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Report To: Planning and Development Committee
Date of Meeting: April 20, 2026 Report Number: LGS-022-26
Submitted By: Rob Maciver, Deputy CAO/Solicitor, Legislative Services
Reviewed By: Mary-Anne Dempster, CAO
File Number: L4000-10-119E
Report Subject: Permanent Road Closures
Recommendations:
1.That Report LGS-022-26, and any related delegations or communication items, be
received;
2.That the draft By-law related to road closures, Attachment 1 to Report LGS-022-26,
be approved and brought to Council for enactment as soon as possible after the
registration of the Registered Plan numbers; and
3.That the By-law to amend the Traffic and Parking By-law, Attachment 2 Report LGS-
022-26, be approved and brought to Council for enactment together with the by-law
at Attachment 1.
Resolution #: PD-046-26
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Report Overview
This report recommends the permanent closure of two municipal road allowances that
Council has previously determined to be surplus to the needs of the Municipality.
1. Background
1.1 At the December 1, 2025, General Government Committee Meeting Resolution # GG-
196-25 was passed related to confidential report CAO-025-25. The Resolution was
subsequently ratified by Council on December 15, 2026. As a result of the Resolution,
Council determined the highways described in this Report are not required for
Municipal purposes.
1.2 The road allowance known as Part Lot 30, Concession Broken Front, (Darlington)
abutting Part 1, 10R-3813, Municipality of Clarington, Regional Municipality of Durham
is depicted in red on Attachment 3.
1.3 Although technically an unopened road allowance, this parcel is actuality a land-locked
remnant property that has no prior use by the public.
1.4 The road allowance known as Rdal Btn Lts 30 & 31 Con Broken Front Darlington,
Municipality of Clarington, Regional Municipality of Durham is depicted in blue on
Attachment 3. Staff are in the process of obtaining a new Reference Plan to legally
describe this parcel.
1.5 A portion of this road allowance is currently an open municipal road, known as Down
Road, and is currently classified as a Class 6 gravel road.
1.6 The remainder portion is the unopened portion of Down Road that extends to the Lake
Ontario shoreline and has no history of use by the public.
1.7 Down Road currently provides access to a single private address, whose owner
consents to the closure.
1.8 Down Road is in an area of repeated illegal dumping which the Municipality has had to
clean up in the past. Closing the road should therefore reduce the cost to the
Municipality of removing garbage and debris.
1.9 In addition, by closing the road, the Municipality will save approximately $2,684.33
annually in road maintenance costs.
1.10 Once Down Road is closed, all Municipal road signage will be removed, and new
signage will be created to notify the public that it is not open to the public.
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1.11 As a result of the closure of Down Road, minor revisions are needed to the Traffic By-
law which will be accomplished by the enactment of the by-law amendment included as
Attachment 2.
2. Financial Considerations
The Municipality will save approximately $2,684.33 annually in maintenance costs as
well as future costs to remove garbage and debris from an area prone to illegal
dumping.
3. Strategic Plan
Not Applicable.
4. Climate Change
Not Applicable.
5. Concurrence
Not Applicable.
6. Conclusion
It is respectfully recommended that Council approve the attached By-Laws to
permanently closed the road allowances and to make the necessary updates to the
Traffic By-law.
Staff Contact: Rob Maciver, Deputy CAO/Solicitor, 905-623-3379 ext. 2013 or
rmaciver@clarington.net.
Attachments:
Attachment 1 – Draft By-law
Attachment 2 – Draft Traffic By-law Amendment
Attachment 3 – Location Map
Interested Parties:
There are no interested parties to be notified of Council's decision.
Attachment 1 to Report LGS-022-26
THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
BY-LAW NO. 2026-
Being a by-law to close a road allowance and to authorize the
transfer of part of that road allowance.
Whereas the Council of The Corporation of the Municipality of Clarington deems it
desirable to pass this by-law; and
Whereas the Council of The Corporation of the Municipality of Clarington at its meeting
on ______, 2026, approved the recommendations in Report LGS-022-26.
Now therefore be it enacted and it is hereby enacted as a by-law of the corporation of
the Municipality of Clarington as follows:
1.That the unopened road allowance Part Lot 30, Concession Broken Front,
(Darlington), abutting Part 1, 10R-3813, Municipality of Clarington, Regional
Municipality of Durham, is hereby declared surplus and closed by The
Corporation of the Municipality of Clarington.
2.That the unopened road allowance between Lots 30 and 31, Concession Broken
Front, being Part 1 on 40R-______ and Part 2 on 40R-______ (Darlington) ,
Municipality of Clarington, Regional Municipality of Durham, is hereby declared
surplus and closed by The Corporation of the Municipality of Clarington.
3.That this by-law shall come into force and effect on the day of its enactment.
Passed in Open Council this XX day of XXX, 2026.
__________________________
Adrian Foster – Mayor
__________________________
June Gallagher, Municipal Clerk
By signing this by-law on XXXXXX, 2026, Mayor Adrian Foster will not exercise the
power to veto this by-law.
Attachment 2 to Report LGS-022-26
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The Corporation of the Municipality of Clarington
By-law YYYY-NN
Being a By-law to amend By-law 2014-059, a by-law to regulate traffic and parking, by
updating Schedule 2 – No Parking.
The Corporation of the Municipality of Clarington enacts as follows:
1.Delete the following row from Schedule 2 of Parking By-law 2014-059:
Down Road, East & West, Darlington Park Road and south limit of Down
Road, Anytime
2.Delete the following row from Schedule 2 of Parking By-law 2014-059:
Darlington Park Road, North & South, 170 m West of Down Road and the
west limit of Darlington Park Road, Anytime
And replace it with:
Darlington Park Road, North & South, CN Rail corridor and the west limit
of Darlington Park Road, Anytime
Effective Date
3.That this by-law shall come into force and effect on the date it is enacted.
By-law passed this______ day of ________, 2026.
__________________________
Adrian Foster – Mayor
__________________________
June Gallagher, Municipal Clerk
Attachment 3 to Report LGS-022-26
Attachment 3 – Location Map