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PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT T.T.EDWARDS,M.C.I.P.,Director
HAMPTON,ONTARIO LOB 1,10 TEL.(416)263-2231
REPORT TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
MEETING OF JULY 4, 1983
REPORT NO. : PD-101-83
SUBJECT: DURHAM REGION OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT
APPLICATION - F. DOCIMO - PART LOT 19,
CONCESSION 2, DARLINGTON (LOT 9, REGISTERED
PLAN 650) , FILE: 83-14/D
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and
Administration Committee recommend to Council the
following:
1 . That Report PD-101-83 be received; and
2. That the Region of Durham be advised that the
Town of Newcastle has no objection to Official
Plan Amendment Application 83-14/D, submitted
by F. Docimo, to redesignate Lot 9, Registered
Plan 650, former Township of Darlington, now
Town of Newcastle, to permit the construction
and operation of a retail store for farm
produce; and
3. That the Region of Durham be further advised
that the Town of Newcastle recommends that Lot
9, Registered Plan 650, former Township of
Darlington, now Town of Newcastle and
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Newcastle Fire Department
"The Fire Department has no objection to the proposed
application. Fire Department access to buildings would
require a clear width of twenty feet at all times , except an
access controlled route may be twelve feet in clear width,
when it connects the public thoroughfare with the twenty
foot fire route. The fire access route shall support the
expected load imposed by fire fighting equipment. Water
supply for rural fire protection would be transported by
Fire Department water tanker."
Current Operations Planner
I have no objections to the proposal ; however, any comments
I have would relate to the site plan agreement requirements
and rezoning."
Ministry of Transportation and Communications
"There is an existing 0.3 metre reserve across the Highway
frontage of Lot 9. The purpose of this reserve is to
preclude direct access to the property in question. This
reserve was established by Registered Plan 650. In view of
the above, the entrance shown by the applicant on the site
plan cannot be recommended for approval . All access to the
future commercial development will be restricted to Maple
Grove Road."
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
"Staff have reviewed the a ove application in view of the
Foodland Guidelines , and have no objection based on our
knowledge at the present time."
Durham Regional Health Unit
"We have no objections to the above proposal with the
understanding that a Class VI Aerobic Sewage System might be
required, pending upon the soil findings at the time of the
application for a private sewage system."
COMMENTS:
Staff note that the subject parcel was rezoned from A
(Agricultural ) to C2 (Highway Commercial ) in 1959 and, until
recently, a miniature golf course operated on the site.
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The site presently lies vacant. Staff also note that no
objections to the establishment of a commercial use on the
parcel were received through the circulation of the
application.
In view of the above, staff have no objection to the
redesignation of the property to permit the construction and
operation of a farm produce outlet, and recommend that the
Region be so advised.
Maple Grove is located within the Major Open Space
designation of the Durham Region Official Plan and is
identified by the Plan as a residential cluster. The Plan
does not address commercial uses in its discussion of
residential clusters.
However, Section 8.3.2.2 of the Plan states that an
existing commercial strip outside an urban area may be
allowed to consolidate into a Special Purpose Commercial
node. Staff note that a commercial nursery is located
directly opposite the subject parcel on the north-east
corner of Maple Grove Road and Highway 2. The nursery was
established in 1965 and sold plant stock grown on the site.
A 0.5 hectare (1 .5 acre) parcel on the north-east corner of
the intersection was rezoned in 1979 'to C2-5 (Highway
Commercial ) to permit the establishment of a commercial
nursery so that materials not grown on the lot could also be
sold.
Staff feel that, based on the past use and present zoning of
the subject site, the site should be considered a commercial
parcel . Staff also feel that the subject parcel and the
commercial nursery directly across Maple Grove Road
constitute an existing commercial strip and therefore could
be redesignated as a Special Purpose Commercial node.
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It is recommended that Council recommend to the Region that
the parcel subject to the amendment application and the
commercial nursery site directly across Maple Grove Road be
redesignated to indicate a Special Purpose Commercial Node
* (see key map 2) with the boundaries of the node to
approximate the boundaries of the existing C2 (Highway
Commercial ) zoning on the two sites.
Staff note that a number of concerns, such as access to the
site, were identified in the comments received through the
circulation of the application. Should the Official Plan
amendment be approved, staff will be requiring the applicant
to enter into a Site Plan Agreement with the Town and these
concerns will be addressed through the Agreement.
Respectfully submitted,
1 T. Edwards, M.C. I.P.
Director of Planning
JAS*TTE*mjc
June 23, 1983
Applicant: Mr. F. Docimo
78 Valdez Court
OSHAWA, Ontario
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D. G. Biddle & Associates
633 King Street East
OSHAWA, Ontario
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