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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPSD-057-10Clarington Leading the Way REPORT PLANNING SERVICES Meeting: GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE Date: May 3, 2010 Resolution#: C-a05-/Q By-law#: a0/O-b56 Report #: PSD-057-10 File #: COPA 2007-0014 (X-Ref.: PLN 31.5.11) Subject: PROPOSED NEIGHBOURHOOD DESIGN PLAN AND OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT TO ADD THREE (3) MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL SYMBOLS AND CHANGE HOUSING AND POPULATION TARGETS IN THE FOSTER NEIGHBOURHOOD OF THE OFFICIAL PLAN APPLICANTS: PATRICIA STEPHENSON, ROBERT AND DANIELE STEPHENSON, AND GARTHWOOD HOMES LIMITED RECOMMENDATIONS: It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee recommend to Council the following: THAT Report PSD-057-10 be received; 2. THAT the application for proposed Clarington Official Plan Amendment, COPA 2007- 0014, submitted by Patricia Stephenson, Robert & Daniele Stephenson, and Garthwood Homes Limited, be approved as per Attachment 2 and a by-law attached to Report PSD- 057-10 to adopt Amendment No. 74 be forwarded to Council for approval; 3. THAT the Foster Northwest Neighbourhood Design Plan as contained in Attachment 3 to Report PSD-057-10 be received; 4. THAT the Durham Region Planning Department and the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation be forwarded. a copy of Report PSD-057-10 and Council's decision; and 5. THAT all interested parties listed in Report PSD-057-10 and any delegations be advised of Council's decision. Submitted by: I F 1~y Langm '', FCSLA, MCIP cling Direct ,Planning Services Reviewed by:~ ~-~ ~"`~ r't- Franklin Wu, Chief Administrative Officer BR/CP/df/av 21 April 2010 CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON 40 TEMPERANCE STREET, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO L1C 3A6 T (905)623-3379 F (9D5)623-0830 REPORT NO.: PSD-057-10 PAGE 2 1.0 APPLICATION DETAILS 1.1 Applicants/Owners: Patricia Stephenson, Robert &Daniele Stephenson, and Garthwood Homes Limited 1.2 Location: North of King Avenue West, east of the Wilmot Creek Valleylands, south of Hwy. 35/115, and west of Rudell Road (see Attachment 1) 1.3 Proposal: Official Plan Amendment to modify the following: i) The Newcastle Village Land Use Schedule by adding three (3) medium density residential symbols on the lands north of King Avenue West, and west of Rudell Road; ii) The Foster Neighbourhood population target from 5100 to 5700; and iii) The number of units in the Foster Neighbourhood from 1450 to 1575 for low density and from 200 to 300 for medium density and adjust all the neighbourhood and urban area totals accordingly (see Attachment 2). 2.0 BACKGROUND 2.1 Patricia Stephenson, Robert &Daniele Stephenson, and Garthwood Homes Limited originally submitted applications for: An Official Plan Amendment to delete a public secondary school site and adjust the Plan's housing and population targets accordingly; and A proposed Neighbourhood Design Plan for the northwest portion of the Foster Neighbourhood. 2.2 In November 2008, a public meeting was held to deal with the Official Plan Amendment to delete a public secondary school site as well as adjust the Plan's housing and population targets accordingly. The public meeting report noted the public school board had sent a letter dated October 27, 2008 stating an objection to the deletion of a public secondary school designation in the Foster Neighbourhood and in any related Neighbourhood Design Plan. Subsequently, Council passed a resolution to refer the public meeting report back to staff for further discussions between the school board, the applicants and Planning Staff. Discussions occurred in early 2009 with the result being that by a-mail on May 19, 2009, the public school board noted the importance of the retention of the Foster Public Secondary School designation and the continued applicability of its October 27, 2008 letter. The Board's reasoning was based in part, on Durham Region's Amendment 128 to its Official Plan (the Growth Plan conformity amendment). 2.3 On June 25, 2009, Planning Staff received the First Revision submission of the Neighbourhood Design Plan. The submission cover letter noted that if and when it is determined that no Official Plan Amendment is required the applicants will withdraw the REPORT NO.: PSD-057-10 PAGE 3 Official Plan Amendment application. This submission included a 6.0 hectare public secondary school site and a parkette. The overall density for the neighbourhood was increased by the addition of more street townhouse units. 2.4 Comments from the agencies including Regional Planning were collected, discussions were held with the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority concerning the proposal and the ongoing Wilmot Creek Watershed Study. Clarington Staff met with the applicant's consultants to review the issues that commenting agencies and Staff had with the First Revision. 2.5 In response to comments received from the circulated agencies and discussion with .staff a Second Revision to the Neighbourhood Design Plan was received on December 23, 2009. This submission included a revised Neighbourhood Design Plan and a draft Official Plan Amendment that added to the Official Plan three medium density symbols to be placed in the Foster Northwest Neighbourhood Area, on the Newcastle Village Urban Area Land Use Map (Map A4). The revised amendment also increased the population allocation for the neighbourhood from 5,300 to 5,700, on the Neighbourhood Planning Unit Schedule map for Newcastle Village (Map H3) and Low and Medium Density Housing Unit numbers in the neighbourhoods housing targets table (Table 9-2). A separate document outlining the proposed Neighbourhood Design Plan's conformity with the Provincial Growth Plan was also part of the submission. The February 22, 2010 Public Meeting Report (PSD-025-10) was focussed on the Second Revision. No one, other than the applicant's agent, spoke at the public meeting. 2.6 A Third and Final Revision submission of the Neighbourhood Design Plan which Planning Staff received on March 23, 2010 was in response to further agency and staff comments on the previous submission. This Report, PSD-057-10, provides recommendations that are in reference to the Third and Final Revision submission. 3.0 SITE CHARACTERISTICS AND SURROUNDING USES 3.1 The limits of the portion of the Foster Neighbourhood subject to applications are King Avenue West on the south, Wilmot Creek Valleylands on the west, Highway 351115 on the north, and Rudell Road on the east. The site has seven residences and is generally flat agricultural land, slightly rolling, sloping down to the west, with rows of trees as field boundaries. The property contains a house, known as The Belmont, which was designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act in 1988. The structure has very significant historical and cultural value to Clarington as the cellar of the building, with its several large rooms separated by brick arches, was built by Major. S.S. Wilmot, circa 1814, and contains the spring where his son, Samuel Wilmot, the father of Canadian fish aquaculture, began his experiments in the 1860's. The first fish hatchery in Canada was built on this property and the spot was marked with a Provincial plaque in 1967. Following a fire in 1898, the house was rebuilt on its foundation in essentially the same architectural style as the original REPORT NO.: PSD-057-10 3.2 The surrounding uses are as follows: PAGE 4 North: Highway 35/115 and beyond, agricultural land South: Existing residences fronting King Avenue West and lands for the community park including the existing Newcastle & District Recreation Complex East: Existing residences, Rudell Road and beyond, vacant lands draft approved for subdivision development West: Wilmot Creek and its valleylands 4.0 PROVINCIAL POLICY 4.1 Provincial Policv Statement The Provincial Policy Statement (PPS) requires Municipalities to provide for efficient settlement patterns with a range of uses and opportunities for intensification and redevelopment. New development is to occur adjacent to existing built-up areas and shall have a compact form, mix of uses and densities that allow for the efficient use of land, infrastructure and public service facilities, which includes schools. The Municipality is required to plan for public service facilities in a coordinated, efficient and cost-effective manner to accommodate projected needs. The PPS requires that significant built heritage resources and significant cultural heritage landscapes be conserved. Significant is defined as built heritage resources and cultural heritage landscapes that are valued for the important contribution they make to our. understanding of the history of a place, an event, or a people. Conserved is defined as the identification, protection, use and/or management of cultural heritage in such a way that their heritage values, attributes and integrity are retained. This may be addressed through a conservation plan or heritage impact assessment. 4.2 Provincial Growth Plan Since the site is outside the built boundary, the neighbourhood should be planned with a density target of 50 persons and jobs per hectare. A public secondary school is community infrastructure contributing to a complete community. In particular, an appropriate range of community infrastructure should be planned to meet the needs resulting from population changes and to foster complete communities. 5.0 OFFICIAL PLANS 5.1 Durham Regional Official Plan The Durham Regional Official Plan designates the site Living Area. Amendment 128 to the Regional Plan confirms the need for conformity to the Provincial Growth Plan. The Regional Plan requires a wide variety of housing by type, size and tenure in Urban Areas, and that the full range of housing be developed in acost-effective and efficient manner. Also, Living Areas are to be an attractive living environment. A public secondary school is a public facility supportive of residential development and therefore, appropriate for Living Areas. Living Areas are to be compact in form through higher densities and shall support and provide access to public transit. More specific requirements include convenient pedestrian access to public transit, educational REPORT NO.: PSD-057-10 PAGE 5 facilities and parks. Roads are to be in a grid pattern and trails and pathways are to be provided too. 5.2 Clarington Official Plan The Clarington Official Plan designates the lands. Urban Residential Area with a public secondary school symbol in the Foster Northwest Neighbourhood. The predominant use of lands designated Urban Residential shall be for housing. Abroad range of housing is to be provided in urban areas. Table 9.2 allows for 1,450 low density units and 200 medium density units in the entire Foster Neighbourhood. The Neighbourhood Design Policies state Neighbourhood Design Plans (NDP) shall include: road alignments; sidewalks; trails and walkways; potential transit and cycling routes; potential lotting; and siting of schools, parks (and parkettes), open space lands, stomtwater management facilities and other community/utility uses. Residential neighbourhoods shall feature: grid streets; public buildings and spaces; natural and cultural heritage features protection; and avoidance of reverse lotting and acoustical fencing. Other uses that through activity, scale and design, are supportive of, compatible with or serve residential uses may be permitted such as schools. The objective of the Clarington Official Plan policies in regards to heritage buildings is to conserve and enhance the Municipality's cultural heritage resources. The inappropriate alteration of a cultural heritage resource is discouraged. Heritage resources are defined as properties of cultural or natural heritage importance, which would include buildings, structures, and their surrounding lands. The Clarington Official Plan designates King Avenue West as a Type A Arterial and as a Regional Transit Spine. Rudell Road is identified as a Collector Road as is the north- south road from Highway 2 northerly to where it intersects with the extension of Grady Drive, and east-west collector. The Clarington Official Plan designates the Wilmot Creek Valleylands, at the west end of the Foster Northwest Neighbourhood, as Significant Valleylands focussed on a Cold Water Stream, a part of the Natural Heritage System. Through Policy 4.4.35, an Environmental Impact Study is required for development applications within. or adjacent to any natural heritage feature identified on Map C. When the neighbourhood plan is implemented through application(s) for Draft Approval of a Plan of Subdivision, those application(s) within a 120 metre distance of the features will require an Environmental Impact Study. 6.0 ZONING BY-LAW 6.1 Zoning By-law 84-63 zones the large majority of the subject lands "Agricultural Exception (A-1)" and the remainder "Environmental Protection (EP)". The public use provisions of Zoning By-law 84-63 permit a public secondary school in basically any zone including the "Agricultural Exception (A-1)" Zone. The lands are expected to be rezoned in the future together with applications for Draft Plan of Subdivision for the area. REPORT NO.: PSD-057-10 PAGE 6 7.0 PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS 7.1 As a result of the public notification process, to date, the Planning Services Department has received two inquiries or comments. One resident asked about land uses at specific locations near their home and the timing of construction within the proposed neighbourhood. Another resident had interest in, and sketched, a location in the neighbourhood for a future Newcastle Village GO Station. There are no plans by the Province to extend GO beyond Bowmanville at this time. 8.0 AGENCY COMMENTS 8.1 Comments have been received from the circulated departments and agencies regarding both the Clarington Official Plan Amendment and the Neighbourhood Design Plan. Most agency comments addressed the Neighbourhood Design Plan. Clarington Emergency & Fire Services offered no objections to the proposed Neighbourhood Design Plan or Official Plan Amendment. 8.2 Clarington Engineering Services supported the Official Plan Amendment in principle and the Neighbourhood Design Plan in concept, but noted that the following matters are to be resolved prior to approval of future proposed draft plan(s) of subdivision within the neighbourhood: • Road right-of-way widths • Connectivity to Rudell Road • Closure of Given Road • Traffic issues and recommended traffic controls through a traffic impact study • Phasing and implementation • stormwater management (east and west ponds) • Noise attenuation • Entrance features/pond enhancements, and • Sidewalk and street lighting construction on Highway 2 west of Rudell Road 8.3 Clarington Operations had no concerns with the proposed applications. Comments identified the need for a report in support of future applications for Draft Plan of Subdivision, detailing designs for review of each stormwater management pond, a stormwater inceptor upstream and connection to nearby hydro, for the western stormwater management pond. 8.4 The Clarington Heritage. Committee was advised of the application for the Neighbourhood Design Plan when it was first submitted in 2007. They are in support of the conservation of the designated heritage building and its surrounding landscape. 8.5 Ganaraska Region Conservation stated no objection to the proposed Official Plan Amendment and no objection, in principle, to the Neighbourhood Design Plan submitted. However, they advised that an Environmental Impact Study (EIS) must be undertaken to determine the appropriate proximity of development to the Wilmot Creek Valleylands REPORT NO.: PSD-057-10 PACE 7 prior to approval of any proposed Draft Plan of Subdivision or Site Plan application. The EIS may impact the ultimate design of the neighbourhood abutting the natural heritage feature. 8.6 The Public School Board noted the 6 hectare public secondary school site is acceptable provided the 6 hectare area is not diminished by any road widening, sight triangle or transit stop requirements. If such lands are required, the proposed secondary school site area of 6 hectares must be maintained by adjusting the remainder of the subdivision. Comments from the Public School Board request the portion of Given Road that runs through the secondary school site area be stopped up, closed and conveyed by the Municipality to the subdividers as part of subdivision draft approval. 8.7 The Separate School Board noted it currently has one elementary school in Newcastle. This school, St. Francis. of Assisi, has sufficient space to accommodate any enrolment growth from the Foster Northwest Neighbourhood. The Board did not require any additional school sites in the Newcastle area for elementary or secondary students and the proposed streets layout did accommodate easy walking access by any elementary students in this area to the above school. -The Board noted a concern regarding the provision of supervised access across Durham Highway 2, to and from the above school 8.8 Durham Regional Planning noted the Growth Plan and Amendment 128 to the Regional Plan require Greenfield Areas in the Lake Ontario Shoreline municipalities to develop at a minimum gross density of 50 persons and jobs combined per hectare. It was noted the proposed Neighbourhood Design Plan does not achieve the 50 persons and jobs combined per hectare. Clarington staff were asked to provide justification and support for the shortfall. It was agreed each development is not required to meet this minimum target, and Clarington must be satisfied that development across the municipality achieves this density. Following further discussion and justification the Region provided verbal comments stating the application was exempt from Regional approval. A traffic study will be required in support of development applications in this area. The Regional Works Department has recently provided to the Regional Planning Department detailed comments which are summarized below. The majority of the proposed development in the above neighbourhood is within the existing Zone 1 distribution system. The existing Arthur Street Zone 1 reservoir with a top water elevation of 135.5 metres results in below adequate water pressure for lands higher than 105 metres. The applicants may choose to grade the site to 105 metres of elevation, construct a Zone 2 booster pumping station or wait for Durham Region to construct new infrastructure. Anew Zone 1 reservoir is planned by Durham Region and will likely have a top water elevation of approximately 140-142 metres which will be sufficient to service the entire site. The new Zone 1 reservoir is forecast for construction after 2015. A 400- 600 millimetre water feeder main extension will be required westerly on Durham Highway 2 from near North Street to eventually loop through proposed development to REPORT NO.: PSD-057-10 PAGE 8 Toronto and Milligan Streets to service the subject Neighbourhood and Newcastle generally. Most of this work is forecast for construction after 2015. The Newcastle Water Pollution Control Plant is approaching its maximum capacity to service existing and committed customers. Plant expansion construction is projected for 2014. Due to topography on the subject lands, the lands east of Rudell Road are generally tributary to the Foster Creek trunk sanitary sewer and Rudell Road sanitary sewage pumping station. Depending on the timing of other developments within Newcastle the subject Neighbourhood may be dependent on a further extension of the Foster Creek trunk sanitary sewer southwest from Highway 401 to the existing Wilmot Creek Water Pollution Control Plant, including interception and abandonment of the Sunset Boulevard sanitary sewage pumping station. This project is scheduled for construction in 2012. The lands west of Rudell Road and the Rudell Road sanitary sewage pumping station (diversion) are dependent on the extension of the Wilmot Creek trunk sanitary sewer from Toronto and Milligan Streets, which is forecast beyond 2015. 8.9 Past comments from the Ontario Ministry of Transportation note the requirement fora 14 metre setback from the edge of the Highway 35/115 property, and the possible need for studies in the future. The studies will likely be required in support of individual plans of subdivision. implementing the Neighbourhood Design Plan for stormwater management and traffic impact, the latter to be completed with particular concern for the Durham Highway 2/Highway 35/115 Interchange. 8.10 The Ministry of Natural Resources was circulated for comments given the provinces ownership of the Wilmot Creek Valleylands, which abut the subject Neighbourhood on the west. In response, the Ontario Realty Corporation noted that use of the valleylands for municipal trails may require property arrangements such as easements or licences. The Ministry of Natural Resources stated, additional design and construction details for the water management pond in the southwest corner of the neighbourhood and outlet are requested as the information becomes available since the pond outlets onto the Crown Land property. Lots abutting the Crown Lands raise the question of setbacks and/or fencing, and details on these matters are requested. 9.0 STAFF COMMENTS 9.1 The submitted Clarington Official Plan Amendment proposes three changes to the Official Plan (see Attachmerrt 2). It modifies, in Section 9.4.5, Table 9-2 -Housing Targets by Neighbourhoods, by increasing the Low Density Housing Units number from 1,450 to 1,575; by increasing the Medium density Housing Units number from 200 to 300; and correspondingly, the associated Foster Neighbourhood and Newcastle Village Urban Area Totals. The increase in medium density units necessitates the addition of three (3) medium density symbol on Map A4 -Land Use -Newcastle Village Urban Area, specifically in parts of the Foster Northwest Neighbourhood. The other consequence and third change is the increase in the total population target for Neighbourhood 3 Foster from 5,100 to 5,700, in Map H3 -Neighbourhood Planning Units -Newcastle Village Urban Area. REPORT NO.: PSD-057-10 PAGE 9 9.2 Durham Regional Planning has required an analysis to determine if a minimum gross density of 50 persons and jobs combined per hectare was being realized through the Clarington Official Plan Amendment and Neighbourhood Design Plan applications. Through the proposed amendment the Foster Northwest Neighbourhood will have approximately 1,423 residents and 77 employees (working at the secondary school) generating a total of 1,500 residents and jobs. Based on a total gross area of 34.8 hectares this yields 43.10 residents and jobs per hectare. This yield is short of the above figure of 50 by 6.90 residents and jobs per hectare or 13.8%. In response to the concerns raised by the Region, Claringtoh Planning Staff provided a written response advising that the shortfall in this community would be accounted for in future development in Bowmanville and Courtice. The Newcastle Village Urban Area has always been, and continues to be an urban area of lower density than Bowmanville or Courtice. The northwest quadrant of the Foster Neighbourhood remains the last area for development approval. Based on the current Official Plan designation and population targets the portion of the neighbourhood subject to applications would yield roughly 25.3 residents or jobs per ha combined, or approximately half the density targeted by the Growth Plan and Amendment 128. The proposed Official Plan amendment represents a dramatic improvement over the current situation and demonstrates the "spirit" of the Growth Plan, and Amendment 128 has been adhered to while providing for housing forms that are not out of character with the balance of the neighbourhood. The increase in combined residents and jobs per hectare offered by the proposed Official Plan amendment and Neighbourhood Design Plan represents the upper limit in density that can be accommodated in Newcastle Village without dramatic change and disruption to the community. A higher density than what is proposed would create a different housing mix, likely out of character with the balance of the neighbourhood and Newcastle Village. The number of street townhouse units proposed is already a departure from Newcastle Village's typical built form and draft~approved plans. Conformity to the Growth Plan and Amendment 128 is not to be reduced to an accounting exercise and the 50 persons and jobs does not have to be met in each urban area, neighbourhood, or proposed plan of subdivision, but rather across a municipality as a whole. Bowmanville and Courtice are not only larger urban areas but, can more easily absorb higher densities. Staff is confident that the 240 persons and jobs, deficit (below 50 per hectare) in the Foster Northwest quadrant can be made up for in Bowmanville and/or Courtice. The Region has accepted staffs comments and has advised the application is exempt from Regional approval 9.3 Durham Regional Works has offered detailed comments and timelines for the extension of services to the proposed neighbourhood. Water distribution will not be available until at least 2016 unless the developers involved do extensive site re-grading or construct and finance a booster pumping station. A water feeder main extension that will form a loop is required to service the subject Neighbourhood and it too will not be available until at least 2016. Sanitary sewage capacity in Newcastle Village is running out and more capacity is scheduled to be built after 2014. Also required is an extension of the Wilmot REPORT NO.: PSD-057-10 PAGE 10 Creek trunk sanitary sewer from Toronto and Milligan Streets which will not be available until at least 2016. 9.4 The March 23, 2010 proposed Neighbourhood Design Plan proposes to increase the density in housing/population numbers and in the diversity of housing form, exampled by the three different frontage widths for the single detached housing and allowance for on- street townhouses. The use of cul-de-sacs has been avoided where possible with only one present immediately north of the Given Road alignment east of the secondary school The proposed Official Plan Amendment and Neighbourhood Design Plan conform to the Growth. Plan and Amendment 128 in other ways. The development will be accessible to transit on King Avenue West permitting the secondary school and almost all of the housing in the neighbourhood to be within easy walking distance of a transit stop. Attractiveness of the neighbourhood to pedestrians is facilitated by a modified grid road network, the parkette in the centre of the neighbourhood and potential for pedestrian connections to both King Avenue West and Rudell Road, as well as the secondary school, the stormwater management pond, and through the tableland open spaces and into, and even throughout, the Crown Lands (Valleylands) to the west. The secondary school is a key community infrastructure that supports not only the Foster Northwest Neighbourhood, but the Newcastle Village Urban Area. 9.5 The house known as The Belmont, an architectural and cultural heritage feature, is located in the northwest section of the neighbourhood.. The proposed Neighbourhood Design Plan shows The Belmont remaining on site, and in keeping with the cultural heritage resource policies of the Provincial Policy Statement, the entire block that The Belmont is located in, is undeveloped. It is reserved as a Heritage Dwelling Area and to the west, across the local street, is open space tableland which provides a pedestrian and visual link between The Belmont, its grounds and the Crown Lands (Valleylands). If in the future, any development is contemplated in the Heritage Dwelling Area, it will have to be justified by a Heritage Impact Assessment, or alternatively a conservation plan, for this Area. 9.6 The Ministry of Transportation-Ontario (MTO) has advised they require a 14 metre setback from the edge of the Highway 35/115 property to accommodate potential highway widening. Interpreted broadly, nothing required for the development of the neighbourhood is permitted in the 14 metre setback including noise fencing and berming. Some realignment of the most northerly lots to the east, in Subdivisions 18T- 89059 and S-C-2007-0001, is anticipated to accommodate appropriate noise barriers. When the acoustical engineering and consequent re-lotting is done, the northeast corner may need to be redesigned to "dovetail" with the new layout and the awkwardly sized lot will shrink to a more normal size or disappear. Rational development of the Foster Northwest Neighbourhood will be facilitated through development which is divided into Phases 1 to 4. REPORT NO.: PSD-057-10 PAGE 11 9.7 The Official Plan policies allow convenience commercial (corner) store uses subject only to rezoning and site plan approval. There is an opportunity for such a use immediately north of the south western stormwater management pond on the west side of the north- south collector road at the intersection. Such a use will contribute to neighbourhood completeness. 9.8 The Official Plan Amendment and Neighbourhood Design Plan applications have been the subject of two public meetings. The first was on November 17, 2008 at the General Purpose and Administration Committee Meeting, with no members of the public, before or during the meeting, expressing interest in the applications. The second was much more recently, February 22, 2010, again at the General Purpose and Administration Committee Meeting, with one member of the public before, and one member of the public after the meeting, making brief counter inquiries about the applications. In light of the public exposure of these applications and the resulting very limited level of public interest, a separate public information centre for the proposed Neighbourhood Design Plan was not held. 9.9 The Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority has made it clear to the Municipality that although the large majority (about 80%) of the Subwatershed Study work for the Foster Northwest Neighbourhood has been completed through the Wilmot Creek Watershed Study which is being finalized at this time, there remains about 20% of the work outstanding which would be focussed on matters such as stream erosion and restoratior ("fluvial geomorphology'), stormwater management criteria ("hydrology") and Foster Northwest Neighbourhood ("planning area") natural heritage targets. The work undertaken by the Conservation Authority will form the foundation for an environmental impact study that will be done as part of the process when proponents of individual plans of subdivision are seeking draft approval to develop portions of this neighbourhood. It is recognized that the environmental impact studies recommendations may cause some alterations to the Neighbourhood Design Plan as a result of required separation from environmental features. 9.10 Clarington Engineering Services and Clarington Operations have no concerns with the Official Plan Amendment and the Neighbourhood Design Plan. They have a considerable number of requirements that are to be fulfilled at the Draft Plan of Subdivision stage. 9.11 The Separate School Board noted a concern with the provision of supervised access across Durham Highway 2, to and from St. Francis of Assisi Elementary School. It is expected that there will be traffic signals at the Durham Highway 2/Rudell Road intersection when development north of King Avenue. West commences and warrants increase. 9.12 Taxes for the subject properties have been paid in full. REPORT NO.: PSD-057-10 PAGE 12 10.0 CONCLUSIONS 10.1 In consideration of the provincial policy, the Clarington Official Plan, agency comments and staff comments, it is recommended that the Official Plan Amendment application as per Attachment 2 (Amendment No. 74) be approved. As per the Council approved guidelines, Neighbourhood Design Plans are not approved by Council. The Neighbourhood Design Plan as contained in Attachment 3 will be approved by the Director of Planning Services and provide design direction for future subdivision applications. Staff Contact: Bob Russell Attachments: Attachment 1 -Site Location and Key Map Attachment 2 -Proposed Official Plan Amendment No. 74 By-law Attachment 3 -Proposed Neighbourhood Design Plan List of interested parties to be advised of Council's decision: Durham Region Planning Department D.G. Biddle & Associates Ltd. Patricia Stephenson Robert Stephenson Garthwood Homes Ltd. Roslyn Houser Clark Morawetz Richard Wicha Gerald Brown Clarington Heritage Committee, c/o Isabel Little Newcastle Village & District Historical Society, c/o Allan Kirby Ministry of Natural Resources, c/o Theresa Fancy Municipal Property Assessment Corporation, c/o Michael Porporo Clarington Museum & Archives, C/O Martha Rutherford Attachment 1 To Report PSD-057-10 ~ °' ~ ++ y Z E d o H C ~ O Oil "Il3Oflil [9 O Q N L 3 Z j O ~ N t N N C s` _ ° a m O ~ ` o m O _ y~Z ¢ __- Q ~ ~ C ~ m ~i ~ Oa O •° p a ` ~° ~ ° U c o + • ac~`o T J~ ~ ~ ~ c :: d O. 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That this By-law shall come into force and take effect on the date of the passing hereof. BY-LAW read a first time this day of 2010 BY-LAW read a second time this day of 2010 BY-LAW read a third time and finally passed this day of 2010 Jim Abernethy, Mayor Patti L. Barrie, Municipal Clerk AMENDMENT NO. 74 TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON OFFICIAL PLAN PURPOSE: To provide for a moderate increase in residential density and the approval of a Neighbourhood Design Plan for orderly residential subdivision development on lands located north of King Avenue West (Durham Highway 2) and west of Rudell Road, Newcastle Village. LOCATION: The subject site is located north of King Avenue West, east of the Wilmot Creek valleylands, south of Highway 35/115, and west of Rudell Road, in Newcastle Village, former Township of Clarke, now in the Municipality of Clarington. BASIS: This amendment is based on an application for a Neighbourhood Design Plan, prepared by D.G. Biddle & Associates Ltd., and reviewed by public agencies and municipal staff. In addition, consideration is given to policies of the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe and Regional Official Plan Amendment 128. ACTUAL AMENDMENT: The Municipality of Clarington Official Plan is hereby amended by: i) In Section 9.4.5, Table 9-2 "Housing Targets by Neighbourhoods" by amending the target for Foster Neighbourhood - N3 and all corresponding totals as follows: ii) By Amending Map A4-Land Use -Newcastle Village Urban Area as shown on Exhibit "A" to this amendment. iii) By Amending Map H3-Neighbourhood Planning Units - Newcastle Village Urban Area as shown on Exhibit "B" to this amendment. IMPLEMENTATION: The provisions set forth in the Municipality of Clarington Official Plan, as amended, regarding implementation of the Plan shall apply to this Amendment. INTERPRETATION: The provisions set forth in the Municipality of Clarington Official Plan, as amended, regarding the interpretation of the Plan shall apply to this Amendment. Exhibit "A", Amendment No. 74 To the Municipality of Clarington Official Plan, Map A4, Land Use, Newcastle Village Urban Area y 3y\/,• ~ ~`G~~P / ADD "MEDIUM DENSITY ~ RESIDENTIAL" SYMBOLS ~/ M NP D Q M ~ J J O W M 0 ~ O KING AVENUE CP ~: EDWARD STREE 836 ~ t Y 8 ~ ~°~ ~ l e a o o R B $ g F f 5 ~ ~ ~ ~ S < ~ c g $~ _o 00 ooa~ _ _ ~ ~ I _ _ o p ~~ t ~ m ~ ~ 4 S k 8 ~ ~• y l (---------- f.-. I ---'-- f I - I f JI~ ~ ~ ~ I ,% ' f - - -- , __ i~i i I ~ i f ~ i i I , - I f I T I~,! 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