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THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE
DN:RES-HAM.GPA
REPORT
PUBLIC MEETING
Meeting: General Purpose and Administration Committee i=iie#
[date: Monday, July 22, 1991 Res' �
By-Law#
Report#: PD-1691 f=ile#: DEV 91-011
Subject: PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING BY-LAW -
MINIMUM LOT SIZE REQUIREMENT IN THE 'RESIDENTIAL HAMLET
(RH) ' ZONE
Recommendations:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and
Administration Committee recommend to Council the following:
1. THAT Report PD-163-91 be received;
2 . THAT the Town of Newcastle Comprehensive Zoning By-law 84-
63, be amended, to bring the zoning by-law into conformity
with the Town of Newcastle Official Plan by requiring the
minimum lot area for new lots in the 'Residential Hamlet
(RH) ' zone to be increased from 3,000 sq. metres to 4,000
sq. metres;
3. THAT the amending by-law attached hereto be forwarded to
Council for approval; and
4 . THAT any delegation be advised of Council's decision.
1. APPLICATION DETAILS
1. 1 Applicant: Corporation of the Town of Newcastle
1.2 Rezoning: Amendment to the Town of Newcastle
Comprehensive Zoning By-law 84-63, to
require the minimum lot area for new
lots in the 'Residential Hamlet (RH) '
zone to be increased from 3,000 sq.
metres to 4,000 sq. metres thereby
bringing the zoning by-law into
conformity with the Town of Newcastle
Official Plan.
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1. 3 Land Affected: All new lots created in the 'Residential
Hamlet (RH) ' zone throughout the Town of
Newcastle.
2. BACKGROUND
2 . 1 On May 31, 1991, Town Council approved Recommendation #GPA-
322-91 which authorized staff to advertise in local
newspapers a Public Meeting to be held July 22, 1991 in
relation to the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment. A public
notice advising the general public of the date and time of
the Public Meeting appeared in the Wednesday, June 19, 1991
editions of the Oshawa Times, the Canadian Statesman, and
the Orono Weekly Times . Public Notice was given only by
means of local newspapers since the implications of the
zoning by-law amendment are town-wide in nature, ie. affect
numerous areas of the Town. To date, no inquiries have been
made concerning the zoning by-law amendment.
3. BY-LAW PROVISIONS
3 . 1 Currently, the Town of Newcastle Comprehensive Zoning By-
law 84-63, Section 9, Residential Hamlet (RH) Zone,
Subsection 9 .2, Regulations for Residential Uses, states
that the minimum lot area is 3,000 sq. metres . However, the
Town of Newcastle Official Plan, Section 9, Hamlets,
Subsection 9 .4, Residential Development viii) states that
the "minimum lot size for new residential lots in Hamlets
with or without municipal water systems shall be 0. 4
hectares . . . " or 4,000 sq. metres .
The purpose of the zoning by-law amendment is to make the
zoning by-law conform to the policies of the Official Plan
because the zoning by-law legally implements the Official
Plan. In order to do this it is proposed that Subsection
9 . 2 a) be amended from: "Lot Area (minimum) 3,000 sq.
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metres to: "Lot Area (minimum) 4,000 sq. metres" .
4. COMMENTS AND CONCLUSION
4 . 1 The proposed amendment to the zoning by-law does not affect
existing lots of record. Under the provisions of the by-
law these lots will still be eligible for building permits
provided the usual requirements of the Durham Regional
Health Department can be satisfied.
4 .2 The purpose of the zoning by-law is to legally implement the
policies of the Town Official Plan. Since, the zoning by-
law must conform to the policies of the Town Official Plan,
this zoning by-law amendment will correct a technical
inconsistency between the Town's Official Plan and the
Town's Comprehensive Zoning By-law.
Respectfully submitted, Recommended for presentation
to the Committee
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Franklin Wu, M.C. I .P. Lawrence . Kotseff
Director of Planning Chief A nistrative
and Development Officer
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THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE
BY-LAW NUMBER 91- .
being a By-law to amend By-law 84-63, the Comprehensive Zoning By-
law for the Corporation of the Town of Newcastle
WHEREAS the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Newcastle
deems it advisable to amend By-law 84-63, as amended, of the
Corporation of the Town of Newcastle to increase the minimum lot
size requirement to bring it into conformity with the Town of
Newcastle Official Plan.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Council of the Corporation
of the Town of Newcastle enacts as follows:
1. Section 9.2 a) is hereby amended by changing the number 3,000
to 4,000 as follows:
"Lot Area (minimum) 3,000 square metres" to "Lot Area
(minimum) 4,000 square metres".
2. This By-law shall come into effect on the date of passing
hereof, subject to the provisions of Section 34 of the
Planning Act.
BY-LAW read a first time this day of 1991.
BY-LAW read a second time this day of 1991.
BY-LAW read a third time and finally passed this day of
1991.
MAYOR
CLERK
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