HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-10-09 Report to Council (2) not a duplicateCORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT D.N. SMITH, M.C.I.P., Director
HAMPTON, ONTARIO LOB 1JO TEL. (416)263-2231
REPORT TO COUNCIL October 9, 1979
SUBJECT: Courtice Urban Area Plan
BACKGROUND•
i As members of Council are aware, the Courtice Urban Area Plan
as presented to the Town in April of 1979, has been circulated by
Planning Staff and revised to accommodate the concerns of the various
government agencies/ departments and landowners in the "Courtice Urban
Envelope". A Public Meeting was held on September 26, 1979 at the
direction of Town Council, to review the proposed Courtice Urban Area
Plan as revised by Planning staff. On the basis of that meeting, several
letters have been received by the Planning Department and are attached
for Council's consideration.
COMMENT:
Staff have considered the attached letters and concerns expressed
at the Public Meeting of September 26, 1979 and feel that further changes
to the Courtice Urban Area Plan should be considered as "amendments" to
the Urban Area Plan, processed as Official Plan Amendments. Staff feel
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that the Courtice Urban Area in its current form satisfies the major
concerns expressed in respect of the development of Courtice and that
the Plan will serve as a reasonable guide for the processing of develop-
ment in Courtice.
RECOMMENDATION•
Staff recommend that Council adopt the following Resolution:
"WHEREAS the Courtice Area was identified as an area for
urban -residential development in the Official Plan for the
former Township of Darlington, and approved as such by the
Minister of Municipal Affairs in 1960, and
WHEREAS the Town of Newcastle has considered the development
of Courtice through the preparation of various Planning
documents including the Murray V. Jones Study in 1974, An Interim
District Plan for the Town of Newcastle in 1975, A Courtice Con-
cept Plan prepared by M.M. Dillon Ltd, in 1976 and Urban Area
Plan prepared by the I.B.I. Group Ltd. in 1978, and
WHEREAS the "Courtice Urban Envelope" as defined within the
Official Plan for the Regional Municipality of Durham has been
approved by the Minister of Housing (1979) for residential and
related land uses, and
WHEREAS Municipal services are being extended to service the
Courtice Urban Area, and
WHEREAS the Town of Newcastle deems it appropriate to amend the
Official Plan for the former Township of Darlington to bring that
document into conformity with the provisions of the Durham Regional
Official Plan and to provide detailed policies for the consideration
of further development in the Courtice Urban Area,
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BE IT NOW RESOLVED THEREFORE that the Town of Newcastle hereby
adopts the Courtice Urban Area Plan attached, and requests the
Regional Municipality of Durham to:
1) Adopt the Courtice Urban Area Plan as an amendment to the
Official Plan for the former Township of Darlington, and
2) Effect all necessary changes to the Official Plan for the
Regional Municipality of Durham as may be required, and
3) Submit the Courtice Urban Area Plan as an amendment to said
Official Plans to the Minister of Housing for approval as
soon as possible."
Respectfully submitted,
DNS:lb D. N. Smith, M.C.I.P.
October 9, 1979 Director of Planning