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MEETING: General Purpose and Administration Committee
DATE: October 23, 1989
REPMT #: PD- 265 -89 FILE #: OP 3.8 AND OP 3.14
SUBJECT: DRAFT SECONDARY PLANS FOR THE
HAMLETS OF LESKARD AND MAPLE GROVE
FILES: OP 3.8 AND OP 3.14
RECOMMENDATIONS:
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It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and
Administration Committee recommend to Council the following:
1. THAT Report PD- 265 -89 be received; and
2. THAT Staff be authorized to hold Public Open Houses to obtain
public comments on the draft Hamlet Secondary Plans for Maple
Grove and Leskard.
1. HAMLET SECONDARY PLAN STUDIES
1.1 In accordance with the 1989 Work Program, Planning Department
Staff have undertaken Secondary Plan studies for the hamlets
of Leskard and Maple Grove. The schedules for the draft
Hamlet Secondary Plans as proposed by Staff are Attachment
Nos. 1 & 2 to this report respectively.
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1.2 The purpose of this report is to outline Staff's general
conclusions about the future growth of the two hamlets and to
seek authorization to hold Public Open Houses to review the
proposed secondary plans with the affected residents.
2. DRAFT LESRARD SECONDARY PLAN
2.1 It is staff's conclusion that some limited residential growth
could be accommodated in Leskard. The Leskard Secondary Plan
as proposed by Staff would maintain the hamlet's existing
status as a "Hamlet for Infilling ". The Plan recognizes the
existing residential development along Leskard Road and
Concession Road 8. There are currently 57 dwellings within
the identified hamlet boundaries.
In keeping with the intent of Section 9.8(i) of the Town of
Newcastle Official Plan which states that hamlets shall
develop in depth rather than strips, the draft Secondary Plan
limits new development fronting directly onto existing roads.
Three areas, with a total potential of approximately 25 new
residential lots, are identified as possibly being suitable
for development through plans of subdivision.
2.2 New development in the Hamlet of Leskard is constrained by
severe topography and the presence of three tributaries of the
Wilmot Creek. As well, the hamlet lies within the southern
portion of the Highway 407 Route Alignment Study Area as
established by the Ministry of Transportation. No new
development areas are proposed north of Concession Road 8 in
order to minimize possible conflicts with the future Highway
407 corridor.
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3. DRAFT MAPLE GROVE SECONDARY PLAN
3.1 It is staff's conclusion that Maple Grove should be a hamlet
for no growth. Virtually all new potential residential
development should be prohibited to avoid the type of problems
experienced in Courtice should the Bowmanville Urban Area be
expanded at some point in the future.
3.2 The general area of the hamlet of Maple Grove is characterized
by extensive strip residential development along Maple Grove
Road, Highway No. 2 and Holt Road. With the exception of an
area of high water table in the central portion of Lots 19 and
20, Concession 2, there are few apparent physical constraints
to new development.
3.3 On the south side of Highway No. 2, Maple Grove Road lies
approximately 0.8 km from the existing designated boundary of
Bowmanville. Pressures to extend the urban area westward are
evidenced by an application for a major commercial development
approximately 0.8 km east of Maple Grove Road.
At the present time, the Bowmanville Major Urban Area has
sufficient designated land to accommodate new residential
growth for a substantial period of time into the future. The
Housing Policy Statement recently approved by the Provincial.
Government requires that Official Plans provide a minimum of
a 10 year supply of designated residential land. The review
of the Durham Regional Official Plan, which is currently
underway, is examining the structure of all urban areas in the
Region, including Bowmanville, and possible areas for
expansion to accommodate future growth.
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3.4 Maple Grove is not a traditional rural service centre but
rather a combination of scattered and strip development that
were permitted to occur in the last three decades. Given the
scattered nature of residential development in the general
area, the boundaries of the hamlet were difficult to
establish.
The proposed Secondary Plan only recognizes the existing
development along Maple Grove Road, plus some minor
development to the east on Highway No. 2. The Maple Grove
Public School grounds and the Maple Grove United Church
provide for some sense of focus of the community. As well,
by not recognizing existing strip development along Highway
No. 2 and Holt Road, the Secondary Plan discourages
development pressures on the vacant lands to the west of Maple
Grove Road.
4. PUBLIC CIRCULATION AND COMMENT
4.1 A comprehensive Background Report on the proposed Secondary
Plans will be completed shortly. Staff is seeking
authorization to circulate the draft Secondary Plans for
Leskard and Maple Grove to various agencies for comment. The
circulation list of agencies is attached hereto as Attachment
No. 3. It is anticipated that all agency comments would be
received within ninety (90) days.
4.2 Staff is also seeking authorization to hold Public Open Houses
to obtain the public's comments on the draft Hamlet Secondary
Plans. Public Open Houses are tentatively scheduled for
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Tuesday, November 21, 1989 in the Orono Town Hall for the
Leskard Plan, and Thursday, November 23, 1989 in the
Bowmanville Recreation Complex for the Maple Grove Plan.
Notices advising of the open houses will be placed in local
newspapers and mailed to all persons within and in the general
vicinity of the proposed Hamlet Plans approximately two (2)
weeks prior to the open houses. Notices will also be provided
to developers with applications in the general vicinity of the
hamlets.
4.3 Copies of the proposed Hamlet Secondary Plans will also be on
display in the Town Hall prior to the open houses.
4.4 Once Staff have reviewed all agency and public comments on the
draft Secondary Plans, Public Meetings as required under the
Planning Act will be scheduled and the final Hamlet Seconday
Plans for Leskard and Maple Grove will than be presented to
Council for approval.
Respectfully submitted,
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Franklin Wu, M.C.I.P.
Director of Planning
and Development
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October 12, 1989
Recommended for presentation
to the Committee
L wrenc Kotseff
Chief inistrative
Officer
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ATTACHMENT NO. 3 TO REPORT •D_
CIRCULATION LISTS - DRAFT SECONDARY PLANS
LESKARD AND MAPLE GROVE
Town of Newcastle
- Public Works Department
- Community Services Department
- Fire Department
Region of Durham
- Planning Department
- Works Department
- Health Department
Provincial Agencies
- Ministry of Agriculture and Food
- Ministry of Natural Resources
- Ministry of Transportation
- Ministry of the Environment
Conservation Authorities
- Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority (Hampton)
- Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority (Orono)
School Boards
- Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education
- Peterborough - Victoria - Northumberland and Newcastle
Roman Catholic Separate School Board
Bell Canada
Newcastle Hydro Electric Commission
Ontario Hydro
Local Architectural Control Advisory Committee
Rogers Cable TV
Consumers Gas
Trans Canada Pipeline Company
Inter - Provincial Pipeline Company
Trans - Northern Pipeline Company
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