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CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE
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 SEPTEMBER 19, 1983
REPORT NO. : PD-136-83
SUBJECT: APPLICATION FOR REZONING - K. CONNELL
PART OF LOT 8, CONCESSION 1 , FORMER
TOWN OF BOWMANVILLE
FILE NO. : DEV 83-17
RECOMMENDATION:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and
Administration Committee recommend to Council the
following :
1 . That Report PD-136-83 be received; and
2. That Application for Rezoning DEV 83-17 be
approved; and
* 3. That the attached By-law amending By-law 1587
as amended, be forwarded to Council for
approval .
BACKGROUND:
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The subject application for rezoning requests an amendment
to Zoning By-law 1587, as amended, of the former Town of
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Bowmanville to rezone a 3876.0 square metre (.96 acres)
parcel of land fronting on Mearns Avenue within the Town of
Bowmanville. The applicant is requesting a rezoning of the cup
subject parcel of land in order to allow the creation of
residential building lots.
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REPORT NO. : PD-136-83 Page 2
The subject lands are designated "Residential " and "Major
Open Space/Environmentally Sensitive" by the Region of
Durham Official Plan. The use of lands under this land use
designation are predominately for residential purposes. In
that regard, the creation of residential lots would conform
with the policies of the Region of Durham Official Plan.
The subject site is presently zoned "A - Agriculture" and
"0 - Open Space" by Zoning By-law 1587, as amended, of the
former Town of Bowmanville. Under these zoning classifi -
cations, single family detached dwellings existing at the
date of the passing of the Bowmanville Zoning By-law, would
be permitted on parcels of lands having a minimum lot
frontage of 122.0 metres (400.0 feet) and a lot area of 10.0
hectares (25.0 acres). In that regard, the applicant is
unable to comply with the present by-law requirements and
therefore has requested the Town to consider a rezoning of
the subject lands in order to permit limited residential
development.
In accordance with departmental procedures, the subject
application was circulated to various departments and
agencies for comment. The following is a list of the
comments received:
Durham Regional Planning/Works Department
"The site is designated "Residential" and "Major Open Space"
with an indication of hazard lands and environmentally
sensitive areas in the Durham Regional Official Plan. The
proposal to permit a dwelling on the residentally -
designated portion of the site would conform. The
boundaries between the land use designations shall be
defined in the zoning by-law. With respect to the
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environmentally senstive area and hazard land, we suggest
that the proposed development be reviewed in the context of
Sections 1 .2.1 , 1 .2.4, and 1 .3.9 of the Durham Plan.
Full municipal services are available to the subject land
through the abutting 6.75 mm diameter trunk sanitary sewer
and 300 mm diameter watermain on Mearns Avenue. However,
the abutting trunk sewer in the vicinity of the subject land
is extremely deep and the exact method of sewer connection
will be determined in concert with the applicant 's
consulting engineer."
Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority
"The above site is subject to Ontario Regulation 161/80 and
is partially within the Regional Storm Floodplain. The
Authority staff request that all land within the floodplain
be zoned Greenbelt to prevent any structures or fill from
being placed in the flood susceptible portion."
Town of Newcastle Public Works Department
"- the 3.048 metre road widening is dedicated to the Town
* (as shown on the attached Plan)
- the owner provides illumination which is centrally
located for the future building lots (one pole and
luminaire)
- the applicant must provide a lot grading plan that
conforms to Town Standards.
Town of Newcastle Fire Department
"The Fire Department has no objection to the proposed
application for rezoning.
Maximum distance from a fire hydrant to a building face
shall not exceed three hundred (300) feet where municipal
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water supply is available. Emergency fire response from
Station 1 , Bowmanville is within an acceptable distance."
Town of Newcastle Building Department
"No comment."
COMMENTS:
Staff have reviewed the request submitted by Mr. Connell and
note that since the proposal would conform with the policies
of the Regional Official Plan and the fact that municipal
services are available to the subject lands, staff would
have no objection to the approval of the subject application
for rezoning. With regard to the comments received through
the circulation process, staff note that the Newcastle
Public Works Department indicated conditions of approval for
this rezoning, such as the dedication of a 3.048 metre road
widening along the frontage of the subject lands and the
installation of a street light for future building lots.
With respect to this request, severance approvals are also
required and staff will be requiring these items as
conditions of approval .
We note that at the present time, Mr. Connell has received
approval from the Land Division Committee (application LD
221/83) to create one residential building lot, subject to
the Town of Newcastle approving this application for
rezoning.
With respect to the concerns of the Central Lake Ontario
Conservation Authority regarding the location of the
floodplain on the subject lands, staff are proposing to
rezone only those lands west of the floodplain line as
indicated by the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority
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to an "Rl - Residential " zoning classification. The lands
to the east of the floodplain line are to remain under the
present "A - Agriculture" zoning classification, and will
later be zoned to an Environmental Protection area, in
accordance with the Conservation Authority's policies, as
part of the Town 's Comprehensive By-law.
In that regard, since there were no major objections to the
proposed rezoning of the subject lands, it would be
appropriate to forward the attached By-law amendment to
Council for their consideration and approval .
Respec s itted,
T.T. Edwards, M.C. I.P.
Director of Planning
EP*TTE*j i p
September 13, 1983
*Attach.
Applicant : Edward Keith Connell
340 King Street East
Box 154
Bowmanville, Ontario
L1C 3X1