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SING: General Purpose and Administration Committee
DATE: Monday, January 8, 1990
REPORT #: PD- 23 -90 FILE #: PLN 11. 1
SUBJECT: WORK PROGRAM FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POLICY STATEMENT
ON LAND USE PLANNING FOR HOUSING
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and
Administration Committee recommend to Council the following:
1. THAT Report PD- 23 -90 be received; and
2 . THAT the attached Work Program for the Implementation of the Policy
Statement Land Use Planning for housing be approved;
3. THAT a copy of Report PD- 23 -90 and a copy of the decision be
forwarded to the Region of Durham, the Ministry of Housing and the
Ministry of Municipal Affairs .
1. BACKGROUND
1. 1 Two previous reports have been prepared for the General Purpose and
Administration Committee with respect to the provincial policy
statement on Land Use Planning for Housing.
I Report PD-230-89, which was received for information by the
General Purpose and Administration Committee September 18,
1989, outlined the objectives and components of the Provincial
Policy Statement.
II Report PD-264-89, which was received by the General Purpose
and Administration Committee October 23, 1989, addressed the
following issues:
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i. noted that housing policies can not be developed without
having regard to the overall policy direction established
in the Town of Newcastle Official Plan;
ii. recommended the preparation of a Municipal Housing
Statement, which would in turn provide background
information for the development of housing policies, as
prescribed by the Provincial Policy Statement;
iii. noted that a generalized work program would be developed
to guide the implementation of the Provincial Policy
Statement.
1.2 Staff have proceeded to take the necessary steps to initiate a
Municipal Housing Statement, including obtaining the approval from
the Region of Durham. Consultants will be selected shortly. A
status report on these activities will be prepared in the near
future.
1. 3 A generalized Work Program for the Implementation of the Policy
Statement on Land Use Planning is hereto attached as Appendix I .
Due to the Province's inclusion of the Town of Newcastle as a
"priority area" , the attached work program is correspondingly
aggressive in its implementation time framework.
2 . CONCLUSION
2. 1 Staff will continue to investigate avenues for further assistance
to develop a monitoring system, as a result of the policy framework
to be established. It is respectfully recommended that the
attached work program be adopted as the municipality's intent to
perform work related to the implementation of the Provincial Policy
Statement.
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Respectfully submitted, Recommended for presentation
to the Committee
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Franklin Wu, M.C.I .P. Eavirence E. Xo eff
DIrector of Planning Chief Administrative
and Development Officer
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19 December 1989
Interested parties to be notified of Council and Committee's decision:
Ruth Melady
Ministry of Municipal Affairs
Field Management Branch
47 Sheppard Avenue East
WILLOWDALE, Ontario
M2N 2Z8
Darlene Mahyr - Richardson
Ministry of Housing
Central Region Housing
Programs Office
Madison Centre
WILLOWDALE, Ontario
M2N 6K1
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APPENDIX 1
WORK PROGRAM FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE POLICY STATEMENT ON LAND USE PLANNING FOR HOUSING
The policy statement on Land Use Planning for Housing identifies the
following five areas for action:
i. supply of land
ii, range of housing types
iii. residential intensification
iv. streamlining the planning process
V. monitoring
The appropriate actions to address these policy areas are contained in
the following phases to this work program.
PHASE I: BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The accumulation of Background Information is necessary to establish an
indication of the Town's housing needs. The necessary Background
Information will be provided by way of the Town's Municipal Housing
Statement, and shall contain the following information:
i. demographics - population and household projections
- household characteristics
ii. servicing - existing physical servicing capacities
- existing community services
iii. housing supply - existing housing supply
- existing vacancy rates
iv. housing costs - present house prices and rents
- present housing production costs
V. approval process - timing of current planning approval process
PHASE II: ANALYSIS
The Background Information provided by PHASE I of the work program will
be further analyzed, within the context of the Town's Municipal Housing
Statement. The analysis will include study in the following areas:
i. land availability and services
- determine potential land availability for new residential
development
- determine servicing requirements and the feasibility of
the extension of services
- determine servicing requirements for potential residential
infilling sites
ii. housing supply
- determine potential housing supply
- determine housing needs
- determine appropriate assisted housing requirements
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iii. housing market analysis
- determine range of housing prices and rents to meet housing
needs
- determine expected production costs
- determine expected market prices
iv. residential intensification
- determine potential sites for residential intensification
V. approval procedures
- review of practical development time approvals
PHASE III
The Ccompletion of the Town of Newcastle Municipal Housing Statement
will involve the preparation of housing policies to be incorporated into
the Town of Newcastle Official Plan. The policies to be developed will
address the five areas for action:
i. supply of land
- designating at least a 10 year supply of land for
residential development
- establishing servicing policies to identify how growth on
the designated residential lands will be accommodated
- establishing a target to maintain at least a continuous 3
year supply of a combination of draft approved and/or
registered lots and blocks
ii. range of housing types
- designating lands for an appropriate range of residential
uses and densities, including affordable housing, for all
identified planning areas
iii. residential intensification
- designating areas where residential intensification will
be permitted
iv. streamlining the planning process
- establishing a commitment to adhere to specified planning
approval guidelines and targets for each phase of the
planning process
v. monitoring
- establishing a commitment to implementing a monitoring
program
Amendments made to the Town of Newcastle Official Plan will also require
the amending of the Town of Newcastle Comprehensive Zoning By-law. The
provisions to be incorporated into the zoning by-law will consider:
- zoning lands to accommodate the range of housing types identified
in the official plan
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establishing zoning provisions to permit rooming, boarding and
lodging houses, and accessory apartments as-of-right where they
are permitted in the official plan
PHASE IV - DEVELOPMENT OF A MONITORING SYSTEM
A monitoring system is required to determine the extent to which housing
objectives are being met, and to identify when corrective action needs
to be taken by the Town. A system will be developed that monitors a
variety of concerns including the following:
- the adequacy of the supply of land, monitored at least every five
years
- the range of housing forms produced through development and
intensification, monitored annually
- house prices for each housing form relative to income
distribution for the housing region, monitored annually
- how targets for processing of planning applications are being
achieved, monitored every two years
PHASE V - CIRCULATION/PUBLIC MEETING/APPROVAL
The Town will circulate to concerned agencies for comments on the
proposed amendments . The Town will also conduct open houses to solicit
public input on the proposed amendments .
After the Town has received both public and agency input the Town will:
- reassess the draft amendments based on public and agency
comments
- revise the draft amendments if necessary
- present the final recommended amendments to the General Purpose
and Administration and Council for approval
TIMING
Timing of completion of:
PHASE I - March, 1990
PHASE II - June, 1990
PHASE III - September, 1990
PHASE IV - December, 1990
PHASE V - Hold public meeting with respect to amendments by September
30, 1990
- approval of amendments by August 1, 1991
RESOURCES
Funding assistance from the Province may be available for the completion
of some of the work detailed in this work program. The extent to which
such assistance may be available will be explored during the course of
the work program.
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