a
geotechnical study in areas of
unstable slopes (applies to
new and existing lots).
e. On
limestone
escarpments
development will be set back
from
the
face
of
the
escarpment and the ecological
integrity of the escarpment
will be protected.
f. Groundwater will be protected,
particularly
in
vulnerable
areas, and development will
be
directed
away
from
sensitive
surface
or
groundwater features.
g. Development
may
be
conditional
on
natural
environment
enhancements
such as forest improvements,
revegetation corridor linkages,
distance
separation,
stewardship
agreements,
conservation easements, and
monitoring.
7. Setbacks
and
development
standards for development will be
set out in the zoning by-law.
10.8
Lake Capacity
No development shall be permitted
on the adjacent lands (see Section
10.5.6) of an at-capacity lake trout
lake without meeting the criteria
established
in
the
Province's
Lakeshore
Capacity
Assessment
Handbook (see Planning Resource Kit
for reference). Lake Temiskaming is
classified as a Lake Trout Lake.
Applications for development located
within 300 lineal metres of the high
water mark of the lake which utilize
individual on-site sewage services
may
require
a
lake
capacity
assessment
using
the
lakeshore
capacity assessment handbook.
Proposals for lot creation adjacent to
a designated Lake Trout Lake which is
Wetlands are unique habitat for
many different species of plants
and animals and also regulate
flooding and water recharge areas.
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at-capacity or proposals for more
intensive
use
on
existing
lots
adjacent to an at-capacity Lake Trout
Lake will not be considered unless
one of the following criteria are met:
1. To separate existing habitable
dwellings, each of which is on a
lot that is capable of supporting a
Class 4 sewage disposal system,
provided that the land use would
not change and there would be
no net increase in phosphorous
loading to the lake;
2. Where all new tile fields would be
located such that they would
drain into a drainage basin which
is not at capacity;
3. Where all new tile fields would be
set back at least 300 metres from
the shoreline of lakes, or such
drainage from the tile fields
would flow at least 300 metres to
the lake;
4. Where
a
site-specific
soils
investigation
prepared
by
a
qualified professional has been
completed showing the following
site conditions:
a. The site where the septic tile-
bed is to be located, and the
region below and 15 metres
down-gradient
of
this
site,
toward
the
lakeshore
or
a
permanently-flowing
tributary,
across the full width of the tile
bed, consist of deep (more than
three
metres),
native
and
undisturbed,
non-calcareous
(<1%
CaCO3
equivalent
by
weight) overburden with acid-
extractable
concentrations
of
iron and aluminum of >1%
equivalent by weight (following
Robertson
2005,
2006,
Appendix B). Soil depth shall be
assessed with test pits and/or
bore holes at several sites.
Samples
for
soils
chemistry
should be taken at a depth
adjacent
to,
or
below
the
proposed tile bed; and
b. An unsaturated zone of at least
1
½
metres
depth
exists
between the tile bed and the
shallowest
depth
(maximum)
extent of the water table. The
position of the water table shall
be
assessed
with
test
pits
during the periods of maximum
soils saturation (e.g., in the
spring, following snowmelt, or
late fall)
10.9
Natural Hazards
1. Natural hazards include:
a. Hazardous lands adjacent to
ravines, river valleys, streams
and inland lakes which are
impacted by flooding hazards
(see
Section
10.12
Flood
Hazard) and or erosion hazards.
b. Hazardous
sites
such
as
unstable soils, and organic soils
c. Hazardous lands due to the
presence of hazardous forest
types for wildland fires.
2. Development
shall
be
directed
away
from
areas
of
natural
hazards and hazardous sites.
3. Setbacks
for
buildings
and
structures from the top-of-bank
and
water
courses
which
are
subject to natural hazards will be
established in the zoning by-law.
Studies
may
be
required
to
establish setbacks and measures
to
overcome
hazards
to
development including:
a. Geotechnical (Wabi River, Mill
Creek).
b. Floodproofing.
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c. Hazardous lands due to the
presence of hazardous forest
types for wildland fires.
4. Erosion
is
a
natural
process
affected by water levels, wind, soil
type, degree of slope, rainfall,
storm
events
and
vegetation.
Erosion
controls
on
Lake
Temiskaming will be incorporated
into measures to protect, reinstate
or improve the littoral functions of
the shoreline.
5. Slope stability measures will be
undertaken, where required, to
stabilize the Wabi River shoreline
in New Liskeard and in other areas
where
development
may
be
susceptible to an erosion hazard
6. An Environmental Impact Study
may be required to assess the
impacts of development on the
natural environment (see Section
10.11).
7. Development shall generally be
directed to areas outside of lands
that are unsafe for development
due to the presence of hazardous
forest types for wildland fires.
Development may be permitted in
lands with hazardous forest types
for wildland fire where the risk is
mitigated
in
accordance
with
wildland
fire
assessment
and
mitigation standards, as identified
by
the
Ministry
of
Natural
Resources
and
Forestry.
Proponents may be required to
undertake a site assessment to
determine
the
presence
of
hazardous forest types for wildland
fire, as may be indicated by
generalized wildland fire hazard
information.
If
development
is
proceeding where hazardous forest
types
are
present,
mitigation
measures should be identified by
proponents to outline how the risk
will be lessened.
10.10 Flood
Hazard
Constraint
Area
1. Development
located
in
or
adjacent
to
a
flood
hazard
constraint
area
will
be
administered along the shoreline of
Lake Temiskaming and on other
river, stream and small inland
lakes in the City.
2. For the purposes of this Plan, the
flood
elevation
for
Lake
Temiskaming is 181.7 CGD.
3. Development
within
the
flood
hazard constraint area may be
permitted provided the buildings
and
structures
within
the
underlying land use designation
are
constructed
to
minimize
damage in the event of flooding
(e.g.
flood
proofing,
ensuring
building openings are above the
flood elevation of 181.7 CGD,
requiring that safe vehicular and
pedestrian movement and access
for maintenance and repair of
protection
works
is
available
during times of flooding hazards).
4. Development will not be permitted
that will create new hazards or
adverse
environmental
impacts.
The
City
will
require
such
measures
as
a
stormwater
management plan, erosion and
sediment controls and vegetative
plantings to manage or mitigate
development impacts.
5. Development
shall
not
be
permitted to locate in hazardous
lands and hazardous sites where
the use is:
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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 as a result of
flooding,
failure
of
floodproofing
measures
or
protection works, or erosion;
b. An
essential
emergency
service such as that provided
by fire, police and ambulance
stations
and
electrical
substations, which would be
impaired during an emergency
as a result of flooding, the
failure
of
floodproofing
measures
and/or
protection
works, and/or erosion; and
c. Uses
associated
with
the
disposal,
manufacture,
treatment
or
storage
of
hazardous substances.
6. For all construction on properties
that may be in an area defined as
a flood hazard constraint area,
the developer or proponent shall
be required to hire an Ontario
Land Surveyor (O.L.S.) to provide
a survey confirming the flood
elevation of the site on the
construction drawings.
7. The City may use one or more
planning tools (see Section 15) to
manage or prohibit development
on or adjacent to any hazardous
lands, hazardous sites or areas
subject to a flooding or erosion
hazard.
10.11 Environmental
Impact
Study (EIS)
1. Environmental
Impact
Studies,
where required, will:
a. Evaluate the suitability of the
site
for
the
proposed
development,
including
an
inventory
of
the
natural
features
and
ecological
functions present on the site.
b. Identify
conditions
for
development and any potential
mitigation
measures
and
monitoring.
c.
The City may require a peer
review
undertaken
by
a
qualified professional of the
EIS
at
the
cost
of
the
proponent.
d.
The
Natural
Heritage
Reference
Manual,
MNR,
March 2010 listed in the
Planning Resource Kit below
shall be used to further scope
the
requirements
for
an
Environmental Impact Study.
2. Pre-consultation with the City is
required to establish the scope of
the
development
proposal,
identify the natural heritage and
hazard issues to be addressed,
detail the accepted methods of
evaluating potential impacts, and
specify
the
qualifications
of
personnel required to carry out
these evaluations.
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Planning Resource Kit
Species at risk: http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/Species/index.html
Endangered Species Act, 2007: www.e-laws.gov.on.ca
Habitat protection: Natural Heritage Reference Manual, MNR, March 2010.
Fish Habitat: Decision Framework for the Determination and Authorization of Harmful Alteration, Disruption or
Destruction of Fish Habitat, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, 1998
Shorelines and riparian areas: http://www.livingbywater.ca/
Natural Hazards: MNR, Understanding Natural Hazards, Queen's Printer, 2001: www.mnr.gov.on.ca/publications
Lakeshore Capacity Assessment Handbook: Protecting Water Quality in Inland Lakes on Ontario's Precambrian
Shield (May 2010)
Community Initiatives for
the Natural Environment:
Period: 2014-2020
Conduct an inventory of
natural heritage
features
Periodically update list
of species at risk
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11. AGRICULTURE
11.1
Introduction
A key principle of this Plan is to
promote and protect the long-term
future of agriculture. The core area
of farming operations (i.e. prime
agricultural
lands)
is
located
in
Dymond where highly productive soils
on the "Little Clay Belt" support a mix
of
livestock
and
cash
cropping
operations. Prime agricultural land
accounts for 4,529 ha or 25.5% of
the
City's
land
base.
Bio-
engineering,
in-situ
crop
and
livestock research, and local post-
secondary agricultural training are
strong indicators of a successful
farming industry. The policies of the
Plan aim to protect the land base and
to promote an integrated approach
for productive farming, agricultural
education and research and a strong
agricultural community.
11.2
Definition
In the Agriculture designation the
predominant use of land will be:
a. Farming of all types;
b. An agriculture-related industrial,
commercial or research activity;
c.
Residential uses directly
related to agriculture;
d.
Secondary uses;
e.
Natural features that
enhance the area for
agriculture and
ecosystem health such
as woodlots and
wetlands;
f.
Sustainable agricultural
practices that promote a
healthy environment.
11.3
Goal Statement
To promote and protect the long-term
future of agriculture through the
protection of the land base, the
support
of
sustainable
farming
practices and research, the support of
the culture of the farming community
and
by
maintaining
strong
environmental standards.
11.4
Objectives
The goal statement will be supported
by the following objectives:
1. To protect prime agricultural land
(class 2 and 3 soils) in Dymond
for agriculture and specialty crop
areas.
2. To
protect
locally
significant
agricultural land for agriculture.
3. To encourage farming activities in
other rural areas of the City.
4. To support a diversity of farming
types.
5. To encourage food production for
local markets.
6. To support and encourage normal
farm practices and sustainable
farming operations.
7. To
support
and
encourage
research
and
education
in
agriculture.
8. To encourage succession planning
and
career
opportunities
in
agriculture.
9. To
promote
agri-tourism
and
activities
that
strengthen
the
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culture
and
lifestyle
of
the
agricultural community.
10.To encourage the retention and
reestablishment
of
woodlots,
wetlands and other natural areas
recognizing
their
benefits
for
agriculture
and
the
natural
environment.
11.5
Farm Unit
1. In the prime agricultural area
which is designated Agriculture on
the Land Use Schedules, the
predominant use of land will be
for farming (agricultural uses) and
the
predominant
type
of
development will be the 'farm
unit'. The farm unit consists of
the:
a. Land base;
b. Barns and other buildings that
support the farm operation;
c. Farm dwelling; and dwellings
required for additional labour;
d. Secondary uses; and
e. Agriculture-related uses.
2. Farm operations of varying types
and sizes will be permitted. One
residence
may
be
built
in
conjunction with a farm whether
operated by a family or as a
commercial
scale
operation.
However,
more
than
one
residence
on
a
lot
for
the
purposes of housing farm help
may
be
permitted
in
those
instances where:
a. The need for such housing has
been
adequately
demonstrated;
b. The farm help assists on the
subject farm on a regular
basis;
c. The farm operation is of such a
size and nature that farm
labour is required and needs
to be located close by the
farm;
d. Additional
residential
units
shall be subject to a zoning
by-law amendment.
11.6
Farming Practices
Normal farm practices as defined in
the Farming and Food Production and
Protection Act, as amended, will be
recognized
and
protected
(see
Planning Resource Kit).
11.7
Lot Size
Lot sizes shall be adequate to support
the long-term needs of agriculture
and shall ensure that land parcels
remain flexible for agricultural uses.
The
minimum
lot
area
will
be
specified in the zoning by-law.
11.8
Sustainable Agriculture
The City recognizes the importance of
a healthy agricultural industry and
supports the following initiatives:
1. The preparation and compliance
with nutrient management plans.
2. The
preparation
and
implementation of environmental
farm plans.
3. The use of best management
practices.
4. The protection, restoration and
management of natural areas such
as woodlots, wetlands, stream and
river valleys.
5. On-farm energy production as a
source for farming operations.
6. Secondary uses.
(See Planning Resource Kit)
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11.9
Protection of Prime
Agricultural Lands
The prime agricultural area which is
illustrated as Agriculture on the Land
Use
Schedules
includes
prime
agricultural lands and other natural
features
and
infrastructure.
Non-
agricultural development, other than
those uses specifically permitted by
this Plan, shall be directed to locate in
Settlement Areas. Top soil stripping
will not be permitted.
(See Planning Resource Kit)
11.10 Locally Significant
Agriculture
1. Lands shown as Locally Significant
Agriculture will be subject to the
policies of Sections 11.5 - 11.8,
11.11.1 (a), 11.12.1 - 11.12.4,
11.12.6, and 11.13 - 11.19 of this
Plan.
11.11 Agricultural Commercial,
Industrial and Research
Uses
1. A commercial or industrial use
that
processes
agricultural
products or services farms and
agricultural research facilities and
activities may be permitted in the
Agriculture designation by zoning
by-law amendment provided:
a. The use relates to commercial
scale agriculture and not to
goods or services that are
normally
required
by
the
general public; and
b. The use is required to be in
close proximity to the farm
operation; and
c. The use is small scale.
d. The use is directly related to
the farm operations in the
area.
11.12 Secondary Uses
On-farm
businesses
that
are
secondary to the farm and compatible
with
neighbouring
uses
are
encouraged. Home-based businesses,
value-added agricultural uses and
small-scale
home
industries
are
permitted
in
the
Agriculture
designation provided they:
1. Are compatible with surrounding
uses
and
do
not
hinder
surrounding
agricultural
operations;
2. Are limited in scale;
3. Do not remove large amounts of
land from production;
4. Do not cause traffic or public
health and safety concerns and
provide safe access to abutting
roads;
5. Are related to or produce products
from the farm operation, and
6. Comply with the zoning by-law.
11.13 Natural Environment
Within the agricultural area natural
features and ecosystem functions will
be
protected.
Wise
stewardship
practices shall be used to protect and
enhance the natural environment.
Farm woodlots and other natural
features will remain part of the farm
holding. Existing agricultural uses will
be permitted to continue in areas
identified as natural heritage features
and areas.
11.14 Minimum Distance
Separation
All farm operations and buildings, and
all non-farm uses and structures
permitted by the agricultural policies
of this Plan shall comply with the
Minimum Distance Separation (MDS)
I and II formulae in effect at the time
of development in order to minimize
odour conflicts between livestock and
manure facilities and development.
The MDS will be incorporated into the
zoning by-law.
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(See Planning Resource Kit).
1. The MDS I shall not apply to the
following:
a. An
existing
non-farm
residential
use
which
is
destroyed by a catastrophic
event
provided
that
the
replacement
building
is
not
built closer to the livestock
facility than before the event.
b. The expansion of an existing
residential dwelling.
c. Accessory
structures
to
a
residential dwelling (i.e. decks,
garages,
garden
sheds,
gazebos, outbuildings, patios,
picnic areas or similar buildings
and structures).
d. An existing vacant lot of record
zoned to permit a residential
use.
e. Where there are four or more
existing non-farm uses closer
to a livestock facility and in
immediate
proximity
to
a
proposed
new
lot
for
a
residential use provided the
location of the proposed lot is
not
located
closer
to
the
livestock facility than the four
or
more
existing
non-farm
uses.
2. MDS II shall not apply to the
following:
a. Any existing livestock facility
which
is
destroyed
by
a
catastrophic event provided the
building is not built closer to
the residential use than before
the
event
and
if
the
construction does not result in
a
higher
value
for
odour,
nutrient units or manure or
material.
b. To the portions of a livestock
facility where livestock are not
normally present for a long
enough time for substantial
amounts
of
manure
to
accumulate (i.e. feed bins, feed
preparation areas, field shade
shelters,
livestock
assembly
areas, livestock loading chutes,
machinery
sheds,
milking
centres, offices, riding arenas
or washrooms
c. For the purposes of applying
MDS in this Plan, a cemetery
shall be classified as a Type A
land use where it is closed and
receives low levels of visitation,
otherwise a cemetery shall be
classed as a Type B land use,
and MDS I and II shall not
apply
to
any
development
and/or
expanding
livestock
facility in a Settlement Area.
11.15 Surplus Dwellings
Where a dwelling is acquired through
farm consolidation or enlargement
and is surplus to the needs of the
farm operation it may be severed
provided:
1. The residence is in a habitable
condition;
2. The
separated
parcel
will
not
include any more Class 2 or 3
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improved land than is required to
support the residence and on-site
services;
3. The land area of the severance
should limit impacts on existing
agricultural operations (i.e. tile
drainage, access to farm fields).
11.16 Lots of Record
A lot of record is a legally created
separate property that existed on the
date of adoption of this Plan. These
lots shall be used for farming or for
other
uses
permitted
in
the
Agriculture
designation,
and
may
contain a farm dwelling subject to the
policies defining a farm unit. There
are a few lots of record in the
Agriculture
designation
that
are
vacant and are smaller than the
minimum lot area requirements of
Section 11.19 of this Plan. These lots
of record may be used for one
dwelling
by
zoning
by-law
amendment provided:
1. Agriculture or other permitted uses
are not feasible or practical on the
lot;
2. The lot contains a limited amount
of arable land (generally less than
four hectares);
3. The proposed dwelling complies
with the MDS formula I using Type
B land use;
4. The site is suitable for residential
construction;
5. The soil is suitable for an individual
on-site sewage disposal service;
6. A potable water supply will be
available; and
7. The lot abuts a fully maintained
public road.
11.17 Mineral Aggregate
Resources
The establishment of new sand and
gravel
pits
in
the
Agriculture
designation requires an amendment
to this Plan and the zoning by-law
and
is
subject
to
the
Mineral
Aggregate Resources section of this
Plan.
The
protection
of
prime
agricultural land and the natural
environment is a high priority.
11.18 Community Facilities and
Infrastructure
Facilities
for
social,
recreational,
educational
(except
agricultural-
related
research
facilities),
administrative or other purposes such
as government offices, community
facilities and sports fields shall be
located in Settlement Areas to avoid
land use conflicts with agriculture and
to enhance urban areas. Existing uses
and their expansion will be permitted
in the Agriculture designation.
Infrastructure uses deemed to be
public uses will be permitted in the
Agriculture designation including:
1. Facilities and corridors for utilities
and communication facilities;
2. Roads, railways and trails; and
3. Flooding and erosion works.
11.19 Agricultural Community
Activities and organizations which
support the agricultural community
will be encouraged and promoted
including: agri-tourism, agricultural
fairs, 4-H Clubs, other agricultural
organizations,
unique
agricultural
practices (e.g. corn mazes, ploughing
matches,
hay/sleigh
rides),
farm
tours, farmer's markets and local
farm product sales programs, road-
side produce stands, farm vacation
and
bed
and
breakfast
establishments. The above uses are
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subject to the secondary use policies
of Section 11.11 of this Plan.
11.20 Land Division
In areas designated Agriculture on
the Land Use Schedules, consents for
conveyance
may
be
granted
in
accordance
with
the
following
policies:
1. All consents shall comply with the
minimum lot size, MDS, surplus
dwelling
and
agricultural
commercial,
industrial
and
research policy requirements of
this section of the Plan.
2. Where the land is being conveyed
or retained for an agricultural use,
a
consent
may
be
granted
provided that the lot to be created
and the lot to be retained are
generally
a
minimum
of
40
hectares respectively. Council will
also consider whether the lands
will be adequate in size and
appropriate
for
the
type
of
agricultural uses common in the
area and that the lot is sufficiently
large enough to maintain flexibility
for future changes in the type or
size of agricultural operations and
is appropriate for sewage and
water services where required.
3. Where
the
severance
is
for
infrastructure, a consent may be
granted
where
the
facility
or
corridor cannot be accommodated
through the use of easements or
rights-of-way.
4. Consents may be granted for the
title correction and for minor lot
boundary
adjustments
for
an
agricultural-related
use.
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12. MINERAL
AGGREGATE
RESOURCES
12.1
Introduction
Mineral aggregates are essential to
the construction industry for road
building
and,
the
production
of
concrete
products
for
building
construction. Much of the source of
mineral aggregates in the City is
derived from the Farr Formation, a
limestone formation and the source of
asphalt and concrete aggregates, for
roads, construction and other uses.
Two key sources of aggregates in the
City are the Bucke Quarry along the
West Road and a belt parallel to
Highway 11 towards the south end of
Bucke
Township.
The
City
of
Temiskaming Shores has not been
designated
under
the
Aggregate
Resources Act, hence licensing of pit
and quarry operations is not required
on patented land. Aggregates are
non-renewable natural resources that
are
expensive
to
transport.
Consequently, the protection of a
local
supply
of
aggregates
is
important for meeting market needs
and keeping costs down. The strategy
of the plan is to protect aggregates
for long-term use while minimizing
social
conflict
and
environmental
harm.
12.2
Definition
Areas of mineral aggregate resource
extraction contain geological deposits
or formations that yield principally
sand,
gravel
or
limestone
in
commercial
quantities.
Activities
associated with extraction include
crushing,
screening,
washing,
stockpiling and asphalt and concrete
plants.
12.3
Goal Statement
To identify and protect sand, gravel
and limestone deposits of significant
quality and quantity for long-term
use in a manner that minimizes social
and environmental impacts and land
use conflicts with adjacent land uses.
12.4
Objectives
The goal statement will be supported
by the following objectives:
1. To protect as much of the mineral
aggregate
resources
as
is
realistically possible through a
specific land use designation.
2. To minimize land use conflicts
between
resource
uses
and
surrounding land uses.
3. To provide for the rehabilitation
and sequential use of mineral
aggregate
resource
lands
for
other land uses.
4. To provide for the protection of
the
natural
environment
and
cultural heritage during extractive
operations.
12.5
Designation
New mineral aggregate operations
must
be
designated
Mineral
Aggregate Resources in this Plan and
must
be
zoned
to
a
mineral
aggregate
resources
zone
before
extraction can occur.
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12.6
Protection of Mineral
Aggregate Resource Lands
The Mineral Aggregate Resource area
which
is
illustrated
as
Mineral
Aggregate Resources on the Land Use
Schedules includes existing pits and
quarries
and
mineral
aggregate
resources intended to be protected by
this Plan along with other natural
features and infrastructure.
12.7
New Operations
1. The proponent shall pre-consult
with the City and complete the
necessary studies in support of an
application for an official plan and
zoning by-law amendment. The
scope of studies may include:
a. Land use compatibility
b. Heritage Impact Assessment
c. Archaeological Assessment
d. Environmental Impact Study
e. Noise and Vibration Study
f. Blast Impact Study
g. Traffic Impact
h. Hydrogeological
i.
Drainage
and
Stormwater
Management Study
j. Haulage Routes
2. On-site industrial uses will be
subject to land use compatibility
requirements.
(Reference
shall
be
made
to
Ministry
of
the
Environment
Guidelines
D1
and
D-6
for
technical studies associated with
determining land use compatibility
See Planning Resource Kit).
3. In addition, the proponent will
provide a detailed site plan that
illustrates
all
on-site
natural
features,
buildings,
structures,
storage of topsoil and overburden,
mitigation
features
associated
with land use compatibility, the
sequence
and
direction
of
progressive rehabilitation and the
details
of
final
rehabilitation
through the preparation of a
comprehensive rehabilitation plan
taking
into
consideration
surrounding
land
use
and
approved land use designations.
New
operations
include
expansions
of
an
existing
operation where the lands are not
designated or zoned for mineral
aggregate resources.
4. In areas adjacent to or in known
deposits
of
mineral
aggregate
resources,
development
and
activities which would preclude or
hinder the establishment of new
operations or access to mineral
aggregate resources shall only be
permitted
where
a
study
is
undertaken to justify that the
mineral aggregate resource use
would not be feasible, that the
proposed development or land
use serves a greater long-term
public interest and that issues of
public health, public safety and
environmental
impact
are
addressed.
5. The City may enact a pits and
quarries control by-law under the
enabling
authority
of
the
Municipal Act and/or execute any
agreements
required
including
site plan control to govern the on-
site and off-site operations of a
mineral aggregate operation.
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12.8
Incompatible Uses
Established
mineral
aggregate
operations
and
potential
mineral
aggregate resource areas will be
protected by directing incompatible
uses
away
from
the
resource.
Agriculture and natural environment
are compatible uses which may locate
on
or
near
mineral
aggregate
resources, not including buildings or
structures.
12.9
Compatibility
All mineral aggregate operations will
minimize
conflict
and
maximize
compatibility with adjacent land uses
through separation distances which
are adequate to prevent adverse
effects
from
occurring
between
sensitive uses and mineral aggregate
operations Reference shall be made
to
Ministry
of
the
Environment
Guidelines D1 and D-6 for technical
studies associated with determining
land use compatibility (see Section
4.14 and Resource Kit).
The protection of natural areas and
existing
development
is
a
high
priority. Mitigation measures may be
required such as increased setbacks,
berming,
landscaping,
road
improvements and dust and noise
control. These measures may be
implemented through such means as
site plan control, site alteration by-
laws and development agreements.
(See Planning Resource Kit)
12.10 Rehabilitation
Mineral aggregate resource sites on
agricultural land must be
progressively rehabilitated including
lands used for agriculture. Land
rehabilitated for agriculture may be
used for agriculture or natural
environment. Complete rehabilitation
to agriculture is not required where a
substantial quantity of aggregate lies
below the water table or the depth of
planned extraction in a quarry makes
restoration of pre-extraction
agricultural capability unfeasible or
other alternatives have been
considered and found unsuitable.
Rehabilitation shall include measures
to mitigate negative impacts to the
best extent possible. Mineral
aggregate resource lands may be
redesignated to another land use
where the lands have been
rehabilitated.
12.11 Wayside Operations
Wayside pits and wayside quarries for
public authority contracts will be
permitted without an amendment to
this Plan or the zoning by-law except
in areas of existing development, in
the Settlement Areas or areas of
particular environmental sensitivity
which have been determined to be
incompatible with mineral aggregate
extraction and associated activities.
An archaeological assessment or a
heritage impact assessment may be
required to comply with Sections 14.9
through 14.11 of this Plan where
deemed to be required.
12.12 Portable Asphalt and
Portable Concrete Plants
Portable
asphalt
and
portable
concrete plants are a permitted use in
the
Mineral
Aggregate
Resources
designation, and will be permitted
without an amendment to this Plan or
the zoning by-law except in areas of
existing
development,
in
the
Settlement
Areas
or
areas
of
particular environmental sensitivity
which have been determined to be
incompatible with their operation.
12.13 Hazards
Any development permitted on or
adjacent to an existing or former
mineral aggregate operation shall be
required to identify and mitigate any
known potential hazard.
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12.14 Protection of Natural Areas
and Groundwater
Mineral aggregate operations will be
developed in a manner that protects
natural areas and groundwater. The
proponent will conduct studies to
identify potential negative effects on
natural
features
and
ecological
functions
resulting
from
mineral
aggregate extraction. Hydrogeological
studies will be required to address
adverse effects on the quality and/or
quantity
of
groundwater
where
mineral
aggregate
extraction
is
proposed near or below the water
table, or on or near a ground water
feature such as a recharge area.
(See Planning Resource Kit)
12.15 Zoning
The zoning by-law shall set out the
requirements for mineral aggregate
resource uses and may distinguish pit
and quarry operations.
12.16 Land Division
In
areas
designated
Mineral
Aggregate Resources on the Land Use
Schedules, consents for conveyance
may be granted in accordance with
the following policies:
1. All consents must conform to the
general
requirements
for
land
division of Section 4 of this Plan.
2. Consents may be granted for
mineral
aggregate
operations
subject to general conformity with
the agriculture policies for the
remaining parcel.
3. Consents may be granted for title
correction
and
for
minor
lot
adjustments.
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Planning Resource Kit
Land Use Compatibility: Ministry of the Environment, Guideline D-1, Land Use Compatibility and Guideline D-6,
Compatibility Between Industrial Facilities and Sensitive Land Uses, www.ene.gov.on.ca/publications Forms, Manuals
and Guidelines/Land
Noise and Vibration: Ministry of the Environment, Noise Assessment Criteria in Land Use Planning, LU-131 (October
1997), www.ene.gov.on.ca/publications Forms, Manuals and Guidelines/Noise
Drainage and Stormwater Management: Stormwater management Planning and Design Manual, 2003,
www.ene.gov.on.ca/publications Forms, Manuals and Guidelines/Water & Sewage Works
Site Alteration By-law: Municipal Act, Section 142(2) www.e-laws.gov.on.ca
Cultural Heritage: see Cultural Heritage in this Plan
Environmental Impact Study: See Natural Environment in this Plan
Site Plan Control: Planning Act, Section 41. See Site Plan Control in this Plan www.e-laws.gov.on.ca
Regulation of Pits and Quarries: Municipal Act, Section 124 www.e-laws.gov.on.ca
Definitions: Provincial Policy Statement (2014) - mineral aggregate operations, wayside pits and quarries, portable
asphalt plant, portable concrete plant
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13. MINING
13.1
Introduction
Mining
was
the
genesis
for
development of many communities in
Northern Ontario. The Cobalt camp
evolved shortly after the discovery of
silver in 1903 and there has been a
more or less continuous exploration
interest in the mineral potential in the
Cobalt and Timiskaming area ever
since. Within the City of Temiskaming
Shores, there are more than two
known past producing mines. The
primary targets for exploration have
traditionally been silver, nickel and
cobalt. However, recent exploration
efforts have focused on the potential
for diamonds following the 1983
discovery
of
a
diamondiferous
kimberlite pipe in Bucke Township. In
2007, all of the available Crown Land
in the City of Temiskaming Shores
was staked. Commodities of interest
include diamonds, silver, nickel and
cobalt.
The
Ministry
of
Northern
Development
and
Mines
have
determined that the whole of the City
of Temiskaming Shores is considered
to
have
provincially
significant
mineral potential. The Ministry has
indicated
that
there
is
excellent
potential
for
the
discovery
of
commercial diamond deposits as well
as nickel, copper, cobalt and PGE
deposits (i.e. platinum group of which
the associated mineral commodities
include platinum, palladium, rhodium
and other rare earth elements).
13.2
Definition
Areas of mineral potential contain
mineral
deposits
that
may
have
sufficient quantity and quality to
warrant present or future mining.
Activities
associated
with
mining
include five stages; 1) exploration; 2)
advanced
exploration;
3)
development; 4) operations; and 5)
closure.
The
operations
stage
includes activities such as soil and
overburden
removal;
blasting;
mineral
extraction
(processing);
tailings disposal and management;
monitoring of air, wastewater and
solid waste materials; construction of
or
modifications
to
existing
infrastructure.
13.3
Goal Statement
To identify and protect areas of
mineral potential for long-term use in
a manner that minimizes social and
environmental impacts and land use
conflicts with adjacent land uses.
13.4
Objectives
The goal statement will be supported
by the following objectives:
1. To
protect
areas
of
mineral
potential
through
a
constraint
overlay.
2. To minimize land use conflicts
between
resource
uses
and
surrounding land uses.
3. To provide for the rehabilitation
and sequential use of mineral
mining operations for other land
uses and agriculture.
4. To provide for the protection of
the
natural
environment
and
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cultural heritage during mineral
mining operations.
13.5
Land Use Constraint
Mining operations must be designated
Mining on the Land Use Schedules to
this Plan and must be zoned to a
Mining zone before mining can occur.
This Plan is not deemed to prevent
exploration activities where they are
in compliance with the Mining Act.
Advanced exploration may require
amendments to this Plan and the
zoning by-law subject to the activity.
13.6
Protection of Mining
Resource Lands
Although not shown on the Land Use
Schedules, the entire geographic area
of the City is considered to be an
area having Mineral Potential by the
Ministry of Northern Development
and Mines; consequently, the policies
of this section of the Plan apply.
13.7
New Operations
1. The proponent shall pre-consult
with the City and complete the
necessary studies in support of an
application for an official plan and
zoning by-law amendment. The
proponent
shall
provide
information on compliance with
the requirements of the Mining
Act, the Environmental Protection
Act and other related approvals as
a prerequisite to determining the
needs for other land use related
studies. The scope of studies may
include:
a. Land use compatibility
b. Heritage Impact Assessment
c. Archaeological Assessment
d. Environmental Impact Study
e. Noise and Vibration
f. Blast Impact Study
g. Traffic Impact
h. Hydrogeological
i.
Drainage
and
Stormwater
Management
j. Haulage Routes
2. On-site industrial uses related to
mineral mining operations will be
subject to land use compatibility
requirements.
(Reference
shall
be
made
to
Ministry
of
the
Environment
Guidelines
D1
and
D-6
for
technical studies associated with
determining land use compatibility
See Planning Resource Kit)
3. In addition, the proponent will
provide
the
details
of
final
rehabilitation with the aim of
accommodating subsequent land
uses
after
mining
and
other
related activities have ceased.
Progressive rehabilitation will be
undertaken
wherever
feasible.
New
operations
include
expansions
of
an
existing
operation where the lands are not
designated or zoned for Mining.
4. Development and activities which
would preclude or hinder the
establishment of new operations
or access to areas of mineral
potential shall only be permitted
where a study is undertaken to
justify that mining would not be
feasible,
that
the
proposed
development or land use serves a
greater long-term public interest
and that issues of public health,
public safety and environmental
impact are addressed.
13.8
Incompatible Uses
Potential mining operations will be
protected by directing incompatible
uses
away
from
the
resource.
Agriculture and natural environment
are compatible uses which may locate
on or near extractive resources, not
including buildings or structures.
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13.9
Compatibility
All mining operations will minimize
conflict and maximize compatibility
with adjacent land uses through
separation
distances
which
are
adequate to prevent adverse effects
from
occurring
between
sensitive
uses and mineral mining operations.
The protection of natural areas and
existing
development
is
a
high
priority. Mitigation measures may be
required such as increased setbacks,
berming,
landscaping,
road
improvements and dust and noise
control. These measures may be
implemented through such means as
site plan control, and site alteration
by-laws
where
not
otherwise
governed by the Mining Act.
(Reference shall be made to Ministry
of the Environment Guidelines D1 and
D-6 for technical studies associated
with
determining
land
use
compatibility See Section 4.14 and
Planning Resource Kit)
13.10 Rehabilitation
Mining operations will be permitted
provided
that
the
lands
are
rehabilitated. Mining lands may be
redesignated to another land use
where
the
lands
have
been
rehabilitated through fulfillment of a
closure plan.
13.11 Protection of Natural Areas
and Groundwater
Mining operations will be developed in
a manner that protects natural areas
and groundwater. The proponent will
conduct studies to identify potential
negative effects on natural features
and
ecological
functions
resulting
from mining. Hydrogeological studies
will be required to address adverse
effects on the quality and/or quantity
of
groundwater
where
mining is
proposed.
(See Planning Resource Kit)
13.12 Zoning
The zoning by-law will set out the
requirements for Mining uses.
13.13 Land Division
In areas designated Mining on the
Land Use Schedules, consents for
conveyance
may
be
granted
in
accordance
with
the
following
policies:
1. All consents must conform to the
general
requirements
for
land
division of Section 4 of this Plan.
2. Consents may be granted for
mining
operations
subject
to
general
conformity
with
the
agriculture
policies
for
the
remaining parcel.
3. Consents may be granted for title
correction
and
for
minor
lot
adjustments.
13.14 Mine Hazards
Mine hazards shall be rehabilitated
under the requirements of the Mining
Act and Section 15.19 of this Plan.
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Planning Resource Kit
Land Use Compatibility: Ministry of the Environment, Guideline D-1, Land Use Compatibility and Guideline D-6,
Compatibility Between Industrial Facilities and Sensitive Land Uses, www.ene.gov.on.ca/publications Forms,
Manuals and Guidelines/Land
Noise and Vibration: Ministry of the Environment, Noise Assessment Criteria in Land Use Planning, LU-131
(October 1997), www.ene.gov.on.ca/publications Forms, Manuals and Guidelines/Noise
Drainage and Stormwater Management: Stormwater management Planning and Design Manual, 2003,
www.ene.gov.on.ca/publications Forms, Manuals and Guidelines/Water & Sewage Works
Mining Act and Environmental Assessment Act: www.e-laws.gov.on.ca : Requirements of the Mining Act for the
exploration and development of mines: http://www.mndm.gov.on.ca/mndm/mines/mg/advex/default_e.asp
Cultural Heritage: see Cultural Heritage in this Plan
Environmental Impact Study: See Natural Environment in this Plan
Site Plan Control: Planning Act, Section 41. See Site Plan Control in this Plan www.e-laws.gov.on.ca
Definitions: Provincial Policy Statement (2014) - mineral mining operations, areas of mineral potential, minerals,
mineral deposits, mine hazard
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14. CULTURAL
HERITAGE
14.1
Introduction
The
landscape
of
Temiskaming
Shores
has
been
influenced
by
human activity over the last century
but
the
Timiskaming
area
experienced human activities as long
ago
as
11,000
years
prior
to
European
settlement.
Places,
artefacts, burial grounds, buildings
and
other
structures
remain
to
remind us of the people who once
inhabited the area and how they
lived. In Temiskaming Shores, a
heritage site may take the form of an
archaeological site, historic buildings
and
structures,
burial
sites
and
cemeteries, sacred sites, heritage
laneways
and
significant
cultural
landscapes. Such resources should be
recognized
for
the
important
contribution
they
make
to
our
understanding of the history of a
place, an event or a people. Some of
these resources have been celebrated
in the City's two museums (the Little
Clay
Belt
Museum,
and
the
Haileybury Heritage Museum). Other
resources have been catalogued in
the Ministry of Culture's provincial
data base (3 archaeological sites in
Temiskaming
Shores) while The
New
Liskeard
Carnegie
Library
on
Whitewood
Avenue,
constructed
of
local
limestone,
has
been
protected
under
the
Ontario
Heritage Act since the building was
designated in 1983.
The intent of the policies of this Plan
is to conserve and protect the cultural
heritage of the City.
14.2
Definition
Cultural heritage resources include
significant built heritage resources,
significant
cultural
heritage
landscapes, significant archaeological
resources and marine archaeological
resources or sites.
14.3
Goal Statement
To manage the City's cultural
heritage through policies and
processes that serve to identify,
recognize, document, protect, rescue
and conserve these resources.
14.4
Objectives
The goal statement will be supported
by the following objectives:
1. To integrate the protection and
conservation of cultural heritage
within
development
decisions
which may affect those resources.
2. To incorporate cultural heritage
conservation
as
a
sustaining
element of the City's identity and
economic health.
3. To consult with the community
and First Nations in decisions of
cultural heritage protection and
conservation.
14.5
Heritage
Heritage resources and archaeological
sites will be identified and protected
through
the
development
review
process under the Ontario Heritage
Act. The City will celebrate heritage
as part of strategies and plans for
tourism
and
local
celebrations.
Examples include the Haileybury Fire,
the homes of Leslie MacFarlane, the
New Liskeard Library, etc. The City
will also participate in the celebration
of heritage and heritage events with
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adjacent
municipalities
such
as
Cobalt's mining legacy.
In accordance with Section 27 of the
Ontario Heritage Act, The City Clerk
will maintain an inventory of cultural
heritage resources designated under
Part 4 and Part 5 of the Ontario
Heritage
Act
through
the
establishment of a Municipal Register
of all property designated under the
Act.
The
Register
may
include
properties considered by Council to
be of cultural heritage value or
interest.
14.6
Municipal Heritage
Advisory Committee
Council
will
vest
the
Municipal
Heritage Advisory Committee with
responsibility for developing criteria
for the potential identification and
designation
of
significant
built
heritage
resources,
significant
cultural
landscapes
(see
Planning
Resource Kit, O. Reg. 9/06) and the
establishment
of
one
or
more
heritage conservation districts under
the
Ontario
Heritage
Act.
The
Committee
will
establish
management policies for the long-
term protection and conservation of
heritage resources, particularly any
heritage attributes that have been
identified during the creation of a
heritage resource inventory. This may
include the preparation of a heritage
master plan and an archaeological
management
plan.
The
City
will
consult
with
the
aboriginal
community in the preparation of
heritage plans.
14.7
Designation
The City may designate identified
cultural heritage sites under the
Ontario
Heritage
Act.
Current
protected heritage properties and the
New Liskeard Carnegie Library will be
recognized as designated.
14.8
Human Remains
The Ministry of Culture, the Ministry
of Consumer Services - Cemeteries
Regulation Unit, the OPP and First
Nations
will
be
contacted
where
human remains or an unmarked
burial site or cemetery is discovered.
14.9
Archaeological Resources
Archaeological
resources
will
be
conserved by preservation
in-situ
wherever
possible
and
where
preserved on site the integrity of the
site
will
be
maintained
where
development or site alteration is
permitted. Where approved and the
resources are removed, appropriate
Provincial Criteria for determining
archaeological potential:
Known archaeological sites
within 300 m
Water source (primary,
secondary, ancient) within 300
m
Elevated topography (e.g.
knolls, drumlins, eskers,
plateaux)
Unusual land formations (e.g.
mounds, caverns, waterfalls
Resource-rich area
(concentrations of animal,
vegetable or mineral resources
Non-aboriginal settlement
(monuments, cemeteries
Historic transportation (e.g.
road, rail, portage
Property protected under the
Ontario Heritage Act
Local knowledge
Recent disturbance (extensive
and intensive)
Note: the shorelines of Lake
Temiskaming, Wabi River, South
Wabi Creek, Mill Creek, and
Dickson Creek are considered to
have high archaeological potential.
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documentation shall be required. An
archaeological
assessment
undertaken
by
a
licensed
archaeologist will be required for
development or site alteration in
areas
of
archaeological
potential
based on provincial criteria and when
a known or suspected cemetery or
burial
site
is
affected
by
development.
An
archaeological
assessment
may
be
required
in
accordance with the provincial criteria
for
determining
archaeological
potential illustrated in the text box
opposite. Where a development or
change of use proposal is determined
to have a potential impact on a
known
cultural
or
archaeological
resource, it must be demonstrated
that the impact will be mitigated.
14.10 Marine Archaeological
Resources
The City may require a marine
archaeological
assessment
to
be
conducted
by
a
licensed
marine
archaeologist pursuant to the Ontario
Heritage Act if partially or fully
submerged marine features such as
ships, boats, vessels, artifacts from
the contents of boats, old piers,
docks, wharfs, fords, fishing traps,
dwellings, aircraft and other items of
cultural heritage value are identified
and
impacted
by
shoreline
and
waterfront developments.
14.11 Protected Heritage
Property
Development and site alteration may
be permitted on adjacent lands to a
protected heritage property where a
heritage impact assessment prepared
by
a
qualified
professional
has
evaluated
the
impacts
and
demonstrates
that
the
heritage
attributes of the protected heritage
property will be protected.
14.12 Implementation Tools
Measures to implement the cultural
heritage policies of this Plan include:
1. Establishing
a
heritage
zone
category
in
the
implementing
zoning by-law pursuant to Section
34 (1) 3.3 of the Planning Act.
2. Designating
built
heritage
resources and cultural heritage
landscapes under the applicable
components of Part 4 and Part 5
of the Ontario Heritage Act.
3. Creating one or more heritage
conservation districts based on
the following criteria:
a. Any collection or grouping of
buildings, properties, streets or
open spaces that as a result of
their
location,
landscape
setting,
historic
use,
archaeological
resources,
or
architecture
are
collectively
significant to the community
and/or are of cultural heritage
value. Such buildings may or
may not be designated under
Part 4 of the Ontario Heritage
Act;
b. An
area
with
a
special
character with an integrity of
its own that distinguishes the
area from other areas of the
community and represents a
certain aspect of, or era in the
development of the City which
is worthy of being maintained
and protected such as a town
centre, waterfront or lakeshore
area or original residential area
or neighbourhood;
c. A defined boundary identifying
a portion of the City within
which
all
properties
are
protected from inappropriate
changes
impacting
their
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recognized cultural, historic or
architectural
values
through
the use of policies, by-laws and
design guidelines.
d. An
area
that
has
been
identified or defined for its
heritage
attributes
by
the
Municipal
Heritage
Advisory
Committee;
e. An area that depicts one or
more
features,
events
or
aspects
of
the
history
of
Temiskaming
Shores
i.e.
settlement within the Little
Clay Belt, the Great Fire of
1922,
development
of
the
forest and mining industries,
the fur trade, and settlement
by the First Nations etc.
4. Applying site plan control.
5. Incorporating
heritage
conservation
through
the
preparation
of
a
community
improvement plan (per Section 28
of the Planning Act).
6. Partnering with organizations and
senior levels of government in
identifying,
protecting
and
conserving
heritage
resources.
Examples could include grants or
loans for repairs or restoration of
heritage properties.
7. Supporting the reduction of waste
construction debris as a result of
the demolition of buildings by
promoting and encouraging the
adaptive re-use of
older and
existing building stock.
8. Approving
energy
retrofits
of
heritage
buildings
without
compromising
the
heritage
integrity of the building.
9. Ensuring
that
public
works
projects
and
other
municipal
initiatives comply with the cultural
heritage policies of this Plan as a
condition of approval.
14.13 Municipal Cultural Plan
The City recognizes the contributions
that cultural industries make to the
culture, lifestyles and economic well-
being of the City.
1. Vision of the Municipal
Cultural Plan
Temiskaming Shores: A northern
hub of cultural excellence and
diversity in a pristine natural
setting.
Temiskaming Shores is a thriving
community that values culture as
a pillar of its economic and social
well-being.
Our
culture
is
fundamental
to
our
shared
identity, which is grounded in the
rich
histories,
traditions,
and
languages of our multicultural
community. Temiskaming Shores
is recognized for the beauty of its
natural setting, and our residents
are known for their inclusiveness,
generosity, and hospitality. We
celebrate
and
support
local
artists, cultural organizations, and
creative
entrepreneurs;
all
of
whom
work
collaboratively
to
strengthen
and
promote
Temiskaming Shores as a cultural
hub within northern Ontario. Our
culture
is
our
pride,
and
is
essential to our current and future
prosperity.
2. Strategic Actions
The City will initiate strategic
directions
to
implement
the
municipal cultural plan including:
a. Recognize the value of culture
in supporting a high quality of
life;
b. Increase the cultural profile of
Temiskaming Shores;
c. Leverage culture to promote
economic development;
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d. Embrace cultural and linguistic
diversity;
e. Support collaboration within the
cultural sector;
f. To build an inclusive community
that recognizes the diversity of
the cultural, ethnic and social
makeup and respects the values
embedded in Ontario Human
Rights Code and the Canadian
Charter
of
Rights
and
Freedoms.
The municipal cultural plan will be
used as a tool in guiding the actions
and programs that will implement the
strategic directions set out in the
cultural plan.
14.14 Other Facilities
The intent of the Plan is to recognize
the importance of
other
cultural
facilities
such
as
museums
for
preserving
and
maintaining
the
continued
understanding
of
local
history.
Planning Resource Kit
Heritage protection and conservation: www.culture.gov.on.ca/english/heritage/index.html
Ontario Heritage Resource Tool Kit: www.culture.gov.on.ca/english/heritage/Toolkit/toolkit.htm,
Historic Plaques: http://www.historicplaces.ca, http://www.ontarioplaques.com.
Ontario Heritage Act and Ontario Regulation 9/06; Criteria for Determining Cultural Heritage Value or Interest
Definitions: Provincial Policy Statement (2014): adjacent lands, archaeological resources, areas of archaeological potential, built
heritage resources, cultural heritage landscape, development, heritage attributes, significant, site alteration
Community Heritage Initiatives
Period: 2014-2020
Complete cultural heritage
resources inventory
Determine need to create
heritage conservation district
for Haileybury
Designate selected sites
Prepare archaeological
management plan
Period 2014-2018
Prepare heritage master plan
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15. PLANNING TOOL
KIT
15.1
Introduction
This Section of the Plan describes
those tools and procedures that
Council and approval authorities may
use to implement this Plan.
15.2 Planning Applications
Types of planning applications that
may be filed with the City include:
[Section of the Planning Act shown in
(parenthesis)
Official Plan Amendment (22)
Zoning By-law Amendment (34)
Holding By-law/removal of Holding
symbol (36)
Temporary Use By-law (39)
Site Plan Control (41)
Minor Variance/Permission of
extension/expansion, change of
non-conforming use (45)
Consent (53)
Plan of Subdivision (51)
Prior
to
filing
an
application,
applicants will be required to meet
with
the
City
to
ascertain
the
requirements for the submission of
applications (e.g. required studies
and information, fees, peer review,
agency and public consultation etc.)
Studies or information which may be
required in support of an application
will depend on the type of application
and the circumstances. Studies or
information may include, but is not
limited to (Sections of the official plan
shown in brackets):
1. A source water protection study
including surface and groundwater
impacts (Section 5.8 Well Head
and Intake Protection Zones);
2. A geotechnical study for unstable
slopes
(Section
10.9
Use
of
Natural Environment Lots);
3. Drainage/Stormwater
Report
(Sections
4.4
Land
Use
Designation,
5.4
Water,
Wastewater,
Stormwater,
12.7
and 13.7 New Operations);
4. Archaeological
Assessment
(Sections 12.7 and 13.7 New
Operations,
12.11
Wayside
Operations
14.9
Archaeological
Resources);
5. Heritage
Impact
Assessment
(Sections 12.7 and 13.7 New
Operations,
12.11
Wayside
Operations
14.11
Protected
Heritage Property);
6. Noise
and/or
Vibration
Study
(Sections 4.6 Employment Areas,
4.9 Urban Design Principles, 5.6
Transportation, 12.7 and 13.7
New Operations);
7. Blast Impact Study (Section 12.7
and 13.7);
8. Traffic
Study
(Sections
4.6
Employment Areas, 4.7.6 Boat
House Facility, 4.9 Urban Design
Principles,
5.6
Transportation,
7.10
Golf
Courses,
7.11
Integrated
Recreation
and
Housing Development, 12.7 and
13.7 New Operations);
9. Air
Quality
(Section
4.6
Employment Areas);
10. Land use Compatibility (Sections
4.10 Rural Area, 12.7 and 13.7
New Operations);
11. Environmental
Impact
Study
(Sections 10.5 Natural Heritage
Features, 10.9 Natural Hazards,
12.7 and 13.7 New Operations);
12.Municipal
Servicing
capacity
report (water, sewer) (Sections
4.4 Land Use Designation, 5.4
Water, Wastewater, Stormwater);
13.Septage Haulage Report (Section
4.10 Rural Area);
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14.Market
Study
(Sections
4.6
Employment
Areas,
4.8
Town
centres);
15.Minimum
Distance
Separation
(Sections 4.10 Rural Area, 11.14
Minimum Distance Separation);
16.Mine
Hazard
Rehabilitation
(Section 15.19);
17.Lakeshore Capacity Assessment
Study (Section 10.8);
18.Planning Justification Report.
Applicants shall bear the cost of any
study and any required peer review.
15.3
Building Code Act
All construction shall comply with the
relevant provisions of the Building
Code Act. Despite the provisions of
Section 8 of the Act, sewage disposal
systems shall be set back from the
shoreline of a lake or water body the
required distance set out in the
zoning by-law.
15.4
Property Standards
The City may enact and enforce a
property standards by-law to ensure
a high standard of development,
maintenance,
improvement
and
occupancy of residential and non-
residential properties in the City.
15.5
Development Charges Act
This Official Plan is to be considered
as a statement of intent of Council to
carry out or authorize to be carried
out, various public works which may
be subject to a development charge.
15.6
Amendments to the Official
Plan (Sections 17 and 22,
Planning Act)
Amendments to this Plan may be
initiated by application or by Council
in compliance with the requirements
of the Planning Act for changes to the
substance of the policies of the Plan
or for a change in a land use
designation. (See also Section 2
Interpretation.)
15.7
Public Works (Section 24,
Planning Act)
Public works may only be undertaken
where they comply with this Plan.
Public works which do not comply
shall be governed by Section 24 of
the Planning Act.
15.8
Acquisition of Land
(Section 25, Planning Act)
Council may acquire land for any
purpose set out in this Plan and may
lease or otherwise dispose of such
lands where no longer required.
15.9
Community Improvement
(Section 28, Planning Act)
The
entire
City
of
Temiskaming
Shores
shall
be
considered
a
community improvement area.
Council may designate by by-law the
whole or any part of the City as a
community improvement project area
for
the
purposes
of
undertaking
community improvement (e.g. repair,
replacement, upgrading infrastructure
and public service facilities, improving
town centres and waterfront areas,
repairing, retrofitting, rehabilitating,
and constructing buildings, facilitating
the delivery of affordable housing,
rehabilitating
brownfield
sites,
improving
or
rehabilitating
built
heritage
resources).
Community
improvement will provide measures
for
barrier-free
design
and
for
improving accessibility for persons
with disabilities and the elderly by
removing and/or preventing land use
barriers
which
restrict
their
full
participation in society.
Council
may
provide
financial
incentives under the Planning Act to
encourage and facilitate community
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improvement (e.g. loans, grants) and
the redevelopment of brownfields.
Council may acquire, lease or dispose
of land for community improvement
purposes.
15.10 Zoning By-law (Section 34,
Planning Act)
Council will pass a zoning by-law to
establish zone standards to regulate
the
use
of
land,
buildings
and
structures throughout the City.
15.11 Holding By-law (Section
36, Planning Act)
A holding symbol may be used in the
zoning by-law in connection with any
land use zone, in accordance with
Section 36 of the Planning Act. The
zoning by-law will allow existing uses
to continue in areas covered by the
holding symbol and will specify the
uses to be permitted, where the
principle of development or land use
has been established, at such time as
the holding symbol is removed by
amendment to the by-law. A holding
zone
may
be
used
to
defer
development until specified conditions
have been met (e.g. to provide
adequate infrastructure and public
service facilities, to remediate or
rehabilitate
contaminated
or
hazardous sites, to limit the use of
land in order to achieve the phasing
or
timing
of
development,
to
complete required studies, to ensure
that conditions of development or
other agreements have been met and
to secure financial requirements).
15.12 Height and Density
Bonusing
The City may authorize buildings to
exceed the height and density of
development otherwise permitted in
the zoning by-law in exchange for
community benefits such as increased
parkland dedication, improvements to
recreational and leisure facilities,
provision of affordable housing,
improvements to the transit system,
additional off-street parking,
improvements to streetscaping, or
measures for community
improvement.
15.13 Interim Control By-laws
(Section 38, Planning Act)
Where Council determines that the
policies of this Plan do not provide
adequate
direction
for
potential
development, an interim control by-
law may be passed in accordance
with Section 38 of the Planning Act,
provided that a resolution setting out
the terms of reference for a study or
review has been previously adopted.
15.14 Temporary Use By-laws
(Section 39, Planning Act)
An amendment to the zoning by-law
may
be
passed
permitting
a
temporary use of land or buildings
that is otherwise prohibited by the
zoning by-law, in accordance with
Section 39 of the Planning Act. A
temporary
use
by-law
shall
be
deemed to conform to this Plan, and
an amendment to this Plan is not
required for a temporary use.
15.15 Site Plan Control (Section
41, Planning Act)
For the purposes of Section 41 of the
Planning Act, the entire City of
Temiskaming Shores as illustrated on
Schedules A, B, C and D, Land Use
Schedules, is designated as a site
plan control area. Site plan control
may be used and agreements entered
into
for
the
construction
and/or
maintenance of all of the matters set
out in Section 41(7) of the Planning
Act for land uses including:
1.
Any industrial, commercial or
institutional use and including
campgrounds and golf courses;
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2.
Residential
intensification
projects;
3.
Facilities designed and intended
to have regard for persons with
disabilities;
4.
Resource uses including mineral
aggregate
operations
and
mineral mining operations;
5.
Heritage conservation projects;
6.
Any lands abutting a lake, water
body
or natural environment
area;
7.
Any residential use.
Council may secure the dedication of
land
for
a
road
widening
or
intersection
improvement
provided
that the conveyance requested does
not exceed one-half of the deficiency
of the width. The conveyance shall
apply to the full frontage of the
property
wherever
the
deficiency
exists.
Council
will
consider
barrier-free
design
in
site
plan
control
agreements.
15.16 Parkland Dedication
(Section 42, Planning Act)
As a condition of development or
redevelopment, Council may, subject
to passing a by-law, require the
conveyance of 2 per cent of the land
proposed for commercial or industrial
development
or
5
per
cent
for
residential development or the cash-
in-lieu equivalent and the conveyance
shall be for park or other public
recreational purposes.
15.17 Non-Conforming Uses
(Sections 44 and 45, Planning
Act)
A non-conforming use is a use of land
that lawfully existed on the date of
adoption of any zoning by-law passed
under
the
Planning
Act;
has
continued uninterrupted (or where
interrupted,
there
has
been
a
reasonable attempt to continue the
use
during
the
period
of
discontinuance)
and
does
not
conform with the uses permitted in
the zone(s) which apply to the
subject lands. A non-conforming use
may
be
extended,
enlarged
or
changed
to
a
similar
or
more
compatible use under Section 34(10)
or 45(2) of the Planning Act, provided
that:
1. It is not reasonable or feasible to
cease or relocate the use;
2. Any
incompatibility
with
surrounding land uses are not
aggravated;
3. Surrounding uses are protected
by appropriate buffers, setbacks
and other measures to improve
the compatibility of the use;
4. Adequate infrastructure, access
and parking are provided;
5. Natural and human-made hazards
are addressed, and
6. Development
details
may
be
regulated
by
a
development
agreement.
Nothing in this Plan shall prevent the
reconstruction
of
a
legal
non-
conforming use which is inadvertently
destroyed by a natural cause (e.g.
fire, flood, earthquake, subsidence),
provided the building is reconstructed
on
the
same
building
footprint.
Council
will,
however,
encourage
buildings to be relocated outside of a
flood hazard constraint area.
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15.18 Land Division, Part-Lot
Control and Deeming
(Sections 50-53, Planning
Act)
The creation of all new lots by plan of
subdivision (see also Sections 4.5.6,
4.10.3 (b) and 4.11) or consent shall
comply with the following general
requirements and the specific
requirements of the applicable land
use designation:
1. Development shall conform to the
land use policies for the land use
designations shown on the Land
Use Schedules.
2. Development shall comply with
the provisions of the zoning by-
law. Where a zoning by-law
amendment is required, such
amendment shall be in force
before the consent/subdivision
receives final approval.
3. Lots must have frontage on and
direct access to a year-round
maintained public road and where
applicable to a provincial highway
(per Section 5.6 of this Plan).
4. Development shall not result in
traffic hazards from limited site
lines on curves, grades or near
intersections.
5. Adequate infrastructure shall be
available (per Section 5 of this
Plan).
6. Adequate public service facilities
shall be available to service the
development.
7. All studies and other information
required by the City to determine
compliance with this Plan shall be
provided in support of the
application.
8. Development will not be
permitted which compromises the
opportunity to develop adjacent
lands nor will land lock access.
9. Development will not be
permitted on an inland lake where
the lake has reached its capacity
as determined in consultation with
the Lakeshore Capacity
Assessment Handbook and no
residual capacity exists for that
water body unless in accordance
with Section 10.8.
10. Subdivision development will take
into consideration barrier-free
design.
Part-lot control may be used for
existing plans of subdivision where it
is necessary to re-align lot
boundaries, to clarify or grant title, to
provide a service easement, or widen
a road.
A deeming by-law may be passed by
Council under Section 50(4) of the
Planning Act for a plan of subdivision
or part thereof that has been
registered for eight years or more
and where Council deems it
appropriate to apply subdivision
control to the lands under Section
50(3) of the Planning Act.
15.19 Mine Hazard
Lands identified as having a mine
hazard on the Land Use Schedules
shall be rehabilitated in compliance
with the Rehabilitation Code
regulation under the Mining Act prior
to any development or
redevelopment. A mine hazard
rehabilitation report shall be
submitted to the City as a condition
of development or redevelopment.
Lands within 1 km [0.6 miles] of a
mine hazard shall be evaluated for
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their safety for construction
(development) and if necessary, a
mine hazard rehabilitation report
shall be prepared. The City will
consult with the Ministry of Northern
Development and Mines regarding the
nature of the mine hazard and any
rehabilitation or remediation
measures that may be required under
the Mining Act.
15.20 Contaminated Lands
1. Lands identified as contaminated
or potentially contaminated shall
be evaluated and where required,
(i.e. particularly a change in land
use to a sensitive land use) shall
be remediated in compliance with
O.Reg. 153/04 and Ministry of the
Environment Guideline "Records
of Site Condition - A Guide on
Site Assessment, the Clean-Up of
Brownfield Sites", such that the
site is suitable for the intended
future use.
2. Mandatory filing of a Record of
Site Condition on the Registry is
required for any change to a more
sensitive land use such as a
change of use from industrial to
residential or parkland. The
applicant shall provide the City
with a Ministry of the Environment
acknowledged Record of Site
Condition (RSC) and an affidavit
from a qualified professional
acknowledging that the City may
rely on the statement in the RSC
prior to the granting of any
development approvals by the
City or approval authority.
3. Where a gasoline station site is
being redeveloped to a more
sensitive land use, the City will
require a clearance letter from the
Technical Standards and Safety
Authority (TSSA).
15.21 Accessory Uses
Accessory uses to any permitted main
use shall be permitted subject to
meeting the relevant policies of the
land use designation in which they
are proposed.
15.22 Lots of Record
Lots of record are legally created
parcels or tracts of land that can
legally be conveyed. For the
purposes of this Plan, lots of record
are deemed to include lots or blocks
on a registered plan of subdivision
and parcels created by consent. Lots
of record which are vacant and which
existed on the date of adoption of this
Plan may be used for building
purposes provided that the lot fronts
on a public road, the lot complies
with the policies of the underlying
land use designation, the lot complies
with the zoning by-law and the lot is
or can be adequately serviced.
Development may be prohibited or
restricted on lots which are
significantly undersized for the
proposed use.
Community Initiatives for Planning
Tool Kit:
Period 2013-2020:
Review Planning Application
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