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Home My WebLink AboutPD-113-82 CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAMPTON, ONTARIO 1-0131J0 TEL. (416)263-2231 REPORT TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE MEETING OF JUNE 28th, 1982 REPORT NO. : PD-113-82 SUBJECT: APPLICATION BY THE TOWNSHIP OF SCUGOG TO AMEND THE DURHAM REGIONAL OFFICIAL PLAN FILE: 82-17/D RECOMMENDATION: It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee recommend to Council the following: 1 . That Report PD-113-82 be received; and 2. That the Region of Durham be advised that the Town of Newcastle has no objection to application 82-17/D, submitted by the Township of Scugog, to amend the Durham Region Official Plan to permit a Mineral Aggregate Resource Extraction Area in part of Lot 12, Concession 1 , former Township of Cartwright, subject to the following considerations being addressed: a) For safety reasons and to mitigate any possible negative effects of heavy vehicular traffic on the draft approved plan of subdivision (18T-75362) immediately to the . south of this site, it is suggested that access from the Scugog Newcastle Boundary Road be located at the east limit of the ,y Report No: PD-113-82 . . ./2 site and that truck traffic be required to travel east from that point directly to Regional Road 57. b) That the sequence of excavation be altered to permit immediate excavation of phases 1 , 6 & 7 in order to minimize the long term effects of operation upon the draft approved plan of subdivision (18T-75362) to the south. 3. That a copy of the staff Report and Council Resolution be forwarded to the Corporation of the Township of Scugog and the Ministry of Natural Resources. BACKGROUND: On May 6, 1982, the Town of Newcastle received notice from the Region of Durham that the Township of Scugog had applied to amend the Durham Region Official Plan. Scugog Township proposes to extract aggregate material for municipal use from a site in Lot 12, Concession 1 , that abuts the Boundary Road with the Town of Newcastle. The extraction is proposed to be conducted in nine phases, with each phase requiring 2 to 3 years. Because the present proposal indicates that the land abutting the Boundary Road would be excavated during Phases 1 , 6 and 7, excavation of these Phases may not take place for several years. The site of the proposed excavation is located on the Boundary Road opposite the Hamlet of Burketon. Section 4.1 .2 of the Durham Region Official Plan designates Burketon as a "Hamlet for growth". As well , the land across the Boundary Road from the proposed site was designated as an I i I I Report No: PD-113-82 . . ./3 "Area for Expansion" in the Burketon Station Hamlet Plan, approved by Council on February 23, 1979, and was included in a revised draft plan for residential subdivision (18T-75362) approved by Council on June 29, 1981 , and the Ministry of Housing on It should also be noted that an active Canadian Pacific Rail line runs roughly parallel to the Boundary Road immediately to the south of the above-mentioned land. In accordance with the Town's procedure for reviewing Official Plan amendments, the application was circulated to affected agencies for comments; in this case, comments were only solicited from the Town of Newcastle Public Works Department. Their comments are summarized below: "1 . Access is onto a Boundary Road (between Scugog and Newcastle) which, -For maintenance purposes, is subject to the terms of the Boundary Agreement. Presently the road in question receives minimal summer maintenance (by Scugog Township) . 2. The road would require upgrading to accommodate heavy truck traffic." COMMENTS: The proposed excavation and the associated heavy truck traffic would create an undesirable and potentially unsafe situation for the future residents of the most northerly portion of the draft approved subdivision 18T-75362, since the only access proposed for this residential area is off the Boundary Road. Report No: PD-113-82 . . ./4 If an access to the proposed pit is also provided from this unimproved road in its present location, a potentially hazardous mixture of heavy trucks and residents' vehicles could result. As well , the residents are already adversely affected by the noise associated with an adjacent rail line, and the noise and dust generated by the heavy trucks along the Boundary Road could aggravate this condition. It is therefore recommended that the access to the proposed pit be relocated to the east. The staging scheme for the pit operation proposes that excavation be undertaken in nine phases, with each phase requiring between two and three years. The lands abutting the Boundary Road would be excavated during Phases 1 , 6 and 7. Theoretically, the excavation of the last two phases could take place between 18 and 24 years after operations begin. However, since the most northerly portion of the subdivision across the Boundary Road is not anticipated to be developed for several years, it is recommended that the staging scheme be modified to permit the lands abutting the Boundary Road to be excavated first. In this way, it is hoped that excavations will be completed, or at least partially completed, on that land closest to the residential area by the time residential development actually proceeds. Respect-f 611 V''s bmi tted, T.- T. Edwards, M.C.I .�P. 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