HomeMy WebLinkAbout74-83REPORT NO. 5
LETTER RE SUBDIVISION DRVEL0PMEqT PROLES
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On June 18, the town received a letter from the Regional Clerk advising
that the Region would be requiring that there be two separate subdivi.
sion agreements cover each subdivision. One of these agreements would
be an agreement between the Region and the developer and the other
between the local municipality and the developer. The Regional agree-
ment would cover Regional services only and the local agreement would
all other matters required to be dealt with in subdivision development.
Specifically, matters of Regional concern as I see them would be as
follows:
(1) Water supply and distribution.
(2) Sanitary sewers.
(3) Regional Roads (if any abut or pass through the subdivi.
sion.)
(4) Regional development charges (lot levies).
Now that the procedure for preparing subdivision agreements has been
resolved at the Regional levelq I think that the Town must undertake
to prepare a standard subdivision agreement to cover all matters of
local concern. There are basically throe types of subdivisions for
which agreements will be required;
(1) Fully urban subdivisions.
(2) hamlet type subdivisions (still urban in overall charac-
ter but of lower density).
(3) Rural estate type subdivisions.
The new standard subdivision agreement should contain optional clauses
for each type of subdivision. For exampleg we must decide whether or
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not we require underground wiring, storm sewers, street lighting, curb
and gutter etc. in each of these types of subdivision. We must also
decide what lot levies we intend to collect for local services in the
municipality in each type of subdivision. It is imperative that this
question be resolved quickly, because two subdividers have already
approached the town to sign agreements for subdivisions already having
draft approval. One of these is a small urban subdivision on Scugog
Street north of Jackman Road in Bowmanville. The other is a small
subdivision in Enniskillen. To some extent it will be possible to
utilize the standard subdivision agreement formerly used by the Town
of Bowmanville and the site plan agreements already produced for town-
housing developments, however, extensive revisions will be required,
particularly to eliminate matters of Regional concern and to provide
for hamlet and rural types of subdivision.
I would recommend that Municipal Planning Consultants Co. be asked
to prepare a standard subdivision agreement to be based where feasible
and desirable on previous agreementsg but to contain optional clauses
to deal with hamlet and rural subdivisions.
Respectfully submitted,
George F. Howden,
Planning Director.