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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPD-225-86 TOWN OF NEWCASTLE REPORT File # Res. By-Law # MEETING: General Purpose and Administration Committee DATE: Monday, October 6, 1986 REPOT #: PD-225-86 FILE #: PLN. 15.1 SUBJECT: OPEN SPACE POLICIES OUR FILE: PLN 15.1 RECOMMENDATIONS: It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee recommend to Council the following: 1. THAT Report PD-225-86 be received for information. BACKGROUND: As the result of the Committee' s consideration, at its meeting of June 16, 1986, of an application for plan of subdivision which abutted the valley lands of the Farewell Creek in the Courtice Urban Area, Resolution #GPA-608-86 was approved as follows: "That Staff review the long term policy relating to ravine and creek areas, particularly in Urban Areas and submit a report to the General Purpose and Administration Committee." COMMENTS: The Town's Policy with respect to Open Space, and particularly the issue of ravine and creek areas, was formally expressed by Council through approval of By-law No. 79-69. This By-law prescribes a policy in respect of parkland dedications pursuant to the provisions of the Ontario Planning Act. This piece of legislation permits a Municipality to prepare . . .2 TOWN OF NEWCASTLE - REPORT File # , ��7- Res- By-Law # MEETING: General Purpose and Administration Committee DATE: Monday, October 6, 1986 REPORT #: PD-225-86 FILE #: PLN. 15.1 SUBJECT: OPEN SPACE POLICIES OUR FILE: PLN 15.1 RECOMMENDATIONS: It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee recommend to Council the following: I. THAT Report PD-225-86 be received for information. BACKGROUND: As the result of the Committee' s consideration, at its meeting of June 16, 1986, of an application for plan of subdivision which abutted the valley lands of the Farewell Creek in the Courtice Urban Area, Resolution #GPA-608-86 was approved as follows: "That Staff review the long term policy relating to ravine and creek areas, particularly in Urban Areas and submit a report to the General Purpose and Administration Committee." COMMENTS: The Town's Policy with respect to Open Space, and particularly the issue of ravine and creek areas, was formally expressed by Council through approval of By-law No. 79-69. This By-law prescribes a policy in respect of parkland dedications pursuant to the provisions of the Ontario Planning Act. This piece of legislation permits a Municipality to prepare . . .2