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THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE
DN: SIGNAGE.GPA
Meeting: General Purpose and Administration Committee
Date: Monday, June 1, 1992 Res.
PD-126-92
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TOWN OF NEWCASTLE - SUBDIVISION AGREEMENT
SIGNAGE REQUIREMENTS
LAND USE DESIGNATIONS
Recommendations:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and
Administration Committee recommend to Council the following:
1. THAT Report PD-126-92 be received for information.
1. BACKGROUND
1.1 Council at their February 24, 1992 meeting endorsed the
following resolution:
"THAT the planning Staff be directed to review and report back
to the General Purpose and Administration Committee on
refining requirements for new development in an attempt to
make land use designation more specific".
2 . STAFF COMMENTS
2.1 The Director of Planning and Development and the Director of
Public Works have been requested in the past to review the
Town'S Subdivision Agreement and incorporate modifications to
the document which would help achieve the following
objectives:
a) eliminate areas of ambiguity in interpretation;
b) to elaborate landscaping, fencing, architectural control
and park development requirements;
c) to ensure the Town will have sufficient financial
d)
protection in the course
enforcement of the agreement;
to update' the agreement to
policies.
of
administration
and
reflect current council
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REPORT NO. PD-126-92
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2.2 One of the provisions of the subdivision agreement in
providing information to both potential purchasers and
existing residents wi thin the vicinity of the lands being
developed is enforced through the Developers installation of
a "public informational/display" sign prior to the issuance
of any building permits. This signage is to illustrate all
road(s), lots and block(s) within the lands being developed.
The signage is to be sufficient in size to illustrate future
housing types and distribution as well as the location of any
park, open space, school or commercial block(s) proposed on
the land. Additionally all future/existing uses for lands
which abut the developing lands as identified by an approved
Official Plan, Neighbourhood Plan or Hamlet Development Plan
are to be shown.
2.3 Notwithstanding the provlslon of this information on site,
discrepancies may surface as to the intent of a particular
land use designation and/or the development of same. Staff
in attempting to alleviate any discrepancies have requested
the developers to supplement the informational signs by adding
the zoning category of each block/parcel and describing the
type of unit approved for each particular location. For
example within an (R1) zone, single family dwellings are to
be constructed and within a (R3) zone townhouse units are
approved for construction.
2.4 In addition to the signage requirements, Staff has made it a
practice through the monitoring of all agreements of visiting
each construction site and sales trailer location(s) to view
and confirm the display information provided. Any
discrepancies are brought to the attention of the
Owner/Builder to ensure the proper information is provided to
the general public.
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3 . CONCLUSION
3.1 It is anticipated that through the "informational sign"
requirements as supplemented by the zoning by-law information
and housing style component and coupled with the continued
monitoring of construction sites and sales trailer/pavilions,
new development areas will be property identified within the
Town.
Respectfully submitted,
Recommended for presentation
to the Committee
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Franklin Wu, M.C.I.P.
Director of Planning
and Development
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